The Malaga production 'Solteronas', finalist for best television documentary at ProDocs

The stigma of spinsters remains prevalent. One only needs to watch the eponymous documentary that gives voice to single women, whom Carmen Martín Gaite described as marginalized and caricatured in collective memory. A first-person narrative that portrays society and, under the direction of Manuel Jiménez Núñez from Málaga, has just been nominated as a finalist for best television documentary at the awards of the Association of Documentary Film Producers of Catalonia (ProDocs). Three other films are also vying for this award, the winner of which will be announced next week (May 17) at the closing gala of the Docs Barcelona Festival.

Produced by the Málaga-based production company Yolaperdono, with the collaboration of Canal Sur, 'Spinsters' dismantles the stereotypes that have traditionally surrounded these women, who claim their space and banish clichés. A project that has taken its director, Manuel Jiménez ('The Terrible Mexican Actor', about the poet Manuel Alcántara), several years, who even published a book last year under the same name in which he expanded on the testimonies collected in his research that, for footage reasons, were left out of the documentary.

The film competes with three other finalist documentaries. Thus, 'The Click Trap' by Polar Star Films (RTVE), shows the impact of large technology platforms in spreading hate and misinformation; the true crime 'Who Killed Cachou?' by La Kaseta Ideas Factory (Movistar Plus), follows the investigation into the death of the bear Cachou, a pioneering case in Europe for bringing the death of a protected animal to trial, and 'Ouka Leele. The Journey of a Star', by RTVE, offers an intimate portrait of one of the great Spanish photography artists and a key figure of the Madrid scene.