• Female Film Festival

    Best Director
  • Florida Short Film Festival

    Best Women’s Empowerment
  • Berlin Short Awards

  • Brooklyn International Short Awards

  • Indie Doc Pro

  • Viena Indie Short Film Festival

  • New York International Women Festival

  • Rome International Short Film Festival

  • Melbourne Independent Film Festival

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Spanish with English subtitles

With Sofía Brito, Nona Fernández, Diamela Eltit, Faride Zerán

The Spark in the Meadow follows the story of Sofía Brito, a law student who experiences sexual harassment by her professor, a prominent lawyer and member of Chile’s Supreme Court. At the time, Sofía was working as his research assistant on a project regarding the three exceptions for legal abortion in the country.

Torn between her commitment to women’s reproductive rights and the gendered discrimination she faced from the very man who could influence the decriminalization of abortion, Sofía’s experience became a catalyst for broader change.

Her inner struggle to press charges and the support of her fellow students sparked the feminist movement in Chilean universities in 2018. Students were inspired to protest and occupy campuses, demanding an end to machismo, male harassment, and gender-based violence.

Press

“Memorable film.”Female Film Festival

About the Director

Bernardita (Berni) Llanos is a feminist academic and documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on the representation of women in Latin American media and literature. She has published extensively on Latin American women writers and documentarians, contributing numerous articles and books to the field. Her second short documentary, The Spark in the Meadow, explores gender and power dynamics in Chile, while her first, The Tree of Life (El árbol de la vida, 2017), examines the experiences of Nicaraguan women and the story of Zoilamérica Murillo, the daughter of Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega. Llanos’ work critically engages with the intersections of gender, class, and race in Latin American society.