20th Anniversary Edition – Letters from Galicia
UK premiere
Followed by a Q&A with the director and LSFF director Joana Granero
dir. Simón Casal
with Verónica Echegui, Alberto Ammann, Tamar Novas, Alba Galocha
Spain | 2024 | 94 min
Cert. 15 | In Spanish with English subtitles
In the near future, the Government aims to replace judges with Artificial Intelligence software, pledging to effectively automate and depoliticise the justice system. Carmen Costa, a distinguished judge, has been invited to assess this new procedure. However, when the software’s creator is found dead, she realizes her life is in danger and that she will have to fight the powerful interests that are at play in the highest echelons of the State. Galician Simón Casal takes the debate the boundaries of Artificial Intelligence one step further in a gripping thriller of political conspiracies.