Argentina!!

Thrilled to announce that Gallina, the new film by Fernando Reinaldos, has been selected to take part in the short film competition at the ever-unmissable ESPACIO QUEER which will take place from 2 to 7 June in the city of La Plata, Argentina

Gallina will be screened on Saturday 6 June at 8.00 pm at the Cine Select cinema in the Pasaje Dardo Rocha Cultural Centre in La Plata

Gallina had its world premiere at the New Hampshire Film Festival in the US. The festival is an Oscar-qualifying event.

Since then, it has enjoyed great success on the film festival circuit, having been selected for around thirty festivals. These include film events that qualify for the Hollywood Oscars, the EFA European Film Awards and the Goya Awards.

Gallina has also received international recognition.

Gallina is one of the Spanish short films in the running for 2027 the Goya Awards, organised each year 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.