Based on his two films "The Legend of Time" and its sequel "Between Two Waters", Isaki Lacuesta will address the contract he establishes with the viewer between the documented and the fictional. He will also talk to us about technique: about the shooting, the editing, or how to organize a team: above all, the entire […]
Gaining access to a character's privacy is a key objective for any filmmaker. Achieving it involves sacrifices, virtues and dangers that are not always easy to manage. We will address key elements in the relationship between author and subject, such as fascination, emotional distance, perspective and protection. In addition to this access, we will raise […]
Synopsis The 60-year-old Nils has turned his back on society and has taken his refuge in a small wooden cabin in the mountains of Norway. Despite his attempt to distance himself from the world, Nils brought his cellphone and is confronted with his urge to have contact with others. This documentary describes and observes how […]
Synopsis They are blissfully happy together, have a cute little son and are ready for a new start. But there’s a big problem: Leila and Sahand are both still married to other people. And in Iran, there are severe penalties for adultery. The couple flees to neighboring Turkey to apply for refugee status and escape […]
If I close my eyes and imagine a filmmaker, a figure appears with a tool in its hands. It’s a long stick, with a mesh at its end. And with it, he tries to catch the right shape, the butterfly, the image to say what it means, to share the idea, the story, the emotion […]
Nowadays, subjectivity is a primordial value in creative documentaries. This fact conditions the concept of reality and poses the limits that separate objective truth from the author's vision. We will address the different ways of capturing subjectivity on the screen, reflect on the writing of the documentary script and the points of view, and explore […]
Synopsis According to legend, “at the beginning of the world once again there was neither sand nor sea, neither soothing waves nor billowing meadows, neither playful winds nor sky, only a gaping abyss.” The nothingness receded, and there at the edge of the world Iceland emerged. A man and a woman traveled with their livestock […]
Synopsis In 2015, Afghan director Hassan Fazili and his wife Fatima Hussaini received death threats from the Taliban. Together with their two daughters, Nargis and Zahra, they were forced to flee their homeland to Europe to protect themselves from a possible attack. The trip, that would last several years, was filmed by the family, which […]
The session will address the possible distribution paths for a documentary film. What models are most convenient to give impact and path to our film? How can festival strategy anticipate a correct distribution of the documentary? We will study the resources, aids, and windows available to us in a complex distribution ecosystem, aggravated by the […]
Synopsis Ibrahim, Suleiman, Manar and Altayeb, lifelong friends for more than 45 years, left their homeland to study cinema abroad. After years of distance and exile, they meet again with the hope of making their old dream come true: to bring cinema to Sudan, a country where both its production and exhibition are forbidden. They […]
Synopsis Childhood friends Patricia and Heidi grew up in Cuba, where they both attended the Film Academy. Independently of each other, they fled the malaise and communist censorship of their homeland. Heidi ended up in Switzerland, Patricia in Spain. They had no contact for years. Now both 40, they seek a way to approach each […]
Kazakhstan. Tian Shan mountains. Tuiuksu glacier. Glaciological station in the height of 3500 m. Here, for thirty years lives a woman. Totally alone and without any connection with the civilized world. She devoted all her life to science to keep her finger on the pulse of the planet. A story of the fragile Woman and […]
