Edition 2012

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HOME MÀQUINA (MACHINE MAN)

In Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, men and women undertake all sorts of physical tasks with machine precision and routine: they load their bodies with different materials; they manufacture bricks; they separate plastics and they drive rickshaws. They are the machine men, a mass of millions of people who become the driving force for the city.

An aesthetic reflection on modernity and global development, and on the use of physical strength that the human being has developed throughout history and which today, well into the 21st century, is still palpably exploited.

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Alfonso Moral

Roser Corella

Roser Corella (Barcelona, 1978) is an independent documentary director, currently based in Berlin. Roser began her career as a video journalist for Catalan television, but her interest in the human stories behind global problems drove her to self-produce and develop a personal vision within the documentary field.

Her works Machine man (short, 2011), Prisoners of Kanun (short, 2014) and Grab and run (feature, 2017) have been screened around the world, winning numerous awards. Her fascination with the documentary genre has led her to travel the world in search of stories that deserve to be told. Not only to witness, but to challenge and raise critical questions about contemporary societies.

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2011

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Alfonso Moral
Direcció
Roser Corella

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