Our documentary The builders of the Alhambra premieres on Al Jazeera’s television platform. Directed by Isabel Fernández and produced by Al Pati Produccions and Polar Star Films, this docufiction revisits the origins of the distinctive building in Granada.

The builders of the Alhambra takes us back to the middle of the 14th century, a time when The Kingdom of Granada was in its darkest times. Being on the verge of disappearance due to the invasion of neighboring kingdoms, Yusuf I, the Sultan of Granada, activates the project of construction of a building that could resurrect the glory of his civilization and leave a mark for posterity: the palaces of the Alhambra. His vizier, Ibn al-Khatib (Amr Waked), a poet and genius ahead of his time, participates in this complex construction challenge. But everything screwed up when the sultan’s son, Muhammad V, inherits the throne and involves him in his new reigning policies. The vizier will be torn between the ideas of his old world and the new one that is being born. One genius, two kings and his dream of constructing a building to rival the heavens.

Watch The Builders of the Alhambra on Al Jazeera.

The Builders of the Alhambra is produced by Al Pati Produccions and Polar Star Films with the participation of RTVE, Canal Sur, Arte ZDF, ORF, Al Jazeera Documentary and the support of ICEC, Junta de Andalucia, Creative Media Europe and Institut Ramon Llull.