Joves (Jóvenes) = Youth

Jordi Vilanove, an ambitious 25 year old, has begun to work for a stockbroker in Barcelona. In order to be a stockbroker he has to show his mastery of the market in one week.

At first the investments he makes turn out to be perfect but one bleak day Jordi loses everything and decides to take the risk of investing in an arms firm. Cristina Puigmarti (the daughter of the manager of the company) goes out with her friends to celebrate her birthday.

During the night they go round different bars and discos. Alcohol and drugs mingle with provocation and frenzy. Pau Vilanova, Jordi’s younger brother goes back to their village after a Saturday partying in Barcelona. During the morning he meets up with his group of mates, whose only concern is not to get bored and kill time with acts of hooliganism.

Jordi, un joven broker, quiere triunfar en la Bolsa cueste lo que cueste. Cristina sólo quiere divertirse, y en la noche de su cumpleaños combina sin control drogas, alcohol y sexo. Pau no tiene ningún plan, y en su fallida búsqueda de emociones fuertes adopta actitudes violentas y xenófabas. Tres jóvenes persiguiendo una felicidad que resultará ilusoria.

Cineastes contra magnats = Cineastas contra magnates = Filmakers vs. Tycoons

A film essay in defence of the Moral Rights of film-makers versus the manipulations suffered by films from the origins of the cinema to the total domination of the audiovisual world.

“Filmmakers vs. Tycoons” combines distinct types of film language: archive material, fundamental fragments of films and fictional scenes such as that set in the Court of Felipe II when the Monarch cuts down a cinemascope picture by Titian on both sides because it doesn’t fit into the space he had kept for it in El Escorial.

With this action the King of Spain became the inventor of panning-scanning which alters the original format of films in our time.

Ensayo cinematográfico en defensa de los derechos morales de los cineastas frente a las manipulaciones que sufren las películas desde los orígenes del cine hasta el dominio actual del mundo audiovisual.

“Cineastas contra magnates” combina distintas formas de lenguaje cinematográfico: material de archivo, fragmentos de films fundamentales y escenas de ficción, como la ambientada en la corte de Felipe II cuando el monarca amputó por ambos lados una cinemascópica pintura de Ticiano porque no cabía en el espacio que le tenía reservado en El Escorial.

Con esta acción el Rey de España se convirtió en el inventor del panning-scanning que en nuestra época altera el formato original de las películas.

Whisky

Montevideo, Uruguay. Jacobo Köller is the owner of a modest hosiery factory and this seems to be the only thing in his boring life. Marta is his trusted employee.

The relationship between them never goes further than work and is marked by silence and routine. This monotony is suddenly threatened by the announcement of the unexpected visit of Jacobo’s brother, Herman, who lives abroad and hasn’t been in touch for years.

So, using a code between absurdity and melancholy, between the everyday and the fabulous this film tries to subtly portray how the awkwardness and small misfortunes of these three people, so different from each other, gradually come to light as they try to cover up their resentments and roughness. Smile at the camera and say “Whisky”!

Jacobo es el dueño de una modesta fábrica de medias en Uruguay y eso parece ser lo único en su monótona vida. Marta es su empleada de confianza. La relación entre ellos nunca excede de lo laboral y está marcada por el silencio y la rutina.

“Whisky” comienza cuando Jacobo pide ayuda a Marta ante la inesperada e inminente visita de su hermano Herman, que vive en el extranjero desde hace años.