Manel raga raga

BIOGRAPHY

Manel was born in Ulldecona in 1985. After co-directing the documentary short film MATANDO EL SUEÑO (2009), he completed a M.A. in Filmmaking at ESCAC in Barcelona. From 2010 to 2012 he worked as a filmmaker with La Fura dels Baus and in 2013 he presented the short film LA GALLINA in the Venice Film Festival, a film that won more than fifteen awards and that was in many film festivals around the world. In 2017, he completed a PhD of Liberal Arts in Filmmaking at the film.factory of Sarajevo, a school mentored by the Hungarian director Béla Tarr. During this period, he directed the documentary shorts ULLDECONA-UMOLJANI and MANEL VIU A SARAJEVO, and in 2018 he finished GRBAVICA, a short film that is a free adaptation of a Franz Kafka’s tale and that was presented in the Locarno Film Festival. His last documentary short, HOMENATGE A JUDES (2019), was premiered in Doclisboa, where it won the best short film award. In 2022, he participated in the Berlinale Talents and currently, he is working in the production of KAO MALI LIST, which will be his first feature film as a director.

FILMOGRAPHY / LINKS

Homenatge a Judes (Tribute to Judas) - 25min - 2019 - DVCAM - B&W / Watch Teaser

Grbavica - 19min - 2018 - HD - B&W / Watch Trailer

Manel viu a Sarajevo (Manel lives in Sarajevo) - 5min - 2017 - DVCAM - Color / Watch Extract

Lost in Bosnia (short film Ulldecona-Umoljani) - 95min - 2014 - HD - Color / Watch Trailer

La Gallina (The Hen) - 17min - 2013 - 35mm - B&W / Watch Trailer

Matando el Sueño (Killing the Dream) - 9min - 2009 - DVCAM - Color / Watch