Seeds from Kivu

Néstor López, Carlos Valle

Spain, 2024. Doc., 29'

Tickets

30/03

Sun.

12:00

Cinemes Girona, BCN

*Short Film Session

31/03 - 13/04

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Seeds from Kivu

Synopsis

Panzi Hospital was founded by Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, to physically and psychologically help the women of the zone, who were gang raped by local guerillas.

Festivals

– Goya Award for Best Documentary Short Film 2025, Spain
– Social Values and Audience Award at Aguilar Film Festival 2024, Spain

Credits

Original title

Semillas de Kivu

Genre

Documentary

Director

Néstor López, Carlos Valle

Country

Spain

Year

2024

Duration

29'

Production

Filmakers Monkeys

Subtitles

Catalan

Idioma

French, Swahili

Topic

Feminism and Women's Rights, War

Néstor López, Carlos Valle

Néstor López and Carlos Valle are directors and producers known for their audiovisual works such as “Ellos”, “Mamá”, “Nacer” and “Anticlímax”, with which they have won awards such as Best Drama at NY Shorts, Best Short at Sitges, and the Goya for Best Documentary Short in 2022, as well as a Goya nomination for Best Short. Together they have directed and produced Semillas de Kivu, a documentary subsidized by the ICAA and winner of the Amnesty International – Abycine 2021 Award.

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-Alina (2021)
– Ellos (2022)
– Anticlímax (2023)

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