Os Corpos

Eloy Domínguez Serén / Spain (2020 - 11’ - VO)

In Ourense one of the oldest forms of carnival is celebrated every year. Over several days, folións, corredoiros and baixadas are celebrated with felos, cigarróns, pantallas and peliqueiros, characters who wear spectacular costumes, including colorful masks and a belt from which hang large and loud cowbells, and who run through the town hitting visitors with their whips. Another tradition is the farrapada, a battle in which participants throw rolled up rags smeared with mud at each other. An anarchic war is also fought in which flour and ants are thrown at the participants, while a huge hymenoptera rises defiantly above the crowd.

Data sheet

Director: Eloy Domínguez Serén
Year: 2020
Country: Spain
Length: 11 min.
Original language: Spanish
Camera: Eloy Domínguez Serén
Editor: Eloy Domínguez Serén
Producers: Beli Martínez, Eloy Domínguez Serén
Film company: Filmika Galaika

Eloy Domínguez Serén

Eloy Domínguez Serén (1985 Simes). He studied in Salamanca, Milan and Barcelona, where he graduated in 2010. Before debuting as a filmmaker, he worked as a film critic for both radio and press, becoming a member of the youth jury of the 67th Venice Biennale in 2010. In 2012 he moved to Sweden, where he made his short film "Pettring". In 2014 he released two new projects, the short film "I Den Nya Himlen" and the medium-length film "Jet Lag" (programmed at the FID in Marseille, Doc's Kingdom, Museum of the Moving Image in New York and Etats Généraux in Lussas, among others). His film "No Cow On The Ice" premiered in 2015 at Visions du Réel and was awarded at Toulouse, Filmadrid, Play-Doc, L'Alternativa or Márgenes, while his two most recent works, the short films "Yellow Brick Road" and "Rust", have premiered at Jihlava IDFF and FID Marseille, respectively. In 2017 his new project "Hamada" was selected at the Berlinale Doc Station and won two awards at the Doc Outlook of Visions du Réel. In addition, it was also selected to participate in Berlinale Talents 2017. "Hamada" premiered at IDFA 2018, has been selected at festivals such as Cinéma du Réel or Bafici and has won awards at Cinéma du Réel, Gijon International Film Festival, Tempo or Porto/Post/Doc.