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THE ROOT

Navarra Shortzinema 2025

THE ROOT

Synopsis

Memory offers us a basis on which to recognise ourselves, but how can we remember something that nobody talks about? Through archive images provided by Tabakalera, Elias Querejeta Cinema School and the Basque film library, Isa Sáez talks to her grandmother about the taboos of their relationship.

Technical Crew

Direction and screenplay: Isa Sáez Pérez
Genre: Documentary
Cathegory: LGBTQ+, social, family
Country: Spain

Technical Data

Original title: THE ROOT
Year of production: 2025
Length: 8'
Screen Ratio: 16:9
Colour: Colour
Original Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English, spanish

Selections and awards

  • MECAL Festival
    [SPECIAL MENTION ALMA AWARD]
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Aguilar Film Festival
    [BEST EDITING]
    Aguilar de Campoo, Spain
  • LesFest - Lesbian Film Festival
    Peru
  • Muestra Cinemateca Pedro Zerolo
    Madrid, Spain
  • Festival QURTS
    Catalonia, Spain
  • Festival de Cine de Alicante
    Alicante, Spain
  • Vierte Welle Film Festival
    Berlin, Germany
  • ANDALESGAI
    Seville, Spain
  • La imagen de la memoria
    Medellín, Colombia
  • Tampere Film Festival
    Tampere, Finland
  • Petronila - Festival de Cine de Burgos
    Burgos, Spain
  • Muestra Internacional de Cortometraje La mida no importa / Size doesn't matter
    Barcelona, Spain
  • MUSOC - Muestra de Cine Social y Derechos Humanos de Asturies
    Asturias, Spain
  • Gau Laburra
    Beasain, Spain
  • Semana de Cine de Córdoba
    Córdoba, Spain
  • Cine Queer Mad
    Madrid, Spain
  • SEMINCI, Semana de Cine de Valladolid - Castilla y León en Corto
    Navarra, Spain
  • FICBE - Festival Internacional de Cine de Temática Social de Berriozar
    Navarra, Spain
  • Premios Pávez - Festival Internacional de Cine de Talavera de la Reina
    Toledo, Spain
  • Violeta Film Fest
    Bogotá, Colombia
  • Alcances. Festival de Cine Documental de Cádiz
    Cádiz, Spain
  • Espacio Queer
    La Plata, Argentina

Date

03 June 2025

Tags

Documentary, LGTBIQ+, Social, Family, Experimental