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Dorothea and the Myotragus

In 1909, a young British woman boards a ship towards Mallorca, following the path of some mysterious bones found in a cave. For two years, she climbs, crawls and explores every cavity in the rocks of Mallorca, Eivissa and Menorca, narrating her experience in her diaries. The first of those diaries ended up in flames during a fire, but the rest have survived to tell the story in detail. "Dorothea and the Myotragus" is a documentary that includes animation to recreate the diaries written by one of the most important female palaeontologists of all time during her stay on the Balearic Islands, a woman who struggled against the gender stereotypes of those days and who discovered mysterious extinct Mediterranean animals, such as the mythical Myotragus Balearicus.

  • Núria Abad
    Director
  • Marta Hierro
    Director
  • Núria Abad
    Writer
  • Marta Hierro
    Writer
  • Núria Abad
    Producer
  • Marta Hierro
    Producer
  • Juan Carlos Azpiroz
    Director of photography
  • Lluís Ozonas
    Design and animation
  • Elisa Martínez
    Illustrations
  • Francisco Albéniz
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Dorothea y el Myotragus
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary
  • Genres:
    Science History Women Nature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 40 seconds
  • Production Budget:
    62,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain, United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Núria Abad, Marta Hierro

Núria Abad is a producer, director and scriptwriter of documentaries and television programs in collaboration with several production companies in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia, as well as a specialist in the planning and execution communication strategies. She has been the director and/or scriptwriter of the documentaries "Dorothea and the Myotragus", "La batlessa" and "Centroamericando"; the documentary series “Històries d’un ball”; and the television programs "Balears fa Ciència" and "Art Balear". She has also worked in the production of the documentaries like "The most dangerous man in Europe. Skorzeny in Spain" or “Illes en Transició”.
Marta Hierro has a degree in Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid. The desire to tell stories in depth leads her to the world of documentaries, specializing in historical and social issues. She has been the director and / or scriptwriter of the documentaries “Dorothea and the Myotragus”, “La batlessa”, “Illes en Transició”, “Espías en la arena. Objetivo España”, “Agente Sicre. El amigo americano ”, “ El viatge definitiu”, “Vacances a Txernòbil ”, “ Los monstruos de mi casa”, "Estat d'Exili", "Baix en Carboni", "Riesgo químico" and "Mallorca al trote".

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Director Statement

The documentary tells the story of Dorothea Bate as a cultural, historical and social reference, which a hundred years ago put The Balearic Islands on the international scientific map with the discovery of Myotragus balearicus, a species unknown until then and that only existed in Mallorca and Menorca during the Pleistocene. The finding of Myotragus balearicus contributed greatly to theories of species evolution on the islands, especially in the Mediterranean. Dorothea Bate, who at one time received great international recognition for her discovery, fell into oblivion after her death.