«The Shepherd» nominated for best film, direction, and lead actor at the Raindance Festival in London
The film has also been selected for the Montreal festival in Canada
The feature film, whose translation for the Anglo-Saxon market will be “The Shepherd”, was shot in October 2015 and featured a large cast of actors from Salamanca among its protagonists
The feature film, whose translation for the Anglo-Saxon market will be “The Shepherd”, was shot in October 2015 and featured a large cast of actors from Salamanca among its protagonists
The third feature film directed by Salamanca-born filmmaker Jonathan Cenzual has been selected for the international festivals of Montreal (Canada) and Raindance (London) and was selected as best film and director at the English festival. The film, which is currently in the sales phase through the company WIDE, was presented to the audiovisual industry in May at the Cannes Film Festival in a private screening for international producers and distributors.
The Montreal World Film Festival /Festival des Films du Monde de Montreal – FFMes (Montreal International Film Festival) is one of the most prestigious in the world and the only A-category festival in North America, placing it on par with festivals like Cannes, Venice, and Berlin. There, “El Pastor” will be presented on September 3rd.
The Raindance Film Festival will take place from September 21st to October 2nd, in central London, where 100 feature films and over 150 short films will be screened. In this showcase, the feature film “El Pastor” has been nominated for best film, best director, and best lead actor (Miguel Martín) in the official section. This festival is the most important in European independent cinema and has served as a platform for successes like “Memento” (2000 Christopher Nolan), “Oldboy” (2003, Park Chan-wook), and “The Blair Witch Project” (1999, Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez). Its guests include Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, Ken Loach, and Shane Meadown. In this 24th edition, the patrons of the festival are Terry Gilliam, Mike Figgis, Ewan McGregor, and Michael Winterbottom.
“EL Pastor”, whose translation for the Anglo-Saxon market will be “The Shepherd”, was filmed in October 2015 in the province and the city, and featured a large cast of actors from Salamanca among its protagonists: Miguel Martín (Celda 211) is the protagonist of the story and is accompanied by Alfonso Mendiguchia, (Teatro los Absurdos and La Malhablada) Maribel and Maite Iglesias (La Malhablada) and Juan Luis Sara, among others.
Salamanca, Monterrubio, and La Armuña are among the various locations chosen by the filmmaker; the Castilian plateau landscape has always been a part of the director's feature films. His previous works: “El alma de las moscas” (2011) and “El año y la viña” (2013) were set in the province.
The Salamanca-born filmmaker has a wide international reach, as his films have been distributed in cinemas in the United Kingdom, USA, and South America, in addition to participating in various festivals of proven prestige such as London, Sao Paulo, Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, Mill Valley, Barcelona, Cleveland, St. Louis, or Naples.
The story revolves around a shepherd who lives modestly, but peacefully, in a house in a village in inland Spain, an environment bucolic enough for him to ignore the offers he receives from a construction company intending to buy his land to build a housing development and a shopping center. Faced with the shepherd's refusal to sell, are the money desires of the owners of the adjacent lands, who only respond to the logic of their own interests. The eternal struggle of conflicts unfolds in a rural and claustrophobic world with a backdrop of skeletal plateaus and dormitory cities where, like a modern western, everything unravels until what at first glance is a simple disagreement over a land sale converges into an inevitable and violent end. A bloody metaphor for the greed of those who, to carry out their plans, do not hesitate to use any method within their reach.
The film's financing process, in addition to traditional channels, has been supported by a crowdfunding campaign through social media.
The feature film has the support of the Salamanca City Council through the Salamanca Film Commission, the Salamanca City of Culture Foundation, and the Salamanca Provincial Council.
The Montreal World Film Festival /Festival des Films du Monde de Montreal – FFMes (Montreal International Film Festival) is one of the most prestigious in the world and the only A-category festival in North America, placing it on par with festivals like Cannes, Venice, and Berlin. There, “El Pastor” will be presented on September 3rd.
The Raindance Film Festival will take place from September 21st to October 2nd, in central London, where 100 feature films and over 150 short films will be screened. In this showcase, the feature film “El Pastor” has been nominated for best film, best director, and best lead actor (Miguel Martín) in the official section. This festival is the most important in European independent cinema and has served as a platform for successes like “Memento” (2000 Christopher Nolan), “Oldboy” (2003, Park Chan-wook), and “The Blair Witch Project” (1999, Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez). Its guests include Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, Ken Loach, and Shane Meadown. In this 24th edition, the patrons of the festival are Terry Gilliam, Mike Figgis, Ewan McGregor, and Michael Winterbottom.
“EL Pastor”, whose translation for the Anglo-Saxon market will be “The Shepherd”, was filmed in October 2015 in the province and the city, and featured a large cast of actors from Salamanca among its protagonists: Miguel Martín (Celda 211) is the protagonist of the story and is accompanied by Alfonso Mendiguchia, (Teatro los Absurdos and La Malhablada) Maribel and Maite Iglesias (La Malhablada) and Juan Luis Sara, among others.
Salamanca, Monterrubio, and La Armuña are among the various locations chosen by the filmmaker; the Castilian plateau landscape has always been a part of the director's feature films. His previous works: “El alma de las moscas” (2011) and “El año y la viña” (2013) were set in the province.
The Salamanca-born filmmaker has a wide international reach, as his films have been distributed in cinemas in the United Kingdom, USA, and South America, in addition to participating in various festivals of proven prestige such as London, Sao Paulo, Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, Mill Valley, Barcelona, Cleveland, St. Louis, or Naples.
The story revolves around a shepherd who lives modestly, but peacefully, in a house in a village in inland Spain, an environment bucolic enough for him to ignore the offers he receives from a construction company intending to buy his land to build a housing development and a shopping center. Faced with the shepherd's refusal to sell, are the money desires of the owners of the adjacent lands, who only respond to the logic of their own interests. The eternal struggle of conflicts unfolds in a rural and claustrophobic world with a backdrop of skeletal plateaus and dormitory cities where, like a modern western, everything unravels until what at first glance is a simple disagreement over a land sale converges into an inevitable and violent end. A bloody metaphor for the greed of those who, to carry out their plans, do not hesitate to use any method within their reach.
The film's financing process, in addition to traditional channels, has been supported by a crowdfunding campaign through social media.
The feature film has the support of the Salamanca City Council through the Salamanca Film Commission, the Salamanca City of Culture Foundation, and the Salamanca Provincial Council.