AN INHABITED VOLCANO
UN VOLCÁN HABITADO
David Pantaleón and Jose Víctor Fuentes • Spain • 2023 • 66 min. • Digital
David Pantaleón and Jose Víctor Fuentes
• Spain • 2023 • 66 min.
SYNOPSIS
On September 19, 2021, after 50 years, a new volcano emerged on the island of La Palma.
During the months of the eruption, a group of childhood friends shared audio messages via WhatsApp; creating a daily chronicle of wander and tragedy, far from the media narrative.
“An Inhabited Volcano” is a collective portrait of the friendship and the spirit of the people of a land, which from time to time, have to live through the hypnotic and devastating power of nature.
TRAILER
MARKETS
MECAS International Market of Almost-Finished Films | Las Palmas International Film Festival. Spain (2022)
AWARDS
Special Mention
Cinespaña Film Festival. France (2023)
DOCMA Award to Best Documentary Film
L’Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival. Spain (2023)
Best Feature Film | Escáner Competition
MÁRGENES Madrid International Film Festival. Spain (2023)
Critics Award for Best Documentary Film
IBIZACINEFEST International Independent Film Festival. Spain (2024)
Best Documentary Film
ANDARES Film Festival. Peru (2024)
Audience Award & Special Mention
Canary Islands International Environmental Film Festival. Spain (2024)
FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS
Visions du Réel Internacional Documentary Film Festival Nyon | Burning Lights Competition. Switzerland (2023)
DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival. Kosovo (2023)
EthnoKino Film Festival. Switzerland (2023)
Ulju International Mountain Film Festival. South Korea (2023)
SEMINCI Valladolid International Film Festival. Spain (2023)
Cinema Verité International Documentary Film Festival. Iran (2023)
LOS TRABAJOS Y LAS NOCHES, Festival de cine y procesos artísticos. Spain (2023)
MiradasDoc International Film Festival. Spain (2024)
Las Palmas International Film Festival. Spain (2024)
Trento Film Festival. Italy (2024)
Riga Pasaules Film Festival. Latvia (2024)
Lanzarote Film Festival. Spain (2024)
Cine Inminente. Mexico (2024)
Seoul International Eco Film Festival. South Korea (2024)
HumansFest International Human Rights Film Festival. Spain (2024)
FILMADRID International Film Festival. Spain (2024)
Docu Film León Documentary Film Festival. Mexico (2024)
Dutch Mountain Film Festival. Netherlands (2024)
ALCANCES Documentary Film Festival. Spain (2024)
Muestra de Cine Medioambiental de Fuerteventura. Spain (2024)
PRESS
SCREENDAILY • by Jonathan Holland
"A visually captivating documentary that serves as both a chorus and a tribute to the power of community kindness"REVISTA CALIGARI • by Sabrina Palazzani (Spanish only)
"What An Inhabited Volcano achieves, (...) is to show the tragedy from a day-to-day point of view: a dreadful event that every one of the island’s inhabitants had to live with, up close and personal, armed with nothing but solidarity"CINEUROPA • by Alfonso Rivera
CREW
DIRECTORS
David Pantaleón
Jose Víctor Fuentes
SCREENWRITERS
David Pantaleón
Jose Víctor Fuentes
Fernando Alcántara
Isabel Arencibia
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Isabel Arencibia
Virginia Park
DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
David Pantaleón
Jose Víctor Fuentes
SOUND DESIGN
Raúl Capote
EDITING
Fernando Alcántara
SOUND RECORDIST
Carolina Hernández
COLOR GRADING
Eddy Cardellach
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Carlos Hernández
Laura Millán
FESTIVALS & SALES
María Vera (KINO REBELDE)