Below you can find the short films screening on Saturday, June 20 from 7:30 PM and Wednesday, June 24 from 10:00 PM at the Rialto Theatre (including a team presentation and a post-screening Q&A).

Click on the short film titles to view their information page.

• Mirror
• Loynes
• Esto está frío
• Nest
• Each, all and every

Film director and screenwriter Félix Sabroso will take part in a meeting with the press and the public in Valencia as part of the 41st edition of Cinema Jove. The event, scheduled for the morning before the official opening of the festival, will offer a unique opportunity to explore his career, his vision of cinema, and his latest projects. An open dialogue space between one of the leading figures in Spanish audiovisual culture and the festival audience.

Friday, June 19

6:00 PM – Doors Open & Photocall
7:00 PM – Opening Gala Begins

OPENING GALA

Screening of the Opening Film: The Patron (Julia Thelin)

A lie spirals out of control when a cleaner poses as an influential art patron in this tense and vibrant debut feature about the intoxicating nature of power and unleashed creative desire.

Luna de València Award Presentation: Félix Sabroso

At the 41st edition of Cinema Jove, the Luna de València Award for Outstanding Career Achievement will be presented to Spanish director and screenwriter Félix Sabroso.

His ability to move seamlessly between comedy and the most heartbreaking drama, as well as across different formats, combined with a distinctive voice and unmistakable style, has established him as one of Spain’s most influential filmmakers. His work embodies the spirit of the festival and serves as an inspiration across all four official competition sections.

The series follows five women pushed to their limits by situations of abuse, hardship, deception, and personal frustration. Their stories intertwine through a “butterfly effect” that leads to a collective catharsis marked by rage and dark humor.

Luna de Valencia Award

“Furia” (HBO) + talk with the director and 2026 València Moon Award winner, Félix Sabroso and Jau Fornés.

Below are the series that will be screened on Saturday, June 20 from 12:30 p.m. in Room 7 of the Rialto Buildin. Click on each title to view its corresponding information page.

• Les saturnides
• Vitrerie Joyal

Below are the series that will be screened on Saturday, June 20 from 4:30 p.m. in Room 7 of the Rialto Building. Click on each title to view its information page.

• Respire fort
• Hundarna
• Sense filtres 

Q&A with the team from Respire Fort (France) and Sense Filtres (Spain). At 7:15 PM, the panel “Co-productions: From Europe to Asia” will take place, featuring Julia Fidel (ZDF) and Christopher Sharp (Easy Tiger Productions), moderated by Luke Eve.

This talk will address co-production opportunities between Europe and Asia, with special focus on Germany and Australia. From both perspectives, it will analyze key factors and strategies to foster international collaborations in the audiovisual sector.

Afghanistan, 2021, just before the Taliban’s return to power. Naru, the only female camera operator at Kabul’s main television network, is struggling to keep custody of her three-year-old son. After leaving her husband due to his repeated infidelities, she has come to believe that there are no good men in her country.

The screening on the 20th will be introduced by its director, Shahrbanoo Sadat, and producer, Marina Perales Marhuenda. It will be followed by the panel “Filming Against the Current: Women, Cinema and Resistance”, featuring both guests.

The screening on Saturday 20th at 11:30 a.m. will be presented by its director, Shahrbanoo Sadat, and producer Marina Perales Marhuenda. Hosted by Ana Catalá, festival programmer. This will be followed by the panel “Filming Against the Current: Women, Cinema and Resistance,” featuring both of them.

A cleaner dreams of a more exciting life. One evening, she poses as an influential art patron and lures two art students to her employer’s empty house. Intoxicated by her newfound position of power, she allows herself to be drawn deeper into the deception. But what begins as an innocent game soon spirals dangerously out of control.

Gracia, Martín, and Coral are three siblings leading very different lives, all struggling to get by. Three castaways lost within themselves. Although they know they need one another, they always end up turning their backs on each other, unable to help because perhaps their problems are just too similar. Martín wants to leave his parents’ house to write in Paris. Gracia wants to separate reality from the fiction her life has become. Coral only wants to be loved.

An academia-noir and armchair mystery in the lineage of Borges and Eco; the life of hyper-literate philosopher Béatrice Courte is interpolated with the (allegedly) true story of the “chronovisor,” a device built in Italy in the 1950s that can photograph the past. A documentary bricolage of books, cassettes, newspapers, magazines, and VHS tapes constitute the film’s center of gravity — around it orbits the fictional story of Béatrice, whose usually respectable research interests verge on the occult as the enigmatic “chronovisor” begins to occupy her every waking thought…

Below you can find the short films screening on Saturday, June 20 from 7:30 PM and Wednesday, June 24 from 10:00 PM at the Rialto Theatre (including a team presentation and a post-screening Q&A).

Click on the short film titles to view their information page.

• Mirror
• Loynes
• Esto está frío
• Nest
• Each, all and every

Below you can find the short films screening on Saturday, June 20 from 10:00 PM and Wednesday, June 24 from 5:00 PM at the Rialto Theatre. Click on the short film titles to view their information page.

• Mal de madre
• Night of passage 
• Oralia
• Geratzen den hori
• Dieu est timide

Frances (Greta Gerwig), a 27-year-old young woman, has decided to pursue her dream of becoming a dancer in a New York dance company. She lives with her best friend Sophie and enjoys life with joy and carefree enthusiasm, even though she longs for much more than she has and her innocent spirit is far from ideal for surviving in the New York jungle… A modern fable about youth, friendship, ambition, loyalty and optimism.

Below are the series that will be screened on Saturday, June 21 from 11:00 a.m. in Room 7 of the Rialto Building. Click on each title to view its information page.

• Pai Pai
• Hirurg

Following the screening, ‘Creators of Movement. The women who draw the world’ moderated by María Lorenzo will take place, focusing on the current situation of women in the animation industry and on the changes the sector has undergone in recent years.

Special screening session of animated short films created by women, organized in collaboration with Prime the Animation!, the FAN Network (Festivals Animation Network) and MIA (Women in the Animation Industry).

Screening of the short films:

-What’s Left Behind, by Charalambia Englezou
-The Underworld, by Benedetta Sani
-Cold Soup, by Marta Monteiro
-Raices, by Maddalena Brozzi, Laura Cagnoni and Sara Moschini
-The Distance Between the Staircase and the Sky, by Katerina Athanasopoulou
-Felina, by María Lorenzo

Following the screening, a discussion panel moderated by María Lorenzo will take place, focusing on the current situation of women in the animation industry and on the changes the sector has undergone in recent years.

The discussion will be supported by data and conclusions drawn from the latest MIA Report, which will serve as a starting point to address key issues such as female representation in leadership and directing positions, the gap in access to certain creative and technical areas, and the persistence of gender roles and stereotypes in animation productions made in Spain.

The conversation aims to create a space for critical analysis and collective reflection on the challenges and transformations currently shaping the industry.
The session is conceived with the aim of promoting new talent, opening spaces for contemporary reflection, and strengthening the connection between audiovisual creation and audiences.

The lecture will explore how artificial intelligence tools are transforming audiovisual creation processes, from scriptwriting and visual design to production and post-production. Through practical examples and recent case studies, it will analyze the new creative possibilities that AI offers to emerging and professional filmmakers. The session will also address the ethical and artistic challenges posed by this technology, as well as its impact on traditional film production models. A journey through the present and future of AI-driven audiovisual creation.

• Dear Killer Nannies
• Das manko

Q&A with the team from Das Manko (Germany) and Dear Killer Nannies (Colombia).

The panels will take place before the screening:

Cinema Jove launches the first edition of Cinema Jove Meets, an initiative aimed at boosting the audiovisual industry and fostering encounters between professionals. The activity will bring together participants from the festival’s four official sections, along with associations, Valencian audiovisual hubs, and invited professionals in a networking day designed to promote co-productions and build connections between local and international talent. A space for connection, exchange, and new opportunities for audiovisual creation.

La madre de Flavia trabaja como cuidadora en Italia; su padre en una obra. Luca y Tina deberían estar al cuidado de su frágil abuela. Una maravillosa película de iniciación sobre crecer entre iguales cuando los adultos han abandonado la escena.

Tao is infatuated with Shin, but can only express this affection by sending roving gangs to beat him up in public. Meanwhile, Melih, a Turkish immigrant who owns a noodle shop, receives an enigmatic, possibly omniscient flower from Yu-Ping, whom he falls hopelessly for.

The screening on the 21st will include an introduction and a post-screening discussion with Ka Ki Wong.

A young woman working at an exclusive golf club in the Philippines becomes entangled with the club’s powerful president. The deeper she journeys into its most exclusive corners, the closer she gets to the violent truths of the club, her native Philippines, and her own past.

The June 21 screening will be presented by its director, Rafael Manuel. 

Below you can find the short films screening on Sunday, June 21 from 5:00 PM and Thursday, June 25 from 7:30 PM at the Rialto Theatre (including a team presentation and a post-screening Q&A). Click on the short film titles to view their information page.

• Sabura
• Stallion y la bola de cristal
• A certa distància 
• Zwermen
• Gardiennes de nuit

Below you can find the short films that will be screened on Sunday, June 21 from 7:30 PM and Thursday, June 25 from 10:00 PM at the Rialto Theatre (including a presentation by the crew and a subsequent Q&A). Click on the title of each short film to view its information page.

• Dra. Miranda
• The other woman
• O
• Yo yo
• Instrucciones para cocinar un pollo bajo tierra

Below you can find the short films screening on Sunday, June 21 from 10:00 PM and Thursday, June 25 from 5:00 PM at the Rialto Theatre. Click on the short film titles to view their information page.

• Le prime volte
• Pes a vlk
• No skate!
• Lady attila
• Praying mantis

Christine (Saoirse Ronan), who calls herself “Lady Bird,” is a Sacramento teenager in her final year of high school. The young woman, with artistic aspirations and dreams of living on the East Coast, tries to find her own path and define herself outside the protective shadow of her mother (Laurie Metcalf).

At 18, Claudia does not want to be a heroine. Her mother’s illness arrives like a silent storm, forcing a redefinition of roles within a family that has long been disconnected. Torn between the duty to care and the desire to live like any other girl her age, Claudia searches for a way to inhabit this new reality, one that will transform the bonds within the entire family.

Screening of Yo no moriré de amor followed by a discussion with its director and screenwriter, Marta Matute. Moderated by Fernando Méndez-Leite, President of the Film Academy.

In the remote mountains of Liangshan, 14-year-old Qihuo and her friends set out in search of a skirt for her coming-of-age ritual. What begins as a small adventure gradually unfolds into a suspended space of childhood, where time slows down and the world feels vast.

The June 22 screening at 5:00 p.m. will be presented by its director, Dongnan Chen. 

Dani, Carlos, and Toni lead a quiet life. They share almost everything: the house, the household chores, the dogs, their homosexual tendencies, and their debts. Things change when they rent one of the bedrooms to Lucas.

Below you can find the short films screening on Monday, June 22 from 5:00 PM and Thursday, June 25 from 5:00 PM at the Rialto Theatre (including a team presentation and a post-screening Q&A). Click on the short film titles to view their information page.

• Deprisa, deprisa
• Les normales de saison
• Drumul spre casa
• Una vez un cuerpo
• Sand i tissen

Filmmaker Joecar Hanna returns to his hometown to revisit his cinematic career with a double screening: the Valencia premiere of the short film TALK ME and DELIVER ME, which will serve as the starting point for his next feature film. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director.

Deliver me (15′)

The story follows Jora, a clone trapped in a toxic relationship with Jesse, the billionaire he was created from. When Jesse gifts another replica of himself to a friend obsessed with him, Jora begins to question his identity and freedom. The film explores loneliness, control, and the search for individuality.

Talk me (20′)

In a world where speaking is a forbidden form of intimacy, a local outsider moves from a loveless marriage to a genuine connection with a stranger in Joecar Hanna’s extraordinarily fresh take on the norms of relational commitment.

• Ningú borda
• Karies
• The wind in ash
• Habibi
• La cure thermale

Matt and James are in a long-distance relationship shaped by trips, phone calls, and occasional reunions. But as time goes by, the emotional distance between them begins to grow, forcing them to confront the fragility of love, loneliness, and the personal changes that come with time.

The series La Ruta (Vol. I), which premiered on Atresplayer at the end of 2022, has received numerous accolades, including the Ondas Award and the Feroz Award for Best Drama Series, while its screenplay was honored with both the ALMA Award and the Feroz Award.
The series follows a group of friends from El Perelló across more than a decade, beginning with their farewell at the overcrowded Ruta Destroy — or Ruta del Bakalao — in 1993, and moving back to the moment they first entered Barraca in 1981, when both they and “the party” still retained their innocence.
La Ruta portrays the years in which Valencia danced without pause — a period that many would like to relive, but only a few can truly remember.

Below you can find the short films screening on Sunday, June 21 from 10:00 PM and Thursday, June 25 from 5:00 PM at the Rialto Theatre. Click on the short film titles to view their information page.

• Le prime volte
• Pes a vlk
• No skate!
• Lady attila
• Praying mantis

The panel will address one of the industry’s key questions: why certain works manage to enter festival programming, circulate internationally, and build a sustained career, while others — with similar proposals or even greater formal ambition — remain outside the circuit.
The conversation will feature Laurence Boyce, Head of Fiction Programming at PÖFF Shorts and one of the most influential voices in European short film programming, with a long-standing commitment to defending the short film format and supporting new generations of filmmakers in their international journeys; and Amélie Quéret, producer and founder of Respiro Productions, a company specialized in European co-productions, with more than twenty internationally selected and award-winning short films.
The combination of both perspectives will open a discussion from both the programming and production sides, as well as from the perspective of supporting emerging filmmakers: how selection decisions are actually made, what kinds of films are currently able to circulate within the international ecosystem, what festivals are looking for beyond “quality” or “originality,” and why certain filmmakers succeed in building long-term careers while others remain outside the circuit.
The conversation will also explore issues related to the international circulation of films, strategies for supporting new talent, and the often invisible criteria that influence both festival programming and the commitment of producers and distributors to particular emerging directors.

A young woman working at an exclusive golf club in the Philippines becomes entangled with the club’s powerful president. The deeper she journeys into its most exclusive corners, the closer she gets to the violent truths of the club, her native Philippines, and her own past.

The June 21 screening will be presented by its director, Rafael Manuel. 

La madre de Flavia trabaja como cuidadora en Italia; su padre en una obra. Luca y Tina deberían estar al cuidado de su frágil abuela. Una maravillosa película de iniciación sobre crecer entre iguales cuando los adultos han abandonado la escena.

Víctor, who claims to have directed several films he never managed to release, gathers his most loyal collaborators around his deathbed in order to set in motion what will probably become his final work. A film through which their views on life and cinema will ultimately collide.

Barbie (Margot Robbie) lives an ideal life in Barbieland, where everything is perfect, with amazing parties full of music and colour, and where every day is the best day ever. But Barbie begins to ask herself some questions — rather uncomfortable ones that do not fit into the idyllic world where she and the other Barbies live. When Barbie realises that she is able to place her heels on the ground and has flat feet, she decides to put on a pair of flat shoes and travel to the real world.

Below are the short films you will be able to watch on Wednesday, June 24, starting at 11:00 a.m. Click on the title of each short film to view its information page.

• Il était un fois à Dragonville
• When the Tide Comes
• De-Sastre
• Mû

Below you can find the short films that will be screened on Wednesday, June 24, starting at 12:00 p.m. Click on the title of each short film to view its information page.

• L’aveugle
• La légende du colibri
• Woodland
• Le planeur
• Zwermen

Flora leaves. Antonis gets left behind. Elit moves in. Benni and Caro can’t seem to move on. In the classrooms, cafes, bars and train stations of an unnamed German city, the lives of several young people intersect.

The screening on June 25 will be introduced by its director, William Wrubel.

A panel with Ka Ki Wong and actress Elizabeth Fang (I Heard That They Are Not Going To See Each Other Anymore) and William Wrubel (When We Saw Each Other More Often) exploring how to portray youth in cinema today without falling into the usual tropes.
Both filmmakers approach youth through deeply intimate perspectives, though from very different cinematic languages. In Ka Ki Wong’s case, through hybrid forms that blur documentary and fiction, capturing the emotional immediacy of her characters with a restless, urban energy reminiscent at times of 1990s Hong Kong cinema. Her film moves with spontaneity and emotional urgency, less interested in conventional storytelling than in building emotional states through fragments, gestures, the city and the intensity of lived experience.
In Wrubel’s case, through a sparse and observational mise-en-scène influenced by the cinema of his mentor, Angela Schanelec, as well as the use of Super 16mm film, which gives his images a particular texture and fragility. Rather than constructing a conventional coming-of-age narrative, Wrubel approaches youth throughspaces, silences and emotional disconnection, creating a cinematic map where the city itself becomes a central emotional presence.
Both films move away from more obvious or overdetermined portrayals of youth in order to construct more ambiguous, sensitive and truthful portraits of what it means to be young today.

Tao is infatuated with Shin, but can only express this affection by sending roving gangs to beat him up in public. Meanwhile, Melih, a Turkish immigrant who owns a noodle shop, receives an enigmatic, possibly omniscient flower from Yu-Ping, whom he falls hopelessly for.

The screening on the 21st will include an introduction and a post-screening discussion with Ka Ki Wong.

After her estranged mother’s death, Mar plans to leave Malta for good by selling the farmland she’s inherited. But as she travels the island to claim her land, she meets Nenu, an irrepressible 80-year-old folk singer whose music and spirit challenge her desire to escape. An unexpected connection between past and present grows as Mar slowly warms to the homeland she wanted to turn her back on.

The screening on Wednesday, June 24 will be presented by its director, Alex Camilleri. 

Below you can find the short films screening on Saturday, June 20 from 10:00 PM and Wednesday, June 24 from 5:00 PM at the Rialto Theatre. Click on the short film titles to view their information page.

• Mal de madre
• Night of passage 
• Oralia
• Geratzen den hori
• Dieu est timide

Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg are four sisters in the midst of adolescence, living with their mother in a North America distantly marked by the Civil War. Through their different artistic vocations and youthful longings, they will discover love and the importance of family bonds.

Cinema Jove launches the first edition of Cinema Jove Meets, an initiative aimed at boosting the audiovisual industry and fostering encounters between professionals. The activity will bring together participants from the festival’s four official sections, along with associations, Valencian audiovisual hubs, and invited professionals in a networking day designed to promote co-productions and build connections between local and international talent. A space for connection, exchange, and new opportunities for audiovisual creation.

Below you can find the short films screening on Monday, June 22 from 5:00 PM and Thursday, June 25 from 5:00 PM at the Rialto Theatre (including a team presentation and a post-screening Q&A). Click on the short film titles to view their information page.

• Deprisa, deprisa
• Les normales de saison
• Drumul spre casa
• Una vez un cuerpo
• Sand i tissen

Below you can find the short films screening on Sunday, June 21 from 5:00 PM and Thursday, June 25 from 7:30 PM at the Rialto Theatre (including a team presentation and a post-screening Q&A). Click on the short film titles to view their information page.

• Sabura
• Stallion y la bola de cristal
• A certa distància 
• Zwermen
• Gardiennes de nuit

Below you can find the short films that will be screened on Sunday, June 21 from 7:30 PM and Thursday, June 25 from 10:00 PM at the Rialto Theatre (including a presentation by the crew and a subsequent Q&A). Click on the title of each short film to view its information page.

• Dra. Miranda
• The other woman
• O
• Yo yo
• Instrucciones para cocinar un pollo bajo tierra

Afghanistan, 2021, just before the Taliban’s return to power. Naru, the only female camera operator at Kabul’s main television network, is struggling to keep custody of her three-year-old son. After leaving her husband due to his repeated infidelities, she has come to believe that there are no good men in her country.

The screening on the 20th will be introduced by its director, Shahrbanoo Sadat, and producer, Marina Perales Marhuenda. It will be followed by the panel “Filming Against the Current: Women, Cinema and Resistance”, featuring both guests.

The screening on Saturday 20th at 11:30 a.m. will be presented by its director, Shahrbanoo Sadat, and producer Marina Perales Marhuenda. Hosted by Ana Catalá, festival programmer. This will be followed by the panel “Filming Against the Current: Women, Cinema and Resistance,” featuring both of them.

Flora leaves. Antonis gets left behind. Elit moves in. Benni and Caro can’t seem to move on. In the classrooms, cafes, bars and train stations of an unnamed German city, the lives of several young people intersect.

The screening on June 25 will be introduced by its director, William Wrubel.

A cleaner dreams of a more exciting life. One evening, she poses as an influential art patron and lures two art students to her employer’s empty house. Intoxicated by her newfound position of power, she allows herself to be drawn deeper into the deception. But what begins as an innocent game soon spirals dangerously out of control.

Hannah, freshly graduated, spends a hot summer falling in and out of love, breaking hearts and feeling chronically dissatisfied. She grows distant from her boyfriend, who has just lost his job, and finds herself attracted to two co-workers, Matt and Paul.

he Young Filmmakers Official Section Forum celebrates its 41st edition this year with a day exclusively dedicated to the screening of amateur short films. The screenings will be complemented by mentoring sessions, and award winners will be eligible for a place at the Young Filmmakers Residency, to be held in September with the aim of fostering the professional development of emerging audiovisual talent.

Below, you can find the short films that will be screened on Friday, June 26, starting at 11:00 a.m. Click on the title of each short film to view its information page.

• El Show de Lily
• Catarsis
• Canta, xiqueta, canta
• Delicado 30′
• El monstruo

The Young Filmmakers Official Section Forum celebrates its 41st edition this year with a day exclusively dedicated to the screening of amateur short films. The screenings will be complemented by mentoring sessions, and award winners will be eligible for a place at the Young Filmmakers Residency, to be held in September with the aim of fostering the professional development of emerging audiovisual talent.

Below you can find the short films that will be screened on Friday, June 26, starting at 4:00 p.m. Click on the title of each short film to view its information page.

• L’exterminador Van Pelsing
• La identitat del vent
• El Lambo de San Blas
• Colmena

The Young Filmmakers Official Section Forum celebrates its 41st edition this year with a day exclusively dedicated to the screening of amateur short films. The screenings will be complemented by mentoring sessions, and award winners will be eligible for a place at the Young Filmmakers Residency, to be held in September with the aim of fostering the professional development of emerging audiovisual talent.

Below you can find the short films that will be screened on Friday, 26 June, from 6:30 p.m. onwards. Click on the title of each short film to view its information page.

• A la vejez, viruela
• Cambio de hábitos
• El niño de orejas rojas
• Wounded Light

The Spanish Short Film Coordinating Committee has carried out the study Spanish Short Films in 50 Data Points, a long-awaited project within the sector that was created with the aim of measuring, for the first time, the real impact of short films on the Spanish audiovisual industry.
The study will be presented for the first time at Cinema Jove, bringing together key representatives from the main institutions of the Spanish audiovisual sector that have supported and promoted the project: DAMA, ICAA and EGEDA.
This pioneering initiative analyzes both the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of the sector, highlighting the cultural, industrial and economic relevance of short films — a format that plays a fundamental role in the development of the audiovisual landscape in Spain.
The report offers a real and up-to-date overview of the sector based on data collected through 2025–2026, outlining an analytical map structured around six major areas — production, festivals, financing, distribution, context and industrial structure — and incorporating an unprecedented set of indicators that makes it possible to accurately assess the current state of the short film industry in Spain.
Beyond its statistical and strategic value, the report also includes opinion articles written by prominent industry professionals, reinforcing its role as a tool for analysis, reflection and debate within the audiovisual industry.

Priscilla Delgado is a Spanish actress recognized for her versatility and her national and international career across both film and television. She began her career at a very young age, quickly establishing herself as one of the most promising young performers of her generation.

Throughout her career, she has appeared in notable Spanish and international productions, working across a variety of genres and formats. Among her most recognized works are the TV series Los Protegidos, where she gained widespread popularity with audiences, the film Julieta by Pedro Almodóvar, and the international series A League of Their Own, produced for streaming in the United States, which marked an important step in her international career. She can currently be seen in the third season of the acclaimed American series Euphoria.

Over the years, she has demonstrated remarkable acting ability and a constant evolution in her artistic career. Her command of different acting styles and her experience working both in Spain and in international productions have made her an actress with a strong presence in the audiovisual industry.

The series follows Rue, a teenager struggling with addiction, as she navigates relationships, identity, trauma, sexuality, and mental health alongside a group of high school students.

After her estranged mother’s death, Mar plans to leave Malta for good by selling the farmland she’s inherited. But as she travels the island to claim her land, she meets Nenu, an irrepressible 80-year-old folk singer whose music and spirit challenge her desire to escape. An unexpected connection between past and present grows as Mar slowly warms to the homeland she wanted to turn her back on.

The screening on Wednesday, June 24 will be presented by its director, Alex Camilleri. 

An academia-noir and armchair mystery in the lineage of Borges and Eco; the life of hyper-literate philosopher Béatrice Courte is interpolated with the (allegedly) true story of the “chronovisor,” a device built in Italy in the 1950s that can photograph the past. A documentary bricolage of books, cassettes, newspapers, magazines, and VHS tapes constitute the film’s center of gravity — around it orbits the fictional story of Béatrice, whose usually respectable research interests verge on the occult as the enigmatic “chronovisor” begins to occupy her every waking thought…

• Ningú borda
• Karies
• The wind in ash
• Habibi
• La cure thermale

With the aim of directly involving the audience in the curation of the cycle The Young Greta Gerwig, Cinema Jove is launching a call on social media to find a person among the festival’s most loyal audience members to act as a programmer for one session. The festival takes another step in its philosophy of complicity with the audience by placing the session that will close the cycle in the hands of an anonymous programmer. Through this initiative, a regular festival attendee will have the opportunity to choose the title that will close the tribute to the filmmaker. The surprise screening will be a work that has directly inspired the artist or that has a close thematic or aesthetic relationship with her filmography. The selection will not be made public until a few days before the screening, during the course of Cinema Jove.

In the remote mountains of Liangshan, 14-year-old Qihuo and her friends set out in search of a skirt for her coming-of-age ritual. What begins as a small adventure gradually unfolds into a suspended space of childhood, where time slows down and the world feels vast.

The June 22 screening at 5:00 p.m. will be presented by its director, Dongnan Chen.