Blanca Camell Galí
Locarno Residency 2024 | Spain, France
Locarno Residency 2024 | Spain, France
Blanca Camell Galí was born in Barcelona in 1990. She has a degree in cinema from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona, a master's degree from the Université Paris 8 and studied at Le Fresnoy - Studio National de Arts Contemporains. Her six short films have travelled to numerous festivals. She also works as a scriptwriter and on film education projects.
2023 Renacuajos
2022 Castells
2019 Pol·len
2018 Tombent les heures
2016 Ídols
2014 L'oreig
Núria, 24, lives between her parents in crisis and her boyfriend Pol. She works one precarious job after another feeling lost about her future. A dream haunts her: Portbou, cliffs falling into the sea, a winding road. After meeting Aleix she falls madly in love and her life is turned upside down. She discovers her mother has a lover while her father overplays the victim. Being obsessively in love with Aleix, she moves in with Pol, and begins to lose control about her desire. Feeling guilty about Pol, she sleeps with a random boy out of spite and finally with Aleix. They go to Portbou: the journey is strange and she has a car accident. After leaving Pol, she continues in love with Aleix, who ignores her. Her parents separate and she fears she might be pregnant. Feeling out of control, she has a new lover and sleeps with Pol again. After a cathartic performance on a stage, she leaves to France. Despite the ghosts of men, she begins to learn not to depend on them for her happiness.
Penya-segats arose from the fact that almost all my female heterosexual friends and I lived through painful and sometimes toxic love experiences which have been a way for many of us to become aware of the patriarchal society in which we live, with patterns linked to romantic love and gender roles.
