This doc­u­men­tary invites us on a spe­cial jour­ney into the tac­i­turn uni­vers­es of autism. We dive deep into it as we get close to a group of teenagers living in … read more

The film patient­ly enters a par­tic­u­lar and sacred space of ritual life in Ukrain­ian soci­ety. It fol­lows and silent­ly observes hun­dreds of people vis­it­ing the graves of their deceased rel­a­tives … read more

The Viet­namese couple Bay and Tam have lived in Ger­many for 30 years. With little con­tact to others in the German soci­ety, the two work in empty offices as clean­ers. … read more

Irshad migrat­ed with his son Zee­lain from Pak­istan to Por­tu­gal to enable him a better future. As Zee­lain has to write a paper for school about a hero, he choos­es … read more

DON’T COME HOME THIS YEAR is a short film about Roman­ian migrants return­ing home from Italy during the Covid-19 pan­dem­ic and get­ting stuck at the Aus­tri­an-Hun­gar­i­an border. The film is … read more

Thant Zin came to Yangon with his broth­er around three years ago. He may have been twelve years old at the time, but he can’t really remem­ber. After find­ing him … read more

Two lives - before and after the return to Cameroon. Romeo is dis­ap­point­ed by Ger­many and wants to fly back home. Demian was deport­ed and has been trying to return … read more

A father is peel­ing an orange, a daugh­ter and mother are sleep­ing in a ham­mock, and a big river is flow­ing by: these are a few snip­pets that immerse us … read more

It starts with sand, the basics of glass and con­crete, and unfolds into a med­i­ta­tion on urban infra­struc­ture, build­ings and sur­faces. Sur­re­al and sen­so­ry images are con­fronting us with a … read more

Some­where on the north­ern coast of Cuba, three chil­dren are swim­ming in the ocean, paint­ing seashells and are amused by a sea slug. As they roam through the city, a back­drop of aban­doned and dilap­i­dat­ed houses is revealed. Within these rem­nants of con­crete struc­tures, they find solace in each other´s com­pa­ny as they seek shel­ter from the rain, paint their hair and play hide and seek. They seem to be invis­i­ble to the rest of the world, tucked inside the cracks of the few con­crete pil­lars that still stand. The camera observes them close­ly and reveals their ges­tures and rela­tion­ships. As the sun sets over the ocean, cru­cial ques­tions about the island and its inhab­i­tants arise.

SWEET SALTY WIND weaves a strik­ing child­ish­ly rela­tion­ship with a darker reality.

Direc­tor, script: Laura Gabriela Gabay
Cin­e­matog­ra­phy: Mathilde Le Masson
Edit­ing: Emmanuel Peña
Sound: Vitor Coroa / Vitor Moraes
Con­tact: lauragabriela.gabay@gmail.com