Isabel Coixet restores dignity in a moving and necessary documentary about the story of nine former students at Spain’s Lleida Theatre who filed a complaint against two of their teachers for sexual abuse.

The Yellow Ceiling explains and denounces the Case of the Lleida Theater Class through its protagonists. In 2018, a group of 9 women filed a complaint against two of their teachers for sexual abuse that occurred between 2001 and 2008, when they were teenagers. Their star status within the school meant that for many years these charismatic teachers, and one of them later school director, could act with impunity.

The Yellow Ceiling (referring to a memory of one of the victims) is both an indictment of the inadequate handling of this #MeToo case and a tribute to the woman who brought it to light.

Language: Catalan
Subtitles: English
Country: Spain
Year: 2022

Catalan Film Festival is run by Spanish & Latin American film collective CinemaAttic, with Institut Ramon Llull as principal sponsor and co-organiser. Festival partners include Screen Scotland, Estrella Damm, Catalan Films, Colla Castellera d’Edinburgh and Centre Català d’Escocia.

The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council, and has received additional support from the Scottish Government's Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund and Creative Scotland’s Recovery Fund for Cultural Organisations.