OVER A MILLION
«ONE NIGHT. ONE WOMEN. A MILLION SILENCES»
DETAILS:
LOGLINE:
An elderly woman repeats a ritual every night. Going to bed is not just about turning off the lights, but about seeking the company of more than a million shared solitudes.
AWARDS:
O.S. Festival Internacional de cine independiente de Elche
STATEMENT:
OVER A MILLION focuses on a minimal fragment of an existence that is repeated in over a million households across Spain: the moment of going to bed, when solitude becomes more visible.
The nightly routine of an elderly woman—turning off the lights, moving through the house, lying down—takes on an almost ceremonial quality, always interrupted by insomnia. The window then appears as her only connection to the outside world, a place where the intimate reveals itself as collective.
This short film poses a simple question: what happens when the network that once sustained us begins to disappear?
SINOPSIS:
An elderly woman repeats the same ritual before going to bed. Turning off the lights, moving through her home, getting into bed. Hours of insomnia draw her back to the window. There, the nighttime neighborhood—hundreds of lit homes—reminds her that her solitude is a shared experience.
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
CELIA DE COCA
For more than fifteen years, Celia de Coca has turned the intimate into a political expression, creating documentaries that work as tools for thought. She has developed a personal language that explores the female universe, the emotional territory, and the mechanisms of representation in contemporary culture.
A member of DOCMA and CIMA, she narrates with a thoughtful style that gives shape to matter in order to rethink how we relate to the world around us. More on her website.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
Madera para este fuego (2025) – Largometraje documental
Asuntos más que públicos (2024) – Largometraje documental
Pende de un hilo (2024) – Cortometraje documental
Selección oficial: Alcances Doc FF (España), Vórtice FF (Colombia)
Hablemos, hermana (2022) – Cortometraje documental
Ganador: Impact Docs Awards (EE.UU.)
Selección oficial: Berlin Short FF, London Director Awards, NYC Independent FF, Barcelona Indie Awards, entre otros