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VOLCÁN
VOLCANO
Luciana Merino Blamey
DOC, CHL, 20’

Three teenagers fall in love while riding through Santiago on a cargo motorcycle. The journey turns into a science fiction documentary with hazy 16mm and digital footage, revealing a different version of the city.

Production: Javiera Leal Monje
Contact: Luciana Merino Blamey | lucianamerinoblamey@gmail.com

NUESTRA PIEL LEVANTADA
OUR RAISED SKIN
Paolo Natale García
DOC, ESP, 70’

Paolo films his father and grandfather, placing increasing emphasis on their bodies and identifying with them. He wonders if they are aware of their emotions and the eating disorder they suffer from, just like him.

Production: Mubox Studio
Contact: Paolo Natale García | paolonatalegarcia18.cine@gmail.com

PORQUE UN AMIGO VINO A MÍ ESTE DÍA
FOR A FRIEND HAS COME TO ME TODAY
Rodrigo Montani
DOC, ARG, 90’

A dead man, a woman living alone in the forest, a boy lost in a village, and a child who will soon become a man. Four generations of the same family. The filmmaker-anthropologist knows them all. They are his friends. And the film is a love letter.

Production: Fernando Restelli, Ana Apontes
Contact: Rodrigo Montani | rodrigomontani@ffyh.unc.edu.ar

VICISITUDES DE LA LUZ
VICISSITUDES OF LIGHT
Marcel Beltrán
DOC, BRA, CUB, 90’

An intimate portrait of Cuban photographer Chinolope (1935–2021), silenced by those in power. His hidden work resurfaces as a testimony to the culture of silence and the fragility of memory.

Production: Mediocielo Films (BRA)
Contact: Marcel Beltrán | marcel@mediocielofilms.com

IDALINA
IDALINA
Patrícia Nogueira
DOC, PRT, 85’

Idalina, a free-spirited woman in the early 20th century, is forced into a white marriage. Drawn to her stepson, she is confined to a manor in Minho, where solitude and madness slowly push her to the edge.

Production: Laranja Azul (PRT)
Contact: Patrícia Nogueira | patnogueira@gmail.com

PITCHING SESSION MODERATION

Anne Rethfeldt, DAE – Documentary Association of Europe

Anne Rethfeldt joined the DAE team in May 2021. She is a project manager, cultural producer, writer, and podcast creator, with experience in European film festivals and documentary organisations since 2014, including DOK Leipzig, CPH:DOX, DOX BOX e.V., CIRCLE – Doc Women Accelerator, and Berlinale Generation. In 2024, she completed the EURODOC training programme, strengthening her expertise in documentary development and European collaboration.