2024 - 69th Edition

Resistance reels

Caja de resistencia
Concha Barquero Artés, Alejandro Alvarado Jódar
Spain, Portugal
 - 2024
The figure of Fernando Ruiz Vergara was both enigmatic and rebellious. Director of only one work, his documentary Rocío (1980), censored in the early days of democracy for dismantling the relations between religious, political and economic power in Andalusia and which is still banned today in Spain. Alejandro Alvarado and Concha Barquero, authors of the award-winning documentary Pepe el andaluz (2012) about the diaspora and oblivion during the Civil War, have approached him and the sketches he left behind after his death. Anchored in this archaeology of unfinished ideas, a film of fragments is constructed, of connections between the buried past and the present. This homage to a form of political work on the history of the forgotten is a kind of vindication of the projects dreamt by Fernando Ruiz Vergara, which take shape today as an act of resistance.
Concha Barquero Artés, Alejandro Alvarado Jódar

Filmmakers, teachers and researchers born in Malaga in 1975. Since 2001 they have formed a creative tandem under the name of Alvarquero. They have directed, scripted and edited a dozen films, mainly creative documentaries and experimental pieces, which have been screened and awarded at festivals and art centres of international renown. They combine the making of independent productions, mostly documentaries, with an intensive experience in cultural television, along with teaching and academic research. Their works include the short film ‘Descartes’ (2021) and the feature film ‘Pepe el andaluz’ (2012), along with works like ‘El reverso de la realidad’ (2007) and ‘Warmi. Algunos apuntes sobre La Paz y sus mujeres’ (2014).

Screenings

O.V. in Spanish, Portuguese, English, Dutch subtitled in Spanish and English
Sat. 19, 16:30
Presentation
Q&A
Sun. 20, 19:30
Presentation
Q&A
Sat. 26, 12:15
DIRECTOR
Concha Barquero Artés, Alejandro Alvarado Jódar
SCREENPLAY
Concha Barquero Artés, Alejandro Alvarado Jódar
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Raquel Fernández Núñez
ANIMACIÓN
Carlos Velandia, Angélica Restrepo
EDITOR
Concha Barquero Artés, Alejandro Alvarado Jódar
SOUND
Joaquín Pachón, Alexandre Franco, Jesús Espada ‘Chule’, Concha Barquero Artés, Alejandro Alvarado Jódar
MUSIC
Paloma Peñarrubia
PRODUCTION
Sara Sánchez García, José Manuel Rodríguez, Concha Barquero Artés, Hermi Fortes Criado, Filipe Araújo
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Azhar Media, Alvarquero, Blablabla Media
RUNNING TIME
99 min.
NARRADOR
Concha Barquero Artés, Alejandro Alvarado Jódar
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2024
VERSION
V.O. en español, portugués, inglés, holandés subtitulada en español e inglés
COUNTRY
Spain, Portugal
CONTACT

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