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Welcome 3 Index of Titles 5 Documentaries 9 Index of Upcoming Productions 153 Upcoming Documentaries 157 Sales & Production Companies 193

Catalan Language Production 3

Àngela Bosch Director

Let me give you 10 reasons why this catalogue is sure to be very useful for you: In your hands is the best compilation of Catalonia’s documentary production for 2009 and 2010. Featured 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 documentaries that are already making their rounds at festivals, markets and coproduction meetings worldwide, as well as others that have yet to begin. 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 Documentary Films. Documentaries 2010 Index of Titles 5

100 Days 100 Dies 9 El Sarau 49 7 Histories and 1 City 7 Històries i 1 ciutat 11 End of Waiting Time El final de l’espera 51 A Day in August Un dia d’agost 13 Endangered Aquatic Birds Ocells marins en perill 53 A letter to Antonio Una carta per l’Antonio 15 Father George Baba Georges 55 A Place in the World Un lloc al món 17 Francesc Pujols, the Driver of God Francesc Pujols, el xofer de Déu 57 A Spoon in the Poket Una cullera a la butxaca 19 Franco’s Spies Espies de Franco 59 ¡No es fácil mi’ja! No és fàcil mi’ja! 21 Ich bin Enric Marco 61 Abraham. The Religions of the Book Abraham. Les religions del llibre 23 Immersion Immersió 63 After the Violence Després de la violència 25 Inside & Outside Dins i fora 65 All for an Eye Per un ull de la cara 27 Jaume Plensa 67 All I Know... Tot el que sé... 29 Jordi Savall & The Borgias Jordi Savall i els Borja 69 Anas, an Indian Film Anas, una pel·lícula Índia 31 Judaism, the covenant of Yahweh Judaisme, el pacte de Yahvé 71 Anna’s Look La mirada de l’Anna 33 Learn to Eat, Learn to Live Aprendre a menjar, aprendre a viure 73 Battling with the Past La batalla de la memòria 35 Life Returns to the Aiguamolls Wetlands La vida torna als aiguamolls 75 Blow Horn 37 Lloret de Mar: Seafaring Memories Lloret de Mar: memòria marinera 77 Camp d’Argelers 39 Maria and Me María y yo 79 Cataluña - Espanya 41 Masks Màscares 81 Collective Celluloid Cel·luloide col·lectiu 43 Masons Maçons - Els fills de la vídua 83 Crist del Fluvià, the Memory’s Light Crist del Fluvià, la llum de la memòria 45 Maybe You’d Listen Better with Music: Salvador Espriu to the Rhythms of Jazz Dance to the Spirits Dansa als esperits 47 Amb música ho escoltaries potser millor - Salvador Espriu a ritme de Jazz 85 Documentaries 2010 Index of Titles 7

Mixed Media 87 The Frame El marc 125 Mura, a Cinema Town Mura, un poble de cine 89 The House La casa 127 My Other Self El meu altre jo 91 The Land Inhabited, Words for a Landscape La terra habitada, Oceans 93 paraules per un paisatge 129 Once Upon a Time, There Was a Man Named Juan Marsé Érase una vez The Pathway of Dreams El camí dels somnis 131 Juan Marsé 95 The Poachers of the Delta Els furtius del Delta 133 One Person, One Vote Una persona, un vot 97 The Second Home La segona pàtria 135 Postcards from the Antarctic Postals des de l’Antàrtida 99 The Showcase Project 137 Revolution Take Two Revolució #2, retorn als escenaris 101 The Tough Guy El rude 139 San Pietro, “Tonnara” Island San Pietro, l’illa de la ‘’Tonnara’’ 103 Towards Quimelca Cap a Quimelca 141 She (They) Ella(s) 105 Travellers Viatjants 143 Silence Mutismo 107 This Very Instant Un instante preciso 145 Son and Moon Son and Moon (Diario de un Astronauta) 109 Vanesa and Amadeu Vanesa i Amadeu 147 Symphony of a Market Simfonia d’un mercat 111 Verse Code Código Verso 149 The Adventure of Sailing L’aventura de navegar 113 Where Are You From? What Language Do You Speak? D’on ets? The Barbecue La barbacoa 115 Quin idioma parles? 151 The Bombing of the Liceu La bomba del Liceu 117 The Call of the ‘’Tho Pa Ga’’ La crida del ‘’Thö-Pa-Ga’’ 119 The Colour of Innocence El color de la innocència 121 The Final Escape Al final de l’escapada 123 9

Written by Vicenç Asensio Rovira, Joan Manel Soldevilla Albertí

Produced by Visual13 Sales Agent Contact producer

Synopsis “100 Days” is a documentary that aims to offer an accurate, objective and detailed portrayal of the final days of the Spanish Civil War in the Catalan town of Figueres. When the capital of the Alt Empordà region became a key city in the war, Figueres and its people found themselves in a dramatic and gripping position, enduring some of the most horrifying moments in the history of the country. 100 Days With a testimonial compilation of the facts and the contribution of several experts and historians, the documentary builds a tense narration that explains 100 Dies the events that took place between the end of the Battle of the Ebre and the total occupation of the region by the national troops. At an inexorable and by Vicenç Asensio Rovira irreversible pace, 100 Days reviews the events that determined the history of our country in those final days of the war: the caravans of exiles, the brutal bombings, the building of shelters and the suffering of the civilian population. Through the prisms of both the heart and painstaking objectivity, 100 Days Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 35’ / Colour, B&W / portrays the intensity of some of the most uniquely terrible moments endured HD / 2009 by Figueres and the Alt Empordà region, 70 years ago. 11

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 display their daily world. Accompanying the story is the music of the group De Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 78’ / Colour / 2009 Calaix, as we become privy to a previously unknown facet of Figueres. 13

Written by Raquel Cors

Produced by Dokia Films Sales Agent Contact producer

A Day in August Un dia d’agost by Raquel Cors Synopsis “A day in August ”is a portrait about the old age. A strong and straight story picturing the struggle of Miquel and Carmen to do and achieve little day to day Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 30’ / B&W / DVD, Betacam things. ‘’A day in August’’ confronts us with sensitivity to something as essential Digital / 2008 as natural, which is the last stage of life. 15

Written by Sarah Bernheim

Produced by Parallel 40 Sales Agent Contact producer

A letter to Antonio Una carta per l’Antonio by Sarah Bernheim Synopsis Sarah has heard the story of Antonio since she was a child. His grandmother often told her how were the months they lived in Belgium with that unknown 11 years-old child. “A letter to Antonio” is a personal search of Sarah through Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan, Dutch / 30’ / Colour / DVD, written records and her grandmother’s memories, who has never been able to Betacam / 2009 forget the boy who arrived to Belgium the end of the Civil War. 17

Written by Ariadna Moreno

Produced by Màster Documental Creatiu Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Televisió de Catalunya Sales Agent Contact producer

A Place in the World Un lloc al món by Ariadna Moreno Synopsis On the outskirts of Barcelona, the school Escuela Maestre Morera decided to include bereavement of meaningful losses as a daily activity.A documentary on shool integration where a group of girls and boys from different cultures Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan / 29’ / Colour / and places work on migration and cultural bereavement in order to show that Betacam, Betacam Digital / Ultra Stereo, Other / 2009 difference is nothing but a way to find a place in the world. 19

Written by Mireia Ibars

Produced by Noche de estreno Sales Agent Contact producer

A Spoon in the Poket Una cullera a la butxaca by Mireia Ibars Synopsis Mireia returns to Barcelona from Paris and starts to ask about her grandfather’s exile in France. He told her that when he left he had taken a spoon. One night, there was an Road Movie, History, Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan, French / explosion. The spoon in his breast pocket protected him from the shrapnel. 30’ / Colour / HD / Ultra Stereo / 2010 She asks for this episode, but no one remembers it. 21

Written by Eva Ariño Alejandre, Roger Caubet Cast Sandra (herself), Carlos (himself), Alexis (himself)

Produced by No es facil mija Sales Agent Contact producer

¡No es fácil mi’ja! Synopsis Sandra is preparing the ingredients she needs to cook conger-eel rice. In the No és fàcil mi’ja! meantime, Alexis is making one of his inventions. They are from Guanabacoa, a neighbourhood in Havana resided by Cubans who use national currency and by Eva Ariño Alejandre, Roger Caubet ride bicycles. They do not work for a foreign enterprise and they do not have contacts with tourists or relatives in the USA, so they will have to rack their brains to get what they need. How will they find the ingredients they need? With whom do they have to Social, Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 28’ / Colour / HD / negociate? How will they find a solution? To answer these questions we have 2009 to understand the importance of the verbs ‘’to invent’’ and ‘’to resolve’’ in Cuba. 23

Written by Miguel Valls Pintós

Produced by Joe Morosco Sales Agent Contact producer

Abraham. The Religions of the Book Abraham. Les religions del llibre by Miguel Valls Pintós Synopsis “Abraham. The Religions of the Book.” The mythic figure of Abraham, the common Education / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 45’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Digital / assumption by Christians, Muslims and Jews. The history of every man on his 2008 way to himself. 25

Written by Claudio Zulian

Produced by Acteon Sales Agent Contact producer

After the Violence Synopsis Some of the youths that took part in the film “A través del Carmel” used to Després de la violència frequent the headquarters of the ADSIS, a social work foundation that served as our main frame of reference while working in the Carmel district. Many of by Claudio Zulian these adolescents stated their desire to enlist in the army or the police corps, a rather odd proposition, considering that some of them had had run-ins with the law. Thus, in keeping with the ADSIS educators, we decided to focus on the issue of violence and authority, approaching it from different points of view to Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan, French / 29’ / Colour / cover the gamut of meanings that it might have for young people. This project is Betacam Digital / Dolby Digital / 2009 the compilation of conversations and reflections on violence and fear. 27

Written by Dan Ortínez, Mario Osorio

Produced by Màster Documental Creatiu Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Televisió de Catalunya Sales Agent Contact producer

All for an Eye

Per un ull de la cara Synopsis by Dan Ortínez, Mario Osorio In 1990, the residents of Barcelona’s Besòs District rose up against the authorities in a genuine urban war. With this background in mind, the filmmakers search for a man, a victim of the time, to ask him whether it was really worth fighting. This challenge serves as the point of departure for the documentary, Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan / 29’ / Colour which takes us a journey through the legend and the latent collective memory / Betacam, Betacam Digital / Ultra Stereo, Other / 2009 of this neighbourhood. 29

Written by Miquel Ardevol Verdiell, Eric de Gispert

Produced by Record Sales Agent Contact producer

All I Know... Synopsis Tot el que sé... In 1898, Pablo Picasso made his first visit to Horta de Sant Joan, Spain, a town nestled in the heart of the mountains. Fascinated by the setting and the local by Miquel Ardevol Verdiell people, he returned to Horta in 1909 and made a series of cubist paintings that would prove to be fundamental to an understanding of modern art history. “Everything I know, I learned in Horta”, was the artist’s explanation for the source of his genius. Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 53’ / Colour / DVD, Betacam, One hundred years later, we returned to Horta ourselves to figure out what it Other / 2009 was that Picasso discovered there. A refreshing and revealing documentary. 31

Written by Lorenzo Livingstone, Inés Tornadeira, Ali Ber Cast Anas Zaghlul, Ghada Zaghlul, Miashar Zaghlul

Produced by Astrakán Films, Salto de Eje Sales Agent Astrakán Films [email protected]

Anas, an Indian Film

Anas, una pel·lícula Índia by Enric Miró Synopsis Anas is a former Palestinian swimming champion. He lives in the proud city of Nablus. Some years ago in the darkness of the night, Anas came across the decapitated head of a woman. Ever since, he has constantly been on the brink Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Arabic, Hebrew, Armenian / 118’ of dementia. Yet all he wants is to lead a normal life, and above all, to keep his / Colour / Betacam Digital / 2009 sanity. 33

Written by Llorenç Soler, Jorge Algora

Produced by Àrea de Televisió, Adivina Producciones Sales Agent Contact producer

Anna’s Look La mirada de l’Anna Synopsis In the early years of the Spanish transition period, between 1977 and 1979, the by Llorenç Soler, Jorge Algora Catalan photographer and journalist Anna Turbau moved to Galicia to work as a graphic correspondent for Interviú and Primera Plana, two magazines published in Barcelona that marked a new way of doing committed journalism. Anna Turbau’s camera was the only one present in the first years of the Spanish Social / General Audiences / Language: Catalan, Galician / 52’ / Colour, B&W / transition period in Galicia, where the incipient social, political, trade union and Betacam, HD / Dolby Digital / 2009 assembly movements were slowly coming to light. 35

Written by Mario Pons Múria

Produced by Mario Pons Múria, Televisió de Catalunya Sales Agent Contact producer

Battling with the Past

La batalla de la memòria Synopsis by Mario Pons Múria “Battling with the Past ”is the story of our grandparents, soldiers of the Spanish Civil War, and the story of mothers that were refugees, but it is also the story of all that generations that were born later, and weren’t able to speak until recently. This is the story of those who were at the front of the Ebro and all that men and Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 64’ / Colour / Betacam Digital women that suffered the devastation of the war from the rearguard. But overall / Dolby Digital / 2009 this is the story of the silences after de Civil War. 37

Written by Lluís Miñarro, Lama Jinpa Gyamtso Cast Tai Situ Rinpoche, Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoché, Lama Jinpa Gyamtso

Produced by Eddie Saeta Sales Agent Contact producer

Blow Horn by Lluís Miñarro

Synopsis A group of Buddhist practitioners travel to Sherab Ling Monastery in India. They are going to receive teachings and initiations from their masters. Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan, Tibetan / 79’ / We share their journey and we start to drop into a path of silence and emptiness. Colour / 35mm / Dolby Digital / 2009 A poetic meditation. 39

Written by Jordi Sanromà Nart

Produced by Edit Utopic, Kalimago Films SCARL (FR), Televisió de Catalunya Sales Agent Contact producer

Camp d’Argelers by Felip Solé Sabaté Synopsis Through the testimony of those who endured it and the reconstruction of the situations that were not portrayed by the archival images, this documentary recounts the daily life of the refugees at this camp. It explores and describes the reality of the Argelers Camp for some 100,000 Catalan and Spanish Republican History / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 86’ / Colour / HD / 2009 refugees who fled from the Franco regime. 41

Written by Isona Passola, Joan Dolç

Produced by Massa D’Or Produccions, Televisió de Catalunya Sales Agent Contact producer

Cataluña - Espanya by Isona Passola Synopsis A full-length cinema documentary about dialogue in the relations between Catalonia and Spain from an economic, philosophical, historical and non- political perspective. Thus, we interview famous thinkers who contemplate the issue from a theoretical point of view. This documentary aims to serve as a tool Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 77’ / Colour / 35mm / of reflection on Spain’s regional tensions, to open up different viewpoints with Dolby Digital / 2009 / Trailer: www.catalanfilmsdb.cat the greatest freedom of expression. 43

Written by Oscar Martínez Chamorro, David Martín

Produced by Just Films, Nadie es perfecto PC Sales Agent Contact producer

Collective Celluloid Synopsis Cel·luloide col·lectiu In July 1936, the military rising against the Republic takes place and initiates the Spanish Civil War. Streets are taken by the working class and the social by Oscar Martínez Chamorro revolution begins for anarquists. Public shows become socialized and give way to a unique model of production and film showings never before seen in the history of cinema. Through the syndicates, the workers are the owners and managers of the industry. The camera’s eye registers the pulsing reality of facts that currently posses an Documentary / Adults / Language: Spanish / 85’ / Colour / HD / Ultra Stereo / 2009 extraordinary documentary value such as historical testimonies. 45

Written by Vicenç Asensio Rovira

Produced by Visual13 Sales Agent Contact producer

Synopsis This film displays the creative work of the new stained-glass-window-altarpiece of the church ‘Església de Bàscara (in the Alt Empordà region), created by artist Josep Ministral. Filmed entirely in High Definition, this 45-minute documentary is directed by Crist del Fluvià, the Memory’s Light Vicenç Asensio and aims to serve as a tribute to more than 500 altarpieces which, like that of the church Església de Bàscara, were burned and destroyed Crist del Fluvià, la llum de la memòria in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War. To produce the documentary, the filmmakers have followed the creative and construction process of the by Vicenç Asensio Rovira altarpiece for two years, from its original conception by Ministral to the making of the stained glass windows and the final installation of the altarpiece structure in the church. Interviews were conducted with some twenty people who are connected to the world of Ministral’s art, including art critic Eudald Camps, architect Xavier Teixidor, writer Núria Esponellà, journalist Toni Soler and the Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 45’ / Colour / HD / 2009 former Bishop of Girona, Carles Soler. 47

Written by Ricardo Íscar, Dària Esteva Cast Mba Owona (himself)

Produced by Films 59, Únicamente Severo Films , in association with Televisió de Catalunya Sales Agent Contact producer

Dance to the Spirits Dansa als esperits by Ricardo Íscar Synopsis This is the story of Mba Owona, a witchdoctor from N’Sola, in the jungle of Documentary / General Audiences / Language: French, Ewondo / 80’ / Colour / Cameroon. We learn about his way of healing and how local medical practices Betacam Digital / 2009 and Western medicine should work together. 49

Written by Hervé Franck Forestier

Produced by Café-Bar Producciones Sales Agent Contact producer

El Sarau by Hervé Franck Forestier

Synopsis “El Sarau” is a very special amateur theatre company in which most of the actors Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 52’ / Colour / are blind. Through the performance of the first play written by a member of the Betacam Digital / 2009 group, we will explore that reality. 51

Written by Antonio P Molero, Jesús Sanjurjo

Produced by Inicia Films Sales Agent J.M.T. Films Distribution and Worldwide Sales Tel.: +972 3 525 4782 / [email protected]

End of Waiting Time

El final de l’espera by Antonio P Molero, Jesús Sanjurjo Synopsis In 1936, General Franco led a coup d’état against the Spanish Republic that gave rise to a brutal civil war. During his long dictatorship, hundreds of people were arrested or executed, and many more disappeared. Today, the family Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 52’ / Colour / Betacam / members of those who vanished have begun to search for the remains of their 2008 relatives and reflect on that dark period and its ongoing effect on their lives. 53

Written by Pere Secorún

Produced by Rumbo Sur Sales Agent Contact producer

Endangered Aquatic Birds Ocells marins en perill Synopsis Aquatic birds that spend more than 90% of their life in the sea, where they hunt by Pere Secorún for food, only come to the solid ground in the nesting season. In Spain alone, there are nearly 30 endangered aquatic species, some of which, like the Balearic shearwater, could become extinct within just 40 years if measures are not taken. Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 20’ / Colour / Betacam, Today, the establishment of aquatic bird protection areas is one of the most Betacam Digital / Dolby Digital / 2009 important measures to be taken to prevent the constant threats to these birds. 55

Written by Jesús Medina

Produced by Catalana de Televisió Local Sales Agent Contact producer

Father George Baba Georges by Jesús Medina Synopsis Jordi Mas is 79 years old, 49 of which he lived in Cameroon’s poorest areas. This film wants to avoid conventional biography and it claim fix the portrait Biography, Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan, French / 28’ / Colour about a person who summarize his life in a phrase: “How can I preach the / Ultra Stereo / 2008 goodness of the eternal life if here are this hell of suffering?” 57

Written by Ramon Pallarès Cast Lluís Garcia, Joan Beltran, Josep Díaz

Produced by Iris Films Grup Sales Agent Contact producer

Synopsis Francesc Pujols, the Driver of God Francesc Pujols has been an atypical character of the Catalan culture of XIX and XX centuries, almost we could say unclassifiable because what he Francesc Pujols, el xofer de Déu produced along all his life reached several fields: the poetry of the years of youth, the wild prose of organic style as he liked to say, the philosophy, the by Ramon Pallarès art critic, the lyrical theatre and the essay. Gathering member distinguished of the Ateneu of Barcelona (Cultural Association of Barcelona) from where he exercised his teaching. A humorist of serious demeanour that gave them without being affected, because of this he won fame of joker and for this reason Experimental, Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 50’ / Colour / some took him seriously and other not. A man that made the philosophy his DVD, HD / Dolby Digital / 2009 reason of life. 59

Written by Xavier Montanyà, Carles Serrat

Produced by Batabat Produccions, Televisió de Catalunya , Televisión Española - TVE , Canal Historia , Sàpiens Publicacions Sales Agent Contact producer

Franco’s Spies Espies de Franco by Xavier Montanyà Synopsis Documentary about the network of spies that General Franco created in France during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Their activities were a key element in achieving the victory that lead to Franco dictatorship. Franco couldn’t have Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan, French / 52’ / Colour, succeeded in constructing this network had it not been for the assistance of B&W / Betacam, HD / 2009 Nazis in Germany, Fascist Italians and far right-leaning French. 61

Written by Santiago Fillol, Lucas Vermal

Produced by Corte y Confección de Películas, Intermedio Sales Agent Contact producer

Synopsis Enric Marco, ex-president of the Spain’s main deportees’ association, embarks on a car trip to Germany, a demythologising journey into his past. Two years earlier, a historian had shown that Enric Marco wasn’t the member of the Resistance he had claimed to be, and that he’d made up the stories of his experiences in a concentration camp that he had been recounting on television for years. Now, Marco retraces the route of his 1941 train journey as part of a Ich bin Enric Marco convoy of workers sent by Franco to Hitler, in the middle of the Second World by Santiago Fillol, Lucas Vermal War. This trip, which will lead him to the Kiel prison where he would spend a year accused of spreading communist propaganda, before being absolved and returning to Spain, intersects with his oft-recounted imaginary journey at various points: from the French resistance to the concentration camps in cattle trucks — the fate sufferedby thousands of exiled Spanish republicans after the Civil War. Almost inevitably, the trip and the film end at Flossenbürg concentration Biography / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 86’ / Colour / Ultra Stereo / camp: the place he never set foot in during the war, the place where he forged 2009 himself as the survivor that he can’t manage to leave behind. 63

Written by Neus Ballús

Produced by El Kinògraf Sales Agent Contact producer

Immersion

Immersió Synopsis by Neus Ballús “Immersion” explores the fascinating life of the aquatic creatures who frequently submerge themselves in the warm waters of a local swimming pool. People of all ages and conditions do what they can to accustom themselves to a medium that is not, at first, their own. The film, shot entirely below water, is a literal Experimental, Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 25’ / Colour / immersion into the medium in which life originated. A descent into the emotional HD / Ultra Stereo / 2009 depths of the individual. 65

Written by Norma Nebot

Produced by Mago Audiovisual Production , La neta lab Sales Agent Contact producer

Inside & Outside Dins i fora by Norma Nebot Synopsis “Inside & Outside” aims to bring us closer to what takes place at the theatre workshop “TeatroDentro” at the Quatre Camins Prison, in Barcelona. It will Documentary / Adults / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 52’ / Colour / Betacam, HD / portray stories in which facing up to learning, growth, acceptance, socialization, Dolby Digital / 2008 and above all, freedom are all essential. 67

Written by Anna Klamburg

Produced by Alea Docs & Films Sales Agent Televisión Española - TVE Tel.: +34 91 581 7992 / [email protected]

Synopsis Jaume Plensa Today Jaume Plensa is one of the most important sculptors on the international by Pedro Ballesteros contemporary art scene. Renowned, awarded and praised throughout the world, he has managed to convert the creative process into an art. What’s more, his work has been shown in many different countries, including the United States, Japan, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. After opening the “Dream” project in Liverpool, after exhibiting in Barcelona and after selling a new project to the city of Dubai, Jaume Plensa is now ready Biography / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 58’ / Colour / Betacam Digital / to send his latest creation “Gemelas” to the Galerie Lelong, in the heart of New 2009 York’s Chelsea District. 69

Written by María Gorgues

Produced by Lavinia Productora Sales Agent Contact producer

Jordi Savall & The Borgias Synopsis Jordi Savall i els Borja “Jordi Savall & The Borgias” is a documentary project that explores the creative process of Jordi Savall, one of the world’s most prolific musicians, by María Gorgues as he develops his next major historical work, “The Borgia Dynasty”, and its subsequent premiere concert in January 2010 (the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis, the last of the influential members of the Borgia saga). The historic occasion of this anniversary and the exclusivity of our privileged Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 90’ / Colour / HD / access to the creative work of a world-renowed musician during a one-year Dolby Digital / 2009 period combine to create unique and timely documentary project. 71

Written by Miguel Valls Pintós

Produced by Joe Morosco Sales Agent Contact producer

Judaism, the covenant of Yahweh Judaisme, el pacte de Yahvé by Miguel Valls Pintós Synopsis Judaism, the covenant of Yahweh. Travel to the Mediterranean tradition. With Education / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 45’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Digital only 0.2%, Judaism is one of the most influential religions of the planet. The / 2009 people chosen by God to test a faith that I deserve the Earth. 73

Written by Entrepobles, Judit Quintana

Produced by El Kinògraf Sales Agent Contact producer

Learn to Eat, Learn to Live Aprendre a menjar, aprendre a viure by Judit Quintana Synopsis Increasingly more Catalan schools are deciding to bring organic food into their dining halls: a commitment to a production, distribution and food consumption Education / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 20’ / Colour / HD / 2009 model that is more respectful of the land and the future generations. 75

Written by Pere Secorún

Produced by Rumbo Sur Sales Agent Contact producer

Life Returns to the Aiguamolls Wetlands Synopsis La vida torna als aiguamolls Though abounding with life today, these wetlands were condemned to become a macro housing development in the 1970s, and the fauna all but completely by Pere Secorún disappeared at the time. Thanks to the fight of the conservationist movement headed by Jordi Sargatal and others, the Aiguamolls Wetlands were declared a Natural Park 25 years ago. Life has now returned to the Aiguamolls, yet with the passage of time, the area Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 26’ / Colour / Betacam, will have to face up to new threats that endanger the balance of a natural site Betacam Digital / Dolby Digital / 2009 that has gradually made a comeback. 77

Written by Pere Secorún

Produced by Rumbo Sur Sales Agent Contact producer

Lloret de Mar: Seafaring Memories

Lloret de Mar: memòria marinera Synopsis by Pere Secorún While it is true that Lloret de Mar has become one of the most strident tourism resort spots in Catalonia, this town also zealously holds onto a long seafaring history that dates back before the birth of Christ. A stroll through the streets of Lloret will uncover the memories of the town’s seafaring past. The fact is that Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 26’ / Colour / Betacam, Lloret de Mar was one of the most important ports for the development of trade Betacam Digital / Dolby Digital / 2009 in the Mediterranean. 79

Written by Félix Fernández de Castro

Produced by Bausan Films Sales Agent Bausan Films Tel.: +34 93 241 15 11 / [email protected]

Maria and Me Synopsis Miguel Gallardo lives in Barcelona. His daughter Maria lives in the Canary María y yo Islands with her mother. Like many other children with autism, Maria lives on her own island. For a long by Félix Fernández de Castro time, Miguel and Maria have travelled the distance that separates this island from the rest of the world. This is the story of one of those journeys. The film begins at the Barcelona Airport, where Miguel and Maria are ready to go on holiday to Grand Canary Island. There, they plan to spend a few days Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 90’ / Colour / HD / at a beach hotel full of foreign tourists, a surreal setting that does not often Dolby Digital / 2009 accommodate a single father with an autistic daughter. 81

Written by Elisabet Cabeza, Esteve Riambau Cast Josep Maria Pou

Produced by Oberon Cinematogràfica Sales Agent El dorado internacional Tel.: +34 917 671 104 / [email protected]

Masks Màscares by Elisabet Cabeza, Esteve Riambau Synopsis Actors, like magicians, don’t reveal the tricks of their trade. Josep Maria Pou makes an exception and allows the cameras to film him preparing his role as Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan / 90’ / Colour / Orson Welles in a theatre play. “Masks” takes us backstage, where we see the HD / Dolby Digital / 2008 actor conjure up his character. Pure magic. 83

Written by Santiago Lapeira Cast Mafer Blanco, Marisa Duaso, Elena Cruz

Produced by Black Flag Cinema, Verne Films Sales Agent KWA Kevin Williams Associates Tel.: +34 91 747 31 00 / [email protected]

Masons Maçons - Els fills de la vídua by Santiago Lapeira Synopsis Marta, a young university professor, discovers that her father belonged to the Freemasonry. She starts off on an initiatic journey that will take her to Rome, Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 86’ / Colour / Betacam Digital / Istanbul, Paris, Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona where she will uncover some of 2009 / Trailer: www.catalanfilmsdb.cat the secrets of the Masonry, until she finally discovers a secret lodge in Paris. 85

Written by Daniel Jariod

Produced by Black Train Films Sales Agent Contact producer

Maybe You’d Listen Better with Music: Salvador Espriu to the Rhythms of Jazz Synopsis Amb música ho escoltaries potser millor - This is the story of the way you cross one man’s passion with another man’s Salvador Espriu a ritme de Jazz voice. A story of the way a musician finds in a poet the words he needs to convey a message to society and appeal to the civic consciousness of his fellow by Daniel Jariod men. This is the story of the staging of the jazz cantata “I Have Looked at this Land”, Documentary / Adults / Language: Catalan / 60’ / Colour / DVD, Betacam, Betacam composed by Ricard Gili, the leader of the big band “La Locomotora Negra”, Digital / 2009 based on the poems of Salvador Espriu. 87

Written by David Aguilar

Produced by ECIB (Escuela de Cine de Barcelona) Sales Agent Contact producer

Mixed Media by David Aguilar

Synopsis “Mixed Media” is a documentary that offers insight into the world of graffiti. We follow a group that goes around leaving its art in streets, factories and other Documentary / Adults / Language: Spanish / 25’ / Colour / 2009 public and private places. 89

Written by Pablo García Pérez de Lara

Produced by Producciones Doble Banda, Televisió de Catalunya Sales Agent Contact producer

Mura, a Cinema Town Mura, un poble de cine Synopsis There are many reasons why Mura is a cinema town. First, because the town has by Pablo García Pérez de Lara remained intact through time. Second, thanks to its privileged location, nestled in a beautiful valley surrounded by breathtaking mountains and flanked by a small stream. Third, because its small school offered the children film classes, through a pilot programme in Catalonia known as Cinema en Curs (Cinema in Course). And finally, thanks to the number of films shot in its streets throughout Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 52’ / Colour / 2009 the last century. 91

Written by Laura Reinón

Produced by Màster Documental Creatiu Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Televisión Española - TVE Sales Agent Contact producer

Synopsis My Other Self Have you ever imagined yourself as being someone else, or living in a world where nothing and no one could hurt you? El meu altre jo It’s seven twenty pm. Leonard and Ciclik meet up with their guild to face a new mission: killing the boss and taking its treasure. They will either have to achieve by Alodia Quesada to do so soon, or remain awake till midnight. Leonard, a human warlock, is my brother and his name is Anton. Ciclik, a night elf, is Dani, my boyfriend, whom I met whilst producing this documentary. I decided to focus on how people gradually build up a parallel virtual life, where Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 22’ / Colour / Betacam, mages, elves and dwarves turn into their alter egos, and how sometimes it Betacam Digital/ Ultra Stereo, Other / 2009 becomes too real. 93

Written by Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, François Sarano

Produced by Vértice Cine, Galatée Films (FR) Sales Agent Pathé International Distribution Tel.: +33 1 71 72 33 05 / [email protected]

Oceans by Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud

Synopsis From the producers of the acclaimed films “Microcosmos”, “The Travelling Birds Experimental, Education / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, French / 90’ and Chorists”, “Oceans” is an spectacular and atonishing documentary that / Colour / 35mm, HD / Dolby Digital / 2008 shows the wonders of the sea and its creatures as never before. 95

Written by Carlos Zanon, Núria Villazán

Produced by Alea Docs & Films Sales Agent Televisión Española - TVE Tel.: +34 91 581 79 92 / [email protected]

Once Upon a Time, There Was a Man Named Juan Marsé Synopsis Juan Marsé is travelling with his family on the AVE high-speed train on the way Érase una vez Juan Marsé to Madrid. Awaiting him is a week full of public events, where he will be meeting with the King and Queen of Spain, the Minister of Culture and public figures. Yet by Pedro Ballesteros he will also be meeting with his fans, unconditional readers of quality literature who admire him and wait for an autograph. Yet beyond all of this, what most Biography / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 58’ / Colour / Betacam Digital / awaits him is the Cervantes Prize, the highest literary honour in the Spanish- 2009 speaking world. 97

Written by Gonzalo Escuder

Produced by A Contraluz Films Sales Agent Contact producer

One Person, One Vote Una persona, un vot by Gonzalo Escuder Synopsis After 450 years of Feudalism, Democracy arrived to the Isle of Sark (United Kingdom) on December 10th 2008, promoted by the powerful Barclay brothers. Contrary to what one may think, not everyone in the peculiar Isle of Documentary / Adults / Language: English / 75’ / Colour / DVD, Betacam Digital / Dolby Sark was happy with the arrival of Democracy. “One Person, One Vote ”shows Digital / 2009 us a modern example of the abuses of Democracy by the Capitalism. 99

Written by Jaume Grau, Arnau Monràs Cast Tomàs Molina, Martí Boada

Produced by Mercuri Societat General de Producció Sales Agent Contact producer

Postcards from the Antarctic Postals des de l’Antàrtida by Francesc Masip Synopsis Documentary of 50 minutes in which, of Tomàs Molina’s hand, we realize a trip to the Antàrtida from Barcelona up to treading on Antarctic territory. We will Education / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 55’ / Colour / HD / Ultra Stereo / speak about ecology, nature, of sustainable tourism and of the projects that the 2009 scientific community is carrying out in the sixth continent, in the white continent. 101

Written by Carles Bosch

Produced by Cromosoma, Televisió de Catalunya , Ceská Televize (CZ) Sales Agent Contact producer

Revolution Take Two Synopsis Revolució #2, retorn als escenaris In 1989, Carles Bosch was the only reporter inside Prague for the start of the famous Velvet Revolution. He spent 5 days alone, following the main players: by Carles Bosch the artists who later became ministers and leaders of the country, including playwright and soon-to-be president Vaclav Havel. This one-off documentary, meant to coincide with the Revolution’s 20th anniversary, utilizes this exclusive footage as a jumping off point to return to film those intellectuals as they reflect History / General Audiences / Language: English, Catalan, Czech / 52’ / Colour / HD / upon the expectations and disappointments after revolutionary movements and 2009 post-Communism. 103

Written by Pere Secorún

Produced by Rumbo Sur Sales Agent Contact producer

San Pietro, “Tonnara” Island Synopsis San Pietro, l’illa de la “Tonnara’’ San Pietro, the small island to the south-west of Sardinia, has been associated with tuna fishing since the occupation of the Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans. by Pere Secorún The island is very connected with the sea. Saint Peter, the patron saint of the only inhabited town on the island, Carloforte, is also the saint of the fishermen, making him the object of veneration and prayer that the sea may continue to be a source of life. Tuna or “tonnara” fishing is prevalent during the months of May Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 20’ / Colour / Betacam, and June. For the people of San Pietro, this activity is more than a mere source Betacam Digital / Dolby Digital / 2009 of wealth; it is their cultural identity. 105

Written by David Baute, Yolanda Serrano, Dani Millet, Rolando Diaz Cast Sílvia Munt, Paola Bontempi, Marta Aura

Produced by Inicia Films, Tinglado Film Sales Agent Contact producer

She (They) Ella(s) by David Baute Synopsis This documentary explores the life of Mercedes Pinto. This fascinating woman inspired both the surrealist film director Luis Buñuel and the Chilean poet Pablo Documentary / Adults / Language: Spanish / 90’ / Colour / HD / Ultra Stereo / 2008 Neruda and played an important role as a champion of women’s rights. 107

Written by Vanvelvet

Produced by Mago Audiovisual Production Sales Agent Contact producer

Silence

Mutismo Synopsis by Vanvelvet It is nature’s sadness, or mourning that renders it mute and aphasic, that leaves it without words. (Jacques Derrida) “Muteness” haunts; it pursues the animal, exploring the relations and the differences between those who ‘’name’’ and those who ‘’are named’’ observing Documentary / Adults / Language: Catalan / 50’ / Colour / Betacam, HD / Dolby Digital disparities over the backdrop of a wild boar hunt, amid the volcanic woodlands / 2009 of La Garrotxa. 109

Written by Manuel Huerga, Lilian González Cast Michael López-Alegrí­a

Produced by Bausan Films, Mediapro , Pentagrama Films Sales Agent Imagina International Sales Tel.: +34 91 728 57 38 / [email protected]

Son and Moon Synopsis A human story, narrated in the first person by its protagonist, Commander Son and Moon (Diario de un Astronauta) Michael López-Alegría, about the difficulties a father faces in maintaining family ties with his seven year-old son during Expedition 14, a period of seven months by Manuel Huerga and at a distance of 400 kilometres from the Earth. “Son and Moon”’ approaches the space world combining spectacular images with others, private conversations between father and son via a simple webcam. When we are celebrating 40 years since man walked on the moon, this film Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English / 90’ / Colour / 35mm / Dolby raises an original idea which struggles between compromise and the survival Digital / 2009 of the species. 111

Written by Xavier Baig, Òscar Moreno

Produced by REC videoproduccions, Televisió de Catalunya Sales Agent Contact producer

Synopsis Symphony of a Market “Symphony of a Market” is a portrait of the traditional ‘’Les Encants’’ flea market (Fira de Bellcaire) throughout a full year as reflected in four days, each Simfonia d’un mercat corresponding to a different season of the year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The general idea of the film revolves around a series of odd chance by Xavier Baig, Javier Llamazares events in which the people and objects are intertwined over time. No doubt, they are the heart and soul of this unique old flea market that dates back hundreds of years and which is about to change its current location. A world of metaphor and music, sights, sounds and impressions that will take the viewer Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 60’ / Colour / HD / on a journey through the passing time of the objects, through the passing time Dolby Digital, Other / 2010 of the market and its people. 113

Written by Pere Secorún

Produced by Rumbo Sur Sales Agent Contact producer

The Adventure of Sailing

L’aventura de navegar Synopsis by Pere Secorún Toni Casas is a globetrotter who has made his passion his profession. Fifteen years ago, he left the land to live on his boat, and since then he has explored different places around the world. As a youth his passion was the mountains, yet an accident that kept him at death’s doors for three months would change Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 26’ / Colour / Betacam, the course of his life. In the sea, he found untouched places and thus his bond Betacam Digital / Dolby Digital / 2009 with nature. Indeed, Toni’s homeland is the sea, as it has been for so long now. 115

Written by Enric Urrutia Cast Josep Antoni Lej, Marta Pérez, Teresa Roig

Produced by 4 Barres Produccions Audiovisuals Sales Agent Contact producer

The Barbecue La barbacoa by Enric Urrutia Synopsis “The Barbecue” reflects the human attitude towards our diet as of birth, which is eventually transformed into a consumer end product, our existence and our Social, Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 90’ / Colour / HD / foretold death. Different people from different socio-cultural positions offer Dolby Digital/ 2009 their opinions on the issue. 117

Written by Carles Balagué

Produced by Diafragma Produccions Cinematogràfiques Sales Agent Contact producer

The Bombing of the Liceu La bomba del Liceu by Carles Balagué Synopsis The connections among the anarchism of the late 19th century, the Art Nouveau and the activism of groups that assert the right to a decent home today. Barcelona’s Liceu Theatre, a symbol of the Bourgeoisie, brings both eras Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 84’ / Colour / HD / Ultra together. Bombed by Santiago Salvador in 1893, the theatre was symbolically Stereo / 2009 expropriated in 2005 by the anti-establishment group Ariadna Pi. 119

Written by Pere Secorún

Produced by Rumbo Sur Sales Agent Contact producer

The Call of the ‘’Tho Pa Ga’’ Synopsis La crida del ‘’Thö-Pa-Ga’’ Nobody imagined that the Tho Pa Ga, a living example of an antique schooner, would see the end of its days by crashing into a container. by Pere Secorún For Gérald Delgado and Nicole Legler, the ship’s owners, the loss of the Tho Pa Ga has moved them deeply. This report explores the circumstances surrounding the shipwreck and accompanies an expedition that has set out to check the condition of the Tho Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 50’ / Colour / Betacam, Pa Ga under the water and to contemplate the possibilities of its recovery. Betacam Digital / Dolby Digital / 2009 Despite the difficulties, there is still hope. 121

Written by Empara Rosselló Cast Albert Vidal, José María Nunes, Xavier Padullés

Produced by MER i Cia. Empar Rosselló Sales Agent Contact producer

The Colour of Innocence

El color de la innocència Synopsis by Empara Rosselló Empara Rosselló continues with the project of proximity and between cultures which has been very important in her work in recently. In “The Colour of Innocence” we find Barcelona with it’s special charisma, in contrast with Koudougou (Africa), with it’s beauty, strength and needs. Look at them is look at Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan, French / 100’ / Colour our future, where everybody can eat, exchanging our richness and appreciating / DVD / 2009 everybody’s mistakes, so we don’t repeat them. 123

Written by Albert Solé

Produced by Minimal Films Sales Agent Java Films Tel.: +33 0140602624 / [email protected]

The Final Escape Al final de l’escapada by Albert Solé Synopsis Miguel Núñez knew that the end was near. After a lifetime of chasing utopias, he entered his final battle of a dignified death with the same revolutionary fervour Documentary / Adults / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 80’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Digital / as when he battled Francoism. Coherent until his last breath, Miguel organised 2009 and controlled every detail of his adventurous life. 125

Written by Marina Pessanha

Produced by Màster Documental Creatiu Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Televisión Española - TVE Sales Agent Contact producer

The Frame El marc by Marina Pessanha Synopsis The factory of frames for paintings Francisco Loop, located in Raval, Barcelona will have the building expropriated by the city council. The craftmanship of Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan / 24’ / Colour / making frames is disappearing. In this context it takes place a documentary DVD, Betacam, Betacam Digital / Ultra Stereo / 2009 essay about the concept or framing. 127

Written by Tayo Cortés

Produced by Andoliado Producciones, Devenir Producciones (CO) Sales Agent Contact producer

The House La casa by Tayo Cortés Synopsis In the outskirts of Bogota a family survives of recycling of lefts over that the city Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 70’ / Colour / HD, Betacam produces and upbringing a few animals. They dream of a house with running Digital / 2009 water and electricity, but family disputes will make it harder for them to progress. 129

Written by Anna Sanmartí

Produced by Estudi Playtime Sales Agent Contact producer

The Land Inhabited, Words for a Landscape La terra habitada, paraules per un paisatge Synopsis Tantes vegades que ens sembla tocar el nostre destí amb la punta dels dits by Anna Sanmartí i s’esvaeix davant dels ulls mentre ens recorda, en veu baixa, que allò que semblava el final és un impuls per seguir caminant. L’Anna va iniciar aquest viatge buscant respostes per tal d’habitar de manera diferent un món que se’ns menja, en la seva acumulació de sons, d’imatges, de gestos. Dos anys després, aquelles imatges demanen una veu que en forma de text va donant sentit, des Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 54’ / Colour / HD / 2009 de la distància, a allò viscut. 131

Written by Carmen Ávalos del Pino, Manuel Martínez, Carles M. Gómez - Quintero, Joan Soler

Produced by Cinefilms Productions Sales Agent Contact producer

The Pathway of Dreams El camí dels somnis by Joan Soler Synopsis Alba and Nuria, two young girls with severe visual problems, maintain a daily fight against the limitations that their handicap has imposed on them to live Documentary / General Audiences / Language: German, English, Spanish, Catalan, a normal life. Their desire to overcome difficulties and their generosity impels Hindi / 84’ / Colour / 35mm, DVD, Betacam, HD / Dolby Digital / 2009 them to achieve new objectives and dedicate time and effort to helping others. 133

Written by Pere Secorún

Produced by Rumbo Sur Sales Agent Contact producer

The Poachers of the Delta Synopsis Els furtius del Delta The practice of poaching has always filled the waterways of the Ebre River Delta. Today the rural agencies undertake to see that everyone who goes out by Pere Secorún to sea has a fishing licence. In fact, in the most recent years, there has been a major crackdown on fishing regulations, making them far stricter. Yet poaching in the Delta is world in itself, an art that has been passed down from generation to generation. Now apprehension is on the rise among those who engage in this Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 20’ / Colour / Betacam, activity, as it is becoming increasingly more difficult to combine environmental Betacam Digital / Dolby Digital / 2009 conservation with customs such as these. 135

Written by David Pallarès

Produced by Zabriskie Films , Producciones Kilimanjaro Sales Agent Contact producer

Synopsis The Second Home The victory of the fascist army in the Spanish Civil War led to a mass exodus of Catalan Republicans who, suffering all sorts of hardship, sought refuge La segona pàtria wherever they could find it. Mexico, headed by its president, Lázaro Cárdenas, was the only country that by David Pallarès openly supported the Republican cause and opened its doors to thousands of Catalonians who found their second home there. This documentary pays homage to all of those exiles and to the country that took them in. Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 80’ / Colour / DVD, Betacam ‘’Mexico, you have opened your doors and your hands to the wanderer, to the Digital, HDTV / 2009 wounded, to the exiled, to the hero...’’ Pablo Neruda. 137

Written by Valentí Sanjuan, Albert Uría

Produced by The Garage Films , in association with Traffic Films (US) Sales Agent Contact producer

The Showcase Project Synopsis by Albert Uría The students of Otterbein College, in Ohio, are now in their last year of school. After studying acting for four years at the university, they are now faced with the first big test of their careers: the New York Showcase. Only a few of the fourth-year students will be selected to audition, where they will only have four minutes to prove their talent before the industry’s best agents, managers and representatives. After the Showcase, those who manage to get agents will have Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English / 4x23’ / Colour / HD / Dolby entered the professional world through the front door; and those who don’t, will Digital / 2009 have to keep fighting from a position of absolute anonymity. 139

Written by Juan Carlos González, Julio Godefroy

Produced by Màster Documental Creatiu Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Sales Agent Contact producer

The Tough Guy El rude by Juan Carlos González, Julio Godefroy Synopsis Hannibal, fanatic of Serie B cinema, got in touch with Lucha Libre thanks to the movies of Santo and Blue Demon. Dinosaures, cowboys and masked wrestlers will be in charge of presenting the Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 23’ / Colour / Betacam, peculiar world of Lucha Libre and the relation that it establishes with the Serie Betacam Digital/ Ultra Stereo / 2009 B cinema. 141

Written by Manel Almiñana, Xavi Puebla, Itatí Moyano Cast Lluís Soler

Produced by Contrafilms Sales Agent Contact producer

Towards Quimelca Cap a Quimelca by Manel Almiñana, Xavi Puebla, Itatí Moyano Synopsis Film producer Jordi Domingo died in an accident on 28 March 2007 at the age of 35, only five days after completing his last film. “Towards Quimelca” is a personal and professional chronicle of this unusual and exemplary producer, as Biography / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 52’ / Colour / HD / well as an impassioned look at adventure films and the job of the producer, who 2009 is usually relegated to anonymity behind the film itself. 143

Written by Raquel Cors

Produced by Dokia Films Sales Agent Contact producer

Travellers

Viatjants Synopsis by Raquel Cors “Death of a Salesman ” is the next play directed by that Mario Gas… This is the starting point of our journey. From the first readings of the text in a rehearsal room, to the play’s opening night, Viatjants invites the viewers to witness and understand the process of creation of a theatre play, with everything that it Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 52’ / Colour / entails : hope, troubles, fantasy, contradictions, and of course, a little touch of Betacam Digital / 2009 madness – just enough to bring Willy, Linda, Biff, Happy to life. 145

Written by Manuel Huerga

Produced by Ovideo TV, Dama Filmes , Ediciones Sea , Televisió de Catalunya Sales Agent Contact producer

This Very Instant Un instante preciso Synopsis “Un instante preciso” is an intimate and serene portrait of musician Jorge by Manuel Huerga Drexler through the eyes of director Manuel Huerga. The result is a simple yet poignant display of the musician’s creative process offstage. The film portrays the meticulous preparations of Drexler and his team before their appearance on stage, their spontaneity and generosity when sharing the stage with other Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 95’ / Colour, B&W / HD, musicians and their total devotion to their audience, in a delightful act of Betacam Digital / 2008 celebration. 147

Written by Laura Reinón

Produced by Màster Documental Creatiu Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Televisió de Catalunya Sales Agent Contact producer

Vanesa and Amadeu Vanesa i Amadeu Synopsis Through my sister Vanesa, I can explore Amadeu’s world more closely, to learn by Laura Reinón about his dreams and to come to grips with one of my own fears: my concern about the future. They both have Down’s syndrome. Based on a sequence of chapters, Amadeu and Vanesa reflect on several matters posed to them previously, such as their hopes, their feelings and the people closest to them. Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan / 29’ / Colour They do not present themselves as two people with Down’s syndrome, but / Betacam, Betacam Digital / Ultra Stereo, Other / 2009 rather simply as themselves, unique and special. 149

Written by Iosu del Moral

Produced by Activa Films Sales Agent Contact producer

Verse Code Synopsis Código Verso “Verse Code ”reveals the power of the word and the new forms of urban expression through the main representatives of hip-hop in Spain, by the by Iosu del Moral hands of a university professor and a professor of poetry. Through all of these specialists, the film will explore the origins of social rap and draw comparisons between the MCs of today and the poets of other eras, to demonstrate how the word can be a tool for expression and a social breeding ground, despite the Social, Documentary, Education / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 50’ / mass media’s censorship of certain contents in favour of commercial products B&W / HD / 2009 that are devoid of value. 151

Written by Xavier Gaja

Produced by Els Films de les Sargantanes Sales Agent Contact producer

Where are you from? What language do you speak? D’on ets? Quin idioma parles? by Xavier Gaja

Synopsis Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 24’ / Colour / Betacam Digital / 2009 Three youths who live in Vic yet who were born in another country sing a song. Documentaries 2010 Index of Upcoming Productions 153

ART.83/e 156 Hadijatou: I Accuse Hadijatou: jo acuso 168 Back to Nadia Tornar a Nadia 157 Into the Blue Del vent al blau 169 Bar Carmel 158 Islam, only God is God Islam, només Déu és Déu 170 Barcelona Was a Party: Underground (1970-1983) Jacques Leonard, “Payo Jacques”, Insider and Outsider Jacques Leonard, el Barcelona era una festa: Underground (1970-1983) 159 paio Chac 171 Children of Inkisi Els nens d’Inkisi 160 Kabala. The Secret Language of God Càbala. El llenguatge secret de Déu 172 Christianity I, Jesus according to St. Paul Cristianisme I, Jesús segons Lebab Babel 173 St. Pau 161 Mexican Suitcase La maleta mexicana 174 Dying Awake Morir de dia 162 Miralda 175 Dying without Dying Morir sense morir 163 My 108 Uncle Cuchillo de palo 176 East and West. The Face in the Mirror Orient i Occident . La cara al mirall 164 Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem (The American Colony Hotel) Hi havia una Encounters Encuentros 165 vegada a Jerusalem (The American Colony Hotel) 177 False Positive Fals positiu 166 Our South Pole El Nostre Pol Sud 178 Guest 167 Paco, Abdullah and I Paco, Abdulà i jo 179 Documentaries 2010 Index of Upcoming Productions 155

Portraits Retrats 180 Pyramids of Waste 181 Richard Stallman and the Free Software Movement Richard Stallman i el moviment del software lliure 182 Spanish Hollywood 183 Sufism Sufisme 184 Tertium Quid 185 The Door of no Return La puerta de no retorno 186 The Interpreter La intérprete 187 The Secret in the Shadow El secret de l’ombra 188 Variations on Variations Variacions de les variacions 189 Voices from Mozambique, Africa is the Future, The Future is Woman Veus des de Moçambic, Àfrica és futur, futur és dona 190 Waiting for La Blanca Esperant La Blanca 191 Upcoming 157 Back to Nadia ART.83/e Tornar a Nadia by Diana Gama, Gustavo Biolcatti by Grau Serra

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 26’ / Colour / 2009 Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan, Dari / 52’ / Colour / HD / 2010

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Diana Gama, Guillermo Ruibal, “Art. 83/e” casts its glance on a group of people Agnès Rotger Nadia is an Afghan girl who lived as a boy from Gustavo Biolcatti, Yanina who are serving the last part of their prison sentence age 11 to age 23, in Taliban and post-Taliban Germain in a prisoner’s shelter flat in Barcelona. The film Produced by Afghanistan. Disguising herself as a boy was the explores the movement of the prisoners through a Batabat Produccions only means of survival for her and her family, as Produced by non-place, a midpoint between confinement and Sales Agent they were all women and the Taliban did not allow Màster Documental Creatiu freedom. Marking their days is the struggle against women to work. Two years ago, an NGO helped her Contact producer Universitat Autònoma de the inexorable passage of time. The struggle for flee to Catalonia. Now she wants to return to her Barcelona reinsertion into a society that has already stigmatized country with her true identity. Sales Agent them forever. Contact producer Upcoming 159 Barcelona Was a Party: Underground Bar Carmel (1970-1983) Barcelona era una festa: by Javier Pernas Underground (1970-1983) by Morrosko Vila-San-Juan

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan / 52’ / Colour Documentary / Adults / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 52’ / Colour / 2010 / 2009

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Andreas Strasser, Javier Pernas “Bar Carmel “ is a documentary that tells the Morrosko Vila-San-Juan, Roger The Barcelona of the 1970s was a breeding ground story of a neighbourhood. A neighbourhood that Roca for an underground countercultural movement, Produced by was born out of immigration and the struggle to known as just that: the “Underground”. A movement De Tot Arreu Produccions survive of a group of people. Uprooted from their Produced by that was just as silenced as it was influential in Sales Agent homeland by poverty and the post-civil-war period, séptimo elemento, Monsieur building the modern, cosmopolitan and creative these individuals were forced to start all over in a Alain , in association with image that the city has projected to the rest of the Contact producer prosperous, distant and unknown Barcelona. They Televisió de Catalunya, world. came to a mountain where there was nothing, and Televisión Española - TVE This documentary aims to convey Barcelona’s from there they began to build a neighbourhood, a Sales Agent atmosphere in those years, through the – culture and…a bar. Contact producer sometimes outlandish – stories of some of the movement’s main proponents, people who are now artists, cartoonists, musicians, writers, journalists... and even business execs and prominent politicians. Upcoming 161 Children of Inkisi Christianity I, Jesus according to St. Paul Els nens d’Inkisi Cristianisme I, Jesús segons St. Pau by Gilbert-Ndunga Nsangata by Miguel Valls Pintós

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: French, Lingala, Kikongo / 50’ / Colour / Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 45’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Betacam, Betacam Digital / 2009 Digital / 2010

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Gilbert-Ndunga Nsangata Blanchard, Chagui, John, Mambueni and Chance Miguel Valls Pintós From the Mosaic law to the salvation for the faith, live on Prince Street, the main road crossing from the creed of the humbles to the religion of the Produced by through the small town of Inkisi close to the capital Produced by Empire. Talatala , Antorcha Films (CO) of the D.R of Congo. They have formed a new space Joe Morosco Sales Agent of solidarity, something that adults wouldn’t be able Sales Agent to provide. Discriminated, accused of thievery, Contact producer Contact producer violence, and haunted, they wander through town day and night. Upcoming 163 Dying Awake Dying without Dying Morir de dia Morir sense morir by Laia Manresa, Sergi Dies by Antoni Verdaguer

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 100’ / Colour / Other, HD / Social, Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan / 90’ / 2010 Colour / HD / 2009

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Laia Manresa “Dying Awake” writes the hidden history from the Antoni Verdaguer “Dying without dying” wants to make a reflection Spanish Transition up until now through one of its upon euthanasia and a dignified death. Produced by hidden sides: heroine. Diferent caracthers intertwine Produced by In the fictional part, the protagonist’s partner Estudi Playtime, Únicamente and draw, from images in their personal archives Set Màgic Audiovisual remains in a permanent vegetative state after a Severo Films and their most intimate words, the challenges of Sales Agent car accident. He decides to investigate on the a chosen life marked by addiction. Looking at it right to have a dignified death. The documentary Sales Agent Contact producer frontally, like recognising death arriving while being part of our film is exactly the same report that the Contact producer awake, allows us to understand that our relationship main character is working with. In it we will have with the world, here and now, is also made of the the opinion of several specialists as well as people traces left by those who preceeded us. affected by this subject. Upcoming 165 East and West. The Face in the Mirror Encounters Orient i Occident . La cara al mirall Encuentros by Miguel Valls Pintós by Inés París, Laura Mañà, Chus Gutiérrez, Patricia Ferreira

Education / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 45’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Digital / Education / General Audiences / Language: English, French, Portuguese / 52’ / Colour / 2010 HD / Dolby Digital / 2009

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Miguel Valls Pintós “East and West. The face in the mirror. “Two routes Inés París, Laura Mañà, Chus Four Spanish filmmakers, Inés París, Laura Mañá, of the progress: interior and exterior. Science Gutiérrez, Patricia Ferreira Chus Gutiérrez, and Patricia Ferreira, fix their gazes Produced by and Knowledge. Pleasure and Happiness. Guide on the African continent to film four African stories. Joe Morosco for walkers about two different ways of feeling, Produced by Each piece will be designed freely from the perspective Sales Agent understanding and belonging to the world. Bausan Films of its director, in such manner as to offer four stories, four themes, four points of view, yet with Contact producer Sales Agent one common objective: to discover, describe and Bausan Films recreate the opportunities of the African women Tel.: +34 93 241 15 11 / who are working each day to build a better future [email protected] for their countries. Mali: Economy. Mozambique: Education. Namibia: Empowerment. Ethiopia: Health.

Upcoming 167 False Positive Fals positiu Guest by Carlos Hernández by Jose Luis Guerín

Documentary / Adults / Language: Spanish / 52’ / Colour / Betacam / Dolby Digital / Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Cantonese / 120’ / 2009 Colour / 35mm / Dolby Digital / 2010

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Carlos Hernández Leonardo, a 26-year-old with a severe mental Jose Luis Guerín “Guest” is shaped much like a travelogue. Over the handicap, disappeared without a trace. Several span of one year, the film chronicles the encounters, Produced by months later, he was found 800 km from his home Produced by the scenes and the minor events that mark the days Catalyst Films with a bullet in his head. He was murdered by Versus Entertainment, Roxbury spent in Vancouver, Havana, Jerusalem, and so Sales Agent the Colombian army, which dressed the body in Pictures many other places. The descriptions can take the paramilitary uniform and placed a gun in his right form of a brief note or a sequential development, the Contact producer Sales Agent hand. Leonardo was left-handed. “direct-cinema” register or the “poem-film”. Contact producer Woven amid the lines of these notes are different themes and motifs. Their backcloth? The film festivals, which serve as both the catalysts and guides for this tour through the different cities, through their invitations. Upcoming 169 Hadijatou: I Accuse Into the Blue Hadijatou: jo acuso Del vent al blau by Lala Gomà, Rosa Cornet by Pere Herms

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 52’ / Colour / 2009 Social, Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 90’ / Colour / HD / Ultra Stereo / 2009

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Rosa Cornet This documentary describes the case of Hadijatou Pere Herms The filmed diary of a filmmaker on a journey through Mani, the first woman ever to take legal action Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. With an essay-like Produced by against the state of Niger for her status as a slave, Produced by composition, “Into the Blue” revolves around two Picnic, in association with and who won. An unprecedented trial and a turning Abyssinia Films basic hubs, Man and Nature, and the relationship Grenade Productions (FR) point in the fight against slavery. Her experience, Sales Agent between the two. The film is a critical reflection on along with the case of other women in a similar the increasingly more pronounced distance between Sales Agent Contact producer situation, gives us first-hand insight as to what Man and Nature and the negative consequences Contact producer slavery in the 21st century is like. of today’s current model of development, which is highly unsustainable and antagonistic. “Into the Blue” is an intimist and contemplative film; a poem dedicated to nature and to life free of artificiality, and a portrayal of an excluded and marginalised humanity. Upcoming 171 Islam, only God is God Jacques Leonard, “Payo Jacques”, Islam, només Déu és Déu Insider and Outsider by Miguel Valls Pintós Jacques Leonard, el paio Chac by Yago Leonard

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 45’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Biography / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan, French / 52’ / Colour / Digital / 2010 HD / 2010

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Miguel Valls Pintós The Unique, The Internally Hidden and The Externally Núria Villazán Jacques Leonard was a multifaceted French Shown. The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful. The filmmaker, writer and photographer who left a Produced by Joust. The Source of the life and of the Laws of the Produced by legacy: a photograph collection that covers his Joe Morosco humankind. The measure of everything. Curt Ficcions Curt Produccions whole career. Sales Agent Sales Agent Leonard died leaving many unanswered questions about his life. His sons try to recompose their Contact producer Contact producer father’s life’s journal: this “crazy” French artist who landed in Barcelona in the early 50’s and managed to enter and photograph the Gipsy community, hand in hand with his wife, gipsy Rosario Amaya. Curt Ficcions Curt Produccions introduces this project, with the support of TV3, Televisión Española and the Barcelona City Council. Upcoming 173 Kabala. The Secret Language of God Càbala. El llenguatge secret de Déu Lebab Babel by Miguel Valls Pintós by Joan Úbeda

Education / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 45’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Digital / Social / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 52’ / Colour / HD / 2010 2009

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Miguel Valls Pintós “Kabala. The Secret Language of God.” From Rosa Díaz “Lebab/Babel” is a documentary which looks at the Hebron to Gerona. The diagram of the Creation. current state and the future of languages in the 21st Produced by The map of the human conscience. Figures and Produced by century. Joe Morosco archetypes. To discover the mysteries veiled to the Media 3.14 Nearly 6,000 languages are spoken in the world. Sales Agent knowledge. Sales Agent Each and every one of them is a valuable cultural asset which contains within it knowledge built up Contact producer Contact producer over centuries. However, a language is currently disappearing every two weeks. Never before have languages disappeared as such a rate. However, experts believe that there are indicators which make it possible to predict that this trend may change. The world seems to be heading for a multilingual future. It is time to turn the legend of Babel on its head. Upcoming 175 Mexican Suitcase La maleta mexicana Miralda by Trisha Ziff by Zé Peixoto

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan, French / 90’ / Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan, French / 52’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Digital / 2010 Colour / HD / Dolby Digital / 2010

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Trisha Ziff “Mexican Suitcase” is the story of three boxes, which Zé Peixoto The documentary “Miralda “ comprises four essential disappeared in Paris in 1939 and were recovered focal points for an understanding of the artist’s Produced by in Mexico City in 2007. These boxes contain over Produced by work, each opening a space for an interpretation Mallerich Films Paco Poch, 4200 photographic negatives taken during the Beloze Produccions of contemporary art and its close interaction with 212 Berlin (MX), Televisión Spanish Civil War by three friends -Robert Capa Sales Agent culture, civilization and society. Española - TVE (23), David Seymour (28) and Gerda Taro (26)- The ancestral Spain of the artist’s childhood and Contact producer Sales Agent , who met in Paris and traveled to Spain to fight adolescence, the libertarian adventure in the wild Contact producer fascism with their cameras. and vibrant Paris of the 1960s, the quest of plastic This is a story of exile and freedom, loss and art on the graffiti-covered walls of Berlin and the recovery. “Mexican Suitcase” reveals the void that diluted the mass protests of the streets of extraordinary content of these boxes and explores New York in the 1970s, together illustrate the past, what their importance is for us today as much as it the present and the future. reveals about our past. Upcoming 177 My 108 Uncle Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem (The Cuchillo de palo American Colony Hotel) Hi havia una vegada by Renate Costa a Jerusalem (The American Colony Hotel) by David Mauas

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 80’ / Colour / Betacam Digital Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Hebrew / 52’ / Colour / 2009 / 2010

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Renate Costa Rodolfo was the only among my uncles who didn’t David Mauas Set up by the end of the nineteenth century by want to be a blacksmith like my grandfather, he religious Americans, the American Colony turned Produced by wanted to be a dancer. This is the search of the traces Produced by into a luxurious hotel on the frontier of East and Estudi Playtime of his life and the discovery that in the Paraguay Benecé Produccions West Jerusalem. The hotel is considered to be a Sales Agent of the eighties, under Stroessner dictatorship, he Sales Agent ‘neutral island’ in the middle of the conflict. But is it was included in one of the «108 homosexual lists», possible to remain neutral in a place like Jerusalem? Contact producer Contact producer arrested and tortured. Rodolfo’s story reveals a part of the hidden and silenced History of my country. In “Cuchillo de Palo” two generations get confronted to understand the place each one of us occupies in the world. Upcoming 179 Our South Pole Paco, Abdullah and I El Nostre Pol Sud Paco, Abdulà i jo by Pere Joan Ventura by Albert Solé

History, Documentary, Education / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / Experimental / Adults / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 90’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Digital / 52’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Digital / 2010 2010

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Aymar Del Amo “Our South Pole” is a documentary about the first- Albert Solé After six years of receiving no news from my friend ever disabled expedition to conquer the South Pole Francisco del Pueblo, otherwise known as “Paco”, Produced by and about thecapacity of the handicapped. Produced by I came across a full-page photograph of him in the Zucre Films Minimal Films, Nanouk Films Sunday supplement of the newspaper “El País”. Sales Agent “From hell” was the large headline. Paco had been arrested in Pakistan with 12 kilos of heroin and Contact producer Sales Agent sent to a prison in Karachi. There, converted to Java Films Tel.: + 33 0140602624 / Islam, he awaited sentence: in the best of cases, [email protected] life imprisonment; in the worst of cases, the death penalty. After a few failed attempts to communicate with him, one day I finally received a call: “Come and see me,” he said. “And I’ll tell you the whole story.” Upcoming 181 Portraits Retrats Pyramids of Waste by Quim Fuster, Pau Itarte by Cosima Dannoritzer

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 52’ / Colour / HD / Documentary / General Audiences / Language: German, English, Catalan, French / 52’, Dolby Digital/ 2009 75’ / Colour / HD / 2010

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Quim Fuster, Pau Itarte “Portraits” does not set out to offer a scientific Cosima Dannoritzer This documentary will explore the story of Planned approach to schizophrenia. In fact, it focuses on Obsolescence (the deliberate shortening of Produced by people rather than on the disease. It is a positive Produced by product life spans by manufacturers to guarantee Ninots PC contemplation, a gaze that reveals people’s hopes Media 3.14, Televisió de consumer demand) through examples ranging from Sales Agent to find a solution and overcome the disease. This Catalunya , Televisión Española the light bulb to the iPod, from nylon stockings to documentary follows the stories of eight people - TVE , ARTE (FR), Article Z (FR) oil pipelines. Contact producer (Lluís Gràcia –the professor-, Isabel, Pilar, Jordi, Sales Agent Spanning over a century of mass productions, the Cati, Carles, Antonia and Jaime) who try to recover Contact producer film will also look at the consequences of Planned normal every-day life after many years of living with Obsolescence in our current context of economic the disease. crisis, and at alternatives being proposed by The painting workshop is the central avenue towards academics and thinkers all over the world- the such recovery. Painting as a means of expression film will also highlight ideas and works by current and freedom, as a metaphor for reconstruction. The designers who are building products that, for a idea is to portray how this workshop experience change, last as long as it’s technically feasible. gradually changes the main characters; to focus on their development, whether positive or negative. Upcoming 183 Richard Stallman and the Free Software Movement Richard Stallman i el moviment Spanish Hollywood del software lliure by Ramon Colom, Pablo Bujosa by Jordi Cebollero

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan / 52’ / Colour Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 59’ / Colour / HD / Dolby / HD / 2008 Digital / 2009

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Jordi Cebollero, Jordi Pérez With the quality and expansion of its GNU / Linux Pablo Bujosa “Spanish Hollywood” offers a detailed account of Cast operating system, freeware is beginning to make Cast the history of Spaniards in the world film capital, Richard Stallman the software giant Microsoft shake in its boots. But Antonio Banderas, Fernando from the first silent film actors such as Antonio who created freeware? Trueba, Inocencio Arias Moreno and Conchita Montenegro, to the biggest Produced by Who is behind the movement that is forcing Microsoft names from our cinema today, including Antonio and other large firms to either close down or retrain Banderas. Contrafilms Produced by and rethink their modus operandi? Sales Agent Sagrera Audiovisual, ARTE (FR), Richard Stallman is the ideologue behind this Televisón Castilla la Mancha , Contact producer revolution, which has been brewing since 1983. Chello Multicanal , Avro (NL) Sales Agent Contact producer Upcoming 185 Sufism Sufisme Tertium Quid by Miguel Valls Pintós by Carlos Hernández

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish / 45’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Documentary / Adults / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, Dutch / 52’ Digital / 2010 / Colour / Betacam / Dolby Digital / 2009 / Trailer: www.catalanfilmsdb.cat

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Miguel Valls Pintós Royal jokers, walking troubadours, God-drunkards, Carlos Hernández The Dutch painter Bert van Zelm was selected creators of the romantic love, Allah-rememberers, to create the paintings for a church in Italy. The Produced by deceased in He and indisputable Teachers of the Produced by assignment entailed rethinking religious iconography Joe Morosco thought. A trip to the most representative “tekkes Catalyst Films, Observatorio and finding other forms of expression. As a result, Sales Agent “of the Mediterranean Sea. de Cine Van Zelm embarked on a creative adventure that would bring him to explore the history of art and its Contact producer Sales Agent deepest roots. Contact producer Upcoming 187 The Door of no Return The Interpreter La puerta de no retorno La intérprete by Santiago Zannou by Antonio P. Molero

Biography, Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, French / 90’ / Documentary / Adults / Language: Spanish, Catalan / 60’ / Colour / 2009 Colour / HD / 2010

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Santiago Zannou “The door of no return” is a journey from north to Antonio P Molero, Jesús “It isn’t me; it’s the people who are generous”. south and south to north, from the present to the Sanjurjo This is how Silvia explains the fact that she has never Produced by past, from here to beyond. An adventure back to been told “no” when asking the family members of Dokia Films, Shankara Films , the starting point. An open reflection about all the Produced by a suddenly deceased person to donate the organs Media Films questions arising from the personal conflict of a Inicia Films for a transplant. Sales Agent man divided by the emigrant who has gone and the Sales Agent inmigrant who has never returned. It is the unique Contact producer Contact producer and universal story of Alphonse Zannou. Upcoming 189 The Secret in the Shadow Variations on Variations El secret de l’ombra Variacions de les variacions by David Mauas by Carles Bosch

Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Catalan / 52’ / Colour / HD / Dolby Documentary / General Audiences / Language: English, Spanish, Catalan / 90’ / Colour / Digital / 2010 HD / Dolby Digital / 2009

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis David Mauas Three men pool their money to buy what they believe Carles Bosch This unique documentary blends human drama is an authentic and undiscovered Goya painting. with science as it follows the life of a natural born Produced by The value of the piece, which they have purchased Produced by fighter, Pasqual Maragall, the well-loved politician Benecé Produccions, Milagros for about two thousand euros, could go up to Cromosoma, in association with who brought the Olympic Games to Barcelona. He Producciones , in association several million if its authenticity were confirmed. Televisió de Catalunya works with the best doctors in the field to eradicate with Televisió de Catalunya The men are sure that Francisco de Goya put a Sales Agent the disease, knowing that he will never reap the hidden signature on the painting they bought, and benefits, as he too is its victim. Sales Agent Contact producer Contact producer that he signed a number of his works this way. The official institutions, however, assert that such micro- signatures do not exist, and that the entire notion was simply made up by a bunch of art collectors who want to make easy money. The conflict between the main characters and the art world offers us a different perspective from which to explore the endless genius of this brilliant painter who has become one of the undisputed precursors of modern art. Upcoming 191 Voices from Mozambique, Africa is the Future, Waiting for La Blanca The Future is Woman Veus des de Moçambic, Esperant La Blanca Àfrica és futur, futur és dona by Alfonso Garrido by Susana Guardiola, Françoise Polo

Experimental / General Audiences / Language: English, Portuguese / 90’ / Colour, B&W Documentary / General Audiences / Language: Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Dutch / 52’ / / HD / Dolby Digital / 2009 Colour, B&W / HDTV / Dolby Stereo / 2010

Written by Synopsis Written by Synopsis Susana Guardiola, Françoise “Voices from Moçambique: Africa is the Future, Marga Ninou Abraham, Julio, and Ramona live and work in the Polo The future is woman” is the story of five women Managua rubbish dump. Through their experiences struggling daily to promote women’s development Produced by we discover the hopes and fears they confront Produced by in Moçambic. A story based on five voices: five Manual in the face of the imminent disappearance of the Bausan Films, LX Films (PT) characters that form the life cycle of every woman. Sales Agent dump, the only way of life they know. And the shadow of a myth, Josina Machel, the first The lives of 2000 people are about to undergo an Contact producer Sales Agent heroine of Mozambique, who fought for the rights of extraordinary transformation. The change objectively Bausan Films women. This is a journey that attempts to rediscover means a significant improvement in the quality of Tel.: +34 93 241 15 11 / the roots of the past in order to rebuild a picture of their lives. In spite of this, not everyone is prepared [email protected] the present, where the voices of its women become to accept it. a plea from Africa..

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4 Barres Produccions Abyssinia Films Alea Docs & Films Baditri Beloze Produccions Black Train Films Audiovisuals Pere Herms Pablo Usón Toni Badimón Bel·lo Torras Marieke van den Bersselaar Enric Urrutia Mas ‘’El Surell’’, 08551, Tona Mallorca, 317, 2n 1a, 08037, Balmes, 88, bxs., 08008, Guerau de Liost, 8, S.2 P.31, Ferran Agulló, 22, 2n 1a, 08021 Serra de Sant Feliu, 29, Urb El Raco. Tel: +34 629 354 824 Barcelona Barcelona 08017, Barcelona Barcelona, Barcelona Apartat de Correus 74, 08211, [email protected] Tel: + 34 93 207 68 50 Tel: +34 93 201 04 67 Tel: +34 93 406 80 38 Tel: +34 609 388 220 Castellar del Vallès www.abyssiniafilms.com Fax: + 34 93 207 68 60 [email protected] Fax: +34 93 406 80 38 [email protected] Tel: +34 93 747 43 19 [email protected] www.baditri.cat [email protected] www.blacktrainfilms.com Fax: +34 93 714 20 06 www.aleadf.com www.beloze.com [email protected] www.4barresaudiovisuals.com A Contraluz Films Acteon Andoliado Producciones Batabat Produccions Benecé Produccions Café-Bar Producciones Xavier Granada Laia Zanón Esteban Bernatas Oriol Cortacans Anna Vilella Hervé Forestier Ramon Turró, 153, Local, 08005, Muntaner, 178, 5è 1a, 08036, St. Guillem, 17, 1r 1a, O8006, Corders, 22, 08911, Badalona Ptge. Tona, 10, 08023, Blasco de Garay, 72-74, 08004, Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Tel: +34 93 464 76 84 Barcelona Barcelona Tel: +34 93 468 51 22 Tel: +34 93 439 90 07 Tel: +34 93 209 08 97 [email protected] Tel: +34 93 284 07 19 Tel: +34 653 400 542 [email protected] Fax: +34 93 439 90 07 Fax: +34 93 209 08 97 www.batabat.cat Fax: +34 93 219 51 17 [email protected] www.acontraluzfilms.eu [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.cafebarprod.com www.acteon.es www.andoliado.com www.benece.es

Àrea de Televisió Activa Films Astrakán Films Bausan Films Black Flag Cinema Catalana de Televisió Local Cristina Mora Cobos Activa Films Activa Films Lola Canut Loris Omedes Mamen Boué Jesús Medina Castro Jonqueres, 15, pral. 1a, 08003, Ptge. del Rellotge, 2, 08002, [email protected] Muntaner, 244, 4t 2a, 08021, Cartellà, 77, 08031, Barcelona Girona, 34, 08402, Granollers Barcelona Barcelona www.astrakanfilms.net Barcelona Tel: +34 93 407 42 50 Tel: +34 93 840 29 99 Tel: +34 93 467 10 10 Tel: +34 93 268 99 08 Tel: +34 93 241 15 11 Fax: +34 93 357 82 33 Fax: +34 93 861 40 13 [email protected] Fax: +34 93 268 99 08 Fax: +34 93 414 17 97 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] blackflagcinema.com www.tvlocal.cat www.activafilms.com www.bausanfilms.com Documentaries 2010 Sales & Production Companies 195

Catalyst Films Corte y Confección de De Tot Arreu Produccions ECIB (Escuela de Cine de El dorado internacional Estudi Playtime Carlos Hernández Películas Andreas Strasser Barcelona) Mocha Aguilar Marta Andreu Muñoz Laforja, 44, 2n 3a, 08006, Oriol Maymó Floridablanca, 31-33, 2n 2a Carolina Jaramillo Vargas Avda. de Burgos, 14 10 G, Pg. del Canal, 5, studio 8, Barcelona Elkano, 21, bxs, 08004, (esq.), 08015, Barcelona Girona, 54, bxs, 08009, 28036, Madrid 08980, Sant Feliu de Llobregat Tel: +34 93 396 80 83 Barcelona Tel: +34 655 685 372 Barcelona Tel: +34 917 671 104 Tel: +34 93 666 42 81 [email protected] Tel: +34 93 443 37 12 [email protected] Tel: +34 93 246 26 15 Fax: +34 917 671 104 [email protected] www.catalystprod.com [email protected] www.detotarreu.com [email protected] [email protected] www.ecib.tv

Cinefilms Productions Cromosoma Diafragma Produccions Eddie Saeta El Kinògraf Films 59 Joan Soler Foyé Trini Cuevas González Cinematogràfiques Montse Pedrós Solé Neus Ballús Montserrat Helena Gomà Alfons XII, 19, entl., 08241, Perú, 174, 08020, Barcelona Carles Balagué Mazón Ptge. Permanyer 14, 08009, Bonavista 3, 1r 2a, 08012, Rambla de Catalunya, 72, pral. -Manresa Tel: +34 93 266 42 66 Passeig de Gràcia, 54, 4t A, Barcelona Barcelona 1a, 08007, Barcelona Tel: +34 93 872 21 12 Fax: +34 93 266 40 14 08007, Barcelona Tel: +34 93 467 70 40 Tel: +34 637 596 396 / Tel: +34 93 215 56 12 [email protected] [email protected] Tel: +34 93 215 10 87 Fax: +34 93 467 74 89 678 251 Fax: +34 93 487 30 15 www.cinefilms.cat www.cromosoma.com Fax: +34 93 487 84 27 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.eddiesaeta.com www.elkinograf.com www.pereportabella.com www.cinesmelies.es

Contrafilms Curt Ficcions Curt Dokia Films Edit Utopic Els Films de les Imagina International Sales Eva Franco Moreno Produccions Benjamin Arraou Assumpta Planas Roca Sargantanes Beatriz Setuain Rial de sa Clavella, 55, bxs., Carmen Isasa López Pg. Sant Joan, 38 1a, 08010, Montmany, 14, 08012, Xavier Gaja Làzaro Ctra. Fuencarral-Alcobendas, km. 08350, Arenys de Mar Llull, 27-39, 3r 1a bis, 08005, Barcelona Barcelona Robrenyo, 76-78, 2n 1a, 08014, 12,450, 28049, Madrid Tel: +34 937 924 931 Barcelona Tel: +34 93 245 92 40 Tel: +34 93 238 87 94 Barcelona Tel: +34 91 728 57 38 Fax: +34 937 924 931 Tel: +34 93 320 80 92 [email protected] Fax: +34 93 550 41 96 Tel: +34 656 430 491 Fax: +34 91 728 57 39 [email protected] Fax: +34 93 320 80 92 www.dokiafilms.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.contrafilms.net [email protected] www.utopic.tv www.imaginasales.tv www.curtficcions.org Documentaries 2010 Sales & Production Companies 197

Inicia Films J.M.T. Films Distribution & Just Films Lavinia Productora Mallerich Films Paco Poch Massa D’Or Produccions Valérie Delpierre Worldwide Sales Ainara Plaza Martínez Juan de la Serna Paco Poch Isona Passola Vidal França, 30, àtic 1a, 08024, Michael Treves Provença, 120, entl. 4t, 08029, Pujades, 81, 08005, Barcelona Hort de la Vila, 38, 1r 1a, 08017, Sant Pere Més Alt, 66, pral. 1a, Barcelona 20 Bialik Str., 63324, Barcelona Tel: +34 93 272 34 10 Barcelona 08003, Barcelona Tel: +34 93 210 82 22 Tel Aviv, Israel Tel: +34 93 363 06 66 Fax: +34 93 272 34 11 Tel: +34 93 203 30 25 Tel: +34 93 310 35 10 [email protected] Tel: +972 3 525 4782 Fax: +34 93 363 10 90 [email protected] Fax: +34 93 205 34 20 Fax: +34 93 268 81 99 www.iniciafilms.com [email protected] [email protected] www.laviniaproductora.com [email protected] [email protected] www.jmtfilms.com www.justfilms.com www.pacopoch.cat www.massador.com

Intermedio Java Films KWA Kevin Williams Màster Documental Creatiu Manual Media 3.14 Didac Aparicio Associates Universitat Autònoma de Manu Benavente Joan Úbeda Carulla Rda. General Mitre, 148, entl. 3, 4-6 Villa Thoréton, 75015, Kevin Williams Barcelona Lancaster, 10, 1r 2a, 08001, Edifici IMAGINA Centre 08006, Barcelona París, FR Mesena, 128, 28033, Madrid Carmen Viveros Celín Barcelona Audiovisual. Avinguda Diagonal, Tel: +34 93 414 72 02 Tel: + 33 0140602624Fax: Tel: +34 91 747 31 00 Edifici I. Facultat CC. de la Tel: +34 93 412 69 42 177, 08018, Barcelona Fax: +34 93 414 48 47 [email protected] Fax: +34 91 747 70 00 Comunicació Campus de Bellaterra, [email protected] Tel: +34 93 476 15 51 [email protected] www.javafilms.fr [email protected] 08013, Bellaterra Fax: +34 93 476 15 52 Tel: +34 93 581 35 85 www.intermedio.net www.kevinwa.com [email protected] Fax: +34 93 581 20 05 www.medi314.cat [email protected] www.documentalcreativo.edu.es Iris Films Grup Joe Morosco La neta lab Mago Audiovisual Mario Pons Múria Media Films Ramon Pallarès Xavier Cortes Martí Ignasi Vargas Production Mario Pons Múria Nacho Albert Lopez Mercè Amell, 17, 08810, Bruc, 35, 08010, Barcelona Mas Casanova, 3, bxs., 08025, Peter Keydel Vitoria, 4, 43895, L’Ampolla Av. Diagonal 550, 4t 2a, 08021, Sant Pere de Ribes Tel: +34 93 342 63 63 Barcelona Bailén, 95, 1r 1a, 08009, Tel: +34 655 766 673 Barcelona Tel: +34 93 894 74 75 [email protected] Tel: +34 93 455 33 77 Barcelona [email protected] Tel: +34 93 240 02 44 [email protected] www.elviajealatradicionmediterranea.tv [email protected] Tel: +34 93 207 08 34 www.mariopons.cat Fax: +34 93 200 46 40 www.irisfilmsgrup.weebly.com/ www.lanetalab.com Fax: +34 93 184 09 61 [email protected] [email protected] www.mediafilms.es www.magoproduction.com Documentaries 2010 Sales & Production Companies 199

Mediapro Milagros Producciones Nanouk Films Noche de estreno Ovideo TV Picnic Javier Méndez David Mauas Elena Romagosa Mireia Ibars Esther López Albert Saguer Bel Ciudad de la Imagen. C/ Virgilio, Apartado de Correos 1234, Pau Claris, 97, 1r 1a, 08009, Manso, 60, àtic, 08015, Av. Tibidabo, 49, Paseo Picasso, 32, pral. 2a, 2. Edificio 1., 28223, 08080, Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona 08035, Barcelona 08003, Barcelona Pozuelo de Alarcón Tel: +34 93 412 32 61 Tel: +34 93 419 60 22 Tel: +34 649 904 992 Tel: +34 93 253 03 20 Tel: +34 93 295 60 25 Tel: +34 91 512 78 30 Fax: +34 93 412 32 61 Fax: +34 93 512 36 75 [email protected] Fax: +34 93 212 00 29 Fax: +34 93 295 66 12 Fax: +34 91 512 78 07 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.milagrosproducciones.com www.nanouk.tv www.ovideo.com www.elpicnic.com www.mediapro.es

MER i Cia. Empar Rosselló Minimal Films Ninots PC Oberon Cinematogràfica Parallel 40 Producciones Doble Banda Empar Rosselló Albert Solé Bruset Pau Itarte Marta Ramírez Àngels Villar Leonor Miró García Sant Josep Oriol, 17, baixos, Pau Clarís, 97, 1r 1a, 08009, Amèrica, 12, bxs, 08041, Aragó, 217, 5è, 08007, Mallorca, 209, pral 1a, Castillejos, 265, entl. 2n, 08001, Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona 08036, Barcelona 08013, Barcelona Tel: +34 615 57 56 85 Tel: +34 93 513 41 10 Tel: +34 685 200 904 Tel: +34 93 451 25 60 Tel: +34 93 453 00 25 Tel: +34 93 511 89 29 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Fax: +34 93 451 51 40 Fax: +34 93 323 93 30 Fax: +34 93 511 89 30 www.espaimer.com www.minimalfilms.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.oberoncinematografica.com www.parallel40.com www.doblebanda.com

Mercuri Societat MK2 No es facil mija Observatorio de Cine Pathé International Producciones Kilimanjaro General de Producció Eva Ariño Alejandre Mario Durrieu Distribution Carlos Benpar Pilar Razquin 55 Rue Traversière, 75012, Lepant, 302, 3r 1a, 08025, Sicília, 265, 08025, 2 rue Lamennais, 75008, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, Edifici IMAGINA Centre Audiovisual. Paris, France Barcelona Barcelona Paris, France 516, 1r, 08015, Barcelona Av. Diagonal, 177, 08018, Tel: +33 1 44 67 30 00 Tel: +34 630 668 081 Tel: +34 93 446 06 68 Tel: +33 1 71 72 33 05 Tel: +34 93 323 87 87 Esplugues de Llobregat [email protected] [email protected] Fax: +34 93 457 09 26 Fax: +33 1 71 72 33 10 Fax: +34 93 451 90 57 Tel: +34 93 410 04 00 www.mk2.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Fax: +34 93 476 15 52 www.observatoriodecine.com www.patheinternational.com www.filmmakersinactionvstycoons.com [email protected] mercuri-sgp.com Documentaries 2010 Sales & Production Companies 201

REC videoproduccions Rumbo Sur Salto de Eje TALATALA The Garage Films Verne Films Oscar Moreno i Andrés Olga Palet Juanjo Giménez Gabriel Amdur Valenti Sanjuan Gumbau Celine Portman Villarroel, 1, entl. 4, 08011, Pl. Joan Cornudella, 18 esc. B 1r Pedrell, 138, 08032, Carrer Picañol, 32-34, 1r 2a, Ramón Turró, 23, 3r, Roger de Llúria, 51, 3r B, Barcelona 1a, 08035, Barcelona Barcelona 08208, Sabadell 08005, Barcelona 08009, Barcelona Tel: +34 616 604 432 Tel: +34 93 427 41 42 Tel: +34 93 217 41 00 Tel: +34 666 941 194 Tel: +34 93 224 00 54 Tel: +34 635 638 026 [email protected] Fax: +34 93 428 69 04 Fax: +34 93 217 41 00 [email protected] Fax: +34 93 221 81 64 [email protected] www.hoyeldiaserepitediferente.com [email protected] [email protected] www.talatala-producciones.com [email protected] www.vernefilms.com www.thalassa-online.com www.saltodeeje.com www.garagefilms.net

Record séptimo elemento Set Màgic Audiovisual Televisió de Catalunya Tusitala Producciones Versus Entertainment Miquel Ardevol Verdiell Pablo Sánchez Marquiegui Montserrat Bou Sala Oriol Baquer Miró Cinematográficas Adrian Guerra Edifici Walden, 7, planta 14 porta Aribau, 169, 5è 1a, 08036, Ronda Sant Antoni, 44, 3r 2a, Carrer de la TV3, s/n, 08970, Eva González Guillem Tell, 23-25, 1r 1a, 59, 08960, Sant Just Desvern Barcelona 08001, Barcelona Sant Joan Despí Diputació, 314, 5e 1a, 08006, Barcelona Tel: +34 93 371 50 65 Tel: +34 93 414 57 66 Tel: +34 93 324 91 25 Tel: +34 93 499 93 33 08009, Barcelona Tel: +34 93 237 91 27 [email protected] [email protected] Fax: +34 93 324 91 25 Fax: +34 93 473 15 63 Tel: +34 93 265 29 31 [email protected] www.rec.cat www.septimoelemento.com [email protected] [email protected] Fax: +34 93 244 90 81 www.versusent.es/ www.setmagic.com www.tv3.cat [email protected] www.tusitala.es

Roxbury Pictures Sagrera Audiovisual Shankara Films Televisión Española - TVE Vértice Cine Visual13 Marta Marcè Juan Carlos de la Hoz Victor Martí Laura Garcia Manuel Monzón Marta Puigsegur Figueras Balmes, 123. 2n 1a, 08036, Alaba, 140, 7è 4rt, 08018, Llacuna, 162, 08018, Avda. Radiotelevisión, 4, Diputació, 37-39. Local 2A, Topete, 19, 17493, Vilajuïga Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona 28223, Pozuelo de Alarcón 08015, Barcelona Tel: +34 972 530 367 Tel: +34 93 221 10 77 Tel: +34 93 225 92 92 Tel: +34 93 401 96 44 Tel: +34 91 581 7992 Tel: +34 93 238 40 30 [email protected] Fax: +34 93 221 05 12 Fax: +34 93 221 18 61 [email protected] [email protected] Fax: +34 93 238 40 31 www.visual13.com [email protected] [email protected] www.shankarafilms.com www.tve.es [email protected] www.sagrera.eu www.verticecine.com Documentaries 2010 Sales & Production Companies 203

Wide Pictures Ana Solé Aribau, 205, 1a, 08021, Barcelona Tel: +34 93 241 84 98 Fax: +34 93 209 31 47 [email protected] www.widepictures.es

Zabriskie Films Carles Torras Perez Miquel Àngel, 116, entl. 1a, 08028, Barcelona Tel: +34 649 599 889 [email protected]

Zucre Films Aymar del Amo Nicaragua, 69, 3er 1a, 08029, Barcelona Tel: +34 650 855 980 [email protected] www.zucrefilms.com

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