Toloriu
Documentary - short film 2019
Patricia Ordaz Cruz
2005 summer. At Tahona cemetery, in Uclés Monastery (Cuenca), the exhumation of the first common grave of a fascist prison begins. An ongoing process, in which survivors of the repression, the family of the victims and the young ones, reflect upon what happened and the consequences to their lives.
Direction: Antonio P. Molero and Jesús Sanjurjo
Script: Antonio P. Molero and Jesús Sanjurjo
Production companies: Inicia Films in co-production with TVC and Independent Television Service ITVS (USA), with the collaboration of Castilla la Mancha government and the Catalan government
Executive production: Valérie Delpierre
Direction of photography: Antonio P. Molero and Jesús Sanjurjo
Edition: Antonio P. Molero, Natalia Martínez
International Distribution: J.M.T Distribution & Worldwide Sales
Locations: Uclés (Castilla La Mancha), Madrid, Barcelona
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
FIPA – Audiovisual Programs International Festival 2009 (FRANCE)
Jaén International Festival 2009 (SPAIN)
Santiago Álvarez International Documentary Festival 2010 (CUBA)
Contra el Silencio Festival 2010 (MEXICO)
Festivalissimo-Montreal 2010 (CANADÁ)
Bogotá Film Festival 2010 (COLOMBIA)
Cine Vérité 2010 (IRÁN)
Humanity Explored Film Festival 2013 (ESTADOS UNIDOS)
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.