ADA FOR MAYOR

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a documentary film by Pau Faus

Original Title: ALCALDESSA (Spain, 2016) | 85 min | Color | 16:9 | Catalan & Spanish (Eng Subs) | Distributed by
Taskovski Films | Directed by Pau Faus | Written by Pau Faus & Ventura Durall | Produced by Nanouk Films

FESTIVALS (Updated March 2017) : Festival de Malaga (Spain) | DocsBarcelona (Spain) | DOK Leipzig (Germany)
Alcances (Spain) | This Human World (Austria) | FIPA (France) | CCFF (Denmark) | CineLatino (Tubingen)
One world (Czech Republic) | ZagrebDOX (Croatia) | One World (Romania) | IberoDocs (UK) | DOXA (Canada)

KEY WORDS
Citizen activism; Barcelona en Comu; New political platform; Former activist Ada Colau;
Barcelona first female major; Video-diary; Chronicle; Documentary; Revolution; Catalonia

SYNOPSIS
ADA FOR MAYOR follows former activist Ada Colau for one year, from her time spent organ-
izing the anti-eviction fight in Barcelona to the day she is sworn-in as its mayor. The intimate
chronicle (featuring Colaus own video diary) and the privileged access to the inner-workings
of a new citizen platform reveal an extraordinary journey in which two prevalent themes are
united: a historic victory illustrative of the political changes taking place in southern Europe,
and the inner struggle of someone who fears becoming what she has so often questioned.

PAU FAUS
Barcelona, Spain (1974). Architect, activist, visual artist & documentary filmmaker. In 2013,
creates Comando Video, a service for social movements to document their daily work that gives
rise to his first medium-length film S se puede. Seven days at the PAH Barcelona (2014) about the
fight against evictions in Spain. ADA FOR MAYOR is his first full-length film. www.paufaus.net

LINKS ON ADA COLAU UNIVERSITY FARES

Ada Colau, nueva alcaldesa de Barcelona
LA VANGUARDIA (Spain)
De lder contra los desahucios a primera
alcaldesa de Barcelona - EL MUNDO (Spain)
Is this the worlds most radical mayor?
THE GUARDIAN (UK)
Barcelonas new mayor wants to send
tourists packing - BLOOMBERG (USA)
Welcome to sunny Barcelona, where
goverment embraces coops, citizen activism
& solar energy - THE NATION (USA)
Ada Colau: Europes 5th most influential
person - POLITICO (USA)
Public screening* 250$/230/200
Directors Skype Lecture 150$/140/120
(*) Using your own Dvd disc or asking for a temporary
Vimeo link or file to be sent.
CONTACT
Pau Faus (Films director)
paufausinfo@gmail.com
DVD AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
FNAC (Spanish web) Amazon (English web)