Fiction feature film
We are students in our fourth and final year at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) as Audiovisual Communication majors. Our chosen itineraries are directing and screenwriting.
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This is our final degree project, which evaluates everything we’ve learnt about the creation of audiovisual projects throughout our years at university.
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The idea for our film is inspired by one of our teammate’s personal experience with insomnia during 2020. We have been developing this project as a team since summer of 2021.
Making a feature film is a very long process that requires a great deal of involvement, usually developed for about 5 years. By the time of our graduation in June 2022 we will have a first draft of our script and one week’s worth of shooting (in April) a fragment of the film. Therefore, we will continue to work on our film after having turned in our final degree project in order to graduate.
Núria Aidelman
Directing tutor
Pompeu Fabra University graduate and teacher. Xcèntric programmer since 2003 and Gandules programmer since 2005. She codirects “Cinema en curs”, an experimental project for cinema workshops, at Associació A Bao A Qu, dedicated to teaching creativity.
Mar Coll
Script and directing advisor
Director and writer of Tres dies amb la família (2010) and Tots volem el millor per ella (2013).
Lluís Sellarès
Actor directing advisor
Graduated as a direction major at ESCAC with his final project L’home llop (2016), a short film that explores absurdity through comedy. He has written and directed episodes in the series Cardo (2021). He has also worked on films such as La hija de un ladrón (A Thief’s Daughter) (2019) and Alcarràs (2022).
Escola Llotja
Fashion design collaboration
The teachers Mercè Mir and Montse Serra have helped us accurately characterize Elisabet’s college and professional life as a fashion design student and confirm the accuracy of her profile. We are also collaborating with two fashion design students from this school: Toni Lluís and Carlota Vives. They are both working on the prototype that Elisabet has to design and craft during our film, so they are providing the artistic abilities of fashion design that we are unable to recreate ourselves.
Lara Sendim
Screenwriting tutor
Film and television screenwriter, and teacher at UPF. She has conceived and worked on projects such as Com si fos ahir (2017–), La Riera (2010-2017), Durante la tormenta (2018), and Contratiempo (2017).
Elena Martín
Actor directing advisor
Director, writer, and actress. Her first feature film as an Audiovisual Communication graduate at UPF, Júlia Ist (2017), won the Silver Biznaga award at the Málaga Film Festival. She has performed in films such as Les amigues de l’Àgata (2015) and Suc de Síndria (2019). She is currently in the development of her next film, Creatura.
Carolina Sourdis
Coordinator
Colombian Ph.D. researcher and filmmaker based in Barcelona. She combines film creation with cultural affairs, teaching, and research. She has published articles in several books and specialized magazines such as New Cinemas or Alphaville.
Aitor Martos
Production tutor
Graduated in Audiovisual Communication at UPF. He is the producer for Cafè per emportar (2014), La propera pell (2016) and Entre dos aguas (2018).
Clara Roquet
Directing advisor
Director and writer of Les bones nenes (2017) and winner of the Goya award for Best New Director with her first feature film Libertad (2021).
Carla Estivill
Sleep disorders advisor
Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). She is the director and head of investigation at Sleep Clinic Dr. Estivill. She specializes in insomnia and other sleep disorders.
Carolina Puiggròs
Stylist and fashion advisor
Fashion design student at IED (Istituto Europeo di Design) in Barcelona. She has helped us immerse ourselves in the highly complex creative processes behind each project, as well as provided orientation about the industry and materials to use for production design and props.