The Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival (FICX) dedicates a focus to the two Portuguese filmmakers at its 64th edition, from 13 to 21 November 2026.
The focus brings together five short films:
“Three Weeks in December”, by Laura Gonçalves (2013)
“Drop by Drop”, by Alexandra Ramires and Laura Gonçalves (2017)
“Tie”, by Alexandra Ramires (2020)
“The Garbage Man”, by Laura Gonçalves (2022)
“Percebes”, by Alexandra Ramires and Laura Gonçalves (2024)
The films screen together in a single session on 17 November at 5pm at the Escuela de Comercio in Gijón (Asturias, Spain).
“Percebes”, an animated documentary following the life cycle of the goose barnacle in the Algarve, won the Cristal for Best Short Film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2024. Alexandra Ramires and Laura Gonçalves are founders of the BAP – Animation Studios cooperative, and four of the five films in the focus are part of the Agência’s catalogue.
Photo credit: Lucília Monteiro
