MIMI, LA JOIE - Documentary

Ivory Coast 2007

HDV / 16mm color - 52mins


The city of Bouaké, in the interior of the Ivory Coast has been the main stage of the bloody civil war between (French backed) rebels and the xenophobe official government of Laurent Gbagbo.   Three years after the seize-fire of 2004, the towns-folk are slowly recovering from the horrors of war.   This is the story of Marthe and Margherite, two women who are living and working in a society in which today one in five people is HIV positive.

 
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SIYEMPRE AMIGOS (naturally friends)

Docu-reportage

Philippines 2005

DVcam color - 60mins


The relationship between Spain and their ex-colony The Philippines has not always been an easy one.  Nevertheless, today the climate is one of friendly collaboration.  Siyempre Amigos is a journey through the Philippines, following the line of spanish funded  development projects throughout the south east asian archipelago. 

 
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8 SCHRITTE - Sports Documentary

Germany / Austria / Italy  2008

HDV  color  17mins


Der Gore-Tex Transalpine Run ist das härteste Laufrennen der Welt.   In Zweierteams geht es in acht gnadenlosen Etappen über die Alpen, von Deutschland nach Italien.   Acht Schritte begleitet drei teams auf dem abenteurlichen Weg.  300 Kilometer und 16.000 Höhenmeter sind zu überwinden.

 
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BUHAY NA TUBIG (living water)

Docu-reportage

Philippines 2004

DVcam color - 22mins


As little as 15 years ago, the waters around the Philippines’ 7000 islands used to be handled as some of the most biodiverse submarine habitats in the world.  But nowadays some 96% of the living reefs have fallen victim to dynamite fishing or other destruction through shortsighted exploitation. Buhay na Tubig is a docu-reportage.


 

14000 FINESTRES

Documentary Installation

Catalunya 2008

DVcam color - 20mins


14000 people share a single square kilometer of land just north of Barcelona. This is the urban wasteland of skyscrapers called Badia del Valles, built  during Franco’s regime, a suburb with a reputation for drugs and violence.  14000 finestres (14000 windows) is an intimate view on four human realities in the heart of the ‘spanish ghetto’ in catalunya,

 
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