Ciutat Morta (Dead City)

Xavier Artigas, Xapo Ortega

Country: Spain
Year: 2013
Format: Digital
Length: 120 min
Image: Colour
Language: Spanish / Catalan
Subtitles: Spanish

Production company: Metromuster
Producer: Xavier Artigas, Xapo Ortega
Photography: Xavier Artigas, Xapo Ortega
Editor: Xavier Artigas, Núria Campabadal
Music: Las CasiCasiotone
Sound: Xapo Ortega

Contact: lorenzo@3boxmedia.com / xavi@metromuster.cc

Presented by: Xavier Artigas, Xapo Ortega

Synopsis

June 2013: 800 people break into an abandoned cinema in the centre of Barcelona to watch a documentary. They rename the building in memory of Patricia Heras. But who was Patricia? Why did she decide to end her life? What does Barcelona have to do with her death? A highly symbolic action of disobedience that tells Patricia’s story in order to reveal the city’s other side: the Dead City.

Bio/Filmo

Xavier Artigas is a sociologist, visual artist and founder of the production company Metromuster. His first feature, [NO-RES], vida y muerte de un espacio en tres actos (2012), won an award at Documenta Madrid. Xapo Ortega is a graphic designer who specialises in architecture and works with groups linked to social movements in Barcelona by creating video material to expose and political issues.

Trailer

Festivals

  1. Biznaga de Plata - Festival de Cine de Málaga
  2. Premio del Público - Alcances Muestra Cinematográfica del Atlántico
  3. Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián
  4. Premio GAC Guión de Largometraje - L'Alternativa, 21 Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona

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