The Shortest Border in the World
On the sandy isthmus of the world’s shortest border, there is an 80-meter blue rope that nobody can cross. It separates Spain from Morocco, Europe from Africa. On one side, the fortified Spanish outpost of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera; on the other, the fishing village of Badis. Parallel worlds meet only through glances and whispered words. A Spanish filmmaker arrives, prompting four generations to confront the legacies of colonization. This film explores a land where the symbolic and political converge, and reality surpasses fiction.
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Year
2025
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Docs
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Genre
Documentary
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Director
Román Cadafalch
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Executive Producer
Ana Lombardía
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On the sandy isthmus of the world’s shortest border, there is an 80-meter blue rope that nobody can cross. It separates Spain from Morocco, Europe from Africa. On one side, the fortified Spanish outpost of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera; on the other, the fishing village of Badis. Parallel worlds meet only through glances and whispered words. A Spanish filmmaker arrives, prompting four generations to confront the legacies of colonization. This film explores a land where the symbolic and political converge, and reality surpasses fiction.
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