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Poster for Next dance will be with me

No. 11 · Documentary Feature

Next dance will be with me

o proximo baile sera comigo

Directed by Sabela Losada Cortizas

Spain · 58 min

Alba, 19, is found dead in her bed. Shortly after, her colleagues from the women´s mutual support group face a new unexpected death and decide to open the doors to the cameras to show the reality of women who suffer gender violence.

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Streams 21 September 2026 to 28 September 2026, Berlin time. Every ticket is one Audience Award vote.

About the film

A December morning, Alba, 19, is found dead in her bed. While her colleagues in the women's mutual support group think about how to say goodbye to her, they face a new unexpected death. Together, they decide to open the doors to the cameras for the first time so that they can record the meeting in its entirety and without censorship, with the intention that the viewer can experience the meeting with them, as one of them.

The result is a true story of how women who suffer gender based violence live their daily lives. A violence as common as invisible.

Content notes: Death · Gender-based violence

Runtime
58 min
Category
Documentary Feature
Country
España
Year
2025
Language
Spanish
Aspect ratio
16:9

Stills

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Sabela Losada Cortizas

Sabela Losada Cortizas

Sabela Losada Cortizas is a Spanish artist who investigates and captures in her multi-format works (writing, video, sculpture) the links between pain, resistance, rupture and exile from a multi-situated feminist perspective. As an expert in gender violence, she has developed a pioneering project based on mutual support between different women (mothers, old women, teenagers, disabled women and/or migrants) who face violence in rural areas. The experience is captured in his first documentary.

— Director’s statement

Four years ago I promoted a mutual support group for women -like me- who had suffered abuse and since the first day we created a very special bond. Therefore, the death of two of our younger girls shattered us, and we decided that their stories should not be forgotten. In this documentary, the cameras enter our private space for the first time and I was not sure what will happen: if they will dare to come and talk. It's not easy, I've never had a camera so close.

Credits

Directed by
Sabela Losada Cortizas
Written by
Sabela Losada Cortizas
Produced by
Sabela Losada Cortizas
Cinematography
Sabela Losada Cortizas
Editing
Susana Sotelo & Chema Montero
Sound
Francisco Gómez
Principal cast
Alicia García Sampedro Ysabel Marcano Cata Alonso Abeijón Merchi Gómez Carmen - Sabela Losada Cortizas

— Festivals and awards

Luísa Villalta Award (Spain): Winner Contra el Silencio Todas Las Voces Festival (Mexico): Official selection

Next dance will be with me is part of the Official Selection of the BIUFF Founding Edition 2026.