// Introduction 005 // Documentaries 007 // Projects in development 175 // Production and sales companies 241 // Festivals and awards 253 003 If there is one particular genre into which the Catalan film and television industry has thrown itself and attained greater achievements, it is, without a doubt, the documentary. From the Oscars to the most highly prized awards of the IDFA, Hotdocs or Berlin, our productions have been lauded. In your hands you have a catalogue of close to a hundred new productions for cinema or television, covering almost all topics and with a distinctly international outlook. The documentary filmmakers of Catalonia have focused their lenses on reality without relinquishing creativity in the way they tell the story. In this peculiar style the work of the late Joaquim Jordà is particularly prominent. Two of his last works are presented herein – The literature of exile (Literaturas del exilio) and Beyond the mirror (Más allá del espejo) – both of which are presently on the circuit of a broad spectrum of showcases and festivals. It is to Joaquim Jordà, father of the creative documentary in Catalonia, that we dedicate this new edition. Àngela Bosch Director A Catalan in Argentina Sóc català, en Argentina 07 // A tale from two shores Cuento de las dos orillas 09 // A world at their feet Un món als seus peus 11 // Abandonatii Abandonatii 13 // Alhucemas, the park fishermen Alhucemas, els pescadors del parc 15 // Alquimistas company Companyia alquimistes 17 // Alondra Alondra 19// An anarchist’s story Història d’una anarquista 21 // Aqua, the red river Aqua, el riu vermell 23 // Aquaculture. Solution or problem? L’aqüicultura. Solució o problema? 25 // Assurbanipal’s lions La cacera de lleons d’Assurbanipal 27 // Aviation pioneers Els pioners de l’aviació 29 // Beyond the mirror Més enllà del mirall 31 // Black Documentaries memory Memòria negra 33 // Bodrum schooners Les goletes de Bodrum 35 // Can // 005 Tunis Can Tunis 37 // Catalonia in black Catalunya negra 39 // Circus school Escola de circ 41 // City of asylum Ciudad refugio 43 // Conversations with death (delirium 107 // Rock & Cat Rock & Cat 109 // Sea of clay Mar de fang 111 // Spanish for mortis) Conversaciones con la muerte (delirium mortis) 45 // Conversations with adults Spanish for adults 113 // Struggle for urban space La lluita per l’espai urbà depression Conversaciones con la depresión 47 // Dalí (nostrum) Dalí (nostrum) 49 115 // Switch off Apaga y vámonos 117 // Terra Lliure, end point Terra Lliure, punt // De funció: The back room of death De funció 51 // Enigma Cervantes Enigma final 119 // The Barcelona brand La marca Barcelona 121 // The birth certificate Cervantes 53 // Facing the sea Cara al mar 55 // Franco, the sentinel of the West La partida 123 // The forgotten Els perdedors 125 // The Future L’avenir 127 // The Franco, el sentinella d’Occident 57 // From Madrid to the moon De Madrid a la lluna general’s daughter La filla del general 129 // The journey of the Vite organization 59 // Hermanito Hermanito 61 // I was thirty, when Franco died Jo tenia 30 anys, El viaje de la organización Vite 131 //The legend of time La llegenda del temps 133 l’any que Franco va morir 63 // In jail Confidential En la cárcel Confidencial 65 // Ink // The life after La vida després 135 // The literature of exile Literatures de l’exili 137 and word Tinta y Voz 67 // Journey towards a sculpture: the quixotesancho by // The lives of Palau i Fabre Vides de Palau i Fabre 139 // The nap of life La siesta Guido Dettoni Viatge vers una escultura: el quixotesancho de Guido Dettoni 69 // de la vida 141 // The Nomad experience - spiritual heartbeats of the planet The Jump over the North Pole Alas sobre el Polo 71 // Living well Viure bé 73 // Llach: Nomad experience - Batecs espirituals del planeta 143 // The other Rusiñol L’altre the permanent revolt Llach, la revolta permanent 75 // Loco Fighters Tres caídas 77 Rusiñol 145 // The rapist’s mind La ment del violador 147 // The silence of stones // Love in the meantime Septiembres 79 // LPM LPM 81 // LT22 radio la colifata El silenci de les pedres 149 // The Spanish national football team La selección LT22 radio la colifata 83 // Maybe Buenos Aires? ¿Será Buenos Aires? 85 // Memory 151 // They wanted to kill Franco Els que van voler matar Franco 153 // Through books El libro de la vida 87 // Miquel Bauçà: the invisible poet Miquel Bauçà: poeta the Carmel A través del Carmel 155 // Troll Troll 157 // Utopia 79 Utopia 79 159 // invisible 89 // Miraflores Miraflores 91 // Mr Easter Salve Melilla 93 // My scheduled Walter Benjamin in Paris Walter Benjamin a París 161 // Washing day Fer dissabte strolls Sortides programades 95 // Nomadak TX Nomadak TX 97 // Off season Fora 163 // Waves of Liberty Adéu, Liberty 165 // We are the wind Somos viento 167 // de temporada 99 // Plundering the oceans L’oceà esgotat 101 // Protecting the Welcome Mr. Kaita Benvingut Mister Kaita 169 // When the earth subsides La tierra oceans L’oceà protegit 103 // Quinary territory Territori Quinari 105 // Reyita Reyita se hunde 171 // Words and deeds Paraules i fets 173 A Catalan in Argentina Sóc català, en Argentina Directed by Francisco Blanes 007 Synopsis: A young descendent of Spanish immigrants to Argentina decides to set out on a journey in search of his roots and to ascertain, through the accounts of Catalan exiles and immigrants, what it is to be a Catalan in Argentina. Produced by by: Francisco Blanes Genre: Creative documentary Classification: 2006 Audience: All ages Based on the historical recollections of the director’s great- Executive producer: Francisco Blanes Running time: 50’ grandfather, this is an auteur road movie in search of the Script: Sebastián Carreras, Francisco Blanes Technical data: Color Director of photography: Francisco Blanes, Original version: Spanish past, present and future of the Catalan cultural centres, or Sebastián Carreras Sales: Francisco Blanes Casals Catalans, in Argentina. Sound: Mauricio Albornoz A tale from two shores Cuento de las dos orillas Directed by Jesús Armesto 00099 Synopsis: This documentary investigates the entire multiple reality implicit in the idea of Al-Andalus, and above all its Arabic Produced by: CECC Grup Cinema Art, Sound: Alejandro Fernández Almuta Films Genre: Creative documentary heritage. To this day, immigrants cross the strait in small Classification: 2007 Audience: All ages boats, some driven only by their desire to ‘return’ to the Executive producer: Manuel Armesto, Running time: 90’ Hector Faver Technical data: Color, DVD, Ultra Stereo Andalusia of their forebears. Millions end up dying on the Script: Jesús Armesto Original version: Spanish same beach as 500 years ago. Director of photography: Marc Giralt Sales: CECC Grup Cinema Art A world at their feet Un món als seus peus Directed by Sandra Camps 011011 Produced by: Multiculti Producciones, S.L Script: Sandra Camps Original score: Javier Mariscal Synopsis: Sound: Javier Mariscal Genre: Social documentary, Boys and girls from countries like Vietnam, Nigeria, India, Running time: 13’ Mauritius or Argentina talk about football while we watch Technical data: Color, B&W, DVD, Dolby Digital them playing. Their idols are the same, though they don’t Original version: Spanish, English speak the same language and have very different cultures. Sales: Sandra Camps Abandonatii Abandonatii Directed by Joan Soler 009 Synopsis: Ever since the end of Nicolae Ceaucescu’s dictatorship in 1989, the precarious economical situation Romania is undergoing has forced many children to live on the streets, Produced by by: Cinefilms Produccions Genre: Creative documentary especially in the capital. Dubbed ‘Aurolacs’ because Classification: 2006 Audience: All ages of their addiction to this brand of synthetic paint, this is Executive producer: Manel Martínez Technical data: Color, 35mm Script: Joan Soler Original version: Romanian the story of some of those children, living it rough in the Director of photography: Carles Muñoz Sales: Cinefilms Produccions sewerage system near Bucharest’s North Railway Station. Sound: Carles Muñoz Alhucemas, the park fishermen Alhucemas, els pescadors del parc Directed by José Luis Secorán Synopsis: 015 The coast of Alhucemas forms part of the Alborán Sea, one of the most biodiverse areas in the Mediterranean, but also a sea seriously threatened by the use of drift nets for catching swordfish. These nets were banned in the European Union from the early 90’s, at the same time Produced by by: Rumbo Sur Running time: 27’ Morrocan fishermen began to use them. Last year, a tract Executive producer: Olga Palet Technical data: Color, Betacam, of land to the east of the town of Alhucemas was declared Script: José Luis Secorán Dolby Digital Director of photography: David Rastrilla Original version: Catalan a National Park, in a bid to protect thirty kilometres of Genre: Didactic documentary Sales: Rumbo Sur coastline. Audience: All ages Alondra Alondra Directed by Carles Porta, Danielle Schleif 017 Synopsis: Alondra left her family behind nine years ago…when she was still a boy. This intimate diary follows the young transgendered Alondra —born Alberto— as she lives out Produced by: Bausan Films, Cuatro, Genre: Creative documentary, the six most intense months of her life. She takes the Porta Gaset, Yolanda Toledano Social documentary Classification: 2007 Audience: All ages camera into the transgender subculture as she seeks fame, Executive producer: Loris Omedes, Tono Running time: 90’ struggles to make ends meet, tries to leave prostitution, Folguera, Carles Porta Technical data: Color, Betacam, Ultra Stereo Script: Susana Guardiola, Carles Porta Original version: Spanish sees her family again and fulfils her dream: to get a full sex Sound: Juan Sánchez ‘’Cuti’’ Sales: Bausan Films change operation and become a complete woman. Cast: Alondra Alquimistas company Companyia alquimistes Directed by Eli Rodríguez, Joan Noguera Synopsis: 019 Alquimistas Company is a theatre group formed almost exclusively by mentally handicapped people.