The Reapers
Catalonia's official anthem covered by the northamerican band A Sound of Thunder (Terrassa - Catalonia, December the 2nd, 2017).
In the videoclip appear images of the Referendum of the 1st of October in Les Borges Blanques.
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Hector SuñolDirectorDirector
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A Sound of ThunderKey Cast"Music"
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Hector SuñolWriter
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Hector SuñolProducer
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Project Title (Original Language):Els Segadors
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Project Type:Music Video
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Runtime:4 minutes 30 seconds
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Completion Date:January 1, 2018
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Production Budget:500 EUR
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Country of Origin:Spain
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Country of Filming:Spain
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Premiere The ReapersLes Borges Blanques
Spain
January 5, 2018
Catalan Premiere -
The Monkey Bread Tree Films AwardsLondon
United Kingdom
January 6, 2018
United Kingdom Premiere
Best Editing Music Video -
International Music Video UndergroundLos Angeles
United States
January 7, 2018
North American Premiere
Nominated Best Director Music Video -
Los Angeles Cine FestLos Angeles
United States
January 16, 2018
Semi-Finalist -
Short to the PointBucharest
Romania
January 20, 2018
Romania Premiere -
L.A. Music Video AwardsLos Angeles
United States
March 23, 2018
Best Social Commentary Video -
Benevento Cinema TelevisioneBenevento
Italy
July 4, 2018
Italian Premiere
Official Selection -
Colorado International Activism FilmDenver
United States
July 12, 2018
Best Singer and Best Soundtrack for a Non- Animated Short/Music -
Berlin Flash Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
July 13, 2018
Germany Premiere
Official Selection -
Oregon Cinema Arts Film FestivalOregon
United States
August 18, 2018
Official Selection -
Portobello Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
September 2, 2018
Official Selection -
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.
• Special mention granted by the Jury at the Chicago Short Film Festival (2008). USA.
• Best actor at the New York Short Film Festival (2009). USA.
2. Danger (2010)
• Best Screenplay Paris Cinema Festival Festival (2011). France.
3. Referendum (2017)
4. The Reapers (2018)
5. Not a step back! (2018)
On October 4, I heard on the net the heavy version of Els segadors – The Reapers (national anthem of Catalonia) by the American band A Sound of Thunder. The following day I contacted Josh, the band’s guitarist, to ask for permission to use their song as the soundtrack of my documentary Referendum, which describes all the events occurred in Catalonia on October 1.
On December 2, A Sound of Thunder arrived in Catalonia. In the afternoon, in front of 45,000 people, they opened the Concert for Freedom (Corcert per la Llibertat) at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, where some images from my documentary Referendum were shown. In the evening, they gave their first concert in Terrassa.
When the first chords of the next to last song, The Reapers, were playing, the people’s response was indescribable: they got crazy and showed fearlessly their most repressed feelings during these hard times lived in Catalonia. That is the origin of this video.
In the videoclip appear images of the Referendum of the 1st of October in Les Borges Blanques.