In a magical town called Magdala, the Zamora family, consisting of the parents and their two children, find a briefcase full of money. Despite their ethics and morals, they decide to keep the money and use it to improve their quality of life. After several days of discussion, and with the help of the town's questionable priest, the family decides to fake the father's death to deceive the town about the origin of the money. The mother becomes obsessed with the idea of appearing wealthy
The director Nacho Ruiz-Capillas undertakes the digitalisation of over 6,000 photographic negatives, inherited from his grandfather Mariano, a cameraman and graphic reporter from before the Spanish Civil War until the 1960s.
While he rescues these from their inevitable chemical fate, his mother Isabel, 88, begins to show signs of dementia, mixing past and present. These two processes of decomposition (that of the celluloid and the human memory) establish an unsettling parallelism that structures the documentary.
Of the World, I'm the Treasure, is a story of resilience set in Potosí, Bolivia, a forgotten world in the depths of the Andes. This documentary portrays a community surviving where life seems improbable, following the lives of nine individuals, men, women, and children, as they navigate a hostile universe defined by labor, poverty, love, and death.
Through a blend of raw realism and visual poetry, the film explores the daily struggle for survival: from miners handling dynamite and "pailliri" women crushing rocks, to children selling goods in the streets. It is a profound immersion into the human spirit, capturing the strength, fragility, and shared dream of a better life while honoring the dignity of those hidden behind the statistics of the mining industry.
Framed within an aesthetic that pays tribute to the tragic and monumental brushstrokes of Basque painter Aurelio Arteta, this animated short film immerses us in a story of unconditional love and heartbreak.
Two young lovers meet at the boundaries of a traditional farmhouse (caserío). She steps through the gate in the wall to join him, and together they set off on a resolute march toward the unknown. As a violent gale begins to rage around them, the couple shed their clothes and communicate through bertsolaritza, singing verses that celebrate their triumph over the obstacles the world imposed to keep them apart.
However, as the distance grows and the elements become wilder, it becomes clear that the price of their freedom is far darker and more definitive than it seems. A raw and poetic reinterpretation of the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe, where folklore, passion, and fate merge under a stormy sky.