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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Data sheet

  • Year

    2025

  • Typology

    Docs

  • Genre

    Documentary

Technical and artistic team

  • Director

    Román Cadafalch

  • Executive Producer

    Ana Lombardía

Sinopsis

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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