3 Nominations!!

Thrilled to announce that Fernando Reinaldos’ short film GALLINA has been NOMINATED for three awards at the latest edition of the wonderful New Bedford Film Festival in Massachusetts:

Best Short Film
Best Young Actor: Joaquín López Fernández
Best Supporting Actress: Rosario Pardo

GALLINA premiered worldwide at the prestigious New Hampshire Film Festival, USA. A film event that qualifies for the Hollywood Oscars.

GALLINA has competed in the Official Selection of numerous international festivals in Europe and Asia.

GALLINA has won awards at film festivals in the United States, Italy, and Spain.

GALLINA will be eligible for the next edition of the Goya Awards, organised annually by the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Director 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.