Cinema will always be a way of being together. Last year, with whispers, we entered the realm of the intimate, in films that whispered in our ears. This year we raise our voices with Fem Soroll!, a CaixaForum program within the REC Festival: a celebration of shared experiences that invites us to leave the private and recognize ourselves in community.

All the films in it stem from the same urgency: the need to speak out and make a noise to be heard. Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk do so from the intimacy of a video call turned into political testimony; Fatma Hassouna’s voice resonates beyond Gaza and reminds us that the personal is also collective. “The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov” transforms the bewilderment of a generation into music: a festive, chaotic, and tender cry against the paralysis of the present. “Tout va bien” recovers the combative spirit of Godard and Gorin to remind us that cinema can be a tool for political reflection and common action. And “Jone, Sometimes” takes us to Bilbao’s Semana Grande, where amidst the festivities and crowds, another form of noise emerges: that of adolescence trying to assert itself amidst the festivities and confusion, claiming its own space amidst the collective bustle.

Four different perspectives that intersect in a single gesture: raising our voices, questioning our surroundings, and turning cinema into a space from which we can continue to be heard.

Macu Machín, Klaudia Reynicke, André Novais Oliveira and Carlos Marqués-Marcet seek their own cinematic path towards the intimacy of their characters while respecting their dignity. And they end up finding four films steeped in true emotion. Four gestures of love and tenderness towards the people filming.