cobertes10_origOK2.pdf 1 14/01/10 14:26 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Feature Films 2010 Main Index Welcome 3 Index of Titles 5 Feature Films 9 Index of Upcoming Productions 155 Upcoming Features Films 161 Sales & Production Companies 251 Catalan Language Production 3 Àngela Bosch Director Let me give you 10 reasons why this catalogue is sure to be an indispensible tool for you: In your hands is the best compilation of Catalonia’s feature film production for 2009 and 2010. Included here are all of the industry’s finished products, as well as its upcoming titles. A single glance will give you an overview of our industry’s most recent production, with feature films and documentaries that are already making their rounds at festivals, markets and coproduction meetings worldwide, as well as others that are just beginning. Surely, you have heard of our industry, and this is an excellent sampling of our most outstanding productions. All of Catalonia’s audiovisual producers have contributed to this catalogue, carefully supervising each and every detail of their titles. Here you will find some of the industry’s biggest names alongside up-and-coming talents; production companies with vast experience, alongside others that are just beginning. In a word, represented here is all of Catalonia’s audiovisual creativity. Few film industries are as prolific and diverse, and still fewer boast the high quality that the Catalan industry has displayed time and again. The sector’s main media dedicate a special focus event to the Catalan region each year. This catalogue was designed in keeping with professional criteria, meaning that you will find all the information you need, exactly the way you need it. And moreover, because we have added much more information to our online database: www.catalanfilmsdb.cat For a “10” year in Feature Films. Feature Films 2010 Index of Titles 5 14 Days with Victor 14 Días con Víctor 9 Drifting A la deriva 49 25 Karats 25 Kilates 11 Eccentricities of a Blonde Hair Girl Singularitats d’una noia rossa 51 7 Histories and 1 City 7 Històries i 1 ciutat 13 Eloïse 53 7.5 Steps 7 Passos i mig 15 ESO Evil School Omen ESO Entitat Sobrenatural Oculta 55 A Letter from the Raja La carta del rajà 17 Familystrip 57 All is up in the Air Tot està a l’aire 19 Fin (end) Fin 59 Anas, an Indian Film Anas, una pel·lícula Índia 21 Hammada 61 Ander 23 Heroes Herois 63 Black Flowers Flores negras 25 Ich bin Enric Marco 65 Blog 27 Ingrid 67 Blow Horn 29 Jackboots on Whitehall 69 Bruc 31 Jordi Savall & The Borgias Jordi Savall i els Borja 71 Bullying 33 Les Derniers Jours du Monde Els últims dies del món 73 Buried Enterrado (Buried) 35 Life Begins Today La vida empieza hoy 75 Camp d’Argelers 37 Lope 77 Cataluña - Espanya 39 Magic Journey to Africa Viatge màgic a Àfrica 79 Cher ami 41 Manuel Azaña, a Quintessential Democrat Manuel Azaña, Cinéclub 43 un demócrata por excelencia 81 Collective Celluloid Cel·luloide col·lectiu 45 Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo 83 Dance to the Spirits Dansa als esperits 47 Maria and Me María y yo 85 Feature Films 2010 Index of Titles 7 Masks Màscares 87 The Final Escape Al final de l’escapada 127 Masons Maçons - Els fills de la vídua 89 The Hanged Man El juego del ahorcado 129 Mediterranean Food Dieta mediterrània 91 The House La casa 131 Northless Norteado 93 The Land Inhabited La terra habitada 133 Oceans 95 The Lost Steps Els passos perduts 135 Original Subtitled Version V.O.S. (Versió Original Subtitulada) 97 The Most Important Thing about Being Alive is Not Being Dead Photojournalist Fotoperiodista 99 El més important de la vida és no haver mort 137 REC 2 101 The Night Elvis Died La nit que va morir l’Elvis 139 She (They) Ella(s) 103 The Pathway of Dreams El camí dels somnis 141 Sidewalls Medianeras 105 The Second Home La segona pàtria 143 Son and Moon Son and Moon (Diario de un Astronauta) 107 This Very Instant Un instante preciso 145 Station of the Forgotten Estació de l’oblit 109 Wasahali 147 Stigmata Estigmes 111 Where is Tide Naturalised? ¿Dónde se nacionaliza la marea? 149 Suspicious Minds Ments sospitoses 113 Xtrems 151 The Barbecue La barbacoa 115 You There? ¿Estás ahí? 153 The Big Vazquez El gran Vázquez 117 The Bombing of the Liceu La bomba del Liceu 119 The Colour of Innocence El color de la innocència 121 The Consul of Sodom El cònsol de Sodoma 123 The Damned Los condenados 125 9 Written by Ibon Cormenzana, Alejo Levis, Román Parrado Cast Fernando Tielve, Margo Stilley, Joe Dixon Produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures, Zeus Films Sales Agent Arcadia Motion Pictures Tel.: +34 93 414 30 71 / [email protected] 14 Days with Victor 14 Días con Víctor Synopsis Absorbed in a stupor of apathy, 18-year-old Victor searches for meaning in his by Román Parrado spiritless life. One day at a casting, he meets Martin, a washed up painter who takes him on as a model, and Anna, a photographer who is obsessed with her father’s cancer. Fourteen days with them will be enough for Victor to discover how Art, which is cathartic by nature, can purge the soul and cleanse it of its grief. Yet to do so, Drama / Adults / Language: English / 90’ / Colour / 35mm, HD / Dolby Digital / 2009 Victor will have to overstep some gruesomely indescribable limits. 11 Written by Patxi Amezcúa Cast Francesc Garrido, Aida Folch, Manuel Morón Produced by Ovideo TV, Icónica, in association with Televisió de Catalunya Sales Agent Imagina International Sales Tel.: +34 91 728 57 38 / [email protected] 25 Karats 25 Kilates by Patxi Amezcúa Synopsis A guy specialised in collecting debts through expeditious methods; a juvenile female offender involved in car thefts; her father, a receiver of stolen goods with a special knack for getting into jams; Garro of the anti-robbery team, a detective Suspense / Adults / Language: Spanish / 86’ / Colour / 35mm / Dolby Digital / 2008 / of doubtful integrity; a gang of Kosovo; a pair of Mexican hoods... all want to pull Trailer: www.catalanfilmsdb.cat of their ultimate heist. 13 Written by María Rentero, Verónica Font Produced by Producciones Doble Banda Sales Agent Contact producer 7 Histories and 1 City 7 Històries i 1 ciutat by Verónica Font Synopsis “7 Histories and 1 City” offers an account of the lives of seven women in the Catalan city of Figueres. Maite, Dolors, Jana, Dori, Gemma, Mireia and Lurdes offer us their outlooks on different aspects of life. Simply and beautifully, they Documentary - Feature Film / Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, display their daily world. Accompanying the story is the music of the group De Catalan / 78’ / Colour / 2009 Calaix, as we become privy to a previously unknown facet of Figueres. 15 Written by Elisabeth Verdú, Marc Monje Cast Ernesto Alterio, Pere Arquillué, Sancho Gracia Produced by Iris Star Sales Agent Coach 14 Tel.: +33 147 00 10 08 / [email protected] 7.5 Steps 7 Passos i mig Synopsis by Lalo García To sail, to live another life. That is Abel’s dream. Luis, his childhood friend, is tired of his home life and his work. Fate has offered them very different lives. Fate will bring them back together years later and, in the form of a bet, offer them the opportunity to radically change their situations. Whether or not they Suspense / Adults / Language: Spanish / 95’ / Colour / 35mm / Dolby Digital / 2008 / take this opportunity depends entirely on them, but it involves dangers that no Trailer: www.catalanfilmsdb.cat one can foresee. 17 Written by Ángel Blasco, Marisa Barahona Cast Fèlix Benito, Marta Covas, Victòria Pagés Produced by Montjuïc Entertainment Sales Agent J&M Enterprises A Letter from the Raja Synopsis When his father dies, Amal, a six-year-old Indian boy, becomes an orphan and La carta del rajà moves to another region of India to live with his aunt and uncle. Amal is quick to become a part of his new town. He meets the local children and the different by Ángel Blasco -more or less famous- characters of the village, and each one opens up a new world for him. Amal is fascinated with everyone and with the things they do, yet the thing that will pique his interest most of all is the post office that is built just opposite his house. From that point on, his greatest dream is to receive a Drama / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 80’ / Colour / 35mm, HD / Dolby letter from the Raja and become a postman so that he can travel throughout Digital / 2009 the entire empire. 19 Written by David Ciurana, Ángel Penalva Cast Adrià Collado, Irene Montalà, Pau Durà Produced by Fosca Films Sales Agent Contact producer All is up in the Air Tot està a l’aire Synopsis Nacho is a young man around thirty years old who is starting up his own by Ángel Penalva, David Ciurana business and in love with his girlfriend Anna. But everything falls apart when Anna suddenly dumps him for another man. Nacho seeks solace in his best friend, Jose, who has decided to have his first child with his wife Miriam and finally leave his gay lover Alex. Comedy, Drama / Adults / Language: Spanish / 85’ / B&W / DVD, Betacam, Other / A year later, everything seems to have changed... or has it? It is all still up in Dolby Digital, Other / 2009 the air.