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Midnight Barcelona

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:05:55 +0000

A fast, modern look to the city of Barcelona, at night. This masterpiece took 34 cold nights wandering the streets of Barcelona and in total 5 month of intense work. More than 20,000 pictures were taken to make this project. Directed by Pau García Laita http://paugarcialaita.com Prints available for purchase here: http://redbubble.com/people/pauglbcn For any questions about the workflow: audiovisualmeans.tumblr.com/post/48691562047/midnight-barcelona Music: 'Starscapes' by 'The American Dollar' facebook.com/theamericandollar Download a free compilation of 9 of their best tracks here: tinyurl.com/freeAMD 119 Song Discography in Any Format just $20 @ bit.ly/XiwDFs Special thanks from the director to: Hotel Princess Barcelona (/hotelbarcelonaprincess.com) Arenas de Barcelona (arenasdebarcelona.com) Fundació Catalunya - LaPedrera (lapedrera.com) Hotel PortaFira (hotelbarcelonaportafira.com)

Devilish Details

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:03:15 +0000

After the murder of volleyball star Ingrid Visser, local Spanish press published graphic details of the case. Accused of hurting her family and influencing the trial. Are the press too close to their police sources? It was just the next morning after the murder when local newspaper La Verdad was able to publish an extremely detailed report about the find. So just where did this information come from? "That's a million euro question that I will never answer", retorts crime reporter, Ricardo Fernandez. The Spanish press and police have a notoriously close relationship. The lawyer of the main suspect claims that his client has already been convicted in the court of public opinion, and that a fair trial is now impossible. In Holland relatives of Ingrid Visser have been horrified by the intimate revelations about the case printed in La Verdad. Yet Fernandez remains defiant: "I have to protect my interests. And my interests are to inform society".

Sea Bites – Battle Against The Sea

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:45:28 +0000

A line between bravery and fear. Between recklessness and common sense. Two meters without margin of error. That is where the barnacles live. Where Serxo lives. The wind roars. The sea crashes against the cliff. Two meters of rock, that is the strip of water and oxygen where the goose barnacle grows. Two meters where the sea shows no mercy, and beats with millenary strength. A line of waves and foam where Serxo and his comrades fight for a bite out of the sea. SEA BITES is the battle against the sea from some warriors that don't consider themselves heroes.

The Story of Celia & Sunrise – Stranded Freigthers

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:30:30 +0000

Two huge freighters have ran aground and stranded on "El Saler" beach, Valencia. Filmmaker Antoni wanted to see it with his own eyes and created an interesting video documenting the situation there. Filmed on October 9th, he published the video only 3 weeks later. Nice editing job indeed.

Spain’s Baby Market

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:18:42 +0000

Imagine you've been told your baby has died in childbirth and years later you find out that your child had not died at all and it had been sold secretly to someone else. That is what happend in Spain during the era of dictatorship of General Franco. Spanish authorities are now investigating astonishing allegations that for over four decades government officials sanctioned the abduction of thousands of babies. It appears that the thefts usually happened in maternity clinics and nursing homes, with the active collusion of doctors, nurses and even nuns, and that state officials and civil servants then helped with the cover up. Once the babies had been taken - often from women who were known political opponents of Franco or relatives of those who had fought against him during the country's civil war in the 1930s - they were then sold or given to childless parents among the regime's supporters. Since the scandal broke last year, the number of cases has spiralled, with anguished parents wanting to know where their children ended up. Other claimants are people who have always suspected they were adopted and who now want to track down their true biological parents. But with records falsified, medical staff dispersed to the winds and officialdom slow to help, it is an almost impossible task. Braulia Banderas Franco, from Valencia, has good reason to believe her baby did not die as she was told. When she eventually retrieved the birth certificate she found that her husband's signature had been forged on the document and that the name and location of the clinic where she gave birth had been falsified: "The names of the doctors are false. Everything is forged. It says that my baby died at midday, and that's not true. Everything is a lie." Understandably the victims wanted the perpetrators brought to justice. But for lawyer Enrique Vila this is both a professional and personal quest. While he represents some of those demanding prosecutions, he says he too was adopted illegally and can not trace his birth mother. He now thinks the doctors involved should be in jail.

Casteller

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:23:12 +0000

In the city of Tarragona, Spain, castellers gather every two years to see who can build the highest, most intricate human castles. This uniquely Catalan tradition requires astonishing strength, finesse, and balance. And sometimes it hurts...