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Influenced

• Director: Fernanda Rossi
• 2023 In postproduction

Influenced is a fiction feature film produced by Polar Star Films in collaboration with Antaviana Films, with support from Mafiz Málaga Film Festival and Catalan Films.

Sinopsis

No more social media posts, photos or talking. In a contemporary and daring homage to Persona, Essena, a successful influencer quits social media just when her manager, Nuna believes they will hit it big. Their power struggles to solve their differences throws them into a psychological duel that will reveal their most intimate secrets. Using the visual language and tools of social media, Influenced brings into question the consequences of our fragmented, digital lives.

Key crew

Director: Fernanda Rossi
Cast: Olivia Giordana, María Caballero
Production: Carles Brugueras, Rose Kowalski, Fernanda Rossi
Script: Fernanda Rossi, Camila Urioste
Cinematography: Nuria Roldós
Editing: Georgya Wyss, Fernanda Rossi
Sound Design: Gigi Chaves
Music: Manel Guerrero

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Duo

• Director: Meritxell Colell
• 2022 In distribution
• 108min

Dúo is an audiovisual production of Polar Star Films in co-production with Pensilvania Films, Paraiso Production and Manufactura de Películas

Sinopsis

After 24 years of sharing professional and personal life, Monica and Colate commence what will be their last dance tour. In DUO they attempt to maintain the balance when pushed to their physical and emotional limits. At an altitude of 4,000 metres, the Atacama Desert will test the limits of their relationship and their bodies.

DUO is the inner journey of two characters and also a contemporary dance show performed in schools and squares of isolated villages. A road movie through the stunning Andes landscapes of Argentina and Chile. To the low beat of the chayera drum accompanied by voices from soul and blues, the confrontation of the two worlds ignites the prospect of a wealth of encounters.

DUO is produced by Polar Star Films (Spain), Paraiso Production (France), Pensilvania Films (Argentina) and Manufactura de Películas (Chile).

The project has been awarded prizes at SSIFF, Málaga Mafiz and Sofia Meeting YAPIMLAB, and is supported by ICAA, ICEC, INCAA and IBERMEDIA funding. DUO has been developed with Proyecta Ventana Sur, Marche du Films in Cannes, Abycine Lanza, and received a dance workshop residency at L’animal a l’esquena.

Festivals & Awards

Festival de Málaga, 2022 – Jasmine for Best Direction in Zonazine
D’A Film Festival, 2022 – “Un impulso colectivo” Section
Cinema Jove de València, 2022 – “Special Projection” Section
Cerdanya Film Festival, 2022 – “Cinefilia” Section
Abycine, 2022 – “Talentos Lanza” Section
Jóvenes Realizadores de Granada, 2022 – “Ana Pfaff Focus” Section
ACID, 2022 (France) – Official Selection
BAFICI, 2023 (Argentina) – Official Selection
Cinescultura de Rastisbona, 2023 (Ragensburg, Germany) – Official Selection
Cinemaatic Catalan FF, 2023 (Edimburg, U.K ) – “Cine Català” section
GOYA, 2023 – Best feature film candidate
GAUDÍ, 2023 – Best feature film candidate

Key Crew

Director: Meritxell Colell
Cast: Mónica García, Gonzalo Cunill
Producer: Carles Brugueras, Belén Sánchez
Sound design: Verònica Font
Editor: Ana Pfaff

Fiction

Tempesta

• Director: Marta González
• 2018 In distribution
• 13 min

A number of well-dressed characters undergoing a peculiar selection process find themselves in an abandoned factory that will mark their destiny forever.

This stunning film was shot on location in the emblematic abandoned factory Can Batlló in Barcelona. Tempesta is a visual treat and boasts meticulous sound design and choreography as well as highly stylized visuals and digital cinematic effects. A must-see for music and film lovers.

A production by Polar Star Films, with the support of ICEC (Catalonia, Spain).

Key Crew

Cast: Marta Cardona, Oriol Algueró, Johnny Melville
Written and directed by: Marta González
Produced by: Carles Brugueras
DOP: Elisabeth Prandi Chevalier
Sound: Elena Coderch, Roger Blasco
Director Assistant: Laura Arrom
Head of Production: Marieke van den Bersselaar
Production Manager: Núria Palenzuela
Art Director: Daniel Gblanco

Screenings

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Festivals

11a Festival Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes ABC, 2020 – Official Selection
2a Madrid Indie Film Festival, 2020 – Official Selection

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Facing the Wind

• Director: Meritxell Colell Aparicio
• 2017 In distribution
• 108 min

Mónica, a 47-year old dancer, receives a call from Spain: her father is terminally ill. After 20 years, Mónica must return to the remote village where she was born. When she arrives, her father has already passed away and her mother decides to sell the family home asking Mónica to stay to help her.
Winter comes. The perpetual silence, the extreme cold and the difficulty of living with her mother are proving tough for Mónica, who takes refuge in what she knows best: dance.
Facing the Wind tells the story of a family unable to communicate. It is indeed a thoughtful and loving portrait of a traditional rural lifestyle, which is beginning to disappear. It’s a story about distances. But most of all, Facing the Wind is an inner journey to learn again how to live and love better.

Facing the Wind is a Spain-Argentina-France coproduction produced by Polar Star Films, Habitación 1520 and Paraiso Production, supported by ICAA, INCAA, Eurimages, Cinéfondation L’Atelier, REC and Sources 2.

Key Crew

Director: Meritxell Colell
Cast: Mónica García, Concha Canal, Ana Fernández, Elena Martín
Producer: Carles Brugueras
Executive Producers: Carles Brugueras, Maxi Dubois, Nathalie Trafford
Editing: Ana Pfaff
Photography: Aurélien Py, Julián Elizalde
Sound Design: Verònica Font, Gaspar Scheuer

Festivals & Awards

Berlinale 2018 (Germany) – Forum.
International Guadalajara International Film Festival 2018 (Mexico) – Mostra de cinema català
Sofia International Film Festival 2018 (Bulgaria) – International Competition
Cinéma Espagnol de Nantes 2018 (France) – International Competition
Cologne International Women’s Film Festival 2018 (Germany)
Cinescultura 2018 (Germany)
Festival de Málaga 2018 (Spain) – Silver Jasmine Award Best Spanish Film at Zonazine
Festival D’A 2018 (Spain) – Special Mention Talents Award
Cinema Jove 2018 (Spain)
MónFilmat 2018 (Spain)
V-A-C Foundation 2018 (Russia) – Special screening
Festival de Casablanca 2018 (Morocco)
Festival d’Annecy Cinéma Espagnol 2018 (France)
Nara International Film Festival 2018 (Japan) – International Competition
Festival Internacional de San Sebastián 2018 (Spain) – Made in Spain
Reykjavík International Film Festival 2018 (Iceland) – New Visions Competition
Chicago International Film Festival 2018 (USA) – New directors Competition
Seminci 2018 (Spain) – Spanish Cinema
Abycine 2018 (Spain) – Abycine Presenta
São Paulo International Film Festival 2018 (Brazil) – New Filmakers Competition
Arica Nativa 2018 (Chile) – Competencia Rural Largos
MedFilm Festival 2018 (Italy) – Official Competition
Alcine 2018 (Spain) – Pantalla Grande
MUCES 2018 (Spain) – Una de las nuestras
Festival Internacional de Cine de Almería 2018 (Spain) – Certamen Nacional de Largometrajes Opera Prima
Festival Márgenes 2018 (Spain)
Festival REC 2018 (Spain) – 5th anniversary del Primer Test
Tromsø International Film Festival 2019 (Norway) – Horizons
Sanfici 2019 (Colombia)
Espanoramas 2019 (Argentina)
GRABA 2019 (Argentina) – Competencia Iberoamericana de Largometrajes
Festival Cine por Mujeres 2019 (Spain)
Tübingen Cine Latino 2019 (Germany)
Espacio Femenino 2019 at Instituto Cervantes Centres (Worldwide)
Construir cine 2019 (Argentina) – Special Mention National Competition
Muestra de cine iberoamericano 2019 (Bolivia)

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Gynoid

• Director: Pol Barrós
• 2015 In distribution
• Short Film

Sara, a defective gynoid for being more human than expected, is haunted and she will fight for survival.

Key Crew

Director: Pol Barrós
Script: Mariona Palou
Director of photography: Pablo Lago
Producer: Carles Brugueras
Original music: Pol Barrós
Sound design: David Arroyo
Art director: Arantxa Delgado

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Hans voice

• Director: Luca Vacchi
• 2010 In distribution
• 15 min

This unusual story takes place on the outskirts of what could be any big city where Hans and Boris live with their parents.
One night Hans discovers that his mother, an immigrant from Georgia, has gone back to live in her country, leaving only a short note.
Faced with the indifference and resignation of their alcoholic father, the two brothers decide to reconstitute the family, each in his own way.

Key Crew

Director: Luca Vacchi
Director of photography: Cesare Danese
Producer: Carles Brugueras
Cast: Reparto: Óscar Lara, Manuel Manquiña, Eloi Yebra
Original music: Dani Espinet, Toni Saigi
Art director: Claudio Larrea

Screenings

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Chat noir

• Director: Daniel Fibla Amselem
• 2008 In distribution
• 12 min

Based on the short story “One of the missing” by the North American writer Ambrose Bierce. France, December 1916. The Battle of Verdun is coming to an end. After a whole year of fighting in the trenches, the French army has forced the Germans to retreat to th North. Finding out if the retreat is for real, is the mission of just a few soldiers. To know its destiny will depend on the simple presence of a black cat. A reflection on the absurd destiny of the war.

Key Crew

Director: Daniel Fibla Amselem
Producer: Carles Brugueras
Cast: Eduard Buch

Screenings

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Festivals & Awards

Best Short film FIC-CAT, Costa Daurada 2009
Official Selection 1st FIBABC Madrid 2009, Spain
Official Selection San Francisco United Film Festival S.F. 2009, USA
Official Selection Festival Cinema Jove VALENCIA 2009, Spain

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Lazarus Taxon

• Director: Denis Rovira
• 2008 In distribution
• 15 min

The feared consequences of global warming are at their peak when one man crosses the New Sea trying to save his daughter from the clutches of death. A tale about going beyond the limits of the human race and the survival of the species.

Key Crew

Director: Denis Rovira
Script: Denis Rovira, Liliana Cabal
Producer: Carles Brugueras
Cast: Ariel Casas, Maia Jenkinson, Mingo Ràfols

Screenings

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Festivals & Awards

Official Selection Screamfest L.A. (U.S.) 2009
Official Selection – Trieste International Science Fiction Festival 2008
Best Script Award Sci-Fi World International Short-Film Festival 2009
Official Selection – 25th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival 2009
Official Selection & Meliès Award Nominated Espoó Fantastic Film Festival 2009
Atlanta Underground Film Festival 2009 Best Horror Short
Official Selection & Meliès Award Nominated Leeds International Film Festival 2009
Best National Short-Film Vi Fic Mostoles (Madrid) 2009
Official Selection Festival Internacional De Cinema De Catalunya Sitges 2008
Best Short Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival 2009

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The Bathers

• Director: Rose Kowalski
• 2004 In distribution
• 5 min

A colourful group of women find their cultural prejudices broken during a language-class outing to the beach. Indian Shari seems the most introverted and out of place, but in the end proves to be the one most receptive to her surroundings and unites the group. Looks, glances, actions and reactions tell a story of group dynamics with barely four words of dialogue.

“The Bathers” was the first short film in Spain to be completed using a digital intermediate, a process where a high definition scan of the negative is worked on digitally and then used to produce the finished film in 35mm.

Key Crew

Director: Rose Kowalski
Script: Madeleine Sheahan
Director of photography: Sandra Ortíz
Producer: Carles Brugueras y Azucena Carrasco
Original music: S. Chandra Naraine, Shyam Sunder, Carlos Yélamos
Sound design: Nicolás Tabarez Videckis
Art director: Véronique Serfass

Cast

Balwinder Susen Ahluwalia
Minnie Marx
Montserrat Alcoverro
Mercedes Recacha
Mónica Recalde
Janzet Rodríguez Herrera
Katherina Gmeindl
Encarna Madrid

Festivals & Awards

FINALIST Festival de les Illes Balears de Cine en VO Català, Palma. 2005
12º Festival de Cine Español de Cáceres  “We’re Not That Short”, Caceres. 2005
3º Albacete Festival of Women’s Cinema, Albacete. 2005
9th Kino Film, Manchester International Short Film Festival. 2005
Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, France. Selected Programme. 2005
FINALIST 16º Festival de Cinema de Girona. 2004
River to River, Florence Asian Film Festival, Italy, 2004
19th Brest European Short Film Festival, Brest, France. Open competition, 2004
Saint Petersburg Film Festival, Russia, 2004
12ª Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona. 2004
19º Festival Internacional de Cine Jove de Valencia, 2004
FORÙM Universal de les Culturas Barcelona, 2004
IMMIGR’ART – FASCURT, Barcelona, 2004
7º MECAL Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona, 2004
36ª ALCANCES Muestra Cinematográfica del Atlántico, Cadiz, 2004
5º ARTDAKÍ, street art festival, Cervera, Spain. 2004

Screenings

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