Author: Pepa BO

“Tejidos de luz, vida y comunidad den Guatemala”:
Cortometraje Finalista 8 FICNOVA 2026.
Milvia, Magda, Virginia, Jimena, Francis and Maya share a common dream: a future of hope for their communities. They are Guatemalan women – indigenous weavers, artists, public defenders and traditional midwives – who are fighting to defend democracy, human rights and cultural heritage at a time of historic political transformation.

“Mohanas. resistencias, memoria, paz”
Largometraje Finalista 8 FICNOVA 2026
The Popular Women’s Organisation (OFP), now in its 52nd year, is one of Colombia’s oldest women’s associations. Through pacifism and grassroots feminism, it has confronted the war in one of the country’s most turbulent regions, the Magdalena Medio, a natural department of which the oil-producing city of Barrancabermeja is the capital. In its work to defend human rights, the OFP has developed a wide range of strategies.

“Nos hace falta Sinar”
Largometraje Finalista 8 FICNOVA 2026
Through the use of archive footage and testimonies, it aims to highlight the critical situation facing human rights defenders in the country; and to appeal to our collective memory, honouring the life and work of the social activist Sinar Corzo Esquinca