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01/02/2013
Violet, the Courtesan has its première in Asia at the Script Film Festival of India.
28/01/2013
The first award of the year is for Violet, the Courtesan and comes from Italy: San Salvario Film Festival.
07/01/2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!
21/12/2012
We celebrate the end of the year with two more awards for my short film Violet, the Courtesan coming from Italy: Omovies Festival and Cortiamo Festival. Congratulations to all the crew and Merry Christmas to all of you!
16/11/2012
Citizen of the World, my long-awaited first feature film, is moving a step ahead. Magical, the public audiovisual institution settled in Lleida (Spain), will provide 15% of the total budget and will enter the project as co-producers.
22/10/2012
Violet, the Courtesan is providing more good news as awards keep coming. Best Short Film at the Movieclub Film Festival, Best Short Film at Metricamente Corto Festival, Best Actress (Estefania Rius) at the Festival Villanova in Corto and Honorific Jury Mention at the Nasicae Short Movie Festival.
17/09/2012
Violet, the Courtesan is, once more, awarded. Best Foreign Short at the Golfo dei Poeti Film Festival and Best Actress (Estefania Rius) at the Festival I Corti sul Lettino.
15/08/2012
Violet, the Courtesan has received six awards in just a month from film festivals in France, Italy and Spain.
09/07/2012
OUTSTANDING NEWS! Violet, the Courtesan has been premièred this weekend in three different festivals and... WE GOT THREE AWARDS! Juliet Berto Award at the Grenoble Film Festival (France), Best Short Film "Terres de Lleida" at the Cercacurts Film Festival (Spain) and Special Mention at the Camfemlav Film Festival (Italy). Congratulations to all the team!
30/06/2012
We were in Kosovo to assist to the screening of Homemade Food at the Shqip Film Festival. We got the Best Actor Award (Eduard Muntada)
28/05/2012
Two more awards for Homemade Food! Best Short Film at the Valsusa Filmfest and Best Short Film Section Slow Food at the Festival Corti da Sogni, both in Italy
23/04/2012
Violet, the Courtesan, David's last short film, starts in the film festival circuit!
21/03/2012
The Solofra Film Festival in Italy has given to Homemade Food the Best Actor award. Congratulations to Eduard for his outstanding performance in the film!
10/02/2012
David and his brother Antoni are writing together a new script. It’s a rural thriller based on true facts.
01/01/2012
Happy New Films to everybody!
05/12/2011
Homemade Food receives yet another award! Best Short Film in the Dialettando Section at the Cortolandria Short Film Festival in Italy
30/11/2011
Homemade Food has been awarded with public funding by the ICAA in Spain
27/10/2011
The première of Violeta, the Courtesan has been a success! The Cafè del Teatre in Lleida (Spain) was full of cinema-goers
27/09/2011
The première of Violeta, the Courtesan, my last short film, will be on 26/10/2011 at the Cafè del Teatre of Lleida, Spain
06/09/2011
Two more awards for Homemade Food! Best Short Film at two Italian festivals: the Villammare Film Festival and the Fluvione Corto Festival
03/08/2011
FIRST AWARD for Homemade Food! The Bovino Independent Short Film Festival, in Italy, has awarded Homemade Food with the Best Foreign Short Film prize
08/07/2011
David has just finished writing the first draft of Empty Lives, an action thriller feature film
15/06/2011
Homemade Food starts the long journey at the film festival circuit
19/05/2011
Cannes has been a rewarding experience. Lots of contacts and possibilities to develop exciting projects
09/05/2011
David will go to the Cannes Film Festival from 13th to 17th May.
26/04/2011
David and other three European filmmakers have been selected by the Festival delle Lettere in Milan (Italy) to make a short film about a letter written by actor Vittorio Gassman.
04/04/2011
The Londoner has been chosen by the European Babylon scheme to go to Cannes to secure some funding with potential investors.
14/03/2011
We already have a date for the premiere of Homemade Food, the short film that David shot in October last year: 25th May 2011 in Lleida, Spain.
17/02/2011
The shooting of The Gold from the West, the documentary about organic olive oil in Lleida (Spain) directed by David has ended. Editing starts…
14/01/2011
The script The Londoner, David’s feature film directional debut, has been selected among 14 international scripts to be part of the Babylon program organized by the European Union. This scheme will take place in Holland, during the Rotterdam Film Festival (1st to 4th February).
04/01/2011
David has gone to Noci, in the South of Italy, to be part as a member of the jury of the Serial Writer contest organized by the Noci Film Festival.
01/01/2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY!!!!
16/11/2010
David has finished writing two children’s books: The Old Olive Tree and The Girl Who Wanted to Touch the Sky.
31/10/2010
The shooting of short films Violet, the courtesan, and Homemade Food is over. The shooting has taken place in Lleida (Spain) over a period of five nights.
20/09/2010
David will start shooting his first documentary about organic olive oil during the Congress of the Spanish Association of Organic Agriculture that will take place from 6th to 9th October in Lleida, Spain.
03/08/2010
David is working with Spanish ilustrator Víctor Rivas in the making of his first children’s book.
19/07/2010
David is working on the pre-production of his two short films: Violet, the courtesan, and Homemade Food. He will shoot them back to back at the end of October.
22/06/2010
The Institut Municipal d’Acció Cultural from Lleida (Spain) has secured some funding to produce David’s short Homemade Food.
24/05/2010
Kayono Wakao, a Japanese producer, has started to work with David regarding Empty Lives, a thriller that David will start writing after the summer.
23/04/2010
David has got support from Doblebanda Producciones in Barcelona (Spain) to develop The Transferers of Oranges, a two-episode telemovie.
15/03/2010
Life and Pictures, a production company based in Barcelona (Spain) has shown an interest to produce The Londoner, David’s first feature film.
03/02/2010
Hélène Legrais, a French writer, is working in partnership with David on the adaptation of her book La transbordeuse d'oranges.
06/01/2010
In Bio Veritas is the first project of the year for David: a documentary about the organic wines in France, Italy and Spain.
12/12/2009
Once again, David goes to Alcamo, in Sicily, to be part of the jury of the Cortiamo Short Film Festival.
30/11/2009
David is going to the Media Forum in Barcelona (Spain) to get in touch with different producers interested in producing his first feature film.
12/10/2009
David is working on the research of Empty Lives, what will be his next feature film script.
09/09/2009
David is working with the crew of Recreate Productions on the contents of their new website (www.recreateproductions.com). It will be available very soon.
08/08/2009
David is developing several ideas for different TV channels.
14/07/2009
Lo Cercacurts Film Festival, has awarded David’s Save the World with the Best Short Film from Lleida Prize. This is the 60th award that his short film wins at the international film festival circuit.
06/06/2009
David is working alongside Raúl Ruiz Miquel, a Spanish screenwriter, on the development of Homemade Food, his new short film. Raúl developed the story a few years ago and David will direct it in the following months.
31/05/2009
David goes to Marseille, in the South of France, to run his screenwriting course during the Etangs d’Arts Film Festival.
19/05/2009
For the first time, David has partnered with his brother Antoni to develop a new television series for a Spanish TV channel.
08/04/2009
Italian director Sergio Cannella is becoming a new member of Recreate Productions, David’s film production company.
02/03/2009
David and Marcella Aguessy are working together on the development of the characters in “Violeta”, the new short film that David expects to direct at the end of the year.
13/02/2009
David is a member of the jury at the Cabestany Short Film Festival in Perpignan (France) that will take place this weekend.
26/01/2009
The new year starts with many projects for David, mainly the production of his first feature film, the development of another script and the co-production of a short film with Italian director Sergio Cannella.
31/12/2008
The last award of the year comes from Spain. The Res Non Verba Short Film Festival has given the Best Short Film Award to Save the World. Two years ago Djamel’s Eyes, David’s previous short film, was awarded with a Special Mention.
16/12/2008
David has participated as member of the jury at the Film Festival del Garda and as president of the jury at the Cortiamo Film Festival both in Italy.
15/11/2008
Another award coming from Italy. Save the World won the Best Short Film Award at the Artemista Short Film Festival in Putigniano.
10/11/2008
Italian and French festivals award Save the World one more time. The C.V.A. Film Festival of les Pennes-Mirabeau in France gives it the Special Jury Award and the Filmlab Short Film Festival of Brescia in Italy the Best Foreign Short Film Award.
28/10/2008
Save the World won the award for Best Short Film at the Som Cinema Film Festival of Mollerussa (Spain). The very same weekend, another award came from the other side of the pond: Best Director at the Director’s Chair Film Festival of New York (U.S.A.).
17/09/2008
Save the World receives six awards in less than a fortnight. Best Short Film, Best Director and Best Script at the Corti Senza Limiti Film Festival in Frigento, Italy. The other three awards came from the International Film Festival of Bueu in Spain: Best Short Film, Best Director and Best Editing.
18/08/2008
The Ephizephiry Short Film Festival in Sant’Ilario dello Junio (Italy) has awarded Save the World with the Best Script Award. Another festival in Argentina, the Independent Film Festival Escobar de Película, has awarded the film with the Best International Short Film prize.
06/07/2008
Another “hat trick” for Save the World: Best Short Film, Best Director and “La Città della Utoppia” Award at the Festival Cinema Libero in Rome, Italy. Another festival in Italy, the Cortoacquario Film Festival in Santa Marinella, awards Djamel's Eyes with the Special Jury Mention.
23/06/2008
Two more awards, but this time for another short film: Djamel's Eyes. Both awards come from Italy: Best Short Film (section “The Sea”) at the Tropea Film Festival and Second Award at the Brescello Film Festival.
11/06/2008
Save the World is almost at the end of the festival circuit. However, more awards keep coming. This time it was the European Sogni Award at the Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci Film Festival in Ravenna, Italy, and the Best Script Award at the Alto Vicentino Film Festival in Santorso, Italy.
01/06/2008
More awards for Save the World coming from Italy: Best Short Film and Best Actor at the Corto Circuito Film Festival in Livorno and Third Award at the Kimera Film Festival in Termoli.
18/05/2008
First award for Save the World in Colombia: Honorific Mention at the Cine a la Calle Film Festival in Barranquilla. The Cuveglio Film Festival in Italy also awards the film with the Best Director Award.
05/05/2008
May starts with more awards for Save the World. Special Mention at the Festival Etangs d’Arts in Marseille, France, Best Short Film and Audience Award at the Fic-Cat Festival in Roda de Berà, Spain, and Best Foreign Short Film at the Corto in Stabia Film Festival in Castellammare, Italy.
07/04/2008
Second hat trick for Save the World in the film festival circuit. It was in Italy at the Solofra Film Festival: Audience Award, Best Script and Best Actor.
26/03/2008
The American continent also recognises Save the World with the Best Short Film Award at the Long Island University Film Festival of New York. Also in Europe there were two Festivals that awarded the short film: the Jury Award at the Orléans Video Festival in France and the New Visions Award at the 35mm Film Festival of Bitonto in Italy.
28/02/2008
One more time, Italy recognises Save the World with two more awards. The first one in Naples at the ‘O Curt Short Film Festival with the Students Award and the second one in Torino at the Corto in Volta Film Festival with the Best Short Film Award.
30/01/2008
For the first time Save the World gets three awards in just one festival. It was at the Cercola Film Festival in Naples, Italy: Best Photography, Best Editing and the Students Award.
14/01/2008
First two awards of the year for Save the World: Best Short Film at the International Festival of Digital Cinema Viña del Mar (Chile), and Special Audience Mention at the Festival Pontino del Cortometraggio (Italy).
19/12/2007
Five more awards for Save the World in just three weeks: Best Short Film at the Vila de Noia Short Film Festival (Spain), Special Jury Mention at the Film Festival del Garda (Italy), Special Jury Mention at the Short Film Festival Ca Revolta (Spain), Winner of the Young Directors Forum at the Méribel Advertising Festival (France), and Best Short Film at the Cortiamo Film Festival of Sicily (Italy).
26/11/2007
A hectic but intense weekend in Spain. David personally receives the award for Best Short Film at the Soria-Castilla y León Short Film Festival and also the Best Short Film at the Enkarzine Film Festival of Zalla, Bilbao.
10/11/2007
The first award David receives in South America doesn’t come alone: Best Short Film and Best Director at the Lucas Demare Film Festival of Olavarría, in Argentina.
29/10/2007
Two more festivals recognise David’s Save the World. In Italy the Yasujiro Ozu Film Festival gives him the Best Short Film Award and the 24fps Short Film Festival in Abilene, Texas (U.S.A.) gives the Silver Medal Award and the Best Screenplay Award.
01/09/2007
The Villammare Film Festival awards Save the World with the Best Short Film Award. It's the fourth award in less than two weeks.
25/08/2007
David flies to Noci in lovely Puglia (Italy) to assist to the Noci Cinema Film Festival. He receives two more awards: the Critics Award and the Best Foreign Short Film Award.
19/08/2007
Save the World gets the Audience Award at the Anonimul Film Festival. David was there to receive the award.
12/08/2007
The Festival Anonimul in Romania takes place from the 13th to the 18th August. David will assist the festival by the Black Sea during those dates.
10/07/2007
David and Antoni keep working on the pre-production of The Londoner, while British screenwriter Matthew Gunn helps David to polish some details of the script. In the meantime, Save the World is getting selected in different festivals in Europe, Australia and the US.
23/06/2007
The very same day that David’s daughter is born, his short film Save the World wins its first awards at the Festival El Sector of Madrid, Spain: Best Short Film and Best Photography.
23/06/2007
David’s second daughter Nailah is born. She weights 3.850 Kgs. Both mother and daughter are fine after a 20-hour labour.
22/05/2007
David and his brother/partner Antoni go to Cannes to promote Save the World and introduce Recreate Productions to industry professionals.
16/05/2007
Save the World premieres at the Short Film Corner in Cannes. The film finally has its first audience. The film website is also launched: www.savetheworldthefilm.com.
14/05/2007
David and his brother Antoni launch Recreate Productions (www.recreateproductions.com), a London-based film production company.
02/05/2007
First casting for The Londoner takes place in London.
12/04/2007
The final cut of Save the World is ready. The short film is sent to Cannes to premiere at the Short Film Corner during the Festival.
14/03/2007
David signs a non-exclusive agreement with the Con-Can Movie Festival to distribute Djamel's Eyes.
09/03/2007
The offline of Save the World is over. We start with the music and sound design.
20/02/2007
Djamel's Eyes is sold to Canal Extremadura in Spain.
01/02/2007
Djamel's Eyes is broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom.
10/01/2007
David finishes his latest script The Londoner.
27/12/2006
Djamel's Eyes is awarded with the Special Mention Award at the Res Non Verba Film Festival of Lleida, Spain.
18/12/2006
The voice over for Save The World is recorded at Channel 4.
18/11/2006
First cut of Save The World. There is a lot of work to do...
04/11/2006
Graduation ceremony. David graduates at Birkbeck University of London. He has studied a BA in Film and Media.
19-22/10/2006
David flies to Los Angeles to assist to the Expo 5.
01/10/2006
After many production problems the shooting of Save The World ends.
29/09/2006
Stars the shooting of Save The World.
09/2006
David partners with Albert Ardiaca to build a website to promote his work.