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  • Running Time
    14 minutes
  • Genre
    Screendance, Fantasy, Human Rights
  • Language
    No Dialogue
  • Completed
    March 14, 2025, Spain

Locked in a Romanesque apse, separated by a huge glass pane and deprived of speech, two people meet without knowing how they got there. Where are the limits that prevent us from acting in unjust situations? Are they physical or are they within us?

About the film

Directed by Abel Moreno Pradas, this experimental short film combines screendance, fantasy, and human rights themes to explore the invisible boundaries that shape human behavior. Inside a Romanesque apse, two people find themselves separated by a vast glass pane, unable to speak and with no understanding of how they arrived there.

Through movement, space, and music, the film questions what prevents us from responding when confronted with injustice. Are the barriers that limit our actions imposed by the world around us, or do they exist within ourselves? The physical separation between the characters becomes a metaphor for isolation, powerlessness, and the internal limits we must confront in order to act.

 
 
 

About the Director

Abel Moreno (1979, Girona). Graduated in Film and Audiovisuals from ESCAC Cinema School. In 2001, he co-directed the documentary “Aigua, la font de la vida” (Water, the source of life), produced by Pere Portabella and the Platform in Defense of the Ebre River, which won an award at the La Bisbal Film Festival.
He has produced numerous works, including “Contracorriente” (Against the Current), a documentary that won several awards in 2006: Best Documentary at the Girona Film Festival (2006) and the Festival del Río (Rivers Festival), Special Mention from the Jury at FICMA, and a participation in the Official Section of the MEA Festival in Türkiye.
In 2016, he released “Fugir de l’oblit” (Fleeing oblivion) and “Estados clandestinos” (Clandestine States). The documentary “Fugir de l’oblit,” broadcast on TV Catalunya in November 2016 and on three Mexican television stations throughout 2020, has been selected for 15 International Film Festivals in 10 different countries, winning the following awards:

– Best Documentary at the GOLLUT FESTIVAL (Catalunya, 2016)
– Audience Award at the GOLLUT FESTIVAL (Catalunya, 2016)
– Best Documentary at the FICNOVA Festival (Madrid, 2016)
– Best Documentary at the VERACRUZ EXTREME FILM FESTIVAL (Mexico, 2018)
– Best International Documentary at the IERAPETRA DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL (Greece) 2021)
– Special Jury Prize at the CANTO MEDITERRANEO FESTIVAL (Greece, 2018)
– Nomination for Best Documentary at the 12 MONTHS FILM FESTIVAL (Romania, 2016)
– Nomination for Best Director at the 12 MONTHS FILM FESTIVAL (Romania, 2016)
– Special Jury Mention at the CINE GRAND PRIX (Indonesia, 2017)
Meanwhile, “Clandestine States” has been selected at 11 international festivals in 6 countries, winning the Human Rights Award at the CINEUROPA COMPOSTELA FESTIVAL in 2017.

Official trailer

Cast

Gelya — Performer & Choreographer
Akira Yoshida — Performer & Choreographer

Crew

Abel Moreno Pradas — Producer, Writer, Director & Editor
Jordi Esgleas Marroi — Cinematographer
Iker Nafta — Art Director
Sasha Agranov — Original Music
Pablo Wayne — Original Music
Nihan Devecioglu — Original Music
Dave Bianchi — Sound Designer
Simon Smith — Sound Designer
Pol Roig Turró — First Assistant Director
Martina Gabriela Rogers Manzano — Second Assistant Director
Pepi Quinteros Romero — Sound Recording

Oriol Petit Tosca — Props
Núria Pórtulas Oliveras — Props
Olga Moreno Pradas — Graphic Design

Teo Campos Muñoz — Production Manager
Alba Quintos Miravet — Make-Up
Gabi García García — First Camera Assistant
Joan Morató Pasalodos — Steadicam
Gerard Bufi Auger — Gaffer
Rai Bufi Civit — Gaffer
Martin Avila Kahlo — Technician
Sergio Fuertes García — Technician
Héctor Viladàs Infante — Technician
Xabi Jiménez Marques — Assistant Art Director
Arboix Gutiérrez López — Stills Photographer