Thrilled to announce that the short film GALLINA, by Fernando Reinaldos, won the 2nd CACHO PALLERO IBERO-AMERICAN DANCE PRIZE at the 54th Huesca International Film Festival, an event that qualifies for the Hollywood Oscars.
This is yet another success on the festival circuit for this outstanding Spanish production, which is set to take centre stage in the upcoming awards season.
GALLINA had its world premiere at the New Hampshire Film Festival, the first Oscar-qualifying festival in which it has competed, and has been selected for almost 50 film festivals.
The short film has won awards at festivals in America and Europe.
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.
Stay tuned, because in a few days we’ll be announcing further successes for our films.
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