SECTIONS // OVERVIEW OF THE SPANISH DOCUMENTARY

SLIMANE

José Ángel Alayón
68' / 2013 / Morocco, Spain
Web: http://www.slimanefilm.com/#!press-donwloads/cean
Spanish
English subtitled

A portrait of a group of adolescents facing the difficulties of survival in a foreign land. With no work or fixed abode, Slimane and Moha rely constantly on their friends. But an unfortunate event will put them to the test.

Main Festivals & Awards

IBAFF - MEJOR ÓPERA PRIMA
DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / MARGENES III / FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE AUTOR

Director's Biography

After studying Production in Madrid, he took several workshops on directing actors, script and production at the International School of Film and TV (EICTV), where he also specialised in Film Direction (2003).
In 2004, along with some other students from this prestigious school, he created El Viaje Producciones (2004). At this production company, he is a scriptwriter and director of numerous audiovisual projects in fiction, documentaries and also TV projects... From 2011, this production company became the brand ELVIAJEFILMS, for which he combines the role of executive producer with that of director. Over the past five years, the company has produced feature-length films of a distinctively original nature.
José Alayón founded the Canaries Film Studies Centre (CECAN) in 2008, which has provided numerous film workshops and Master's and degree courses in the Canary Islands from that date up to the present time under an agreement with Canaries Universities and EICTV.

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