Madrid, The Shadow of a Dream / Madrid: la sombra de un sueño
Spain ,
2007
Directed by: Alejandro Andrade Pease Script: Pedro Moreno, Alejandro Andrade Pease Producer: Pedro Moreno, Alejandro Andrade Pease Production company: Puzzle Films, Niño con Bomba Editing: Alejandro Andrade Pease Music: Pedro Portellano
Format: boja, color, video Running time: 29'
Synopsis After dictator's Franco death, Spain lived a creative explosion known as ‘La Movida’, or the Movemement, in which young subversive artists like Pedro Almodóvar, Alaska or Ouka Leele, tried to cue the country into newly achieved freedom and modernity. The Movement ended amongst commercial feuds, forgetting their punk ideology. Today new young artist try to creat a new movement in Madrid… Is this dream possible?
Directors Biography Alejandro Andrade Pease (born Mexico, 1975) is a young promising director. He studied at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Conematograficios. His short film, ‘Handgame’ (2004), was acknowleded Best Mexican Short Film of the Year, and was selected at international festivals such as the Berlinale in Berlin, Barcelona Independiente and Seminci. He has worked in several TV and film productions in Mexico, Rumania and Spain
Location and screening schedule: premiere: SC Cinema, Tuesday, October 21st at 17.00 reprisal: BUG cinema &TD, Wednesday, October 22nd at 11.00