Referendum
On October 1st, 2017, Catalonia held a self-determination referendum, in which more than 2 million people participated and 90% of them voted for the independence of Catalonia.
During that day, the violence of the security forces of the Spanish state caused more than a thousand injured among citizens who always offered peaceful resistance in defense of democracy.
On October 27th, the Parliament of Catalonia voted in favor of proclaiming the Catalan Republic. The same day, though, the Spanish state applied the article 155 of the Spanish Constitution against Catalonia. From then Catalan people mobilized to take actions to defend the results of the Referendum.
“Not a step back” explains all that in a series of music videos, focused on a small Catalan village, Les Borges Blanques.
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Hector SuñolDirector
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Hector SuñolWriter
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Hector SuñolProducer
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A Sound of ThunderMusic
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Project Title (Original Language):REFERENDUM
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Project Type:Documentary, Music Video, Short
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Genres:News, history, politics
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Runtime:5 minutes 12 seconds
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Completion Date:October 27, 2017
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Production Budget:1,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Spain
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Country of Filming:Spain
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Language:Catalan, English
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Shooting Format:HD
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Premiere of ReferendumOlympic Stadium of Barcelona
Spain
December 2, 2017
Premiere in Catalonia -
MMP's Online Film FestivalBrussels
Belgium
December 17, 2017
Belgium Premiere
Nominated Best Documentary Short -
Noida International Film FestivalNoida
India
January 28, 2018
Indian Premiere
Best Music Video (Jury) -
IndieFEST Film AwardsSan Diego
United States
February 5, 2018
North American Premiere
Award of Merit: Liberation / Social Justice / Protest -
The Norwegian International Seagull Film FestivalHaugesund
Norway
February 15, 2018
Norway Premiere
Official Selection Best Short -
DOCfeed Documentaire FestivalEindhoven
Netherlands
February 22, 2018
Netherlands Premiere
Official Selection Best Short Doc -
iPAS - Independent Political/Activism Short Film FestivalAthens
Greece
April 16, 2018
Greece Premiere
Official Selection -
Austrian Film FestivalViena
Austria
April 27, 2018
Austrian Premiere
Official Selection Best Short - Best Music Video -
Cefalù Film FestivalPalermo
Italy
May 1, 2018
Italian Premiere
Official Selection -
Short to the PointBucharest
Romania
March 31, 2018
Romania Premiere -
Girona Film FestivalGirona
Spain
September 28, 2018
Catalan Premiere
Official selection
Hector Suñol Bert; born in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain), 1970.
BA Bussinees Administration (Universitat de Lleida, 1993) and
MBA Audiovisual Communication (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya,2008).
Films:
1. Pantomima (2008)
• Second Prize in the category of Fiction in the V International Festival of Cusco (FENACO 2008).
• Best short film II Festival of Montornés de Segarra (2008). Spain.
• Best actor at the New York Short Film Festival (2008). USA.
• Special mention granted by the Jury at the Chicago Short Film Festival (2008). USA.
2. Danger (2010)
• Best Screenplay Paris Cinema Festival (2011). France.
3. Referendum (2017)
4. The Reapers (2017)
A Sound of Thunder
When I found out that an American group had made a version of the Catalan anthem, The Reapers, I contacted them by mail. Josh, one of the band members, answered promptly. He was always very cooperative and I obtained his permission for the soundtrack.
Filming
On 1st October 2017, I recorded the electoral process in Les Borges, a small town in Catalonia for 14 hours, an example of many others. It was a day in which you were afraid of the Spanish security forces to arrive.
In addition, I was suffering because my wife was part of an electoral board and my two children were outside the polling place defending our right to vote.
Unfortunately, one of the voters that appears in the documentary died after a few days.