{"id":5506,"date":"2022-03-30T16:41:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T14:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/?p=5506"},"modified":"2022-03-30T16:41:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T14:41:38","slug":"silver-jasmine-for-best-direction-awarded-to-meritxell-colell-for-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/silver-jasmine-for-best-direction-awarded-to-meritxell-colell-for-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Jasmine for Best Direction awarded to Meritxell Colell for D\u00daO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The director of fiction feature-film <strong><em>Con el viento (Facing the Wind)<\/em> <\/strong>wins the <strong>SILVER JASMINE FOR BEST DIRECTION<\/strong> in the ZonaZine Section for her new film <strong><em>D\u00daO<\/em><\/strong> at the 25th edition of the Malaga Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5493 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0135_gala-clausura_Eloy-Mu\u0e04oz-e1648648763588-350x345.jpg\" alt=\"Meritxell Colell gana la Biznaga de Plata\" width=\"350\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0135_gala-clausura_Eloy-Mu\u0e04oz-e1648648763588-350x345.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0135_gala-clausura_Eloy-Mu\u0e04oz-e1648648763588-250x246.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0135_gala-clausura_Eloy-Mu\u0e04oz-e1648648763588-680x670.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0135_gala-clausura_Eloy-Mu\u0e04oz-e1648648763588-200x197.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0135_gala-clausura_Eloy-Mu\u0e04oz-e1648648763588-500x493.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0135_gala-clausura_Eloy-Mu\u0e04oz-e1648648763588-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/0135_gala-clausura_Eloy-Mu\u0e04oz-e1648648763588.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meritxell Colell delighted audience and jury alike at the World Premiere of her feature film <strong><em>D\u00daO<\/em><\/strong>, produced by Polar Star Films. Along with <em>D\u00daO<\/em>, Polar Star Films\u2019 other screenings were also festival successes, notably the <strong>JURY SPECIAL MENTION<\/strong> for the documentary short film <strong><em>When the Mountain Rumbles<\/em> <\/strong>and a sold out national premiere of the long-awaited documentary feature film <strong><em>McCurry The Pursuit of Color<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After <em>Con el viento<\/em>, Meritxell Colell was clear that she did not want to leave the character of M\u00f3nica behind and decided to create <em>D\u00daO<\/em>, a new story that accompanies M\u00f3nica on her return trip to Argentina, taking up contemporary dance with her partner in remote territories where art is linked to life. This film reveals the unreal of a yearning that no longer exists in the couple. &#8220;<strong>The idea was to dig into what happens to her after that transformative moment of her return home and how this generated a search for herself<\/strong>,&#8221; said Colell at the Festival.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elespanol.com\/el-cultural\/cine\/20220320\/festival-malaga-sombra-alcarras\/658434302_0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u201cD\u00fao is one of the films that, like Alcarr\u00e0s, should remain in the memory of this twenty-fifth Malaga Festival\u201d (Enric Alberom, El Espa\u00f1ol)<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cadenaser.com\/2022\/03\/21\/meritxell-colell-el-cine-es-el-arte-de-los-cuerpos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u201cA story about heartbreak, but also about the need to find oneself and others\u201d (Laura Mart\u00ednez, Cadena Ser)<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larazon.es\/cultura\/20220322\/wcv7prj5sja73jjq4udydjm5uu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&#8220;A trip through the north of Argentina is the director&#8217;s excuse to complete a masterpiece&#8221;(Mat\u00edas G. Rebolledo, La Raz\u00f3n)<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The theatrical release is scheduled for September this year<\/strong> and new festivals and screening will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/portfolio\/duo\/\"><em><strong>D\u00daO\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/a>is produced by Polar Star Films in co-production with Pensilvania Films, Paraiso Production and Manufactura de Pel\u00edculas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The director of fiction feature-film Con el viento (Facing the Wind) wins the SILVER JASMINE FOR BEST DIRECTION in the ZonaZine Section for her new film D\u00daO at the 25th edition of the Malaga Film Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5507,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5506\/revisions\/5507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}