Luzía visits the eight stages of the 'pilgrimage' that the intellectuals Otero Pedrayo, Vicente Risco and Ben-Cho-Shey hiked from Ourense to San Andrés de Teixido in 1927; the story of the journey was published in the book ‘Pelerinaxes I’ (Pilgrimages I). She carries out this journey in order to finish up an audiovisual project about Otero Pedrayo’s book started at the University, together with a colleague who passed away in an accident.
Carmen MéndezLuzía
Alfonso MíguezAlfonso
Xoel YáñezXoelIsabel RiscoIsabel Risco
Kate Hardie plays a shy 19-year-old bookworm setting out on a world trip, only to be stranded at Málaga after her companion goes off with a local lothario. When her belongings are stolen, Ellie starts learning independence.
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On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?
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Kintaro Walks Japan is a documentary film produced and directed by Tyler MacNiven. It is an account of MacNiven's journey walking and backpacking the entire length of Japan from Kyūshū to Hokkaidō, more than 2000 miles in 145 days.
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Everyone has dreams. For high schoolers Kash, Hadley, and Riley, their dream is to travel. To explore the world after they graduate high school. As big as the dream is, there are things in the way of that. Hoping to overcome these obstacles, this trio of teenagers has to navigate their senior year of high school, home lives, relationships, and the good old figuring out what they want to do with their lives. Will that get in the way of their dream?
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