cinex – falar, ver e falar outra vez

In an afternoon dedicated to cinema, Cinex will premiere two commissioned films followed by a presentation by the two Galician directors, Bea Saiáns and Antía Carreira, moderated by João Paulo Macedo. Beforehand, there will also be a conversation about the future of cinema.

three expansions of cinema: future, painting and duration

sala multiusos
sat, 15:00
m/6

What will cinema be and what will it be like in a hundred years’ time? What are we talking about when we talk about the representation of painting in the seventh art? What can duration mean in cinema? Three questions that serve as a motto for three reflections by three distinguished guests: academic, critic and film curator Yun-hua Chen; art historian Steven Jacobs, who specializes in interactions between cinema and the visual arts; and artist and researcher Fernando José Pereira. These interventions culminate in a dialogue moderated by Eduardo Brito – curator of the Cinex program.

plumass
by bea saiáns

2025 – spain, portugal – 7′ – m/16

The word “plumas” in Spanish is used offensively against the homosexual community, especially gay men. The short film PLUMASS reflects on this expression, which only Spanish speakers have, and which turns the external gaze into a reality. Based on the uncapturable aspects of being, which bother and differentiate, the director creates a documentary and experimental work in which she mixes visual arts, dance, music and performing arts. After the premiere, this work will be broadcast in the Órbita cycle.

pupa
by antía carreira

2025 – spain, portugal – 10′ – m/16

Beta is the protagonist of the video-essay Pupa, which explores the body in Galician trans and non-binary people, trapped between diagnoses and norms that impose limits on identity. Through fantastic images that merge natural and surgical motifs, the story portrays the process of gender reaffirmation. We witness the beginning of the transformation, with the opening of a pupa (or chrysalis), from which a wingless being emerges, marked even before it is born.

this program is part of cinex braga 25 portuguese capital of culture.

support portuguese republic – culture / general direction of the arts. rtcp – network of portuguese theaters and cinemas.