DocumentaMadrid
XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Synopsis
Of the director's childhood memories, one that stands out is of having felt kissed by all the old women in town. That child, today, looks with equal attentiveness at a beetle struggling with an anthill as it does at the birth or passion of Christ. And he does so from the hazy black and white of this quintessentially Spanish mirror that reflects one specific space (Ulldecona) and by extension, a country whose inherited tradition still sways between fervor and grotesqueness. At times the only thing that customs, deeply rooted in the earth like olive trees, are good for is to hang oneself from them. (AD)
Festivals
-Doclisboa - International Film Festival - Best Short Film - 2019
-Mediterranean Film Festival - Bosnia Herzegovina - 2020
Biografía del director
Manel Raga Raga
Manel Raga Raga was born in Ulldecona in 1985. After co-directing the documentary short film MATANDO EL SUEÑO (2009), he completed a M.A. in Filmmaking at ESCAC in Barcelona. Since 2010 he has worked as a filmmaker with La Fura dels Baus and in 2013 premiered the short film LA GALLINA in Venice Film Festival. In 2017, he completed a PhD of Liberal Arts in Filmmaking at the film.factory (Sarajevo), a school mentored by the Hungarian director Béla Tarr. In 2018, he presented the short film GRBAVICA in Locarno Film Festival and in 2019, he premiered HOMENATGE A JUDES in Doclisboa, where it won the best short film award.
Finished
Sessions
December
Thursday 10
17:30 h
CINETECA - Plató
Followed by Q&A
Credits
Language
Catalan, Spanish - Subtitles in spanish and english
Director
Manel Raga Raga
Screenplay
Manel Raga Raga
Cinematography
Manel Raga Raga
Editing
Manel Raga Raga
Sound
Tiago Raposinho
Production
Manel Raga Raga
Music
Bienvenido Puelles Oliver
Contact
fest@marvinwayne.com