The Silent Generation

The Silent Generation.

This documentary wants to pay a tribute to the Barcelona’s LGBTQI older people, to the pioneers of the “movement” as well as to those who have been anonymous, through the narration in first person of events and elements that have marked their lives: the religious education, the repression from the Franco dictatorship, the democracy, and the first LGTBQI, AIDS or gay marriage associations.

Director.

Ferran Navarro-Beltrán studied industrial engineering and has a degree in design at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. After working by graphic design studios and 10 years as a freelance, he studied script and audiovisual direction. He has written and directed the documentary feature film The Silent Generation (2020) and three short films: Rosa (2022), Forget-me-not (2018) and The Orchid (2016). The Silent Generation won 2 international awards and has been selected in almost 15 film festivals. The Orchid and Forget-me-not were selected in more than 160 international film festivals, including LGBT festivals in London, Los Angeles, New York, Hong Kong, Paris, Madrid and Amsterdam. He also continue to woks as graphic designer for films and series by HBO Max, Netflix, Prime Video and Movistar+: among titles, Everything Else (2022), Kleo (2022), Below Zero (2021), 3 caminos (2021) and Supernomal (2020).