Un bananero no es casualidad

Luiza Gonçalves, a self-proclaimed tourist in Donostia-San Sebastián, sets out to investigate its booming industry of fertility clinics, but she is distracted by something odd: the equally fertile presence of banana trees. What is the geopolitical history that brought them here and how are they maintained today? Phone calls to not-very-helpful local authorities provide a droll soundtrack. With its grainy black-and-white photography, the film reflects the influence of the exploratory, eclectic pedagogy Gonçalves experienced at the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola in the same city. (Adrian Martin)

In the presence of Luiza Gonçalves.
This film will be shown as part of the screening SHORT FILM PROGRAMME 8: A RADIANT EARTH.