Sew to Say
Coser para Contar

69 min | Documentary | DCP HD | O.V. English | Subtitles: English, Spanish | UK, Spain 2022

TECHNICAL SHEET

Direction and Screenplay: Rakel Aguirre

Producers: Rakel Aguirre and Sebastián Thomas

Director of Photography: Sebastián Thomas

Edition: María Corral

Original Music: Jimena Martínez Sáez

Post Production: THE FARM

Thalia is an artist and banner maker who, in the early 80s, joined a women-only peace camp to stand against nuclear weapons through non-violent action.

41 years ago, in the summer of 1981, a group of 36 women left their homes and marched from Cardiff, the capital of Wales, to Greenham Common near London to protest against the American Cruise missiles that were going to be deployed in the UK as part of the Cold War response.

In fear of nuclear war, the group decided to stay and started a peace camp to protest against the storage of nuclear weapons at the base. The peace camp became women-only and soon transformed into a public space for women’s voices attracting hundreds of thousands of women over two decades.

Thalia, one of the original marchers and activists at the camp, shares the untold story of the longest feminist protest in British history and reflects on how collective action changed the lives of thousands of women inspiring several generations.

SYNOPSIS

  • Ecozine Film Festival, 2023 (Spain) - Official Selection: Feature documentary films

  • International Uranium Film Festival, 2023 (Brazil) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • CIFF Cambodia International Film Festival, 2023 (Cambodia) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • Women Deliver Arts and Film Festival, 2023 (Rwanda) - Official selection

  • Swindon Independent Film Festival, 2023 (United Kingdom) - Official Competition Documentaries

  • Doc OKC Festival, 2023 (United States) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • Chichester International Film Festival, 2023 (United Kingdom) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • FICDEH, International Film Festival for Human Rights Colombia 2023 (Colombia) - Official Competition Documentaries

  • ACAMPADOC International Documentary Film Festival 2023 (Panama) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • Rasnov Film and Histories Festival 2023 (Romania) - Official Competition Documentaries

  • OFFCINEDOC, Oyola Fabián International Historical and Social Documentary Festival 2023 (Spain) - Official Competition Documentaries

  • International Film Festival ‘El Cine Suma Paz’ 2023 (Colombia) - Oficial Competition Feature Film’s on Culture of Peace

  • Global Peace Film Festival 2023 (United States) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • Lunenburg Doc Fest 2023 (Canada) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • 11 CineFem Film Festival 2023 (Uruguay) - Official Competition Feature films

  • ‘Luz del Desierto’ International Festival 2023 (Argentina) - Official Selection: International Feature Films

  • Social Justice Film Festival 2023 (United States) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • BIFED - Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary 2023 (Turkey) - Panorama, Official selection

  • Lane Doc Fest 2023 (United States) - Official Competition

  • Lost River Film Fest 2023 (United States) - Official Competition Feature films

  • Utopia Film Festival 2023 (United States) - Official Competition Documentaries

  • Central Scotland Documentary Festival 2023 (United Kingdom) - Official selection Feature films

  • ECOCINE 2023 - International Environmental and Human Rights Film Festival (Brazil) - Official selection Feature films

  • El Ojo Cojo International Film Fest 2023 (Spain) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • Etnovideográfica 2023, International Ethnographic Festival (Spain) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • Cinemistica Film Festival 2023 (Spain) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • This Human World 2023, International Human Rights Film Festival (Austria) - Feminist Perspectives section

  • ReFrame Film Festival 2024 (Canada) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • Vieques Film and Human Rights Festival, FCDHV (Puerto Rico) - Official selection

  • 12th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2024 (India) - International Documentaries (non competition)

  • 7th International Women Filmmakers Festival 2024 (Turkey) - ‘Camera Eye’ International Documentaries selection

  • Muestra Audiovisual: La Imagen de la Memoria (Colombia) - Official Selection

  • Mostra Internacional de Cinema Etnográfico do Museo do Pobo Galego 2024 (Spain) - Official Selection: International Feature Films

  • WOW Wales One World Film Festival 2024 (United Kingdom) - Online programme: Feature Films

  • 7th Porto Femme International Film Festival (Portugal) - International competition

  • WIFI Film Festival (United States) - Official Selection: International Documentary Feature

  • 11ª Muestra de Cine Español (Colombia) - ‘Ventana al cine por los derechos humanos’ section

  • Feminist Border Arts Film Festival, FBAFF 2024 (United States) - Official selection: Feature documentary films

  • 18 FIC Gibara, Festival Internacional de Cine de Gibara 2024 (Cuba) - Muestra colateral

  • IX Directed by Women Spain 2024 (Spain) - Official Selection

FESTIVALS

Best International Documentary Feature Film Award - Ecozine Film Festival

Honorable Mention - International Uranium Film Festival

Best Film Editing (María Corral) - ACAMPADOC International Documentary Film Festival

Best Documentary Film on Gender and Equality - OFFCINEDOC Documentary Festival

Jury Honorable Mention - International Film Festival ‘El Cine Suma Paz’

Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film - 11 CineFem Film Festival

Best International Feature Film - ‘Luz del Desierto’ International Festival

Winner Equality Feature - Lane Doc Fest

Best Documentary Award - Utopia Film Festival

Honorable Mention - El Ojo Cojo Film Festival

International ‘Camera Eye’ Best Documentary Film Award - 7th International Women Filmmakers Festival

Best Feature Ecosinema Documentary Award - WOW Wales One World Film Festival

Thematic Competition Best Film Award - 7th Porto Femme International Film Festival

Jury's and Audience's Social Documentary Award - Feminist Border Arts Film Festival, FBAFF

AWARDS

DOCUMENTS

Dossier (Spanish)

Dossier (English)

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