Projects and activities
Beyond the festival, Gran Angular is involved in audiovisual education, documentary production and international solidarity. Four lines of work connected by one idea: cinema as a social tool.
San Rafael en Corto (SREC)
Our core activity. 22 uninterrupted editions since 2005 screening Canarian and international short films at the Víctor Jara Municipal Theatre in Vecindario. A non-competitive showcase with a single award: the audience's.
Cine con Clase
Gran Angular's educational programme. We bring cinema to Canarian classrooms through screenings, workshops and meetings with directors. We train schoolchildren and teenagers in audiovisual language, film criticism and media literacy.
- — Talleres de maquillaje para cine
- — Cursos de interpretación teatral
- — Cursos de guión cinematográfico
- — Talleres de videoclip y bandas sonoras
"La Berma"
A 2,720 km wall · A people split in two
Directed by Agustín Domínguez, "La Berma" portrays Yauguiha Mohamed Embarec, a Sahrawi refugee who grew up in the Tindouf camps having never seen the land of her grandparents. The feature follows her daily life on the other side of the longest military wall in the world after Korea's: the berm built by Morocco in Western Sahara, 2,720 mined km that have separated Sahrawi families since 1980.
Filmed between the Tindouf camps and the liberated territories, the documentary is also an intimate portrait of prolonged exile, dignity and the life that persists in the face of international neglect.
- Dirección
- Agustín Domínguez
- Producción
- Gran Angular · Canarias
- Localización
- Tinduf · Sáhara Occidental
- Premio
- Canary Islands Film
Cinema, human rights and unfinished causes.
Gran Angular collaborates with Canarian and international social movements. We programme dedicated seasons, organise charity screenings and help distribute works that bring forgotten conflicts to light.
Cinema in the Tindouf refugee camps
Programming Canarian short films at the FiSahara festival and supporting Sahrawi filmmakers.
Seasons and screenings for the rights of the Palestinian people
Documentaries on the occupation, Palestinian women and life in Gaza and the West Bank.
Cinema and Atlantic routes
The thematic focus of the 22nd edition. Short films on borders, refuge, racism and migrant memory.