I was in Las Vegas 2
Javier Castro
Spain. 2025. 155 min

I Was in Las Vegas 2 is a documentary that reconstructs the incredible story of a legendary nightclub located in a small town in Burgos where legendary bands such as The Ramones or Motörhead came to play. Through real testimonies, emotional memories and a great sense of humor, the film celebrates the passion, music and entrepreneurial spirit that made Las Vegas 2 a unique cultural phenomenon in Spain. A nostalgic, unexpected and vibrant journey to the heart of the emptied Spain… where the impossible happened.

Varanasi, the Elegance of Chaos
Alfonso Domingo
Spain. 2025. 51 min

One must visit Varanasi at least once in a lifetime. It is a city that leaves no one indifferent—a symbol and microcosm of India, a land of wonder. We explore the banks of the Ganges and witness the rites of life and death in this sacred city: the cremation grounds, the Nagas (naked ascetics smeared with the ashes of the dead), the snake charmers, and the pilgrims flocking to Shivaratri, the festival of Shiva. In Varanasi, even the chaos fits right in.

The Eyes of Ghana
Ben Proudfoot
USA. 2025. 90 min

THE EYES OF GHANA is a stunning feature documentary following 93-year-old documentarian Chris Hesse—personal cinematographer to forgotten African icon Kwame Nkrumah—as he races against blindness and time to rescue and repatriate a secret trove of over 1,000 films that captured the birth of African independence in the fifties and sixties. Yet unseen by the public, these films may not only rewrite Ghanaian and African history—but world history itself.

Something like cinema: Exploring Ray
Jaydip Mukherjee
India. 2025. 35 min

A documentary film that explores various influences that had shaped the filmmaking craft of Satyajit Ray. The influences, borne out of his meeting with a number of gifted individuals and his experiences of an array of perception-altering incidents had molded his aesthetic sensibilities and had made him what he was. The film strives to capture how the auteur Satyajit Ray had straddled atop diverse avenues of artistic pursuits, most of which had coalesced to form the identity of an unmatched narrator of ideas, – both persuasive and profound. This film attempts to capture all these influences that had imparted alchemic touches to turn him into an auteur of impeccable standing. It explores the aesthetic psyche of Ray that relates his images with his cinematic experiences. This Documentary retraces the influences that had shaped his sensibilities, some of them inherited while the remaining imbibed from the ambiance and the people that he had come across. Several of these facets such as Illustrator, Calligrapher, Musician and Author are partly eclipsed by his phenomenal standing as a Filmmaker, yet all of them were collaborating strands of his composite aesthetic universe.

Poetries from the Bookstores: Somewhere I belong
Hou Chi-Jan
Taiwan. 2025. 93 min

Testimonies from passionate proprietors reveal the diversity of Taiwan’s independent bookshops, all with a distinct style and flair. Centring on the most human aspects of each, Hou Chi-jan’s documentary reinvigorates a love for these charming establishments as a second home.

Painted Memories: Calcutta connects Raj Kapoor
Jaydip Mukherjee
India. 2025. 35 min

Many decades ago, there lived in Kolkata a boy called Shrishti Nath Kapoor, who studied in a school called Mitra Institution in Bhowanipore. When his family later moved to Bombay, he not only carried along the artistic influence that Calcutta left on him but also cherished his formative years in the city. The boy grew up to become the legendary Raj Kapoor.

Path to The Desert
Miguel Garrido
Spain. 2024. 102 min

“Path to the Desert: The Desertification of Spain”, is a feature-length documentary that explores the relentless advance of desertification in Spain. Through stunning imagery and key testimonies, it examines the impact of climate change, intensive agriculture, water overexploitation and pollution, and the expansion of industrial pig farms across the country. The documentary shows how these factors are degrading the land and affecting local communities, accelerating a process that threatens ecological balance. This journey reveals the consequences of an unsustainable model and poses the question: Are we still in time to reverse it?

Salvar la utopía
Joaquín T. Smenjaud
Spain. 2025. 35 min

Leading voices from science and ecology talk to us about how climate change and overexploitation of water surround this unique natural space and those who inhabit it.
Doñana National Park is perhaps Spain’s most iconic environmental jewel. A mosaic of ecosystems that hosts a unique biodiversity in Europe and that, however, in 2023 was excluded from the green list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. That is why Joaquín T. Smenjaud, who was born and lives in Seville and has been a lover of this place since he was a child, wanted to share with the spectators his passion and also his concern for a space he has visited for decades.