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El Cuarto Reino

El Cuarto Reino

El Cuarto Reino

2019

Primo premio

 The apotheosis of observational documentaries. A film that watches without judging, and can win the heart thanks to the power of directing and the explosive strength of places.

Synopsis

In a redemption center on the outskirts of New York, undocumented illegal aliens and underdogs have a shared disappointment in the American Dream. Responding to this false promise, Ana, Walter, Eugene, Pierre and René, will find in each other’s company, answers to cosmic mysteries and existential questions that make us all human. Dreams don’t die if the journey continues, regardless of origins and destinations.

Biography and filmography

Alex Lora, winner of a New York Emmy®, finalist for the Oscars®-Student Academy Awards, and winner of a Gaudi® Catalan Academy Award after being nominated on three occasions, is a Spanish filmmaker based in New York City who has screened twice at Sundance Film Festival as Official Selection. Listed as one of the top 10 promising young Spanish directors to watch for in Variety's Cannes Edition of 2014,his work has received over 100 awards, being officially selected in some of the most internationally-acclaimed film festivals. Alex has also participated at Berlinale's Talent Campus, Guadalajara Doculab, Dok.Incubator, Screenwriting CineQuaNon lab, Sources lab, and IFP independent Week. He has taught film at several prestigious universities and received his MFA in Media Arts Production at City College of New York as a Fulbright scholar, mentored by Antonio Tibaldi and Chantal Akerman. 

Adán Aliaga premiered his first film as a director in 2006, My Grandmother´s House, with which he obtained numerous international awards, including Joris Ivens Award for Best Documentary at IDFA, Special Jury Prize at HotDocs, Award for Best Documentary at Documenta Madrid, the Grand Prix at the Festival Taiwan Jury Prize at Miami, Special Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival, Special Jury Prize at the Festival of ViewPoint and Nomination Best Documentary the European Film Academy. Since then, he has shot five films: Stigmata (2009), Dodging And Paste (2011), The Eternauta´s Wife (2012), Kanimambo (2013) e Noah's Ark (2014).