Collective residencies / Screenplay development lab-I-b / Olot
ÀLEX LORA CERCÓS, ON LINE
From Monday, 22 May 2023 to Friday, 26 May 2023
Bio
Director, screenwriter and editor. His films address issues related to disabilities, identity, immigration and youth. His documentaries include El Quart Regne, winner of a Gaudí Award; Thy Father’s Chair, premiered at the IDFA festival; the short film Godka Cirka, winner of a Gaudí Award; and Odysseus’ Gambit, with these last two being premiered at the Sundance Festival. His first fiction feature film as a screenwriter is We Are Living Things commercially released in the US in 2022. Unicorns, starring Greta Fernández, is his directorial debut and will be released in 2023.
Project
I will be working on the project titled Entre la pedra i el martell, together with Yousra Touri El Mansouri. Entre la pedra i el martell tells the story of Pol Khaled, a boy from Ripoll who is around 20 years old, with a Moroccan father and a Catalan mother, and a complex identity. Set in 2017, the film focuses on specific events that invite us to reflect on the nature of the attacks that took place that same year in Barcelona and Cambrils. Our motivation stems from wanting to make a film that, without passing judgement, prompts the audience to question certain things and thus helps build bridges.