Director: Álvaro Gago

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Born in: Vigo, Spain
Biography: Alvaro Gago was born in 1986 in Vigo (Galicia, Spain). He graduated with honours in Audiovisual Communication and then moved to Chicago where he studied filmmaking and theatre at North Park University. In 2009 he moved to London. Alvaro co-wrote, co-directed and edited the short film DOREMI, screened at many film festivals around Europe. In January 2011 he enrolls at the MA Filmmaking offered by the prestigious London Film School. Alvaro edits the documentary SKIN and the fiction short LIPSTICK, both films screening and winning prices in Europe and South América.

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Matria

Ramona’s life in a Galician fishing village is a constant hustle. Always sacrificing everything for her daughter’s future, she will be pushed to look inwards and to think that, maybe, there is something new to live for.
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Carme lives in a mountain village in Galicia with her sick mother and her father Ramón, with whom she hardly speaks. Working in a bakery, she feels the urge to escape from this oppressive atmosphere, but circumstances always seem to stop her. But during the “Rapa das Bestas” weekend – a celebration of the age-old struggle between man and horse – Carme’s older brother, Luís, comes home with his wife María...
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Faced with the challenges presented by her daily routine, Ramona tries to take refuge in the relationship that unites her to her daughter and granddaughter.
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