Boogaloo Boogaloo

Magaluf Ghost Town

SYNOPSIS

Strange things happen in the Balearic coast: smell of pee and blood, police cars and ambulances going through the streets without anyone paying attention to it. Shouts in the middle of the night that can be understood as both happiness or suffering. Every year, one million tourists, majority of them brits, crowd the streets of Magaluf during the summer. In an almost ghostlike fashion they invade the public space and transform it to a thematic park where everything is allowed. The small and calm town with a population of 4.500 inhabitants, turns into the Balearic Twin Peaks where residents live in an absurd daily tensionfield between doomful ambience and genuine holiday pleasure. Magaluf turns into a very concrete manifestation of the european low-cost tourist paradigm and life. A tourist paradigm based on nightlife-business and wild, excessive entertainment. The locals try to coexist in the middle of the contradictory tensionfield of this tourist model. A model that feels like an invasion but on the other hand produces millions of euros and jobs in the tourist sector (and therefore enables the locals to live an economically better life.)

TECH DETAILS
Year

2021

Genre

Documentary

Broadcasters

Movistar +, IB3, France Télévisions, RTS

With the support of

ICEC, CNC, Procirep, Institut Ramon Llull

CAST & CREW
Director

M. A. Blanca

Director of Photography

Raúl Cuevas

Producer

Bernat Manzano, Valerie Montmartin, Miguel Eek

Editor

Javier Gil, Ariadna Ribas

POSTER
FESTIVALS

Hot Docs 2021 - International Competition (Toronto - Canada)

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - International Competition (Thessaloniki - Greece)

Transilvania International Film Festival (Cluj-Napoca - Romania)

Festival de Sevilla - Nuevas Olas No-Ficción (Sevilla - Spain)

Espoo Ciné International Film Festival (Espoo - Finland)

Camden International Film Festival (Maine - USA)

Bergen International Film Festival - Documentaire Extraordinaire (Bergen - Norway)

L'Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona - International Competition (Barcelona - Spain)

Crested Butte Film Festival (Crested Butte - USA)

Lemesos International Documentary Festival (Lemesos - Cyprus)

Festival Internacional de Cine de Xixón - Esbilla (Xixón - Spain)

Márgenes Festival de Cine Independiente de Madrid (Madrid - Spain)

Pordenone Docs Fest - Voci dell'ichiesta (Pordenone - Italy)

14th Panorama of the European Film - Documentary Competition (Cairo - Egypt)

ATLANTIDOC / Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Uruguay (Montevideo - Uruguay?

Rizoma Festival Internacional de Cine y Cultura Entrelazada (Madrid - Spain)

Doku Baku International Documentary Film Festival (Baku - Azerbabijan)

Festival du Cinéma Espagnol de Nantes (Nantes - France)

61 Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (Cartagena de Indias - Colombia)

DOK.fest München (München - Germany)

Crossing Europe Film Festival (Linz - Austria)

Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta - USA)

6e Festival Internacional de Cinema Independent d'Eivissa (Eivissa - Spain)

Zurich Film Festival (Zurich - Switzerland)

Vilnius Documentary Film Festival (Vilnius - Lithuania)

2020 Abycine Lanza WIP (Albacete - Spain)

XII Miradas Doc Pitching Forum (Tenerife - Spain)

DocsBarcelona 2018 - Speed Meetings (Barcelona - Spain)

2019 EDN Docs in Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki - Greece)

2019 Sheffield Doc/Fest Meet Market (Sheffield - UK)

Foro Lau Haizetara (Donosti - Spain)

PUSH PLAY Work-in-Progress FIC Xixón (Xixón - Spain)

AWARDS

International Competition Golden Alexander Award - Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival (Thessaloniki - Greece)

Grand Jury Prize - XIV Pordenone Docs Fest (Pordenone - Italy)

Premios Feroz 2022 Nominees (Spain)

Les perseides

SYNOPSIS

Las leyendas de la zona relatan que el pueblo y la central térmica de un pequeño pueblo de Aragón se construyeron sobre terreno de batalla de la Guerra Civil española, sobre los cuerpos de cadáveres sin desenterrar. Los fantasmas y los espíritus siguen deambulando por sus calles y edificios, medio abandonadas en la actualidad. Mar llega al pueblo para pasar el verano más extraño de su vida después del divorcio de sus padres. La niña se refugia en esas misteriosas leyendas de postguerra que flotan en en el pueblo a través del grupo de adolescentes que viven con unas reglas distintas a las que ella conoce. Incapaz de distinguir la ficción de la realidad, Mar irá descubriendo un lugar más fascinante de lo que parecía que hará que haga las paces con su padre, conciliando los vínculos familiares con la memoria histórica de nuestro país, desde el punto de vista de una adolescente actual.

TECH DETAILS
Year

2019

Genre

Fiction

Running Time

80min

CAST & CREW
Directors

Ànnia Gabarró & Alberto Dexeus

Producers

Bernat Manzano, M. A. Blanca

DOP

Ssoí Ramon

Editors

Alba Cid, Katia Armesto

Cast

Nora Sala-Patau, Eduard Buch

POSTER
FESTIVALS

21 BAFICI (Buenos Aires - Argentina)

57 Festival Internacional de Cine de Xixón (Xixón - Spain)

24e Festival Cinespaña (Toulouse - France)

46 Film Festival Gent (Gent - Belgium)

Nara International Film Festival (Nara - Japan)

38 Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Urugual (Montevideo - Uruguay)

IX Festival Márgenes (Madrid - Spain)

26 L'Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent (Barcelona - Spain)

7ème Lune Festival International des Jeunes Cinéastes (Paris - France)

Festival Temporada Alta (Girona - Spain)

Festival International du Film de Rennes (Rennes - France)

1r Festival Online Mujeres de Cine (Spain)

Festival de Cine y Televisión Reino de León (León - Spain)

PUSH PLAY Work-in-Progress FIC Xixón (Xixón - Spain)

Festival Márgenes - MRG//WORK (Workshop) (Madrid - Spain)

Abycine Lanza 2018 (Albacete - Spain)

Festival REC - Primer Test (Workshop) (Tarragona - Spain)

AWARDS

Special Mention of the Jury - 24 Cinespaña (Toulouse - Spain)

Best Feature Film - Festival de Cine y TV Reino de León (León - Spain)

OpenECAM Work-in-Progress - FIX Xixón (Xixón - Spain)

Premi Cinemart Rotterdam - Festival REC

Hayati (My life)

SYNOPSIS

In 2015, Ossamah Al Mohsen and her son were the victims of a trip on the Hungarian border by a television reporter in her desperate flight from a Syria at war. The cameras captured this moment by scandalizing public opinion. This kick allowed Ossamah, famous soccer coach in his country, to arrive in Madrid and resume his profession. But the rest of his family did not have the same luck. The story of Ossamah allows us to reflect on the survival of thousands of Syrian families trapped in Turkey but also that of Moatassam, Youssef and Muhannad, three promising Syrian footballers who were robbed of the best years of their lives by war.

TECH DETAILS
Year

2018

Genre

Documentary

Running Time

80min + 56min

Coproducers

Les Films d'Ici, Escándalo Films, Les Films d'Ici Méditéranée

Broadcasters

Televisió de Catalunya, Movistar+, France Télévisions, Aljazeera Documentary

With the support of

ICEC, CNC, Procirep

CAST & CREW
Directors

Sofi Escudé & Liliana Torres

Producers

Bernat Manzano, Valérianne Boué

DOP

Alberto Borque

Animation

Estudi Bicoté & XBO Films

Sound Design

Marc Bech

POSTER
FESTIVALS

21 Festival de Málaga (Málaga - Spain)

59 Festival dei Popoli (Firenze - Italy)

Docs Barcelona 2018 (Barcelona - Spain)

42 Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Sao Paulo - Brazil)

Ajyal Youth Film Festival (Doha - Qatar)

Escales Documentaires Festival International du Documentaire de Création (La Rochelle - France)

23 Cinespaña (Toulouse - France)

Global Migration Film Festival 2019 (Worldwide)

7th Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival (Mallorca - Spain)

SomCinema 9 (Lleida - Spain)

28 Festival du Film Documentaire Traces de Vie (Clermont Ferrand - France)

6th International Human Rights Film Festival (Colombia)

1r Festival Online Mujeres de Cine (Spain)

AWARDS

Special Mention Biznaga de Plata Audience Award - 21 Festival de Málaga

XI Premis per a la Diversitat Audiovisual - Millor Producció Audiovisual

Special Mention Young Audience Award - Escales Documentaires

Quiero lo eterno

SYNOPSIS

Un grupo de adolescentes emprenden un viaje para encontrarse a sí mismos en otra realidad. Avanzan a través de la oscuridad de una ciudad deshabitada en busca de las personas que les llevarán a esa ultraexistencia. Mientras el mundo pide ayuda a gritos, ellos solo parecen preocupados por destruir el pasado y quemar las raíces, ser la generación primigenia y no pertenecer a nada. Quieren ser el nuevo arte, encontrar la eternidad y después desaparecer. Teenagers, lo-fi scifi, nihilismo y violencia para conseguir llegar al otro lado.

TECH DETAILS
Year

2017

Genre

Fiction

Running Time

73min.

CAST & CREW
Director

M. A. Blanca

DOP

Jordi Díaz

Producers

Bernat Manzano & M. A. Blanca

Script

M. A. Blanca, Cosmic d'Alessandro & Alberto Flores

Editor

Javier Gil

Music

Blood Quartet & Tim Robertson

Cast

Mestre Toscau, Nina Mirez, Marisol Tozzi, Jvng Bautas, Vily Jan Tinta, Alberto Flores, Cristian Subirà, Carmela Poch.

POSTER
DOWNLOADS
FESTIVALS

55 Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón (Gijón - Spain)

D'A Film Festival (Barcelona - Spain)

VIII Festival Márgenes (Madrid - Spain)

XIII Festivalito - Festival de Cine de las Estrellas La Palma (Gran Canaria - Spain)

VI Rizoma Film Festival (Madrid - Spain)

Atlàntida Film Fest (Mallorca - Spain)

SomCinema 9 (Lleida - Spain)

Nobody’s home

SYNOPSIS

Nobody’s Home is a docu-essay on communities, work and death in two elderly communities: a retirement home in a growing urban setting in Barcelona called “Palomar” (Barcelona) and a former colony in Ciñera (Leon), a mining town facing population decline and economic globalisation. The film deals with issues of work and care and the fear of disappearing and how these influence the politics of ageing.

TECH DETAILS
Year

2017

Genre

Essay Documentary

Running Time

70min

Coproducers

Open Society Foundation, CCCB

CAST & CREW
Director

Ingrid Guardiola

Producers

M. A. Blanca, Bernat Manzano

DOP

Joanot Cortés

Editor

M. A. Blanca

Music

Cabo San Roque

POSTER
DOWNLOADS
FESTIVALS

55 Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón (Gijón - Spain)

33 Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (Guadalajara - México)

XII Miradas Doc (Tenerife - Spain)

D'A Film Festival Barcelona (Barcelona - Spain)

VIII Márgenes (Madrid - Spain)

Festival Temporada Alta (Girona - Spain)

CLAM - Festival Internacional de Cinema Social de Catalunya

XIII Festivalito - Festival de Cine de las Estrellas La Palma (Gran Canaria - Spain)

Atlàntida Film Fest (Mallorca - Spain)

La Extranjera

SYNOPSIS

Ya tenemos un ganador del concurso de mascotas del barrio del Raval. Amanece y alguien arrastra el cuerpo de la extranjera por la playa de la Barceloneta. Tres millones y medio de turistas no pueden estar equivocados. Todos los políticos tienen una opinión sobre qué hacer con ellos. Y todos nosotros tenemos un papel en el parque temático de la ciudad. La pregunta es cómo conservamos ahora sus cuerpos. Un collage fílmico entre el documental y la ficción sobre las invasiones turísticas al espacio público de la ciudad de Barcelona.

TECH DETAILS
Year

2015

Genre

Experimental

Running Time

67min

CAST & CREW
Director & Editor

M. A. Blanca

Producers

Bernat Manzano, M.A. Blanca

Music

Eric Palacios

Sound

Iban R. Gabarró

Cast

David Medina, Noelia García & 3 Million Tourists

POSTER
FESTIVALS

XII Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla

XVI Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival

V Festival Márgenes

Barcelona Creative Commons Film Festival 2016

El Equipo de mi Barrio

SYNOPSIS

Is the entertainment industry a monster that is devouring sport? Are all players and football teams governed by money? All of them? No! U.C. Ceares is a small self-managed team from Gijón, surviving with the lowest budget in the category, extoling the true value of football. Their motto says it clearly: the smallest wallet with the biggest heart. There's more than fun and joy in Ceares, though. The humblest of teams are also in a fierce battle against the elements to keep the club afloat. U.C.Ceares have something big clubs don't have: the pride of knowing their team belongs to everyone . A story of survival in the times of huge expenditure.

TECH DETAILS
Year

2017

Genre

Documentary

Running Time

56min.

CAST & CREW
Director

Rafa de los Arcos

Producer

Bernat Manzano

DOP

Gris Jordana & Àlex Sans

Editor

Sofi Escudé

Sound Design

Albert Pipió

POSTER
DOWNLOADS
FESTIVALS

55 Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón

Thinking Football Film Festival 2018

Offside Fest - Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental de Futbol

9º CineFoot - Festival de Cinema de Futebol

32 Cineuropa (Santiago de Compostela - Spain)

Prague Football Film Festival (Prague - Czech Republic)

III Festival Internacional de Cine Futbolero (Cali - Colombia)

AWARDS

Audience Award - 55 Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón

Best National Documentary - Offside Fest

Pere Calders. Tocant de Peus al Cel.

SYNOPSIS

Pere Calders és imaginació, fantasia, ironia, atzar. Bé, això vindria a ser la seva literatura. Perquè Pere Calders era tímid, afable, entranyable, humil (entre altres moltes coses). I també podríem dir, sense risc a equivocar-nos, que Pere Calders ha estat el pare del conte modern de la literatura catalana. I Borja Espinosa és un actor que, seduït per la seva literatura i la seva personalitat, decideix fer una obra de teatre al voltant de l'escriptor. Però abans de pujar a l’escenari necessita endinsar-se a fons en el món de Calders i parla amb familiars, escriptors, artistes i estudiosos de la seva obra. I es capbussa en les pel·lícules familiars que Pere Calders va filmar des dels anys 40 fins poc abans de la seva mort. A través de la seva recerca i els assajos teatrals, Borja Espinosa ens condueix per la biografia de Pere Calders, marcada per 23 anys d’exili a Mèxic; ens apropa a la seva original obra; ens descobreix un material d’arxiu que permet fer un retrat proper i fidel de la personalitat de l’escriptor. I viu, en primera persona, algunes situacions insòlites, pròpies dels contes de Calders.

TECH DETAILS
Year

2015

Genre

Documentary

Running Time

55min.

Broadcasters

Televisió de Catalunya

With the support of

ICEC

CAST & CREW
Director

Raúl Cuevas

Producer

Bernat Manzano

Script

M. A. Blanca, Raúl Cuevas

DOP

Àlex Tregón

Editor

Núria Campabadal

Sound

Marc Casademunt

Cast

Borja Espinosa

POSTER

A Place To Rest Your Bones

SYNOPSIS

¡Cántale al punk! ¡Cántale a las drogas! ¡Cántale a la muerte y a la autodestrucción! ¡Cántale a cómo gestionar el lado salvaje de la vida con las virtudes de la clase media! Este es el retrato de un artista y su grupo de Punk Rock que vive una revolución diaria al intentar llevar a su familia por el buen camino cuando apenas sabe cómo lidiar con él mismo ni con su música. Aunque tal vez sólo se trate de otra persona con un sueño imposible y múltiples contradicciones. Como todo el mundo.

TECH DETAILS
Year

2014

Genre

Documentary

Running Time

64min.

CAST & CREW
Director

M. A. Blanca & Raúl Cuevas

Producers

Bernat Manzano, M. A. Blanca

DOP

Raúl Cuevas

Editors

M. A. Blanca, Raúl Cuevas, Pau Luzón

POSTER
FESTIVALS

Beefeater In-Edit International Music Documentary Festival Barcelona 2014

Nescafé In-Edit International Music Documentary Festival Chile

DocumentaMadrid 2015 XII International Madrid Documentary Festival

9th Dorf Festival – Croatia

DProp 1r Festival de Documentals de Bandes Properes Vidreres

BCCN Barcelona Creative Commons Film Festival

Festival Intergalactique de l’Image Alternative Brest

Festival de Cine Creative Commons Bogotá 201

AWARDS

Best National Documentary - Beefeater In-Edit International Music Documentary Festival Barcelona 2014

Your Lost Memories

SYNOPSIS

Your Lost Memories is the story of Rubén, the creator of a website whose mission is to reunite discarded 8mm reels with their original owner. Rubén’s secret: a fatal traffic collision left him not only without his parents [ or family] but also without his memories before the accident. He does not remember anything not even Ana, his girlfriend. His emptiness develops into obsession when Rubén starts to merge his memories with the images passing through his projector, constructing an imaginary past and transforming himself into someone that not even Ana recognizes. He begins confusing his real life with the lives of the people on film celebrating birthdays, vacationing, and spending time with loved ones. Your Lost Memories is a reflection on the necessity of memories to help us move on with life. And how exploring the past can help us construct genuine memories now, progress, and to fall in love again…

TECH DETAILS
Year

2012

Genre

Mockumentari, Transmedia

Running Time

70min.

CAST & CREW
Directors

Alejandro Marzoa, M. A. Blanca

Producers

Bernat Manzano, M. A. Blanca

DOP

Àlex Sans

Script

M. A. Blanca, Alberto Flores

Art Director

Lesley Arias

Editor

Queralt González

Music

Sara Fontán & Pau Julià

Cast

Samuel Andavert, Anaïs Yebra

POSTER
FESTIVALS

L’Alternativa – Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona

Atlántida Film Fest 2013

Cine Low Cost 2013

18ème Festival du Film Espagnol de Toulouse

Lima Independiente – III Festival Internacional de Cine

I Festival Internacional de Cine Nunes

Piélagos en Corto

CineEuphoria 2014

AWARDS

Special Mention/New Languages – Antofadocs International Documentary Festival Antofagasta

Best Documentary – III International Film Festival Nunes

Best Feature Film – Pielagos En Corto International Film Festival 2014

Best Actor – Piélagos En Corto International Film Festival 2014

Public Award Best Secondary Actress – Cine Euphoria 2014

Best Script – Cine Euphoria 2014

Special Mentions Best Film & Best Actor – Cine Euphoria 2014