Talk + Screening + Q&A + Concert
An evening all about accessibility, film and music, exploring new, more inclusive ways of creating films for all kinds of audiences.
Accessibility in film is not a technical matter but a way of rethinking how we communicate, see and share stories. It means opening up our audiovisual language to different sensibilities and creating spaces where image, sound and emotion can be experienced in multiple ways.
As Aventuras do Angosat is a short film shot in Angola that combines humour, sensitivity and reflection to explore communication and sensory diversity through a poetic lens. It mirrors the reality of a creative team made up of people with different disabilities. This diversity is a driving force behind the film’s creation: each member brings their own perspective and sensibility, influencing how the story is conceived, its rhythm, performances and on-set collaboration. The film reveals how including people with varied abilities transforms the creative process, encouraging innovative solutions and fostering an inclusive working environment and builds a narrative grounded in attentive listening.
Thanks to the collaboration of Acció Cinema, the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation and Inclús – the Barcelona International Disability Film Festival, the audience will have the opportunity to talk to members of the film’s cast and crew, while enjoying a drink at the bar, and to share the creative processes and ideas that shape their unique universe of ideas.
The evening will conclude with a live concert by leading actor Isis Hembe, with Adé Da Costa on guitar and Resem Vekron, codirector of the film, on backing tracks — a unique opportunity for the audience to share in the film’s emotions in a spirit of collective gathering and celebration.
- Monday 17 November, 7 to 10 pm
- Hall CCCB
- Free admission
- First-come, first-served until full
- Accessible activity:
- Catalan Sign Language (LSC) interpreter
- Subtitling in Catalan for the hard of hearing (SDH)
- Audio description in Catalan (AD)
Panellists
Isis Hembe
Isis Hembe is an Angolan rapper and political activist. His sharp lyrics, shaped by physical disability, take aim at multiple ills in African society. He is a member of the human rights organisation Movimento Cívico Mudei, which documents cases of arbitrary detention in Angola.
Marc Serena
Marc Serena directed the documentary Tchindas (2015), broadcast by PBS in the United States, and the feature film El escritor de un país sin librerías (2019), which premiered at l’Alternativa and went on to win a DIG Award in Italy. Now, As Aventuras do Angosat combines social insight and visual poetry to transport us to a universe where the future speaks with an African accent.
Resem Vekron
Resem Vekron (codirector) is part of two of Luanda’s most prominent cultural movements: urban art collective Vekron Collective and Geração 80. His debut short, Lola & Mami (2021), explored toxic masculinity.
Jaume A. Puig
Jaume A. Puig is a sound engineer. He worked at Dolby, driving the expansion of Dolby Digital and Dolby Atmos across Europe. His name appears in the credits of over 1,000 Spanish films, and he has mastered more than 5,000 films for major American studios. He is also the audio designer of the Phenomena Experience cinema in Barcelona.
Adé da Costa
Adé da Costa is a Cape Verdean musician, blending sounds from Africa, Latin America and Europe. He has formed bands in Cape Verde and Spain. In 2017 he released his first solo album, Branku na Pretu, and in 2020, Hello Cabo Verde. His music fuses Cape Verdean and Atlantic rhythms. He is currently working on a new project that aims to give voice to the Macaronesia region, linking the archipelagos of Cape Verde, Spain and Portugal.
Moderator
Gemma Gimeno
Gemma Gimeno is a group coordinator and facilitator, with more than ten years’ experience working with young people, children and professional teams. She connects social action, emotional work and cinema as tools for transformation. She is part of the team at Associació Inclús, running awareness-raising workshops in schools, colleges and other institutions. She has coordinated cultural projects such as the Hospitalet Short Film Festival and currently leads èkip, supporting teams and organisations to work from a place of wellbeing and cohesion.
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