The 11th Scottish Ibero-American Documentary Film Festival (IberoDocs) takes place from 10 to 28 September with six Scottish premieres, two UK premieres and one international premier taking place in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee.
The Opening Night Premiere is Home features Somewhere Else the multi-award winning animated documentary about deportation and displacement told from the viewpoint of young immigrants.
The Scottish premiere of The Boy and the Suit of Lights will be shown at the Filmhouse, while Voco – Edinburgh Royal Terrace will host networking drinks with IberoDocs and the Scottish Documentary Institute, accompanied by a special live soundtrack performance by Noelia Blanca Basilio.
The international premiere of María la Portuguesa will be accompanied by live music, Spanish wines, and a celebration of the “Iberian hug” between Spain and Portugal. It will take place at Edinburgh’s French Institute with the support of the Consulate General of Spain in Edinburgh, the Cervantes Chair at the University of Edinburgh, and Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua in partnership with the University of Edinburgh.
This year the films are connected by themes of searching and the sea, identity, belonging, fluidity and transformation. There is a new environmental strand The Sea bringing together four short films by female filmmakers in a collaboration with DocNomads.
The organisers say this is the most ambitious edition of the festival yet and invite Scottish audiences to engage with the programme and meet the directors at Q&A events. The festival hs moved from spring to autumn in an effort to engage even more with young audiences.
The festival features more than simply films, and includes live music, parties, a director masterclass and an art exhibition at McDonald Road Library and Fountainbridge Library featuring work by Pilar Garcia de Leániz.
Mar Felices, Director of IberoDocs, said: “We look to the sea in search of peace, of answers—to gather our thoughts and uncover what lies deep within us. We dive into the sea to shed the weight of our bodies, to cleanse ourselves, to transform. This is something that all the characters in the selected films do at some point—they encounter the sea in their personal search.
“We are all on a journey of continuous searching—especially if you’re an immigrant, or if you don’t quite fit into predefined boxes.
“I’m truly excited about the new doors that will open as these 15 talented Ibero-American artists, invited to this edition of the festival, come together in Scotland. They will inspire and be inspired by our audiences in the cities where IberoDocs is now rooted—Edinburgh and Glasgow—as well as in the new cities we’re expanding into.
“This year, I’ve come to realise that a decade of hard work and our passion for documentary film and Ibero-American culture has finally borne fruit: we now have a strong, well-established network of local and international support. There is meaning in our journey of continuous search as immigrants—and that purpose has become clearer. Scotland has become our home.”
Home is Somewhere Else
Maria la Portuguesa
Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.
Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.
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