Primas - Courageous Cousins

9.5 10
2018
99min

Spanish

English

Country: Canada

Original Title: Primas - Courageous Cousins

Two Argentinian teenagers confront the trauma of abuse and violence that tore through their childhoods. In a poetic journey of resilience, they reclaim beauty, strength, and the right to grow.

Spanish
English
Country: Canada
Original Title: Primas - Courageous Cousins

AWARDS: People's Choice Award · Mar del Plata International Film Festival / Jury Prize · Istanbul International Film Festival / True/Life Fund Recipient · True/False Film Festival / Jury Special Mention · One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Prague / Best Documentary · Cinelatino Rencontres de Toulouse / Special Jury Mention · Millenium International Documentary Film Festival Brussels / Grand Prize · DOXA Documentary Film Festival / Prize of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit (Nomination) · DOK.fest München / Audience Award · Graba International Documentary Film Festival Mendoza / Audience Award Silence Breakers · Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) / Mar del Plata International Film Festival / Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival / Istanbul International Film Festival / True/False Film Festival / One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Prague / Graba International Documentary Film Festival Mendoza / Cinelatino Rencontres de Toulouse / Millenium International Documentary Film Festival Brussels / Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Uruguay (Atlantidoc/Uruguaya) / DOK.fest München / Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival / Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival / DOXA Documentary Film Festival / Festival International du Film Documentaire de Cévennes / Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) / Festival du Film Documentaire de Foix

Primas - Courageous Cousins - Scars remain, but they rise unbroken

This gripping documentary follows the lives of two Argentinian teenagers who survived heinous acts of abuse and violence that interrupted their childhoods. Rather than being defined by trauma, their story becomes one of resistance and beauty, told through a poetic lens that emphasizes their resilience.

They grow into adolescence not as broken victims but as strong, luminous individuals, reclaiming the dignity stolen from them. In today’s world, where conversations around gender violence, youth empowerment, and healing are increasingly urgent, their story resonates as both personal testimony and universal allegory.

This film is not about the violence itself, but about the unyielding courage it takes to rise above it.