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The Prince

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Title: The Prince

Director: Alex Sardà

Year: 2024

Genre: Ficción

Running Time: 29 min

Status: Finished

In coproduction with: CANADA

Distributed by: Marvin & Wayne

With the support of: ICAA, ICEC

WITH THE COLLABORATION OF: Institut Ramon Llull

Synopsis

Today is the premiere day, and Artur, son of a bourgeois family and dancer in a contemporary dance company, acts like the prince in a kingdom tailored to his own image. Everything changes when his father is arrested for corruption in a real estate scandal. From that moment on, Artur must decide between protecting his family by covering up for his father or facing the consequences of losing his privileges.

Festivals

2024 SEMINCI

Title: ANXIOUS IN BEIRUT

Director: Zakaria Jaber

Year: 2023

Genre: Documentary

Running Time: 93 min

Status: Finished

In coproduction with: Jumana Saadeh, Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Doc

Distributed by: Filmotor

Synopsis

In the ever-present desire to capture, record, and understand Beirut, and by extension himself, Zakaria has been trying to give a coherent story to his city. It is through the intersectionality between the general & the personal, the public & private, the old & young, that we are able to answer: why are we anxious in Beirut?

Awards

2023 Shanghai International Film Festival – Best Documentary Golden Goblet Award
2023 Amman International Film Festival – Special Mention First-time editor
2023 Perugia Social Film Festival – Perso Agorà (Audience Award)
2023 Film Festival Diritti Umani Lugano – NGO AWARD Amnesty International Switzerland
2023 Mostra de Cinema Àrab i Mediterrani de Catalunya – Best Documentary

Title: You Play My Father

Director: Rafa Honrubia

Year: 2023

Genre: Documentary

Running Time: 25 min

Status: Finished

In coproduction with: TWO24MEDIA

With the support of: Shortcat

Synopsis

For the first time, a survivor and a blue helmet share the stage to represent the Srebrenica genocide, the largest massacre in Europe since World War II.

Title: CARMEN, NO FEAR OF FREEDOM

Director: Irene Baqué

Year: 2023

Genre: Documentary

Running Time: 30 min

Status: Finished

With the support of: AGFD, ICAA, ICEC, Ayuntamiento de Cartagena, Shortcat

Distributed by: Agencia Freak

Synopsis
From the “Las 600” neighborhood in the South of Spain, Carmen is leading the first association of feminist Roma Women to fight systemic racism and sexism.
Having broken all the stereotypes, Carmen will deal with the pressure of having become her community’s hope for change as she moves on with her goals.
Her strong personality will be the engine that creates a sense of resistance, togetherness and the strength to fight back.
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Awards

2023 SomCinema Lleida – Best Documentary Short Film
2023 Festival de Cine Pequeño – Best Short Film for Equality
2023 Medina Films Festival – Best Documentary Short Film
2022 Festival de Cine de Cartagena – 2nd prize Murcine

Hafreiat

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Title: Hafreiat

Director: Alex Sardà

Year: 2022

Genre: Documentary

Running Time: 90 min

Status: Finished

In coproduction with: AL JAZEERA DOCUMENTARY

With the support of: CSIC, FECYT, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología de España, Jordan Film Fund (RFC)

International Sales Distributor: BEGIN AGAIN

Mena Distributor: Arab Media Network

With the collaboration of: Institut Ramon Llull

Synopsis

Under the heat of the sun at a Spanish archeological mission in northern Jordan, Abu Dya, a Palestinian Jordanian, digs the land for long hours. Salaries are low and the cost of living is rising. But Abu Dya wants to provide a different life for his family, but a criminal record stymies his efforts. Hafreiat shows one man’s relationship with his family, the land and its laws, and questions the possibility of banishing the past in a society that seems opposed to reintegration.

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Awards

2023 Amman International Film Festival – Audience Award
2023 MiradasDoc – Special Mention
2022 Seminci – Doc España – Best National Documentary

CASA BLOC

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Title: CASA BLOC

Directors: Patricia Tamayo, Albert Badia

Year: 2023

Genre: Architecture Film, Documentary

Running Time: 80 min

Status: Finished

IN COPRODUCTION WITH: TV3

WITH THE SUPPORT OF: ICAA, ICEC, Fundació Hàbitat3, Cellnex, Simon, MediaUrban - Mediapro

WITH THE COLLABORATION OF: Institut Ramon Llull

Synopsis

Casa Bloc, an international reference of rationalist architecture designed by GATCPAC (Sert, Torres Clavé and Subirana), was the first social housing built in Spain in the 1930s. But the Casa Bloc project was interrupted by the Civil War and ended up as a residence for widows and orphans of the Civil Guard, which remained active until 2015. Currently, Hàbitat3, a foundation that manages social housing is carrying out the rehabilitation of part of the building to recover the original spirit and turn it into a shelter for people at risk of social exclusion.

The Dutchbat

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Title: The Dutchbat

Director: Rafa Honrubia

Year: 2024

Genre: Documentary

Running Time: 90 min

Status: In development

In coproduction with: near/by film, Silence, TV3

With the support of: ICAA, Institut Valencià de Cultura

Synopsis

Life portrait of a group of blue helmets who bear the guilt of not having been able to prevent the genocide of Srebrenica, the largest massacre in Europe since World War II. A daily story of horror, responsibility and redemption as inseparable sequels of any war conflict.

Como Todo Mortal

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Title: Como Todo Mortal

Director: Maria Molina Peiró

Year: 2023

Genre: Documentary, Experimental

Running Time: 80 min

Status: In development

In coproduction with: near/by film

With the support of: Netherlands Film Fund, ICAA, AFK in collaboration with IDFA, EYE Film Institute, Netherlands Film Academy

Synopsis

On a planet in the Solar System, a remote robot explores a desert landscape in search of minerals and signs of life. Light years away, or perhaps only a few meters, humans search for the origin of life, the remains of a lost civilization or the village of their childhood, beneath the mountains of a landscape that levitates between Andalusia and Mars.

Festivals

Doc Lisboa
Margenes Film Festival
Residencia RAW
Matadero Cinema Residency at Cineteca Madrid

Awards

2021 Amsterdam Funds for the Kunst Award 
2021 Márgenes Award for Best film in development
2021 DocsLisboa – Jury’s Special mention for best film in development

 

Permanent Being

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Title: Permanent Being

Director: Juan Palacios

Year: 2023

Genre: Experimental, Fiction

Running Time: 90 min

Status: In development

In coproduction with: Revolver Amsterdam

With the support of: Netherlands Film Fund, Tabakalera 2DEO, ICAA

Synopsis

Among the sounds of the beach, a song in Basque from another era can be heard in the distance. It is a nostalgic song, longing for something, but what is it? In colorful Super 8, we move slowly between the gigantic vertical rock stratum of a geological setting. Coming from inside the stone, we hear three voices speaking simultaneously in Basque. They tell the story of a group of people who were trapped by a high tide that lasted thousands of years.

Sirena

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Title: Sirena

Director: Olivia Baes

Year: 2023

Genre: Fiction

Running Time: 105 min

Status: In development

Synopsis

When his blind twin detaches from him after their father’s death, a troubled young fisherman loses his grip on reality as he struggles to regain his own identity.

OASIS

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Title: OASIS

Director: Irene Baqué

Year: 2023

Genre: Documentary

Running Time: 70 min

Status: In development

With the support of: Digital Borderlands (UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA)

Synopsis

Amalia Holguín is a young Rarámuri woman who leads El Oasis, an indigenous settlement funded by the Mexican government and located in the middle of Chihuahua. It is home to more than 500 Rarámuris who were displaced from the Sierra by drought and drug trafficking. Amalia strives to maintain their culture and improve their living conditions, seeking independence from the mestizos and the globalized world.

Awards

DocsMX – EFD Award- Plataforma IB

LATÈNCIA

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Title: LATÈNCIA

Director: Montse Folgado

Year: 2023

Genre: Documentary

Running Time: 20 min

Status: Finished

With the support of: ELA-España Asociación

With the collaboration of: Fundación Mapfre, Fundación Once

Synopsis

Carol, mother and caregiver of Laia, a 5-year-old girl suffering from a minority neurodegenerative disease, must make a decision about her daughter’s present and future: abandon experimental treatment to prioritize Laia’s well-being.

Awards

2023 Ànec Film Festival – Mejor cortometraje documental
2023 Inclús – Mejor cortometraje documental

Title: Podul de Piatrâ / Pont de Pedra

Director: Artur-Pol Camprubí

Year: 2021

Genre: Fiction

Running Time: 20 min

Status: Finished

with the support of: Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

Distributed by: Catalan Films - Shortcat 2022

Synopsis

A street lamp marking the limit of a town in Aragon’s Eastern Strip lights up at nightfall. Angelica, a woman of Romanian origin living in the town, witnesses the birth of a foal at the stables where she works. The little creature’s struggle to free itself from the maternal placenta, its condition of ghostly and borderline existence, pierce her to the extent that she will be unable to shake off the image.

Title: Shanghai was shining between the lines

Directors: Didac Alcaraz, Patricia Tamayo, Albert Badia, Jeffrey Frígula

Year: 2020

Genre: Documentary, Experimental

Running Time: 90 min

Status: Finished

With the support of: Institut Ramon Llull

Synopsis

Shanghai was shining between the lines starts with the aim of portraying the multidisciplinary artist Didac Alcaraz and his particular work from an intimate perspective, taking as an excuse the moment when he decides to resume an old incomplete painting.

Title: CIUTAT DE GRANADA 145-147-149

Director: Alex Sardà

Year: 2020

Genre: Architecture Film, Documentary

Running Time: 20 min

Status: Finished

With the support of: IMHAB, Baumit, Sacyr, Peris+Toral Arquitectes, Bonell i Gil Arquitectes.

Synopsis

Ciutat de Granada 145-147-149 is the address of a new social housing complex for vulnerable seniors in Barcelona. These three buildings shelter 127 seniors, as well as a small team of caretakers and social workers who give them basic assistance. The inhabitants build community within a space that discourages loneliness and allows them to interact with each other.

Awards

Awards
2021 Festival Rellisquín – 2n prize Short Film Category

Title: AQUÍ ES FA CULTURA

Director: Alex Sardà

Year: 2021

Genre: Brand, Commissioned

Status: Finished

Synopsis

Six pieces for the campaign “Aquí es fa cultura” for the Cultural Rights Plan developed by the Barcelona City Council.

Title: A Constant Movement

Director: Alex Sardà

Year: 2018

Genre: Architecture Film, Brand, Documentary

Running Times: 7 x IG Stories, 1 min 50 sec

Status: Finished

Synopsis

A  Constant Movement reviews the projects that, for 20 years and 10 editions, have marked the spirit of the International Biennial of Landscape Architecture, transferring the constant evolution of landscape to a look towards the present and futures to come. The camera walks through the landscapes accompanying real characters, with whom we discover the use and form of each space, beyond its original design. The documentary and aesthetic value of the piece create a journey that, without any advertising zeal, transmits and grows the essence sought by the Biennial. The piece was shot in 16mm in spaces awarded and recognized by the Biennial in Catalonia. Its presentation served as the closing of the 10th edition of the Biennial.

SCALE 1:5

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Title: SCALE 1:5

Directors: Patricia Tamayo, Albert Badia

Year: 2017

Genre: Architecture Series, Documentary

Running Time: 5 x 8 min chapters

Status: Finished

With the support of: Flores & Prats

With the collaboration of: Sala Beckett

Distributed by: The architecture player

Synopsis

A documentary series on creative processes, shot in Sala Beckett, Barcelona. Starring architects Flores & Prats, and with special collaborations by Curro Claret, Antoni Miralda, Soraya Smithson, Sergi Belbel and Toni Casares.

Festivals

2019 – Arquitectura en corto. Barcelona and Lisboa.

The Travel Agent

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Title: The Travel Agent

Director: Niccolò Bruna

Year: 2015

Genre: Documentary

Running Times: 52 min, 89 min

Status: Finished

In coproduction with: Progetto Cataclisma, La Bottega dell'imagine, Baby Doc Film

With the support of: Piemonte Doc Film Fund

US Educational Sales: Pragda

International Sales: Feelsales

Festival Distribution: Freak Agency

Synopsis

Havana, Cuba. 54th year of embargo. From her tiny office overlooking the US Interests Section, Lourdes counsels thousands seeking a travel visa for the US. She fine tunes her customers’ stories, so they have better chances to succeed. But despite helping others to travel, she has never been able to visit her mother, son and all family in Florida. “I quench the thirst of others every day, yet there’s not a drop of water for me” she states. After a long wait, Lourdes time has finally come: her interview is set. Will she able to travel and finally overturn her destiny of forced separation?

Festivals

2016 Muces 11 Muestra de Cine Europeo
2016 Festival des Escales Documentaires
2016 DOCSMX
2016 Festival Sant Andreu de la Barca
2016 Festival de documentaires Lyon
2016 Premi MON·DOC
2016 Cinealfama Lisbon International Film Awards
2015 Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine

Awards

2017 MiradasDoc – Best National Documentary Film Category: Honourable Mention
2015 Visioni dal Mondo – Immagini dalla Realtà, Festival Internazionale del Documentario: Premio UniCredit Pavilion Giovani

We are an independent production house based in Barcelona. We are focused on creative documentaries and feature films.

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We have worked and partnered with talented people from all over the world, co-producing with countries such as Italy, Jordan, The Netherlands and Mexico, among others. We work internationally and believe in film as a political, experimental and social tool.

 

Carlota Coloma
Executive producer, Partner
carlota@15-L.com

Adrià Lahuerta
Executive producer, Partner
adria@15-L.com

Fabio P. Sorrell
Postproduction
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Marie Vodickova
Production Assistant
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Alex Sardà
Irene Baqué
Artur-Pol Camprubí
Gala Hernández

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