Experiencing Interruptions?

The Inherited Silence

Lucía approaches her grandmother Edilia looking for answers, but she only finds silence. When Lucía understands that Edilia will never give her the answers she seeks, she decides to look at that silence. Together, they explore the limits of words and images in that silence that unites them.

  • Lucía Dapena González
    Director
  • Lucía Dapena González
    Writer
  • Liliana Díaz Castillo
    Writer
  • Lucía Dapena González
    Producer
  • Paulina Martínez
    Producer
  • Matheus Mello
    Producer
  • Suso López
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    O Silencio Herdado
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 21 minutes 21 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Language:
    Galician, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Lucía Dapena González

Galician filmmaker specialized in documentary film with a Master's Degree in Creative Documentary from the prestigious Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona). Lucía is the co-founder of La Selva. Ecosistema Creatiu, a film cooperative that bases its processes on experimentation and collective creation. As a director and screenwriter, her latest short film, Disonar, directed collectively, was selected at Biennal del Pensament de Barcelona, ​​Mostra de Films de Dones, MIDBO, and D’A - Festival de Cinema de Barcelona, ​​among others. She is the co-writer of the film On eres quan hi eres?, directed by Jana Montllor, which will be released soon.

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Director Statement

My creative vision is framed within the values ​​of La Selva. Ecosistema Creatiu (the cooperative film production company of which I am co-founder), working on horizontality and the research of new forms of collective artistic work and expression, to open debates and generate reflections through the works I create. My artistic work is crossed by the exploration of memory, territory and women as a historically silenced figure.

In O Silencio Herdado I explore cinema and memory in the first person, generating a creative documentary with a high auteur component, which invites the viewer to reflect, through moral and philosophical questions, on the relationship between memory, silence and present. The project has been selected to participate in multiple film laboratories which have broadened my perspective and have made the film grow, such as Walden Residences and the Pantalla Compartida programme (both directed by Marta Andreu), the LABED programme by Pompeu Fabra University, the ARCHE - Porto/Post/Doc laboratory, and the Coming Soon industry space of PlayDoc Film Festival, among others. In addition, it has been supported by the AGADIC’s Talento Galego, Development and Production grants, as well as ICEC’s Development grant (they are both regional film institutes from Spain).