Creative Personnel

DIRECTOR: Alberto García Ortiz

(Burgos-Spain, 1972)

Graduated at the University of Edinburgh in 1995. Soon he discovered his real passion: documentary cinema and from then on, he took several courses and workshops related to the cinema.

Director of the following documentary short films:

(1999) Una tarde con Vicente (An afternoon with Vicente), selected in Festival of young directors in Granada, Spain. October 2000.
(1999) Manufacturing Fear (Fabricando Miedo), selected in Internacional Festival of Ajijic, Mexico. 1999
(2000) Barriendo Paredes (Sweeping Paredes), selected in Valladolid Short Film Festival, Spain.
(2003) Vivir pedaleando (Living on wheels)  Revista Caminada,
(2003) Una Mirada a Dani (A look at Dani), Winner of the Asian Cinema Festival of Madrid. Winner of Zemos 98.6 Festival, Sevilla, Spain, March 2004.
(2006) A ras del suelo (Ground Level) Winner of Free Cinema Festival (Festival de Cine Llure) in Valencia (Spain). 

DIRECTOR: Agata Maciaszek

(Lodz-Poland, 1980)

She moved to Spain at the age of 12. Graduated in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid. Completed her cinema education with several workshops, including one with filmmaker Jose Luis Guerín, a great referent in her documentary cinematic view. She combines her work in film/video direction and production with audiovisual translations for the Spanish National Filmhouse.

In 2006, Alberto García and Agata Maciaszek release their first documentary feature film A ras del suelo (Ground level) about the constant renovation process in the neighbourhood of Lavapies (Madrid).

Winner of Free Cinema Festival (Festival de Cine Llure) in Valencia (Spain).

EDITOR: Cristobal Fernández

(Madrid-Spain, 1980)

Graduated in Audiovisual Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid.

Participant in Editing Workshop in San Antonio de los Baños Film School (Cuba). Graduated in Master in Creative Documentary in Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona-Spain). Editor of the following documentaries: Malagasy Gospel (2008), Ich Bin Enric Marco (2009)

MUSIC COMPOSER: Alfonso Arias

Musician, Composer, Sound-editor (Madrid-Spain, 1965)

Composer for award-winning documentary films like: La espalda del mundo (2000) (The Back of the World), Caminantes (2001), Condenados al corredor (2003) (Condemned to Death Row), Cien metros más allá (2008) (One Hundred Meters Away).