Documentary feature film (Nanouk Films, Glia Films, Minimum Moderne) | In development
Original title: Un fogal
English title: Homefire
Director, writer: Neus Pagès i Selga
Producers: Ventura Durall, Maria Colomer, Eric Dufour
Creative and executive producer: Laura Alvarez
Film editor: Edu V. Romero
Script doctor: Nila Núñez
Direction of photography: Neus Pagès i Selga
Sound recordist: Júlia Guash
Art director: Víctor Garcia
WORKSHOPS, MARKETS AND LABS
- Festival L’Alternativa 2023 / LABED award
- LABED, UPF-BSM (Editing lab) 2024
- Acció Viver, Dones Visuals (Scriptwriting lab) 2024
- Acció Producció, Dones Visuals (Production lab) 2024
- DocsBarcelona Public Pitch 2024
- Another Way Film Festival Pitching Forum 2024 / Award to best project in development
- Ji.hlava New Visions Forum Europe 2024 / EURODOC award
Fiction feature film (Buena Pinta Media, Bretzel & Tequila) | Early development
Original title: Aus de gàbia
Spanish title: Aves de jaula
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Languages: Catalan, Spanish
Director, writer: Núria Giménez Lorang
Producers: Marisa Fernández Armenteros, Laura Alvarez
Fiction feature film | Early development
Title: Rivo
Genre: Drama, coming of age
Country: Spain
Languages: Catalan, French
Director, writer: Pau Cruanyes
Creative and executive producer: Laura Alvarez
Script consultant: Arnau Vilaró
WORKSHOPS, MARKETS AND LABS
- SGAE (scriptwriting lab)
Fiction feature film (Nanouk films, Local Films) | Late development
Original title: Els homes i els dies
English title: Men and days
Genre: Drama
Countries: Spain, France
Director, writer: Arnau Vilaró
Producers: Ventura Durall, Luís Miñarro, Nicolas Brevière
Executive producers: Maria Colomer, Laura Alvarez
WORKSHOPS, MARKETS AND LABS
- Berlinale Co-Production Market 2025
- Residència de guions de l’Acadèmia del Cinema Català 2022
- Faberllull 2022
- Campus de verano, Academa del Cine 2022
- RAW: Residencies Arché→Work 2021
- Atlántida Mallorca Talents Lab 2021
Documentary feature film | Early development
Original title: Hamza y el mar
English title: Hamza and the sea
Country: Spain
Languages: Spanish, Darija
Director: Laura Alvarez
Writers: Laura Alvarez, Alberto Dexeus
Film editor: Alberto Dexeus
Direction of photography: André Robert, Laura Alvarez
Sound recordist: Ronen Geva
Additional camera: Hamza El Aabedy, Safaa El Aabedy
WORKSHOPS, MARKETS AND LABS
- Emergente! Cine Lab 2024
- Barcelona Crea 2025
Documentary feature film (Bausan Films) | 2019
Title: City for sale
Director, writer: Laura Alvarez
Producer: Loris Omedes
Director of photography: Jordi Fernández, Cristhian Bonet
Film editor: Áurea Castosa
Script consultant: Laia Manresa
Sound recordist: Ronen Geva, Luís Sánchez
Original music composer: Eloi Manen
Sound designer: Víctor Cuadros
Post-production: Lastcrit
Art designer: Benja Villegas
Financial manager: Íngrid Fernández
FESTIVALS
- XII Gaudí Awards Nomination for best documentary film
- XXVI Festival de Málaga (Spain)
- XXII DocsBarcelona (Spain)
- XVI Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival (Spain)
- XII Mittelmeer Filmtage (Germany)
- X Ethnofest (Greece)
- IX MICGénero (Mexico)
- IX Festiver (Colombia)
- EPOS International Art Film Festival (Israel)
FILM WEBSITE
www.cityforsalefilm.com
Episode of a documentary TV series (3cat, Un Capricho de Producciones) | 2022
Director, writer: Laura Alvarez
Producer: Patricia Fombella
Film editor: Aimar Galdos
Script consultant: Laia Manresa
Image: Alba Bresoli, Anna Taratiel, Mei Galmacci, Laura Alvarez
Sound recordist: Pau López
Colour postproduction: Jaume Ponsa (Artic Pospo)
Sound designer: Juan Carlos Pérez Prado
Project sponsor: Montana Colors
Short film commissioned by DocsBarcelona festival during the lockdown caused by Covid-19 | 2020
Image and editing: Laura Alvarez
Sound recording: Ronen Geva
Colour postproduction: Jordi Fernández
Cinema workshop for Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu | 2023
Title: La pròpia mirada
Producer and creative mentor: Laura Alvarez
Film editor: Alberto Dexeus
Collaborating artists: Laia Manresa, Alba Bresolí, Enric Ribes, Alberto Dexeus
With the support of: ICEC (Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals), Filmoteca de Catalunya and Brain Film Festival
Summary: Conceptualisation, production and mentorship in this nine month cinema workshop with twelve patients of Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, a leading institution within the field of mental health in Spain. During this time I tutored three groups of participants in their process of making a short documentary film. Click here to see the films.
Theatre show | 2024
Title: Desconnecta
Director: Marta Oliu
Producer: Laura Alvarez
Choreography: Toni Mira
Performance consultant: Mercè Menaguerra
In collaboration with: Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu & Dau al Sec Arts Escèniques
Project beneficiari of an ‘Art for change’ grant by Fundació La Caixa
Videoclip for ‘Nothing But Heart’ (Sweden) | 2020
Music by: Nothing But Heart
Video edit: Laura Alvarez
Footage: Original footage taken from the film 'A man with a movie camera' (1929) by Dziga Vertov