Thrilled to announce that the short film “GALLINA”, the latest work by Spanish director Fernando Reinaldos, has been selected to compete in the Official Selection of New Hampshire Film Festival, USA.

Fernando Reinaldos will compete for the prestigious Granny award that qualify to enter the Short Films competition for the concurrent Oscar® season.

The New Hampshire Film Festival was named an Academy Award® Qualifying Festival for the Short Film Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences beginning with the Festival’s 20th annual edition.

“Gallina” is one of twenty-six independent short films to be screened at the four-day event, which will be held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from 16 to 19 October.

Fernando Reinaldos is one of Spain’s most promising young talents, and with “Gallina” he will compete for a place at the Goya Awards, organised each year by the Spanish Film Academy, next season.

“Gallina” stars Rosario Pardo, Candela Moreno Contreras, Adrián Campillo Ortín, Sergio Reifs, Raul Martínez Román and a stellar Joaquín López Fernandez

Director’s Statement:

As a queer child, I remember the constant feeling of being trapped between two worlds: my feminine and masculine sides were always in conflict. Many times I tried to figure out where I belonged, without understanding why I had to make a choice at all. The warmth of my supportive family was not always enough to help me stand up to the harshness of the toxic masculinity outside. At that time, my deep admiration for my best friend led me to make choices against my instincts, betraying the special bond I shared with my dearest ones.

Gallina is my attempt to better understand that time in my life. The day when I came to understand something irreversible about myself and the world around me. When my silence began to shape the person I would become. The same silence that many queer children carry to protect themselves from being seen.

Through Pablo’s story, I wanted to examine how toxic masculinity shapes a boy’s identity in today’s world, and to explore the cost of remaining silent in the face of everyday violence. The silence that takes over at the end of the film is the same silence that, heartbreakingly, has become a defining feature of our time.

We are immensely happy to premiere such a beautiful short film as “GALLINA” worldwide at the 23rd edition of the New Hampshire Film Festival.

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