films/documentary
El ritmo de la tierra
2011 Catalan & Spanish dv 58 min
Google earth is a brilliant way to travel around the world and explore the area you want to visit by air. Nowadays it is even possible to walk around the streets in the cities. Nevertheless a small town like Camallera is approachable up untill a couple of 150 meters above the earth before the images get unfocused. With my camera attached to a kite I dived these last 150 meters in order to end up in Camallera.
The kite is a toy everybody knows from his or her youth. Seeing it, it always provokes a smile. It breaks the ice and is a playful way to get in touch with people. That is the way I aproached the town of Camallera. Wherever the camera landed I found a way to attach it to another medium of transportation.
By attaching the camera to a kite, a bicycle or a dog, the trip is a aural and visual exploration of life in a small Catalan town.
With topshots and extreme close-ups, sometimes in slow motion I explored human and natural life in town, and tried to seek the contrast between the so called old traditional tranquility and the contemporary velocity.
While following seven passionate inhabitants with the camera, a few narrative threads emerged which accentuate the fact that, in despite of all the changes caused by modern life, tourism, and even a high speed line, life has it's own rythm.
Special thanks to the Protagonists for their enthousiastic cooperation
Pilu Sala Jimenez-Davila
Gloria Teixidor
Albert Pujol Balell
Marc Holguin Ciurana
Pere Colomer Serra
Jordi Adrian Sans
Albert Gomez
This film was made possible by Nau Coclea, residency for artists in Camallera, Catalunya, where I stayed from october till end of december 2010. With special thanks to Clara Gari, Montse Herrera, Montserrat Moliner Vicent.
Music & soundmix
Frank Weyzig
online editing
Eddy Zoutendijk
script, camera, direction, production, editing
Dorothee Meddens
and also special thanks to
Alex Gaultier, Santi Font Bosch, Alicia Lopez Bergia, Dolors Campistol, Maite Abella, Natalia Teixidor, Manel Costa Pau, Raphael Croonen, el pueblo de Camallera, Asociacion Mas de la Riera Granja Escuela Equina
Articles
El Punt Avui
Screenings
VAD Festival, 7th of October 2011 at 19.00hrs, Casa de Cultura, Girona, Spain
Premiere August 19th 2011 at 20.30 hrs, Fiesta Mayor in the Church of Camallera
