Canadian Premiere

From where a name becomes memory

Graffiti, stencils, people, and insects appear and disappear on a bridge in Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, revealing the gender violence persisting through the years. 

SYNOPSIS

Graffiti, stencils, people, and insects appear and disappear on a bridge in Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador. As we observe the everyday life of this space, a voice reflects on the transformations of the place. One official story contrasts with another that reveals the gender violence persisting through the years.

Theme(s): , Democracy, Feminism, Human Rights, Social struggle

DETAILS

Director | , Paola Espinoza
Year | , 2025
Country | , Ecuador
Duration | 18 minutes
Original language | , Spanish
Subtitles | , English
Sound design | Pedro Cordero
Cinematographer | Paola Espinoza

DIRECTOR

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Paola Espinoza

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

A documentary filmmaker with a Master's in cinema, she directed De donde el nombre se vuelve recuerdo (2024), Por la noche (2018), and La noche del escamol (2019). Co-founder of the MICELIAS collective, she is currently producing Dayan Romero's feature documentary Un lugar donde quedarse and the festival Desde las Vísceras.

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1

21 July 2026 pm31 20h45

This film is included in screening Short film competition – Program #2

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