Felices de anunciar que el director de cine español Fernando Reinaldos viajará a Italia para presentar en la competición oficial del Festival Internacional de Cine de Sulmona su nuevo cortometraje titulado GALLINA.

Thrilled to announce that Spanish film director Fernando Reinaldos will travel to Italy to present his new short film entitled GALLINA in the official competition at the 43rd Sulmona International Film Festival.

La proyección de GALLINA será en la competición internacional el 7 de Noviembre en el histórico Cinema Pacifico.

GALLINA will be screened in the international competition on 7 November at the historic Cinema Pacifico.

GALLINA se ha estrenado mundialmente el pasado fin de semana en el Festival de Cine de New Hampshire. Evento cinematográfico calificador para los Oscars de Hollywood.

GALLINA premiered worldwide last weekend at the New Hampshire Film Festival. A qualifying film event for the Hollywood Oscars.

Synopsis:

In rural Spain, ten-year-old Pablo loves spending time at his granny’s countryside home, playing with his younger sister Alba and his best friend Martín.

But everything changes when Martín pressures him to betray his family, leaving Pablo to question where he truly belongs.

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.

En unos días anunciaremos nuevos éxitos para esta magnífica producción española protagonizada por Rosario Pardo, Joaquín López Fernández y Candela Moreno Contreras.

In a few days, we will announce new successes for this magnificent Spanish production.

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