While in downtown São Paulo the bicycle is synonymous with lifestyle, in the suburbs the number of deaths of cyclists is increasing. A Different Spin accompanies the activists who fight for active and sustainable mobility for all.
Saturday, 22/10, 6 pm in room 1
Brazil 2021
Guilherme Valiengo
1:10:00 h
Feature / Docu
Marcos Abranches is a choreographer and dancer. Due to a cerebral palsy his motor skills are limited. With his abrupt and uncontrolled movements he creates a new aesthetic.
Sunday, 23/10, 8 pm in room 3
Brazil 2021
Elder Fraga
1:34:00 h
Feature / Docu
The Tikmũ’ũn have been fighting for years in Brazil for their land, which is surrounded by large landholdings. They continue to be displaced and face daily harassment, threats, and deadly violence. The filmmakers guide through their territory and document their resistance.
Trigger warning: addresses violence against indigenous people and loss of loved ones/grief
Saturday, 22/10, 8 pm in room 1
Brazil 2020
Isael Maxakali, Sueli Maxakali, Carolina Canguçu, Roberto Romero
1:10:00 h
Feature / Docu
Mexican women journalists are exposed to a double danger: On one side, Mexico is one of the countries with the highest murder rate of media workers. On the other side, they are denied competences and they attacked and threatened as women.
Sunday, 23/10, 6 pm in room 2
Mexico 2020
Yennué Zárate Valderrama
18:20 min
Short / Docu
Two women share their experiences and difficulties as single Black mothers. Despite the age difference, there are many similarities. The stories are a reminder that the responsibility for care work falls mostly on the shoulders of women and is characterized by the absence of paternal, family and governmental support.
Saturday, 22/10, 6 pm in room 2
Brazil 2021
Camila de Moraes
15:00 min
Short / Docu / Performance
The mother of a disappeared man is not convinced by the official explanations of the administration until he is exhumed from a mass grave and reburied.
Trigger warning: contains video footage of an exhumation
Sunday, 23/10, 6 pm in room 2
Mexico 2021
Magali Rocha Donnadieu, Carolina Corral Paredes
11:21 min
Short / Docu / Animation
In Buenos Aires, public transportation is dominated by large companies that disregard workers’ rights. The bus drivers of line 60 resist after one of their colleagues dies while repairing a bus. For years they fight for more safety at work and fair wages. They develop structures of solidarity in order to find a common voice and to be heard within the mega-company.
Trigger warning: shows video footage of a deadly accident and police violence
Friday, 21/10, 8 pm in room 2
Argentina 2021
Colectivo Silbando Bembas
1:40:00 h
Feature / Docu
The singers of a women’s choir are searching for disappeared relatives. Impunity for the crime of violent disappearance remains an open issue in Colombia, even after the signing of the peace agreement.
Trigger warning: addresses disappearances and the violent loss of loved ones, scenes of violence are described in detail
Sunday, 23/10, 6 pm in room 2
Colombia 2022
David Escobar
27:46 min
Short / Docu