A few days ago, in BRNO, Czech Republic. Attending the fulldome film festival. Congratulations to a city that does not reach half a million inhabitants, but have their own planetarium with the latest technology and where they do not only do screenings of science documentaries, but also a lot of night observations and related activities....
Award for Life Behind the Stars
New prize for our film. This time from the Spanish Association of Scientific Films (ASECIC), that runs every two years the BICC – Ronda, international science films festival, the oldest one in Europe with more than 50 years of story. Very proud to have the Founder special prize for best documentary direction.
Starting a new project in South America
Starting this month a new project in Ecuador. We have been shooting for a month in the south of Ecuador, visiting some National Parks and finding amazing places and stories. Can’t say more at this moment, hope to have something ready by middle 2019. In the picture: Boat in the Nangaritza river, with my little...
Life behind the stars award in Finland
Our film “Life behind the stars” won a Jury Special Prize at the Vaasa international Nature Film Festival – 2018. This festival has an specific category for science productions, most of them related to nature and environmental investigations. Happy to share a few days with producers and filmmakers from around the world in this beautiful...
Life behind the stars, nominated in Goethe Institute SFF
Finalist with “Life Behind the Stars” in the International Science Film Festival organized by the Goethe Institute. http://www.goethe.de/ins/th/prj/wif/enindex.htm The Science Film Festival reached over one million visitors for the first time in 2017 and continues to be the largest event of its kind worldwide. In 2018, the Science Film Festival takes place internationally in over 20 countries in...
Amazing popular science night
291 Science Films prepared a special night for the neighbors of the small town where I live. First we screened the documentary “No sólo polvo de estrellas” (spanish title for Life Behind the Stars) and after some brief questions from the audience we watched some celestial objects with telescopes. An amazing night sharing the secrets of...
Life behind the stars, nominated in CAID
Finalist with “Life Behind the Stars” in the International Science Film Festival of Athens 2017 https://www.caid.center/
The genet´s tale selected in Green Screen
The film I wrote for Terra Alive Films has been selected as a finalist in the Green Screen Film Festival. The festival will take place in september 2017 ( 13th to 17th). More information here: https://www.greenscreen-festival.de/festival/bilder/d/show/eine-ginsterkatzen-geschichte/
Descubre el Plan de Rodaje (shooting plan)
¿Qué es un plan de rodaje? Es probable que ahora mismo te estés preguntando… ¿y qué es un plan de rodaje?. Bueno, pues de forma muy resumida podemos decir que es un documento en el cual vamos a anotar todos y cada uno de los planos que tenemos que grabar durante el día de rodaje. Tanto...
Cómo presupuestar tu documental
El presupuesto de tu documental El artículo de hoy creo que va a ser especialmente importante para muchos de vosotros. Se trata de cómo hacer un presupuesto para un documental. Antes de nada confirmaros que no hay un estándar ISO para esto. Es decir, que nadie nos obliga a hacer el presupuesto de una determinada...