FILM
Atlas of Disappearance
2026
Atlas of Disappearance responds to a long-standing effort to obscure the violence of the Franco regime through silence, bureaucracy, and institutional resistance. Despite recent legislative advances, exhumation projects remain paralyzed, leaving families—some now in their third or fourth generation—without answers, without graves, and without closure. To confront this, I founded the Oficina de Investigación Documental (OID), a transdisciplinary research unit composed of geographers, filmmakers, architects, and artists. This collective is inspired by my experience and time as part of the Forensic Architecture collective in London. Our mission is to restore visibility to what was meant to be hidden: massgraves, forced transfers, detention centers, and other erased geographies of violence. Through digital mapping, forensic reconstruction, and situated testimony, the OID works to create a shared, accessible archive of truth, grounded in rigorous investigation and collective care. This film brings that work to the screen, bridging data and memory, space and story, so that those affected by disappearance may find a place to mourn, remember, and demand justice.
Atlas of Disappearance will have its world premiere at CPH:DOX F:Act and Human Rights competitions. The film has been produced with the support of the Spanish Ministry for Memory and Territorial Politics, Medialab Matadero, Fritt Ord Foundation, MediaLab Matadero and Sørnorsk Filmsenter.
The film was awarded Documenta Madrid's Corte Final and Agencia Freak distribution awards at the festival’s work-in-progress competition.
Atlas of Disappearance was part of Berlinale Talents' DocStation, Ventana CineMadrid, and Zinebi Networking.