Sinopsis
Documentary. Born in Almería in 1889 and deceased in Madrid in 1960. Valencia, La Violetera, El Relicario… Who cannot hum at least one of these songs? But very few know who is the author behind those timeless tunes that are part of the emotional legacy of many generations of Spaniards – we are speaking about José Padilla, the composer. In Descubriendo a José Padillla, we see the personal viewpoint of its directors, Susana Guardiola and Marta Figueras. Through their work, we get to know the man behind his most popular songs, but we also get acquainted with great orchestra pieces, like “Princesita”, “El amor eres tu”, or tangos such as “El taita del Arrabal”, which are not so familiar for the general public.
Marta Figueras
Marta Figueras is a Producer since 1996. Her first movie, La Moños (1996) directed by Mireia Ros, was nominated to the Goya Awards for Best New Director. It was also selected at the International Film Festival of Chicago and at the Mar de Plata Festival. Hotel Room (1998) was directed by Cesc Gay, selected at the Film Festival of San Sebastián (Zabaltegui section) and won the “Alcances” Award to Best Film at the Festival de Cádiz. El Triunfo (2006) was directed by Mireia Ros and selected in the Panorama Section at the Berlinale. Barcelona, antes de que el Tiempo lo Borre (2010) was directed by Mireia Ros and won the Memorimages Award, the Continuara Award from TVE and the Gaudí Award to Best Documentary Feature Film. Game Over (2015) was directed by Alba Sotorra and was selected at the International Film Festival of Karlov Vary. It also won the Gaudí Award to Best Documentary Feature Film. Comandante Arian (2018) was directed by Alba Sotorra and received an extremely warm reception by both critics and the audience at HOTDOCS. Quinqui Stars was directed by Juan Vicente Cordoba (2019) and is part of the Official Documentary Section at the Valladolid Seminci Film Festival. In 2020, Figueras will see the premiere of Descubriendo a José Padilla, her debut as a Director.
Susana Gardiola
Susana Guardiola trained in fiction and documentary filmmaking in Barcelona, London and Los Angeles, and trained also to become an actor. She started her career working in Hollywood with the film Director Milos Forman and back in Spain, she trained with the Director Bigas Luna and worked as assistant director with Pedro Aznar, a filmmaker of advertising and video clip pieces. In her career path, her participation in the following films and series stands out: Man on the moon (Milos Forman), Meet Joe Black (Martin Brest), The thin red line (Terrence Malick), Tàrrega 1981, tots al carrer (Xavi Figueras, Josep Giribet), Hazlo tú mismo (Carles Porta), Alondra, diario de una transexual (Carles Porta and Susana Guardiola), El viaje de Lidia (Françoise Polo), and Voces desde Mozambique (Susana Guardiola and Françoise Polo). She directed Stories for Peace, Awakening and Voces por la paz. During the last years, she developed the projects she is preparing now : the fiction mini-series El príncipe de cristal, the multiplatform project entitled ”Peace” and the movie El Dioni, palabra de ladrón. In 2018, she created her own production company called ”Stories By Susana Guardiola” and in 2020, she will see the premiere of the musical documentary feature film Descubriendo a José Padilla (Marta Figueras and Susana Guardiola).
November 7th, 2020. 9 pm
Sala Berlanga at Fundación SGAE
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Section: Panorama on Spanish Authors
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 93’
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Directors: Marta Figueras and Susana Guardiola
Production: Marta Figueras Giovanna Ribes, Pamela Livia Delgado, Carlos Molina, Susana Guardiola and Iraida Gonzalez
Delegate Producer RTVE: Andres Luque
Production Companies: Promarfi Futuro 2010 S.L., Tarannà Films, Savitel Media, Stories By Susana Guardiola S.L., Coraca Producciones, Radio Televisión Española and Contentto People (Argentina)
