Hanging from a dream

2012 | Documentary | Drama | 57 min | Color

Synopsis

In the mid fifties, the art collector an painter Fernando Zóbel arrives at Spain and he is astonished by the young generation of abstract painters who are practically ignored by their country. Convinced of their great importance, he starts collecting their work, and preparing international and national exhibitions. This is how the Toledo Project was born, taking the name from the city chosen by Zóbel to place and show his collection, until a young engineer, amateur painter, proposed him to visit his city, Cuenca. “Cuenca? What can possibly be there for me?” wondered Zóbel.

DATA SHEET

Direction: Antonio P. Molero
Script: Antonio P. Molero and Marta Gonzalez
Production companies: Inicia FIlms in co-production with TVE, and with Les films du grain de sable, with the collaboration of the catalan government, the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla la Mancha and the Cuenca city hall
Executive production: Valérie Delpierre
Direction of photography: Antonio P. Molero
Locations: Cuenca, Barcelona, Madrid, Nueva York and Harvard

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

FECICAM (SPAIN)
Best Documentary

Castilla la Mancha Film Festival (SPAIN)

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Greykey

Documental - Shortfilm 2019
Enric Ribes

SHE (THEY)

Documentary 2010
David Baute

In Inicia Films we understand that production is a way to influence society and connect emotionally with the audience. Since 2006 we have been working to promote new generations of filmmakers and give them a voice in today’s audiovisual world.

Through the eyes of our creators and the sensitivity of our authors, we accompany the development of international projects and multicultural talent, building bridges between their experiences abroad and their roots. We deal with themes that respond to current concerns and we believe that by connecting people and emotions we can help to draw new narrative and visual horizons.

Films produced by Inicia Films have been selected and awarded at numerous festivals including “Queens” by Klaudia Reynicke in co-production with Switzerland and Peru, which premiered at Sundance 2024 and won the Grand Prix at Berlin Generation; “20.000 species of bees” by Estibaliz Urresola winner of the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance, two Forque Awards including Best Film, two Feroz Awards including Best Dramatic Film and three Goya Awards 2024; “Foremost by night by Víctor Iriarte, premiered at Giornate degli autori in Venice and winner of the Feroz Arrebato Award for Fiction; “Schoolgirls by Pilar Palomero with four Goya Awards 2021, including Best Film; “Summer 1993” by Carla Simón, Best Opera Prima at the Berlinale 2017; “La Maternal” also by Pilar Palomero, winner of the Silver Shell for Best Acting in San Sebastian 2022, “Unicorns” by Àlex Lora, with Premiere in the Official Selection of the Malaga Festival and “Teresa” by Paula Ortiz, premiered in this edition of Tallinn.

For documentaries such as “The west Indies fleet“ by Antonio Pérez Molero produced in collaboration with RTVE, Canal Sur and Telemadrid or “Singing on the rooftops” by Enric Ribes, with Premiere at Sheffield DocFest.

Also, for short films such as “The disinherited” by Laura Ferrés, Best Short Film at the Semaine de la Critique de Cannes, “The bus” by Sandra Reina, premiered at SXSW, nominated for the Goya Awards and winner of the Gaudí Award.