EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s AF Films is producing a feature-length documentary titled La Casa Del Carnaval on how the trans and queer communities contributed to the creation of carnival culture in the Canary Islands.

Directed by Joel Barrios, the doc will piece together conversations with Spanish queer pioneers like Laura Mendoza “La Lecherita” and Marcela Rodríguez, alongside newer voices like Lola Rodríguez and Drag Sethlas, alongside unseen archival footage.

The AF team said in a statement that the project was “born as a space for memory, art, and resistance.”

“As a production company, we believe in giving voice to those who transformed Carnival into an act of freedom and expression—beyond the celebration itself: a reflection of identity and collective struggle,” AF said. “And in this ca

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