The Sea (Short Film Programme) (IberoDocs)

<b>This screening will have a short 5-minute introduction and a post-screening Q&A with short film director Neus Ballús, and features live music by Giulia Drummond and BSL interpretation.</b> <i>The Sea</i>, a new environmental strand within IberoDocs, brings together four powerful short films by women filmmakers that reflect on our complex relationship with the ocean and coastal life. Our journey begins with <i>Hello Sea!</i> by María Goya Barquet, a poetic and personal documentary that explores what the sea is for a person who has never seen it. With <i>Blow!</i> by Neus Ballús, poetry is merged with reality as we follow a research team and the singing of the whales. The animated lines of <i>Percebes</i> by Laura Gonçalves carry us to the Portuguese coast and the social and ecological cycles surrounding one of the ocean’s most prized delicacies. <i>Spirits and Rocks: An Azorean Myth</i> by Aylin Gökmen captures the deep emotional and geological tremors of life on a volcanic island. Together, they form a resonant chorus - stories of memory, longing, survival, and transformation - each uniquely anchored by the voices and visions of women. In collaboration with DocNomads. <b><i>Hello Sea!</i></b> (U) (María Goya Barquet, Hungary, 2016, 24 minutes) (<i>UK Premiere</i>) <i>Hello Sea!</i> is the search for something intangible as well as a personal journey. Driven by the Ecuadorian director’s own relation to the sea, the film explores what the sea means to people in a landlocked country. This meaning is developed through memory, identity and a brief glimpse of history. <b><i>Blow!</i></b> (U) (Neus Ballús, Spain, 2023, 14 minutes) (<i>Scottish Premiere</i>) Mar dreams of being able to record the sound of whales. But when she embarks with a cetaceans research team, she realizes that in order to listen to the world's largest animal, one has to be silent. <b><i>Spirits and Rocks: An Azorean Myth</i></b> (U) (Aylin Gökmen, Switzerland, Portugal, 2020, 14 minutes) From the ocean, a volcanic island rises into steamy mist. The black rock of the earth stands in sharp contrast to the billowing vapour that hovers and drifts above the surface. A narrator describes how the island’s first inhabitants attributed violent eruptions to angry gods. This poetic exploration considers the human relationship to a volatile land, where residents endure the threat of eruptions with reverence, fear and awe. <b><i>Percebes</i></b> (Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves, Portugal, France, 2024, 12 minutes) (<i>Scottish Premiere</i>) With the sea and the urban Algarve as a background, we follow a complete cycle of the life of a special shellfish called <i>Percebes</i>, goose barnacle. From their formation to the dish, in this journey we cross different contexts that allow us to better understand this region and those who live there.PT1H3MU2025-09-12
María Goya Barquet (<i>Hello Sea!</i>); Neus Ballús (<i>Blow!</i>); (Aylin Gökmen (<i>Spirits and Rocks: An Azorean Myth</i>); Alexandra Ramires
Laura Gonçalves (<i>Percebes</i>)
The Sea (Short Film Programme) (IberoDocs)"The Sea (Short Film Programme) (IberoDocs)"

Showtimes

September 12, 6:15 pm

Filmhouse Cinema