Sleepless City
Fall Grants 2024 - Post-Production Stage
Guillermo García López / Feature Narrative / Spain, France, Qatar / 97 min / Original Language: Arabic, Spanish / Interests: Drama
Synopsis
Toni, a 15-year-old Roma boy, lives in the largest illegal settlement in Europe, on the outskirts of Madrid. Proud to belong to his family of scrap dealers, he follows his grandfather everywhere. But as the demolitions move ever closer to their plot, the family begins to fracture—some choose to integrate into the city—while his grandfather refuses to leave, no matter the sacrifice. On dark nights without electricity and landscapes from another time, Toni must decide: set off toward an uncertain future or hold on to a fading world and the legends of his childhood.
Credits
- Director
- Guillermo García López
- Screenwriter
- Guillermo García López
- Producer
- Damien Megherbi, Alexandre Lafuente, Marisa Fernández Armenteros
- Production Company
- Les Valseurs (France), Les Valseurs Bordeaux (France), Tournellovision (France), Sintagma Films (Spain), BTeam Pictures (Spain), Encanta Film (Spain), Buenapinta Media (Spain)
About the Director
Guillermo García López is a filmmaker born in Madrid. His works have premiered at Cannes, San Sebastián, IDFA, among other festivals, and have won two Goya awards. His short film ‘Aunque es de Noche’ (2023) premiered in the Festival de Cannes Official Selection, won the Goya for Best Short Fiction Film and was part of the César 2025 Official Selection. Also at the Festival de Cannes in 2023, he premiered his short film ‘As Gaivotas Cortam o Céu’at the Quinzaine des Cinéastes. He is currently completing his feature film ‘Ciudad Sin Sueño’, developed at the Spanish Film Academy Residency, at the script labs of Torino and Berlinale and La Résidence du Festival de Cannes. In 2020, he received the prestigious Princess of Girona Award for Arts and Literature.
Contacts
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Main Contact
Justin Pechberty
- Company:
- Les Valseurs
- Email:
- developpement@lesvalseurs.com
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Main Contact
Alex Lafuente
- Company:
- BTEAM
- Email:
- alex.lafuente@bteampictures.es