'What are one hundred years?', the documentary about the felled trees of Palma, premieres this Friday at MajorDocs
Joan Rubí's short film is screened at CineCiutat within the Territori en flames session, at the eighth edition of the festival
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Palma17 century-old trees were cut down in a historic square in Palma. In cutting them down, not only did the green of a corner of the city disappear: a fragment of collective memory also fell. From this wound in the urban landscape comes What are one hundred years?, the short documentary film by Joan Rubí that premieres this Friday in Mallorca and asks what remains when machines go over what had been standing for a century and how the citizenry responds.
The screening will take place at CineCiutat, as part of the international documentary film festival MajorDocs. The short film is part of the Balearic short film session Territory in Flames, a program that brings together urgent perspectives on the territory. It shares the screen with A Riaño Vivo, by Omar Pinto Prieto, and Fragility, by Paula Yern.
The 13-minute film starts from simple questions: what is a century in the face of the rush of an excavator and how long does it take for a square to forget those who inhabited it. From there, Joan Rubí captures the neighborhood reaction and the defense of green spaces that, beyond their environmental value, are part of the daily life of Palma.
Joan Rubí created Na Ruixa Producciones with Guadalupe Medina. The production company is behind the short film, which continues its festival run after this premiere in Palma.
Tickets can be reserved on the CineCiutat website, within the MajorDocs program.
