Caja de resistencia

Spain / 2024 / 99'

Plot

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.

Full Cast and Crew

Director: Concha Barquero Alejandro Alvarado
Guion: Concha Barquero Alejandro Alvarado
Producer: Concha Barquero José Manuel Rodríguez Hermi Fortes Criado Filipe Araújo
Production: Azhar Media Blablabla Media
Film Editing: Concha Barquero Alejandro Alvarado
Music: Paloma Peñarrubia
Sound: Alexandre Franco Joaquín Pachón

Póster Oficial

Poster Oficial

 

Director

Concha Barquero

Concha Barquero

Filmmakers, teachers and researchers born in Malaga in 1975. Since 2001 they have formed a creative tandem with Alejandro Alvarado, under the name 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). She is professor in the Audiovisual Communication program at the University of Málaga and has authored several publications on documentary film. Since 2013, she has been a collaborator of the Málaga Festival. Cine en Español, serving as a member of the Official Documentary Section's selection committee (2014-2022) and as the coordinator of Málaga Docs: Encuentro de Cine Documental (2016-2023). She is also the programming coordinator of the Sala de los Cineastas Málaga, a series organized by the Unión de Cineastas in collaboration with the Málaga Festival, the University of Málaga, and Cine Albéniz (2016-2023).
Alejandro Alvarado

Alejandro Alvarado

Filmmaker specialized in creative documentary, film programmer, researcher and teacher.  He is academic coordinator of the Master's Degree in Audiovisual Creation and Performing Arts at the University of Malaga since 2017.  His research work focuses primarily on documentary film from different perspectives. Since 2001 he has formed a creative tandem with director Concha Barquero under the name of Alvarquero. They have directed, scripted and edited a dozen films, mainly creative documentaries and experimental pieces, including the short film Descartes (2021) and the feature film Pepe el andaluz’(2012). Throughout their career they have explored the possibilities of different media, such as cultural television or creative documentaries, in which they have specialized. Their films question themes such as absence, memory, history and politics. The use of archival material, their own and others', is one of their main fields of experimentation. His works have been selected in international competitions, such as the Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina) or DocLisboa (Portugal) and have been awarded numerous prizes, such as the Best Spanish Documentary Award at Documenta Madrid, the Grand Prize for Spanish Cinema at Zinebi or the XXIX Andalusia Journalism Award in the audiovisual category. As a film programmer, he has been a member of the Selection Committee of the Official Short Film Section of the Malaga Film Festival.

Awards

SEMINCI Valladolid  2024

 

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