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Forcadas

Nominated for

Best Short Documentary

Directed by

Ruben Meier & Leonel Dietsche

12' • Portugal • 2021

Portuguese

The film sensitively portrays Leandra Peirera, an 8 year-old Portugese girl who grows into being part of the Grupo de Forcados Femininos de Benavente, a group of girls and women engaging in the Portugese tradition of unarmed bull fights.

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