Magaluf Ghost Town hands us a guilty pleasure, a cinematic
ensaimada in which each layer offers a different texture. At times, Blanca tears us away from the ruckus to check in with the resort’s handful of year-round residents, for whom low-cost tourism is both a vital source of income and a monumental headache, creating a dichotomous relationship between locals and visitors convinced they’ve landed in a hedonistic paradise. This aspect of the film is grounded in reality: Blanca makes use of news footage, mobile phone videos and other technological devices to construct a fictional account as fantastical as it is entertaining. The lady from Andalusia and her African lodger are especially good value. Certainly, these scenes are the most relaxing to watch in the entire film, a project that had no difficulty finding partners and collaborators at various industry events at festivals including Abycine, Thessaloniki and Gijón.
Rising Spanish Cineaste Miguel Angel Blanca Preps New Projects, Premieres Magaluf at Hot Docs (EXCLUSIVE)
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Miguel Ángel Blanca, selected by
Variety earlier this year as one of Spain’s 10 rising talents, has two new projects in development. His latest documentary, “Magaluf Ghost Town,” premieres in the International Spectrum competition at Hot Docs.
Both films will be produced by Barcelona’s Boogaloo Films (“Tolyatti Adrift,” “Nobody’s Home”), the company behind “Magaluf.” “Molón as F ck” is “a documentary trip about the fashion and ideology of urban subcultures and how they dialogue with the current generation of young people,” said the director. Pic is co-produced by Los Hermanos Polo and Japonica Films.
Magaluf Ghost Town hands us a guilty pleasure, a cinematic
ensaimada in which each layer offers a different texture. At times, Blanca tears us away from the ruckus to check in with the resort’s handful of year-round residents, for whom low-cost tourism is both a vital source of income and a monumental headache, creating a dichotomous relationship between locals and visitors convinced they’ve landed in a hedonistic paradise. This aspect of the film is grounded in reality: Blanca makes use of news footage, mobile phone videos and other technological devices to construct a fictional account as fantastical as it is entertaining. The lady from Andalusia and her African neighbour are especially good value. Certainly, these scenes are the most relaxing to watch in the entire film, a project that had no difficulty finding partners and collaborators at various industry events at festivals including Abycine, Thessaloniki and Gijón.