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Firewood

Manel Raga

Un impulso colectivo - Curts Spain, Portugal 17 min Catalan Premiere Non-Fiction

Synopsis

In my grandparents’ home, all the clocks are stopped.

Themes

Catalan CinemaShort FilmFamilyHistoryContryside

Filmmaker

Manel Raga

He completed an M.A. in Filmmaking at ESCAC in Barcelona. From 2010 to 2012, he worked as a filmmaker with La Fura dels Baus, and in 2013 his short La gallina premiered at the Venice Film Festival. In 2017, he earned a PhD in Filmmaking at the film.factory in Sarajevo, a school mentored by Hungarian director Béla Tarr. During this period, he directed two short films presented at Doclisboa and Locarno, among other festivals. His most recent documentary short, Homenatge a Judes, won the Best Short Film Award. In 2022, he took part in Berlinale Talents, and he is currently working on Vatra, his first feature film.

Filmography: Firewood (short, 2025, D'A 2026), Tribute to Judas (short, 2019), Grbavica (short, 2018, D'A 2019), Manel Lives in Sarajevo (short, 2017), The Hen (short, 2013), Matando el sueño (short, 2009)

Manel Raga

Film information

Director: Manel Raga
Script: Manel Raga
With: Vasile Burtic, Manuel Raga Roig
Production: La Foradada Films, Rua Escura Filmes
Distribution: La Foradada Films
Country: Spain, Portugal
Year: 2025
Format: DCP
Length: 17 min
Language: Catalan
Subtitles: Spanish
Edition: 2026

Awards and festivals

DOCLISBOA FILM FESTIVAL
MÁLAGA FILM FESTIVAL

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