Adela is convinced that someone, or something, is constantly watching her. Feeling misunderstood and unheard by her family and the medical world, she seeks solutions in religion and spirituality, finding a form of solace in telling her story to a healer. In striking visual style, this embroidered fable explores mental health and trauma. El Cuerpo de Cristo marks Bea Lema’s debut film and is an adaptation of her graphic novel of the same name.
– Koen de Rooij
Also in this combined programme
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Obi Is a Boy
Obi returns home for his mother’s funeral, forcing him to confront his fractured relationship with his estranged father. -
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Awake Before Your Gaze
Dual-channel portrait of two Afro-Taiwanese men confronting issues of belonging and identities beyond fixed categories.
Film details
- Country of production
- Spain
- Year
- 2025
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2026
- Length
- 13'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
