The Sea: Short Film Programme + Panel Discussion

The Sea: Short Film Programme + Panel Discussion

By IberoDocs

Four powerful documentary short films by women filmmakers that reflect on our complex relationship with the ocean and coastal life.

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Location

Abertay cyberQuarter

1-3 Bell Street Dundee DD1 1LH United Kingdom

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Highlights

  • 1 hour, 30 minutes
  • ALL AGES
  • In person
  • Doors at 17:50

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No Refunds

About this event

Film & Media • Film

"The Sea" is a new environmental strand within IberoDocs, bringing together four powerful short films by women filmmakers that reflect on our complex relationship with the ocean and coastal life.

Our journey begins with Hello Sea! by María Goya Barquet, a poetic and personal documentary that explores what the sea is, for a person who has never seen it. With Blow! by Neus Ballús, poetry is merged with reality, as we follow a research team and the singing of the whales. The animated lines of Percebes by Laura Gonçalves carry us to the Portuguese coast and the social and ecological cycles surrounding one of the ocean’s most prized delicacies, while Spirits & Rocks: an Azorean Myth by Aylin Gökmen captures the deep emotional and geological tremors of life on a volcanic island.

Together, they form a resonant chorus—stories of memory, longing, survival, and transformation—each uniquely anchored by the voices and visions of women. In collaboration with DocNomads."

In collaboration with DocNomads. All films screening with HOH captions.

Followed by a panel discussion with BSL Interpretation with Dr Rebecca Wade & Ximena Aguilar Vega

Dr Rebecca Wade

Dr Rebecca Wade is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science at Abertay University. She inspires others to work collaboratively to address climate, nature and societal challenges. Her teaching and research focus on sustainable water management and nature-based solutions, she champions communication and co-design to deliver solutions which bring benefits for people and planet. She undertakes projects with local authorities, health services, industry partners, charities, creative practitioners and cultural organisations. Rebecca is an award-winning STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Ambassador in Scotland and the UK (awarded by the Institution of Civil Engineers); she was named ‘Woman of Influence 2022’ by Action for Children Scotland and in 2024 was named as one of the ‘Top 50 Women in Engineering’ by the Women’s Engineering Society. She is a Director at Dundee Science Centre and a Trustee with the Esk Rivers and Fisheries Trust and The Scottish Flood Forum. In 2023 she participated in a life-changing voyage to Antarctica, as part of an International Women in STEMM leadership programme.

Ximena Aguilar Vega

Ximena is a creative polar scientist proposing a new kind of research—one where science and art aren’t collaborators, but composted into a single, living practice. Rooted in deep observation of polar environments, her work challenges conventional boundaries, seeking not just to study the Earth, but to be in relationship with her. She rejects the separation of knowledge and feeling, proposing a mode of research that is embodied, poetic, and reciprocal. Through image-making, storytelling, and presence, she explores how we might generate knowledge that cares, listens, and belongs. This isn’t about translating data into art—it’s about reshaping the very frameworks through which we come to know. Ximena’s work calls for bold, generative approaches that let us imagine and practice new ways of being on the planet—where research becomes rooted in connection and radical creativity.

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Sep 25 · 18:00 GMT+1