Films 2017 Edition

All families have secrets. This daily premise reflects the director's intriguing journey to solve her family’s puzzle; Who really is her Aunt Adriana? Is it possible that this modern, independent and joyful woman has an unspeakable secret?

ATTENTION! BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY 8th OF NOVEMBER, FRAGILE'S WEDNESDAY 8th SESSION HAS BEEN CALLED OFF. How does poverty affect four girls from other continents? Four girls from four different continents are followed during their birth and their first year of life. All of them have in common their fragile situation of extreme poverty. Ten years later, we find them again to observe the current situation of their families and countries.

Who was behind Caterina Albert? Actress Míriam Iscla discovers the story of the woman who hid herself behind the nickname of Víctor Català. Caterina Albert was a distinguished writer in Catalan language and a pioneer in the feminist fight through literature.

If we save the seals, who will save the Eskimos? Inuit people’s voice is facing the big environmental groups to defend the base of their economy and their lifestyle, the hunt of seals. A debate between the struggle for the environment and the survival of Inuit culture and tradition.

Who was Guillem d'Efak? During the sixties, he became known as "the black who sang in Catalan", an unusual rarity within the cultural outlook. Born in Equatorial Guinea, raised in Mallorca, poet, bohemian, scrounger... A fascinating figure on which the playwright Pep Tosar wants to make a play, for this reason he will travel to Mallorca to interview those who knew him best.

A shocking aesthetic and experimental film that takes the audience into the strange, persuasive and disturbing reality of nuclear weapons. Crossing the boundaries of art, politics and technology.

In 1941, Chilean journalist Carlos Barry Silva is invited to a big tour in Japan along with five more journalists. After the Pearl Harbour attack, they are forced to stay and become war stringers. A chapter that will define their lives as well as their families.

The passage of time was captured in some films kept for decades in the attics of the district of Baix a Mar, Torredembarra. A tenderly recall through the memory recorded by the Tizón family of Barcelona and safeguarded by the sisters Figuerola of Torredembarra.

Joan Manuel Serrat goes in depth into the memories of his childhood and youth in the Poble Sec neighborhood. Through his most personal anecdotes, we move to the middle of the last century, with its habits and rules, while Serrat transmits us the familiar, chaotic and lifeful character of an unforgettable era, and all of this with the help of the journalist Lluís Permanyer.

Will universal basic income make people lazy? Or will it free them? The debate on the sustainability of a basic income for those over 21 is on the table. Economists and politicians study the opportunities and risks of this proposal and questions about human psychology and nature come into play.

ATTENTION! BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY 8th OF NOVEMBER, FRAGILE'S WEDNESDAY 8th SESSION HAS BEEN CALLED OFF. How does poverty affect four girls from other continents? Four girls from four different continents are followed during their birth and their first year of life. All of them have in common their fragile situation of extreme poverty. Ten years later, we find them again to observe the current situation of their families and countries.

Miquel, a senior veteran executive is fired from the multinational where he works. Alfred's family is forced to leave their home. Amar, is the director of an automobile factory in Damascus. All of them share a moment of change and uncertainty that unites them.

Former enemy combatants – Israeli soldiers from elite units and Palestinian fighters, many of whom served years in prison – who have joined together to challenge the status quo and say “enough.” The film reveals their transformational journeys from soldiers committed to armed battle to nonviolent peace activists, leading to the creation of combatants for peace.

In 1943, a group of exiled Spanish republicans serving the United States Army, enters clandestinely in Spain, in one of the most erratic operations of the American espionage during WWII. This is an espionage story rescued from the oblivion.

A film crew is shooting a movie on a mysterious island of Sumatra. There, they discover the existence of a prehistoric civilization and an ancestral tribe that kidnaps Ann, the main actress, to offer her in ritual sacrifice to Kong, a gigantic gorilla.

Rufus T. Firefly gets to the power of Freedonia for recommendations of Mrs. Teasdale. Firefly's continued squabbles and tensions with the neighboring country, Sylvania, lead to a war that Sylvanian spies Chico and Pinky will try to figure out how to win. A great comedy by the Marx Brothers.

In the year of the cultural capital, Memorimage wants to highlight the value of the audiovisual heritage by selecting 3 audiovisual pieces for the Closing Ceremony. During this ceremony, we will also be able to meet the winners of Memorimage 2017’s Awards.