When The Mountain Rumbles

Director: Alba Bresolí Aliberch
2022 In distribution
28min

When The Mountain Rumbles is a Polar Star Films documentary short film production made with the support of ICEC and ICAA.

Synopsis

Three ageing brothers must face an uncertain future and the inevitable end to years of self-imposed isolation as the abandoned village of Escó in Spain, where they have lived all their lives, faces its second threat of extinction.

Brothers Evaristo, Félix and Baltasar Guallar are the only inhabitants of Escó, a crumbling village in Aragón, Spain. They have lived there alone all their adult lives. Now their insular world is under threat. In 1959, Escó was expropriated under Franco’s regime: the Guallar family were the only inhabitants to remain. Today, the construction of a motorway to the Pyrenees threatens Escó’s existence once again. What will be the final fate of the brothers and the curious place they call home?

Festivals & Awards

Festival de Málaga, 2022 – Official Selection of Documentary Shorts – Jury Special Mention
IndieLisboa, 2022 – International Competition
Festival Huesca, 2022 – Ventana Aragonsesa Session
DocumentaMadrid, 2022 – “Un impulso colectivo” shorts section
Sheffield, 2022 – “Short – This Land is Our Land” section
Manlleu Film Festival, 2022 – Young Jury Award
Open Spaces – Rudnik Festival of Innovative Cinema, 2022 – International Documentary Competition
Atlantidocs FF – Selección Oficial
ICFF Manaki Brothers, 2022 – International Documentary Competition
Cerdanya Film Festival, 2022 – Best Documentary Short Award
Mostra Foradcamp, 2002 – Official Selection – Public Award & Jury Special Mention
Festival Jóvenes Realizadores – Granada Film Fest, 2022 – International Competition – Jury Special Mention
IDFA – “Best of Fests” section (November 22)
Catalan Film Festival Scotland (January 2023)
Gaudí Awards- Best Documentary Short nomination ( January 2023)
FIPADOCS, New Talents section (January 2023)
Goya Awards– Best Documentary Short candidate (February 2023)
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, selected as one of 10 finalists in the juried competition for Best Short Documentary (February 2023)
GoShort – Best European Documentary Award
Trento Film Festival – Universities of Trento, Bolzano and Innsbruck Students’ Award

Key Crew

Director: Alba Bresolí Aliberch
Producers: Carles Brugueras, Marieke van den Bersselaar, Chloé Atkinson
Executive Producers: Carles Brugueras, Marieke van den Bersselaar
Script: Alba Bresolí Aliberch, Laia Manresa
Photography: Ben Guez
Edition: Nila Nuñez, Meritxell Colell, Guillermo Cobo
Original Music: Félix Guallar
Credits’ Music: Tarta Relena
Sound Recording: Cora Delgado
Sound Design: Biel Blancafort
Sound Mixing: Carlos Jiménez