Experiencing Interruptions?

Letters to prison: windows inside walls

Through the correspondence that a diverse range of people has sent to the Catalan political prisoners, the documentary denounces the violation of fundamental human rights that the Spanish government and the Spanish justice system have infringed on the pro-independence leaders, who had already spent two years in pre-trial detention, and recently sentenced to 9 to 13 years. The documentary also wants to warn about the dire situation of civil and political rights in Spain and the future of a European Union that keeps silent in the face of these violations.

  • Neus Ràfols
    Director
  • Adolfo Estrada
    Director
  • Neus Ràfols
    Writer
  • Alfonsi De la Vega
    Producer
  • David Famechon
    Director of Photography
  • Anna Maria Pérez
    Edition and Postproduction
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    55 minutes 44 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 15, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    35,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    France, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
  • Language:
    Catalan, Dutch, English, French, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16/9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • PUKAÑAWI/ Festival Internacional de Cine de Derechos Humanos
    Sucre
    Bolivia, Plurinational State of
    August 30, 2021
    Mención Honorífica Mejor Mediometraje
Director Biography - Neus Ràfols, Adolfo Estrada

NEUS RÀFOLS:

She is a journalist and filmmaker of several documentaries. She is a graduate in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona; Master's degree in Latin American Studies for the Autonomous University of Estado de México and Ny-BCN Advanced Journalism by the University of Barcelona-Columbia University.

She wanted to specialize in human rights through a course at the Institute of Human Rights of Catalonia (IDHC), which allowed her to win a one-month scholarship to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

She is currently combining her work as Director of Communications for the social organization CONFAVC with independent documentary and journalistic projects.

FIMOGRAPHY:

- "Montserrat Roig: l'hora violeta" (Montserrat Roig: the violet hour).
Director and screenwriter. Wonkafilms with the co-production of TVC and RTVE.
The documentary reviews the life of the great Catalan writer and journalist Montserrat Roig (1946-1991) through a wide range of people who knew her closely and fictional plays that recreate parts of her literary work.

Link: https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/sense-ficcio/montserrat-roig-lhora-violeta/video/5678043/

- "El barri s'ha de defensar" (The neighborhood must be defended)
Co-director of screenwriter, Maragda Mediàtica, 2015.
Chronicle of the neighborhood struggles of Barceloneta, the fishing district of Barcelona besieged by urban projects and mass tourism and gentrification processes.

Selected at Festival Internacional de Dones de Barcelona; Festival Cabanyal Ítim (València); Clam Festival of Solidarity Cinema (Navarcles, Espagne), Festival Intergalactique de l'Imatge Alternative Brest (France); and Festival Urban Eye de Bucarest (Romania).

Link: https://youtu.be/su7k2OscW3w

- "Los Niños de Morelia: el regreso olvidado" (The Children of Morelia: the forgotten return"
Co-director of screenwriter, Metrocurt, 2015.

Documentary about the Spanish children's exile to Mexico during the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Selected at the Festival"Voces contra el silencio", Mexico, 2005.

Link: Lien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eckJbIMjFHs

ADOLFO ESTRADA:
After 3 years of been living in the Catalan city, where he collaborated in several documentaries and a fiction film, he moved to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In his first years in the Dutch city, he dedicated himself to do photography and video for dancers, artists, and architects.

Later when the economic crisis hit the art scene he moved to his other passion: cooking. Together with some friends, he started a small cultural center and Mexican restaurant. There he cooked as well as screened films from Spanish-speaking countries.
During this period he managed to make two short documentaries. Since December 2018, he adopted a second nationality, becoming a Dutch citizen.

Now with the COVID situation hitting the restaurant's sector, he is planning to resume his photography and video work.

FILMOGRAPGY:

- La Revolú 2018.
Aigua carioca 2013
A documentary produced by OOZE architects studio, over the water crisis taking place now in Rio de Janeiro
Co-réalisateur/Editeur
https://youtu.be/f-etkDUzBrw

-Casa da Boxa (2009-2011)
Documentary about Portuguese singer Magda Mendes going back to her hometown to work on her first solo album.
Director
https://youtu.be/SOD0XV47vg4

- GMA Genetically Modified Art (2009)
Video art in collaboration with the Italian artist Gianni Cinquegrana.

- Barceloneta.com (January-March 2007)
Assistant Director
Director: Nuria Rafols. Barcelona, Spain.

- De funció / The last performance (2006)
Screenplay / Cinematography
Documentary showing the backstage of a Funeral Parlor
1º Price for Best international documentary at 15 Festival Internacional de Cine Curtas Vila Do Conde
2º Price for best national short film at IV Documenta Madrid 07
https://youtu.be/TRDvhlYn8wU

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