Cosmo premieres “Elephant,” an LGTBIQ+ short film about employment discrimination

talk to Discrimination in the workplace suffering LGTBIQ+ collective Through the story of friendship. It is the central axis of the new premier Cosmo, An elephantwith which the channel joins the protest day on the occasion of International Pride Day.

Mario is a lawyer with a brilliant career who starts working for a prestigious law firm, where he meets his childhood friend, Jaime, whom he has not seen for over 20 years. He office environmentextremely competitive and conservative, not the best place to surface his childhood memories or other issues affecting his personal life.

Goya the winner Javier Pereiraand Jason Fernandez address the account. Javier Lago, Ana del Arco, Antonio Mayo and Joan Bentallé complete the cast of the short film directed by Lasdelcine in collaboration with Apoyo Positivo.

The film points to the discriminatory situation faced by the silent majority who do not accuse the abuser when there is a lack of respect, funny comment Or humiliation. A reality confirmed by the data, since in Spain 72% of people in the group choose to hide it in the workplace, according to the European project ADIM, prepared by the governments of Spain and Portugal. Reasons: fear of teasingthat they cease to be valued for their professional qualities or that loss of own job.

“We have many friends and close people who say, me I’d rather not say at work and they don’t find out because I don’t know if it will harm me. The title suggests: no one talks about the elephant what’s in the room,” explains María José Martín, one of the creators.

An elephantwhich becomes the second short film produced by the thematic channel to support the LGTBIQ+ collective, also makes visible the prejudices that older people in the group suffer from not follow the canons established. Pointing out that these behaviors are also violence is the beginning of the path to achieving a equal rights real.