Private Project

L´Horru (High Granary)

Episodic documentary (5x45') about the unknown and magical elevated granaries in northern Spain (Asturias). A journey searching a basket that became a temple.
Each chapter of L'Horru traces a century of history through these wooden barns, some of which show dates carved as far as 1505.
Can a piece of furniture tell the history of a country? Yes, and also be a diagnosis of the present society.
The "horreo" is a monument to Asturian self-hatred vision. We idealize it but at the same time we deeply ignore it, and therefore we ignore ourselves.

  • Jaime Santos Alvarez
    Director
  • Ruben M castellano
    Director
  • Jaime Santos Alvarez
    Writer
  • Jaime Santos Alvarez
    Producer
  • Art&Life Productions
    Producer
  • Rafael Navarro Montilla
    Photography director
  • Daniel Arango Diaz de España
    Photography director
  • Natalia Zapico Antuña
    Production Design
  • Destino Santos-Calnek
    On Location Sound
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    L´Horru
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Television
  • Runtime:
    3 hours 58 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 20, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    38,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Language:
    Other, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • TV PREMIERE RTPA
    Asturias
    Spain
    January 20, 2021
    State TV premiere (RTPA)
  • VOD FILMIN
    BARCELONA
    Spain
    June 2, 2021
    FILMIN
  • VOD PLAYRENFE

    Spain
    July 1, 2021
    Only for AVE train Renfe travellers
Distribution Information
  • Jaime Santos/ Art&Life Productions
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Jaime Santos Alvarez, Ruben M castellano

Jaime Santos (Oviedo, 1969). Independent journalist and filmmaker. Several documentary films on ethnography, tradicional architecture and ancient crafts.

Ruben M. Castellano (Avilés, 1979). In 2009 I founded my own production company, Art & Life Productions developing different video projects for many brands and agencies with Google and Disney Spain as main clients. I combine this activity with the documentary and tv productions.

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Director Statement

I resist documenting the extinction of my own culture