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09 BULL RUN
11 CARCELLER. EL HOMBRE QUE MURIÓ DOS VECES /
CARCELLER. THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE
13 DOMINGO DOMINGO
15 DYSTOPIA
17 EL AGUA / THE WATER
19 EL CLUB DEL PARO / THE UNEMPLOYMENT CLUB
21 EL LODO / WETLAND
23 EN TEMPORADA BAJA / LOW SEASON
25 FRANCISCO BRINES. ELS SIGNES REVELATS /
FRANCISCO BRINES. THE SIGNS UNVEILED
27 MONTESINOS. LES ALTRES CARES DEL MITE /
MONTESINOS. THE OTHER FACES OF THE MYTH
29 QUAN NO ACABA LA NIT /
WHEN THE NIGHT DOESN’T END
31 SOMNIS
33 TODA UNA VIDA / A LIFETIME

INDEX
35 TOSCANA
37 TÚ NO ERES YO / YOU’RE NOT ME
39 VASIL

DEVELOPMENT

43 BENDITA MARÍA / HOLY MARY

45 BODEGÓN CON FANTASMAS /
STILL LIFE WITH GHOSTS
47 EL ABISMO DEL OLVIDO /
FROM THE ABYSS OF OBLIVION
49 EQUIPO CRÓNICA. ARTE DE TRINCHERA /
EQUIPO CRÓNICA. ART OF THE TRENCHES
51 KAREN & JULIA
53 L’AGUAIT / THE LOOKOUT
55 MARISCAL
57 NENA / BABE
59 PACO ROCA, DIBUJANDO LA VIDA /
PACO ROCA, A DRAUGHTSMAN OF LIFE
61 PEQUEÑOS CALVARIOS / LITTLE TORMENTS
63 UN DIBUJANTE EN LA HABANA /
AN ARTIST IN HAVANA
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CATALOGUE COORDINATION
Nuria Vázquez Antón and
EDAV (Escriptors de l’Audiovisual Valencià)
GRAPHIC DESIGN Martín Gràfic
— international exposure to Valencian film production.
INSTITUT VALENCIÀ DE CULTURA
Audiovisual and Film Division
Pl. Ajuntament, 17 · Edifici Rialto · 46002 València (Spain)
(+34) 962 93 66 21 · audiovisual@ivc.gva.es
ivc.gva.es/es/audiovisuales
FILMS FROM
VALÈNCIA
The Institut Valencià de Cultura (IVC) is a public
institution, whose purpose is the development and
implementation of policy and cultural actions of
the Autonomous Government of the Valencian
Region, the Generalitat Valenciana.
The Audiovisual and Film division of the
Institut Valencià de Cultura promotes and gives
It carries out projects and initiatives in order to
favour distribution, development and exhibition of
Valencian films and works to ensure the continued
growth of the Valencian film industries.
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BULL RUN
A filmmaker gets hooked on cryptocurrency trading during
the pandemic. When her husband tricks her into going to
addiction therapy, she decides to regain everybody’s trust by
filming a documentary about the bitcoin fever… in order to
keep trading.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

ANA R AMÓN RUBIO . Director and writer.
Almost Ghosts, her debut film, won the Best
Documentary in Arizona International Film
Festival. Bull Run is her second feature film,
the first fully tokenized film in the blockchain.
COSABONA FILMS was founded in 2017 and is
dedicated to the production of feature films,
documentaries and short films. Chocapaquete,
La primera vegada, Ainhoa, Maldita, Amor en
polvo, Faces. It has participated in more than
500 Festivals and won more than 150 awards.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Cosabona Films | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023 | FORMAT Feature film | GENRE CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Cosabona Films | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Juanjo Moscardó |
Documentary | DURATION 78 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Ana Ramón Rubio | DOP Celia Riera | SCRIPT Ana Ramón Rubio TELEPHONE (+34) 669 684 617 | E-MAIL juanjo@cosabonafilms.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME Cosabona Films
| EDITING César García Camañas, Ana Ramón Rubio | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Juanjo Moscardó | TELEPHONE (+34) 669 684 617 | E-MAIL juanjo@cosabonafilms.com
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CARCELLER. EL HOMBRE
QUE MURIÓ DOS VECES
CARCELLER. THE MAN
WHO DIED TWICE
The regime of the dictator Franco, after winning the Spanish
Civil War, initiates a cruel repression in which Carceller is
shot and all his assets seized for publishing caricatures of
Franco, Hitler and Mussolini in his satirical magazine La
Traca. He also ordered all the magazines to be burned.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

RICARDO MACIÁN. Diploma in Screenwriting
from EICTV (Cuba) and the García Berlanga
Screenwriters School, and ‘Documentary
Filming’ (IORTV). TV special envoy (C9) to
conflict zones: Former Yugoslavia, Gulf War,
Albania, Somalia, Afghanistan, occupied
Sahara.
MEDITERRÁNEO MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT.
Founded in 2006, it is a film and TV production
company that has produced series and also
provides services to international productions.
Carceller. El hombre que murió dos veces
obtained the 2021 Berlanga Award for the best
documentary feature.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Mediterráneo Media Entertainment SL | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2021 | FORMAT DCP/4K CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Mediterráneo Media Entertainment SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Antonio
| GENRE Documentary about historical memory | DURATION 99 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Ricardo Macián | DOP Pablo Mansilla | TELEPHONE (+34) 669 400 177 | E-MAIL antonio@mediterraneomedia.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME
González, Pep Milán | SCRIPT Ricardo Macián | EDITING Miguel Ángel Villa Mediterráneo Media Entertainment SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Antonio Mansilla | TELEPHONE (+34) 669 400 177 |
E-MAIL antonio@mediterraneomedia.com
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DOMINGO
DOMINGO
Domingo is a go-getter farmer who keeps
a secret: a hidden tree with a new variety
of oranges. Will he be able to patent it and
confront the multinationals? In this battle
against Goliath, Domingo has plenty of
ingenuity and good humor to succeed.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

L AU R A GARCÍA AND REU is a filmmaker
and anthropologist. Co-director and co-
writer of the documentary [m]otherhood. Best
Documentary Short Film Award at Valencian
Film Academy Awards and Best Screenplay
Award at La Cabina Film Festival.
S U I C A F I LM S producesdocumentary and
fiction films. Their works have been awarded
or selected in competitions such as the
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at the Cannes Film
Festival (FR), San Sebastian Film Festival (SP)
and TIFF (CA), among many others.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES SUICAfilms, Studio Nominum | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023 | FORMAT Feature film | CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME SUICAfilms | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Rafa Molés | TELEPHONE
GENRE Documentary | DURATION 71 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Laura García Andreu | DOP José Luis González Iglesias | (+34) 657 456 403 | E-MAIL rafamoles@suicafilms.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME SUICAfilms | NAME OF
SCRIPT Laura García Andreu, Arunas Matelis | EDITING Sara Marco CONTACT PERSON Rafa Molés | TELEPHONE (+34) 657 456 403 | E-MAIL rafamoles@suicafilms.com
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DYSTOPIA
A minimalist black-and-white film in
which an African woman wanders around
the city of Valencia during the Falles, a
festivity full of music, noises, firecrackers.
She finds Bella, a Latin transsexual who
helps her to overcome that situation...

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

SAMUEL SEBASTIAN is an award-winning
filmmaker and human rights activist. Films
as director: Sabira. Shooting: Dystopia. Post-
production: Happy Unbirthday (2023), The Long
Night of the Imagination (2016), The Pause of the
Dead (2011), The First Silence (2006).
As a producer, SAMUEL SEBASTIAN has made
more than 20 shorts, documentaries and
feature films about human rights and social
issues.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Samuel Sebastian | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023 | FORMAT 6K | GENRE Drama | CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Samuel Sebastian | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Samuel Sebastian |
DURATION 77 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Samuel Sebastian | DOP Celia Riera | SCRIPT Samuel Sebastian | EDITING TELEPHONE (+34) 644 571 590 | E-MAIL sam@samuelsebastian.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME Samuel Sebastian
Samuel Sebastian | CAST Esther Mamadou, Jem Gil, Lucrecia Masserani | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Samuel Sebastian | TELEPHONE (+34) 644 571 590 | E-MAIL sam@samuelsebastian.com
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EL AGUA
THE WATER
It is summer in a small town in the south of Spain.
A storm threatens to overflow the river that runs
through it again. An old popular belief affirms that
some women are predestined to disappear with each
new flood because they have “the water inside”.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

ELENA LÓPEZ RIERA has directed the short
films Pueblo, Las vísceras and Los que desean
(nominated for the EFA Awards and winner
of the Pardino d’Oro at the Locarno Festival). El
agua, her first feature film, has been released
at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs.
S U I C A F I LM S producesdocumentary and
fiction films. Their works have been awarded
or selected in competitions such as the
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at the Cannes Film
Festival (FR), San Sebastian Film Festival (SP)
and TIFF (CA), among many others.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Alina Film, SUICAfilms, Les films du Worso | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2022 | FORMAT CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME SUICAfilms | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Rafa Molés |
Feature fiction film | GENRE Drama | DURATION 104 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Elena López Riera | DOP Giuseppe TELEPHONE (+34) 657 456 403 | E-MAIL rafamoles@suicafilms.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME
Truppi | SCRIPT Elena López Riera, Philippe Azoury | EDITING Raphaël Lefèvre | CAST Luna Pamies, Alberto Olmo, Nieve Elle Driver | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Shaïma Issaa | TELEPHONE (+33) 1 56 43 48 71 | E-MAIL
de Medina, Bárbara Lennie shaima@elledriver.eu
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EL CLUB DEL PARO

THE UNEMPLOYMENT CLUB
Every morning, four friends meet in a bar to have a few beers and fix the
world in their own way: criticising and ranting against everything and
everyone. They have something in common: they are totally opposite
to each other. And they are unemployed, well... all but one of them.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

DAVID MARQUÉS. Scriptwriter, filmmaker, he
is the author of Cualquiera, Aislados, Desechos,
Gods and Dogs. He also wrote the script for
Campeones, Goya for Best Film, selected by the
Academy to represent Spain at the Oscars.
Nominated for the Goya for Best Original
Screenplay.
S U NRIS E PI C TU RE S beganits activity in
2015. Its productions include Wetland, The
Unemployment Club and Formentera Lady.
And the television productions 22 Ángeles,
Assumptes interns, Tresors amb història and
Rutas bizarras.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Sunrise Pictures | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2021 | FORMAT DCP | GENRE Comedy| CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Sunrise Pictures | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Ramiro Acero
DURATION 83 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR David Marqués | DOP Guillem Oliver | SCRIPT David Marqués | EDITING Nacho | TELEPHONE (+34) 619 149 794 | E-MAIL ramiroacero@sunrisepictures.es | WORLD SALES COMPANY
Ruiz Capillas | CAST Carlos Areces, Fernando Tejero, Adrià Collado, Eric Francés NAME Vertice Cine | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON María Ojeda | TELEPHONE (+34) 917 940 600 |
E-MAIL maria.ojeda@vertice360.com
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EL LODO
WETLAND
As a severe drought punishes the vast
expanses of rice fields in eastern Spain,
the natural region of Laguna Blanca is
named a Nature Preserve. Ricardo arrives
in San Pedro to protect it. The struggle will
return into an unsustainable situation,
bringing about a tragic outcome.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

IÑAKI SÁNCHEZ ARRIETA has directed 13
short films and two documentary series
for television. In 2018 he directed his debut
feature, Zerø, a fantasy genre film, premiered
at Mostra de València - Cinema del Mediterrani
Film Festival. Zerø won the Best Film Award
at the FantBilbao and Algeciras Fantástika
festivals.
S U NRIS E PI C TU RE S beganits activity in
2015. Its productions include Wetland, The
Unemployment Club and Formentera Lady.
And the television productions 22 Ángeles,
Assumptes interns, Tresors amb història and
Rutas bizarras.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Sunrise Pictures | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2021 | FORMAT DCP | GENRE Thriller | CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Sunrise Pictures | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Ramiro Acero | TELEPHONE
DURATION 111 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Iñaki Sánchez Arrieta | DOP Guillem Oliver | SCRIPT Iñaki Sánchez Arrieta | (+34) 619 149 794 | E-MAIL ramiroacero@sunrisepictures.es | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME Film Factory Entertainment
EDITING Marta Salas | CAST Raúl Arévalo, Paz Vega, Roberto Álamo, Joaquín Climent, Susi Sánchez | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Vicente Canales | TELEPHONE (+34) 933 684 608 | E-MAIL v.canales@filmfactory.es
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EN TEMPORADA BAJA
LOW SEASON
The life of four men is in low season and for
economic reasons they are forced to live in a
campsite. The camaraderie between them will
help them overcome their peculiar way of seeing
life. While their “exes” are having a good time.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

DAVID MARQUÉS , Valencia 1972. Director
and screenwriter, known for his work in the
feature film En temporada baja (2022) produced
by TV ON Producciones, El Club del Paro (2021),
Descarrilados (2020), Campeones (2018), one of
the most successful Spanish movies, and Dioses
y Perros (2014).
T V ON PRODUCCIONES is an audiovisual
production company located in Valencia
(Spain). It was founded in 2000, with Paloma
Mora as CEO and producer, alongside a
professional team with a long trajectory in
the field. They produce feature films, animated
and fiction series for TV and short films.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES TV ON Producciones, Admirable Films | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2022 | FORMAT HD CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME TV ON Producciones | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Paloma Mora
| GENRE Comedy | DURATION 96 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR David Marqués | DOP Guillem Oliver | SCRIPT Asier | TELEPHONE (+34) 699 310 308 | E-MAIL palomamora@tvonproducciones.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY
Guerricaechevarría, David Marqués, Ion Iriarte, Javier Echániz | EDITING Vicente Ibáñez, Ernesto Arnal | CAST Antonio NAME Begin Again | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Gloria Bretones | TELEPHONE (+34) 671 182 051 | E-MAIL
Resines, Edu Soto, Coque Malla, Fele Martínez, Ana Milán, Rulo Pardo, Rosana Pastor, Junior Severo, Sergio Olmo gloria@beginagainsalesagency.com
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FRANCISCO BRINES.
ELS SIGNES REVELATS
FRANCISCO BRINES.
THE SIGNS UNVEILED
Documentary with reflections by the Valencian poet Francisco
Brines (1932-2021), winner of the Cervantes Prize 2020. It recovers
the voice of a unique author who speaks about life, doubts, his land
and culture. Several interviews with himself and relevant authors.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

RO SA N A PA S TO R after a great career as
an actress, directs the documentary about
Francisco Brines with great success, providing
an intimate vision with numerous audiovisual
rhetorical figures that bring the viewer closer
to the life of the poet.
GORGOS FILMS is a company founded in 2006
specializing in prestigious documentaries,
with the ‘Tiempo de Historia’ award from
Seminci for the documentary Las alas de la
vida (The Wings of Life), directed by Toni Canet.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Gorgos Films SL, Corporación RTVE, Mediterráneo Media Entertainment SL | YEAR OF CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Gorgos Films SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Antonio Mansilla
PRODUCTION 2022 | FORMAT DCP 4K | GENRE Documentary | DURATION 71 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Rosana Pastor | TELEPHONE (+34) 669 400 177 | E-MAIL gorgosfilms@yahoo.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME Mediterráneo
| SCRIPT Vicente Tamarit Media Entertainment SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Antonio Mansilla | TELEPHONE (+34) 669 400 177 |
E-MAIL antonio@mediterraneomedia.com
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MONTESINOS.
LES ALTRES CARES DEL MITE
MONTESINOS.
THE OTHER FACES
OF THE MYTH
Why did Almodóvar play Francis Montesinos and recreate
Las Ventas fashion show for the film Matador? Is the skirt
which Miguel Bosé wore previous to the one shown by Jean-
Paul Gaultier? Was his handkerchief shirt copied by Gianni
Versace? Was he the first designer to stamp denim clothes?

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

LAURA GRANDE. Degree in journalism from
Cardenal Herrera University. Master’s Degree
in Creation and Management of Audiovisual
Content from the UEM and Mediaset Spain.
More than 7 years presenting and conducting
live TV programmes and 6 years working as
a screenwriter and executive producer of art
documentaries.
ESTREL A AUDIOVISUAL is an audiovisual
production company founded in Spain in
2007. “We are passionate about documentaries
in general and art in particular. With these
projects we contribute to preserve and
spread our cultural treasure, looking for the
recognition and scope that our artists deserve”.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Estrela Audiovisual | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2022 | FORMAT 4K 2:35:1 | GENRE CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Estrela Audiovisual | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Ignacio
Biographical documentary | DURATION 72 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Laura Grande | DOP José Navarro | SCRIPT Josep Estrela | TELEPHONE (+34) 620 912 564 | E-MAIL ignacio@estrelaaudiovisual.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY
Lozano, Lluis Nadal | EDITING Ignacio Estrela NAME Estrela Audiovisual | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Laura Grande | TELEPHONE (+34) 676 956 709 |
E-MAIL laura@estrelaaudiovisual.com
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QUAN NO ACABA LA NIT

WHEN THE NIGHT
DOESN’T END
Four friends: Pol, Carlos, Cris and Fran, enter the world
of the Valencian nightlife of the 90s: La Ruta del Bakalao.
What started out as a way of having fun ends up being
the dream, and the life, of this group of friends.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

ÓSCAR MONTÓN has more than 20 years of
experience as a producer and operator in RTV.
He directed the biopic Luis Amigó, Mensaje de
vida and the short film El último mensaje. Quan
no acaba la nit is his first fiction feature film
as a director.
DAC SA PRODUCCIONS . Among his latest
film productions are titles such as: Mil coses
que faria per tu (2017) by Dídac Cervera, Persona
(no) humana (2022) by Álex Cuellar and Rafa G.
Sánchez, Camagroga (2020) by Alfonso Amador.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Audiovisuales Morvedre, Dacsa Produccions | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2022 | FORMAT CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Audiovisuales Morvedre SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Óscar Montón |
Color 16/9 HD | GENRE Drama | DURATION 99 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Óscar Montón | DOP David Montón | SCRIPT TELEPHONE (+34) 619 175 963 | E-MAIL oscar@emeeme.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME Audiovisuales Morvedre
Tirso Calero, Óscar Montón, Begoña Soler | EDITING Óscar Montón | CAST Sergio Castillo, Roberto Hoyo, Álex Peral, Álex SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Óscar Montón | TELEPHONE (+34) 619 175 963 | E-MAIL oscarmonton24@gmail.com
Monterde, Chimo Bayo
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SOMNIS
Somnis is born out of the frustration of broken dreams, where
five young film directors capture their dreams in time.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

CARLES ABAD TENT is a screenwriter and
director from Denia, Alicante. He studied film
directing and a master in fiction screenwriting
for Film and Television at the Barcelona Film
School. He has accumulated more than eighty
awards and selections in film festivals.
PI ART PRODUCCIONS is a Valencian film
production company whose aim is to produce
authentic films and cultural audiovisual
products with a broad artistic outlook.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Carles Abad Tent | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2022 | FORMAT Digital | GENRE Slow cinema CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME PI Art Produccions | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Carles Abad Tent
| DURATION 62 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Gabriela Alonso, Dani Jaén, Carles Abad Tent, Christine Lachapelle, Aces Nebur | TELEPHONE (+34) 825 851 136 | E-MAIL piartproduccions@gmail.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME PI Art
SCRIPT Carles Abad Tent | EDITING Carles Abad Tent | CAST Dani Jaén, Guillermo Garay, Joel Antonaia, Alejandro de la Torre Produccions | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Carles Abad Tent | TELEPHONE (+34) 644 887 113 | E-MAIL tentca@gmail.com
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TODA UNA VIDA

A LIFETIME
Paco (75) is madly in love with his wife, Trini (73). Due to a tragic
Alzheimer diagnosis, he makes the difficult decision to put her in a
nursing home, where he visits her daily. Through the eyes of Marta, their
granddaughter, we see their loving relationship through the years.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

MARTA ROMERO is a director based in Spain.
Her last documentary short film Facunda
premiered at IDFA. A Lifetime is her first feature
documentary, shot over 12 years. A delicate
approach to family, illness and the will of love.
P R OY E C TA F I LM S & M E D I A . Independent
p ro d u c t i o n c o m p a n y l o c a t e d i n t h e
Valencian Community specialised in highly
creative audiovisual content (fiction and
documentary). Its productions combine
not only reflective value, but also risk and
originality in its proposals.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Distinto Films SLU, Proyecta Films | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023 | FORMAT Feature film CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Distinto Films SLU | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Gerard Marginedas |
| GENRE Documentary | DURATION 72 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Marta Romero | DOP Marta Romero | SCRIPT Marta TELEPHONE (+34) 933 192 094 | E-MAIL gerard.marginedas@distintofilms.com
Romero | EDITING Florencia Aliberti | CAST Paco Coll, Trini Muñoz
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TOSCANA
An ex-cook traps a culinary critic at gunpoint in an Italian restaurant to
get the money the owner owes him. The crazy kidnapping sets up the worst
fears of everyone, creating a chaos of errors until the last minute.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

PAU DURÀ . Formentera Lady (2018), official
selection at Málaga Film Festival. Toscana
(2021), official selection at Málaga Film Festival.
Pájaros (2022), post-production.
GAIA AUDIOVISUALS was founded in 1998.
We specialize in producing quality fiction
films, documentaries and tv series. Gaia’s
productions have been awarded at the most
important festivals. Broadcasters and OTT
around the world such as ZDF, Arte, NETFLIX,
HBO, RTVE have acquired our productions.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Gaia Audiovisuals | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2021 | FORMAT DCP | GENRE Comedy | CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Gaia Audiovisuals | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Carles Pastor | TELEPHONE
DURATION 84 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Pau Durà | DOP Miquel Llorenç | SCRIPT Pau Durà | EDITING Irene Blecua | (+34) 607 302 403 | E-MAIL cpastor.gaia@gmail.com | WORLD SALES NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Carles Pastor |
CAST Francesc Orella, Edu Soto, Malena Alterio TELEPHONE (+34) 607 302 403 | E-MAIL cpastor.gaia@gmail.com
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TÚ NO ERES YO
YOU’RE NOT ME
After a long absence, Aitana returns home for Christmas and finds
that her parents have replaced her with a stranger who wears her
clothes, sleeps in her room and whom they treat like a daughter.

ABOUT THE DIRECTORS ABOUT THE COMPANY

MARISA CRESPO & MOISÉS ROMERA. Goya’s
nominated and Oscar’s shortlisted. Their
work perfectly combines entertainment and
reflection and has more than 320 awards,
1200 festival selections and millions of online
views. You’re not me is their debut feature.
P R OY E C TA F I LM S & M E D I A . Independent
p ro d u c t i o n c o m p a n y l o c a t e d i n t h e
Valencian Community specialised in highly
creative audiovisual content (fiction and
documentary). Its productions combine
not only reflective value, but also risk and
originality in its proposals.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Proyecta Films&Media | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023 | FORMAT DCP | GENRE Thriller CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Proyecta Films | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Marisa Crespo | TELEPHONE
| DURATION 100 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Marisa Crespo, Moisés Romera | DOP Víctor Entrecanales | SCRIPT Marisa (+34) 617 722 174 | E-MAIL marisa@proyectafilms.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME Proyecta Films&Media | NAME
Crespo, Moisés Romera | EDITING Moisés Romera | CAST Roser Tapias, Jorge Motos, Alfred Picó, Pilar Martínez, Pilar Almería, OF CONTACT PERSON Marisa Crespo | TELEPHONE (+34) 617 722 174 | E-MAIL marisa@proyectafilms.com
Álvaro Báguena
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VASIL
A retired architect accepts that a Bulgarian immigrant sleeps on his couch for
a few weeks. He doesn’t have a home but he is a bridge and chess champion.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

AVELINA PRAT combines her work as a script
for directors such as Fernando Trueba or Cesc
Gay with her career as a director. Vasil, her first
feature film, was premiered at the Warsaw IFF
and Valladolid IFF (Best Male Interpretation
Award).
DIFERENTE FILMS A .I.E ., based in the
Valencian Community, co-produces with
DISTINTO FILMS S.L.U., a production company
with more than 15 years of experience
producing films, supporting talented authors
and developing projects. They seek to explain
culturally relevant topics, usually with women
behind and in front of the camera.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Distinto Films SLU, Diferente Films AIE, Activist38 | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2022 | FORMAT CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Distinto Films | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Gerard Marginedas |
Feature film | GENRE Drama | DURATION 93 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Avelina Prat | DOP Santiago Racaj | SCRIPT TELEPHONE (+34) 933 192 094 | E-MAIL gerard.marginedas@distintofilms.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME
Avelina Prat | EDITING Juliana Montañés | CAST Ivan Barnev, Karra Elejalde, Alexandra Jiménez, Sue Flack, Susi Sánchez Castelao Pictures (Filmax) | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Antonio Fernández | TELEPHONE (+34) 933 368 552 |
E-MAIL filmaxint@filmax.com
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BENDITA MARÍA
HOLY MARY
When Maria, a very devout old woman, finds out that she
is going to be evicted, she has no other way out than to
try to steal the money that her church has set aside for
the restoration of their beloved Virgin. To do this, she
will have the help of Edu, a minor under guardianship,
who is about to come of age and be homeless.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

(TO BE CONFIRMED) ADMIRABLE FILMS is an audiovisual
production company located in Valencia
(Spain). Founded in 2016, their team is made
up of highly experienced professionals in the
field of audiovisual production. They develop
and produce their own animation, fiction and
documentary projects.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Admirable Films | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2025 | FORMAT Feature film | GENRE CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Admirable Films | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Victoria Pérez |
Dramedy | DURATION 90 min | CREDITS SCRIPT María Mínguez TELEPHONE (+34) 648 270 930 | E-MAIL admirablefilmsproduccion@gmail.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY
NAME Admirable Films | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Victoria Pérez | TELEPHONE (+34) 648 270 930 |
E-MAIL admirablefilmsproduccion@gmail.com
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BODEGÓN CON FANTASMAS

STILL LIFE WITH GHOSTS
Five different intertwined stories about ghosts and living
habitants of a small village in rural Spain, all of them facing
their own problems in different and singular situations.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

E N RI QU E B U LEO directs Decorosa and El
infierno y tal (Gijón Film Festival and Special
Jury Mention at the Clermont Ferrand Festival).
Las Visitantes has been selected in Torino Short
Pitch, Curtas Vila do Conde and Gijón Film
Festival.
First collaboration between QUATRE FILMS,
IKKI FILMS and CUIDADO CON EL PERRO.
Three production companies with a long
background in the national and international
industry, which have been nominated in
awards such as the Oscars and Goya.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Quatre Films, Cuidado con el perro, Ikki Films | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023 | FORMAT 8K CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Quatre Films Audiovisuales SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Alejandra Mora
| GENRE Dramatic comedy | DURATION 90 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Enrique Buleo | SCRIPT Enrique Buleo | TELEPHONE (+34) 636 903 151 | E-MAIL amora@quatrefilms.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME Elamedia | NAME
OF CONTACT PERSON Alejandra Mora | TELEPHONE (+34) 636 903 151 | E-MAIL amora@quatrefilms.com
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EL ABISMO DEL OLVIDO

FROM THE ABYSS
OF OBLIVION
In the darkest moments of the Spanish Civil War, a silent
hero is the protagonist of the most moving story. Years later,
with his story almost forgotten, the draughtsman Paco Roca
rescues it with his characteristic simplicity and depth.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

BATISTE MIGUEL is a Valencian filmmaker
specialised in documentaries. With more than
30 years of experience, his documentaries have
been broadcast on television all over the world.
DOCU PRODUCCIONES SL was founded in
2008 by filmmaker Batiste Miguel. Over the last
15 years it has produced documentaries of all
kinds that have been broadcast on televisions
all over the world.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Docu Producciones SL | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023 | FORMAT 4K | GENRE Documentary CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Docu Producciones SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Joan Baptista Miguel
| DURATION 70 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Batiste Miguel, Paco Roca | DOP Manuel Pascual | SCRIPT Batiste Miguel, Paco Sanz | TELEPHONE (+34) 675 058 009 | E-MAIL produccion@docuproducciones.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME
Roca | EDITING Yago Muñiz | CAST Paco Roca Docu Producciones SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Joan Baptista Miguel Sanz | TELEPHONE (+34) 675 058 009 | E-MAIL
produccion@docuproducciones.com
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EQUIPO CRÓNICA.
ARTE DE TRINCHERA
EQUIPO CRÓNICA.
ART OF THE TRENCHES
Equipo Crónica Manifesto “The hand of the artist must
hold the paintbrush and spatula as workers and labourers
hold their work tools, in order to advance our society”.

ABOUT THE DIRECTORS ABOUT THE COMPANIES

FELIPE VILLAPLANA & RAFAEL SESA are the
directors and creators of several animation
series. They have developed the graphic
line of many television programmes and
documentaries.
ESTRELA AUDIOVISUAL was founded in 2007.
Dedicated to the production of feature films,
documentaries and TV programmes.
ZOOTROPO STUDIO , audiovisual production
company and creative agency. With more than
20 years of experience, the secret of success lies
in WHERE WE ARE.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Estrela Audiovisual, Zootropo Studio | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023 | FORMAT 4K 16:9 | CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Estrela Audiovisual | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Laura Grande |
GENRE Biographical documentary | DURATION 75 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Felipe Villaplana, Rafael Sesa | DOP Israel TELEPHONE (+34) 676 956 709 | E-MAIL laura@estrelaaudiovisual.es | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME Estrela
Sánchez-Beato Berruezo | SCRIPT Carlos López Olano | EDITING Felipe Villaplana, Rafael Sesa Audiovisual, Zootropo Studio | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Ignacio Estrela | TELEPHONE (+34) 620 912 564 |
E-MAIL ignacio@estrelaaudiovisual.es
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KAREN & JULIA

Julia is an energetic old woman with an early stage of Alzheimer’s
whose daughter wants her to be admitted into a nursing
home. To avoid this, she will flee with Karen, her Bolivian
caretaker, on a journey to try to regain control of their lives.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

IÑAKI SÁNCHEZ ARRIETA has written and
directed 13 short films, 2 documentary series
and worked in more than 30 films as an
assistant director. Recently, he has directed 2
feature films, Zerø and Wetland.
CAMINO A GARAITONDO is the union of El
Camino, Inaudita and Maluta*Films. They have
produced 6 feature films, 24 short films, having
achieved selections and awards in festivals
such as San Sebastián, Locarno, Tampere,
Edmonton, Zinebi or Cinema Jove.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Camino a Garaitondo AIE | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2024 | FORMAT 4K | CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Camino a Garaitondo AIE | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Jorge
GENRE Touching comedy | DURATION 95 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Iñaki Sánchez Arrieta | SCRIPT Iñaki Sánchez Acosta | TELEPHONE (+34) 610 159 720 | E-MAIL jorge.acosta@somospasarela.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY
Arrieta, Fernando Navarro | CAST Petra Martínez NAME Camino a Garaitondo AIE | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Jorge Acosta | TELEPHONE (+34) 610 159 720 |
E-MAIL jorge.acosta@somospasarela.com
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L’AGUAIT
THE LOOKOUT
Teresa Pla, an intersex man, struggles to be recognized
as a man within the archaic Spanish society of the early
and mid-20th century while suffering persecution
from guerrillas, bandits and the Civil Guard.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

MARC ORTIZ (1979) has a degree in Art History
and a Higher Graduate from ESCAC, he is a
director and screenwriter. His films have been
awarded at Malaga Film Festival, Milan Design
Film Festival, New York Experimental Film
Festival or Los Angeles Experimental Forum…
L’Aguait will be his first feature film.
ADMIRABLE FILMS is an audiovisual
production company located in Valencia
(Spain). Founded in 2016, their team is made
up of highly experienced professionals in the
field of audiovisual production. They develop
and produce their own animation, fiction and
documentary projects.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Admirable Films SL | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2024 | FORMAT Feature film | CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Admirable Films SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Victoria Pérez | TELEPHONE
GENRE Drama Biopic | DURATION 90 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Marc Ortiz | DOP Alberto Bañares | SCRIPT (+34) 648 270 930 | E-MAIL produccion@tvonproducciones.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME Admirable Films SL |
Marc Ortiz | EDITING Vicente Ibáñez | CAST Enric Auquer, Ivan Benet, Júlia Molins NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Victoria Pérez | TELEPHONE (+34) 648 270 930 | E-MAIL produccion@tvonproducciones.com
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MARISCAL
The transition from dictatorship to democracy,
the birth of underground comics, the design boom
in Spain, the miraculous nineties... Mariscal’s
life and work is the portrait of an entire era. The
story of a man who conquered the world and
had to lose everything to find himself again.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

LAURA GRANDE. Degree in journalism from
Cardenal Herrera University. Master’s Degree
in Creation and Management of Audiovisual
Content from the UEM and Mediaset Spain.
More than 7 years presenting and conducting
live TV programmes and 6 years working as
a screenwriter and executive producer of art
documentaries.
ESTREL A AUDIOVISUAL is an audiovisual
production company founded in Spain in
2007. “We are passionate about documentaries
in general and art in particular. With these
projects we contribute to preserve and
spread our cultural treasure, looking for the
recognition and scope that our artists deserve”.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Estrela Audiovisual | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023 | FORMAT 4K 2:35:1 | GENRE CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Estrela Audiovisual | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Ignacio
Biographical documentary | DURATION 75 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Laura Grande | DOP José Navarro | SCRIPT Estrela | TELEPHONE (+34) 620 912 564 | E-MAIL ignacio@estrelaaudiovisual.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY
Mariano López | EDITING Ignacio Estrela NAME Estrela Audiovisual | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Laura Grande | TELEPHONE (+34) 676 956 709 |
E-MAIL laura@estrelaaudiovisual.es
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NENA
BABE
Spain, summer 1987. Estela takes her son, Marc (10)
and her daughter Empar (6) to spend a few days
with her sister Lola and her husband. It’s the first
time they are away from their parents, who are
separating. Through Marc’s eyes we will discover the
hidden love story between his aunt Lola and Elsa.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

G A B I O C H OA was the screenwriter and
director of the feature film Love is not what
it used to be (2013), produced by TV ON
Producciones. Co-creator and co-screenwriter
of the series Sin Huellas for Amazon Studios.
Film adaptation of his play The correct wars
(2015) for Álamo Producciones.
T V ON PRODUCCIONES is an audiovisual
production company located in Valencia
(Spain). It was founded in 2000, with Paloma
Mora as CEO and producer, alongside a
professional team with a long trajectory in
the field. They produce feature films, animated
and fiction series for TV and short films.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES TV ON Producciones | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023-2024 | FORMAT Feature film | GENRE CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME TV ON Producciones | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Paloma Mora
Dramedy | DURATION 90 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Gabi Ochoa | DOP (to be confirmed) | SCRIPT Gabi Ochoa | EDITING | TELEPHONE (+34) 699 310 308 | E-MAIL palomamora@tvonproducciones.com | WORLD SALES COMPANY
Vicente Ibáñez | CAST Lorena López, Valeria Bertuccelli, Juan Diego Botto, Laura Romero, María Almudéver NAME TV ON Producciones | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Paloma Mora | TELEPHONE (+34) 699 310 308 |
E-MAIL palomamora@tvonproducciones.com
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PACO ROCA,
DIBUJANDO LA VIDA
PACO ROCA,
A DRAUGHTSMAN OF LIFE
An extraordinary draughtsman who has turned comics
into an art capable of deeply moving us: Paco Roca.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR ABOUT THE COMPANY

BATISTE MIGUEL is a Valencian filmmaker
specialised in documentaries. With more than
30 years of experience, his documentaries have
been broadcast on television all over the world.
DOCU PRODUCCIONES SL was founded in
2008 by filmmaker Batiste Miguel. Over the last
15 years it has produced documentaries of all
kinds that have been broadcast on televisions
all over the world.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Docu Producciones SL | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023 | FORMAT 4K | GENRE Documentary CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Docu Producciones SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Joan Baptista Miguel
| DURATION 70 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Batiste Miguel | DOP Manuel Pascual | SCRIPT Batiste Miguel | EDITING Yago Sanz | TELEPHONE (+34) 675 058 009 | E-MAIL produccion@docuproducciones.com WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME
Muñiz | CAST Paco Roca Docu Producciones SL | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Joan Baptista Miguel Sanz | TELEPHONE (+34) 675 058 009 | E-MAIL
produccion@docuproducciones.com
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PEQUEÑOS CALVARIOS
LITTLE TORMENTS
Five stories that speak of human miseries, how we relate to the
world and our desire to simply live in peace. From different points
of view, we will see how that peace can be easily truncated.

ABOUT THE DIRECTORS ABOUT THE COMPANY

THE P O LO B ROTHERS have directed two
documentary feature films; Europe in 8 Bits,
broadcasted in more than twenty countries
and The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo selected
in SXSW. Lo Carga el Diablo is their first fiction
film, recently shot.
LOS HERMANOS POLO is a production
company specialised in ground-breaking
projects where dark comedy, surrealism and
trips with saturated colors are always welcome.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Los Hermanos Polo, Japonica Films | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023 | FORMAT 4K Color | CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Los Hermanos Polo | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Borja Aracil | TELEPHONE
GENRE Dark comedy | DURATION 90-100 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Javier Polo, Guillermo Polo | SCRIPT Enric Pardo, David (+34) 627 781 163 | E-MAIL borja@loshermanospolo.com WORLD SALES COMPANY NAME Japonica Films | NAME OF
Pascual, Guillermo Guerrero | CAST Ernesto Alterio, Berta Vázquez, Arturo Valls, Fele Martínez, Marta Belenguer, Vito Sanz CONTACT PERSON Gerard Rodríguez | TELEPHONE (+34) 649 911 573 | E-MAIL gerard@japonicafilms.com
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UN DIBUJANTE
EN LA HABANA
AN ARTIST
IN HAVANA
Admired in his beloved Cuba, but forgotten
in his native Valencia, this is the story of
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, one of the most
prolific graphic designers and cartoonists
of the golden age of Cuban art.

ABOUT THE DIRECTORS ABOUT THE COMPANY

LAURA PÉREZ GÓMEZ . Writer and director,
she has written and directed several short
fiction films and commercials since 2009, as
well as participating in other film projects as
a production manager.
R AFAEL C A SAÑ GARNELO . Director and
screenwriter with extensive experience in
developing fiction projects, documentaries
and television series.
INAUDITA is a film production company based
in Valencia (Spain). Its productions have been
bought by broadcasters such as Movistar+
or À Punt. They’re now developing several
productions including a feature film, a TV
series and several documentaries and also
shooting a documentary film.

TECHNICAL DATA COMPANIES Inaudita SLU | YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2023-2024 | FORMAT Apple ProRes 422 HQ UHD | CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME Inaudita SLU | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Laura Pérez Gómez | TELEPHONE
GENRE Documentary | DURATION 90 min | CREDITS DIRECTOR Laura Pérez Gómez, Rafael Casañ Garnelo | DOP David (+34) 645 869 249 / (+34) 610 159 720 | E-MAIL lauraperezgomez@gmail.com / jorge.acosta@somospasarela.com | WORLD
Molina Pérez | SCRIPT Laura Pérez Gómez, Rafael Casañ Garnelo | EDITING David Molina Pérez SALES COMPANY NAME Inaudita SLU | NAME OF CONTACT PERSON Jorge Acosta | TELEPHONE (+34) 610 159 720 |
E-MAIL jorge.acosta@somospasarela.com
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CONSELLERIA D’EDUCACIÓ, CULTURA I ESPORT
GENERALITAT VALENCIANA

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