The 21st edition of Play-Doc, Tui International Film Festival will take place from 7 to 11 May. The opening day will combine film, music and poetry with Traspielas, a multidisciplinary performance by singer-songwriter Su Garrido Pombo, who draws on traditional songs to explore new forms of stage expression. This will be followed by a screening of Quieres salir puedes entrar, a short documentary directed by Pablo Villalobos Leal, offering a portrait of poet Carlos Oroza to mark the centenary of his birth. These two opening acts set the tone for this year’s edition: a dialogue between past and present, popular forms and contemporary languages.

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The International Competition includes Fire of Wind [+leggi anche:
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In addition, Play-Doc reaffirms its commitment to cinema with a programme that celebrates and reclaims cult filmmakers, marginal and unique figures. In 2025 the festival invites audiences on a journey through the filmographies of Monte Hellman, Elaine May and Michael Roemer, alongside rarities such as the films of Galician filmmaker Bernardino de Lamas and a selection of recovered gems from the history of Indian cinema. The festival will also feature a range of parallel activities, concerts, performances in heritage spaces, expanded cinema, workshops and industry meetings.

As always, the local audiovisual scene will also play a central role, with the Galicia Competition section showcasing a selection of films that reflect the vitality and diversity of contemporary Galician cinema. This includes the feature film Gods of Stone, a non-fiction film by Iván Castiñeiras; Maroun regresa a Beirut by Lebanese filmmaker Feyrouz Serhal; O silencio herdado by Lucía Dapena González; and Te separas mucho by Paula Veleiro; plus the short films Delincuente directed by Nuria Vil and Alba Domínguez; Exposed by Nela Fraga; Nayan by Carla Andrade; O costume do traballo by Luis Morla; Patios de luz by Fran Rodríguez Casal; Pura by Carmen Méndez; Un dragón de cien cabezas by Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado (They Carry Death [+leggi anche:
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This edition of Play-Doc also features the presentation of three Galician projects at various stages of development. The directors will share with the public a preview of several films that are soon set to enter the exhibition circuit: Kiro, by María Yáñez, about the great pop diva of Galician music in the 70s and 80s; Despois das ciudades, a new film essay by Xacio Baño (Trot [+leggi anche:
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