Awarded Films in the 7th FICNOVA 2024
Today, 2 October, amidst the noise of the bombs that continue to widen the disaster of violence between governments and destroy peoples, we send out a signal of NONVIOLENCE. A signal that can reach the hearts of simple people and help to create an outcry against barbarism.
These are the films AWARDED by the international selection team of the 7th International Film Festival of Active Nonviolence 2024, awarding them the “Stelae” of this edition, in its five different sections.
The international organising team, from different cities and countries, following the criteria from a humanist approach of rescuing the best examples that fit the theme of the festival: “nonviolence transforming the world”, have made the following selection of award-winning films in its five competition sections (Short, Medium and Feature Films in the General Section and Short Films in the Primary and Secondary Schools and Higher Education Centres Section).
Our most sincere thanks to all the participants of the 2724 films registered from 126 countries and to the 921 films admitted as official selection in competition. It was very difficult to make such a small selection of finalists.
We recognise in this edition 5 films awarded with the “Stela” of FICNOVA, among the 41 finalist films from 13 countries as some good examples of the strength of nonviolence that is growing and transforming the world.
Thank you very much to all and congratulations to the winners.
EDUCATIONAL CENTRES SECTION
FRIENDS
5 min. Spain. 2022
Dir: Diana Gimeno
(IES Ramón Arcas. Murcia)
SYNOPSIS:
You never know where you will find a true friend.
FICNOVA RECOGNISES THIS FILM FOR:
To bring from the classrooms of the youngest children the importance of not losing our centre of gravity in empathy, which prevents us from being indifferent to the suffering of others, despite all the group pressures..
NONVIOLENCE AGAINST VIOLENCE:
PSYCHOLOGICAL, MORAL, RACIAL
EDUCATIONAL CENTRES SECTION
Higher Education
THE UNVEILED WOMAN
3 min. Italiy. 2022
Dir: Gaia Pulliero
(Universidad de Padua)
SYNOPSIS:
During an interview, a young woman tells her interlocutor about the meanings she attributes to the concept of “freedom”. But what at first appear to be simple statements will turn out to be a desperate cry for help by the end of the film.
FICNOVA RECOGNISES THIS FILM FOR:
To contribute from a close look, with a simple example, an imperative need of more than half of the human beings on the planet: to stop being discriminated against for being women. An unstoppable process that seeks to free itself from its bonds in any part of the world.
NONVIOLENCE AGAINST VIOLENCE:
SEXUAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, MORAL, PHYSICAL
GENERAL SECTION SHORT FILMS
HAHATAY. Gandiol´s Smiles
28 min. Spain-Senegal. 2021
Dir: Irene Segalés Aguilar
SYNOPSIS:
“Hahatay, Sonrisas de Gandiol” is a non-profit association that works in development cooperation between Senegal and Spain.
From Hahatay they work every day to develop educational, health and cultural spaces that provide the necessary opportunities so that everyone in Gandiol has the ability to make decisions about their lives.
FICNOVA RECOGNISES THIS FILM FOR :
Providing a humanising view of global confluence, recognising the need for diversity in the face of established patterns. A look at the essence of the human being that cannot be stopped by any border and any barrier.
NOVIOLENCE AGAINST VIOLENCE:
MORAL, RACIAL, ECONOMICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL
GENERAL SECTION MEDIUM-LENGTH FILMS
STATE HOMOPHOBIA
51 min. Spain-Guinea E. 2022
Dir: Richard Zubelzu
SYNOPSIS:
In this documentary we give voice to the Guinean LGTBI activists Án-gel and Gonzalo, who give testimony of the persecution suffered by women and LGTBI people in their country and the difficulty of “coming out of the closet” as it is a taboo within families. A violation of human rights by the country’s current regime, with police abuse, torture, discrimination, sexual violence, forced pregnancies, child sexual exploitation of minors and a high mortality rate.
NOVIOLENCE AGAINST VIOLENCE:
SEXUAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, MORAL, PHYSICAL
GENERAL SECTION FEATURE FILMS
A JOURNEY TO OURSELVES
65 min. Spain. 2021
Dir: Luis Cintora
SYNOPSIS:
Spanish comedian Pepe Viyuela guides us on a journey where past and present merge as one: a time and circumstances shared by the victims of each armed conflict. Un viaje hacia nosotros narrates a journey that begins with the family memory of actor Pepe Viyuela, as he undertakes an investigation following the trail of his grandfather Gervasio, a member of the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. A journey that takes him back to his past, and a new perspective from which to re-evaluate his relationship with the present.
FICNOVA RECOGNISES THIS FILM FOR:
Bringing us closer to the reality of refugees, showing the essential need to protect the life of every human being in the face of a threat. But at the same time it points to a hopeful global future that is beginning to be expressed among the youngest.
NOVIOLENCE AGAINST VIOLENCE:
MORAL, PHYSICAL, RACIAL, ECONOMICAL