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Malvinas: Two Names, One Memory

Honorable mentionWarsaw Glitch 2026

Malvinas: Two Names, One Memory

Malvinas: Two Names, One Memory is a cinematic essay on a territory that carries profoundly different meanings for two nations.

By Jancarlo Maddalon Ferreira Nunes
Country United Kingdom
Status Honorable mention
Submitted as Film
Runtime 5:49
Synopsis

Malvinas: Two Names, One Memory is a cinematic essay on a territory that carries profoundly different meanings for two nations. Tracing the story from 1833 through the 1982 war and into the present, the film explores competing claims, UN Resolution 2065, memory, identity, and life on the islands today. Rather than reducing a complex history to slogans, it asks what happens when territory becomes inseparable from national memory, and whether understanding the histories behind a conflict can open space for something beyond victory or defeat. At its core lies a question: can a wound heal when it still forms part of the identity of two nations?

Festival and distribution
  • Warsaw Glitch PremiereYes
  • Seeking distributionNo
  • Filmmaker at the festivalNo
  • Open to panel talksYes
About the filmmakers

Jancarlo Maddalon Ferreira Nunes is a Brazilian-born, UK-based emerging AI filmmaker with a background in international logistics, multilingual communication and specialised translation (CIOL, MA UCL). He discovered filmmaking in June 2026; his workflow combines Higgsfield, CapCut, ElevenLabs and Epidemic Sound. Creator of UNSHALLOW, a YouTube channel of cinematic AI films and visual essays on Scripture, philosophy, faith and culture.

Stills

Stills from the FilmFreeway submission