BALIKA


Title: Balika
Director: Lander Ibarretxe, Aitor Sanchez Smith
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 78 min
Status: In Progress

Synopsis

Balika is the surname given to children abandoned by unidentified families. Balika tells the story of Dipendra and Susmita, two teenagers who live in an orphanage in Kathmandu. Like all their friends, they were abandoned by their families. As the film unfolds, we see how they are compelled to take decisions for which they are unprepared. Susmita will reject her family and Dipendra will travel back to the past in search of answers.

KM ZERO


DIRECTION: Aitor Sánchez Smith
GENRE: Documentary-Advertisement
Running time: 4 MIN

SYNOPSIS

Now more than ever, consuming local products is both good and also very necessary, not only because of the health benefits it brings to us as individuals, but especially for the health of our society. Local-product consumption creates new jobs, blocks rural depopulation, enriches our ecosystems, promotes the exchange of knowledge and even helps to preserve our culture.

Bilbao Mugimendu Etengabea


Title: Bilbao Mugimendu Etengabea
Director: Lander Ibarretxe
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 3 min
Status: In Progress

Synopsis

Bilbao Mugimendu Etengabea (Bilbao constant movement) is a symphonic documentary that finds itself in the ceaseless evolution of Bilbao, it looks at the present and peers towards the futures that lie ahead. The camera wanders through the city’s landscapes, accompanying real people with whom we discover the use of various spaces beyond their original design.

The voice of rural youth


DIRECTION: Aitor Sánchez Smith
GENRE: Documentary
Running time: 33 MIN

SYNOPSIS

The experiences of six young people bring us closer to the rural life of Cantabria, in terms of entrepreneurship, gender equality, the development of infrastructures and services, culture and sustainability.

Matos, echoes of Cuba


DIRECTION: Aitor Sánchez Smith
GENRE: Documentary
Running time: 26.30 MIN

SYNOPSIS

Rafael Matos de la Cruz, also known as Matos by his friends and neighbours, lives a humble life making enough money to survive by fixing broken umbrellas and old sewing machines. But Matos especially survives through his singing and at the age of eighty-four, his voice is still his faithful companion.

3000km


Title: 3000km
Director: Aitor Sanchez Smith
Genre: Commercial
Running time: 3,15 min
Status: Finished

Synopsis

3000km is a company in Alicante (Spain) that offers group tours to destinations off the beaten track and supports sustainable tourism and cooperation with local communities by promoting local trade and transport, cultural exchange and respect.

This audio-visual project is aimed at transmitting these values and demonstrating that nothing compares to the authenticity and colour of this method of travelling.

Searching


Title: Searching / Nordakas
Director: Aitor Sánchez Smith
Genre: Videoclip
Running time: 5,20 min
Status: Finished

Synopsis

‘‘Searching for the way’’ is a project with roots in Barcelona (where our company
In response to the recent worldwide refugee crisis and the failure of most European countries to take humanitarian action, Nordakas wrote the song “Searching for the way”. This is a very special project, honoured by contributions from various artists and people of diverse religions and origins, as well as actual refugees now living in Germany.

A.k.a. Charlies David


DIRECTION: Aitor Sánchez Smith, Walter Manrique Cervantes, Gabriela Delgado.
Running time: 12.50 min

Synopsis

Carlos is a bicycle taxi driver during the day. When the sun sets he goes back home and dedicates himself to his passion in life: the cinema. Within the walls of his very humble dwelling, Carlos spends his afternoons and evenings submerged in films, poems and film scripts written in his own hand and signed with the the same signature: ‘’Charlies David’’. He is the artist who, with the passing of time and the hard experiences of life, has become a recluse in his own hideout.

REGINA


Title: Regina
Director: Lander Ibarretxe
Genre: Fiction
Running time: 18 min
Status: In Progress

Synopsis

Regina is a teenager who is forced to live in a convent with a group of nuns under the strict rules surrounding this way of life. Carmen feels unhappy, she doesn’t understand why she has been secluded from her father and can’t stop thinking about the happy life they had together. However, the nuns can’t believe how Carmen can still love a person who has caused her so much harm.

Belako – Render me numb


Title: Render me numb
Director: Lander Ibarretxe
Genre: Videoclip
Running time: 4,12 min
Status: Finished

Synopsis

Render Me Numb is a project which is created to generate debate around the consumption of violence broadcasted on TV. The videoclip encourages us to reflect upon everyday situations such as eating or watching TV. We used a dinning-room to highlight the invisible and normalized nature of violence in our society.

Maskenfreheit


Title: Maskenfreheit
Director: Lander Ibarretxe
Genre: Videoclip
Running time: 4,08 min
Status: Finished

On my way


DIRECTION: Aitor Sánchez Smith
GENRE: Videoclip
Running time: 3.41 MIN

SYNOPSIS

“On my way” is the constant move towards happiness, utopia, home.
It begins in the mountains and forests; the river of life gets bigger and bigger until it reaches the immense sea: the origin and finishing line of the journey.

 

GET TESTED


DIRECTION: Aitor Sánchez Smith
GENRE: Documentary-Advertisement
Running time: 4 MIN

Synopsis

Commercial spot created to encourage the younger sectors of society to take care of their sexual health by responsibly getting an HIV detection test.

 

ASUBIO, ARCHITECTURE


DIRECTION: AITOR SÁNCHEZ SMITH
GENRE: Commercial
Running time: 01:52 MIN

Synopsis

Asubio is an architectural proposal intimately linked to the environment in which it is developed. It originates in Cantabria, the green north of Spain, where tradition has used the rock from its rivers and the wood from its lush forests to create a construction aesthetic that is unique and inseparable from the territory.

 

Nothing Ever Happens Here


Director: AITOR SÁNCHEZ SMITH
GENRE: Promotional Video
Running time: 03:46 MIN

Synopsis

“Nothing Ever Happens Here”, “Aquí nunca pasa nada’’ in Spanish, is a play starring two women whose lives intersect in the fight for justice for many other women affected by the “Carioca” case, a major human trafficking scandal that occurred in northern Spain

 

Saja Nansa Cultural Landscape


Director: AITOR SÁNCHEZ SMITH
GENRE: Documentary
Running time: 13:08 MIN

Synopsis

From the beautiful, life-filled coast to the lush valleys and forests, and the high mountains traversed by pilgrims, the inhabitants of the Saja Nansa region have always lived by utilizing and relying on their land. This relationship has defined a culture and identity while shaping a unique landscape. Will this mutual relationship of utilization continue to exist for future generations?

 

Rooted


Director: AITOR SÁNCHEZ SMITH, Carlos Martínez
Genre: Documental
Running time: 33 MIN

Synopsis

Rooted’’ is a choral portrait of the youth from the three Pasiego villages of Cantabria: San Roque de Riomiera, Vega de Pas, and San Pedro del Romeral. A land characterized by its complex terrain and isolation, a historic livestock-farming culture in crisis, and, despite everything, a strong feeling of belonging that transcends ages and generations.

 

The “jota” dance in northern Spain


Director: AITOR SÁNCHEZ SMITH
Genre: Documentary
RUNNING TIME: 27:26 MIN

Synopsis

Retrospective of the “jota” as a dance style in Cantabria, from its dominant presence as leisure and enjoyment in its last golden years of the past century, through a progressive process of folklorization and loss of presence in our contemporary everyday life, and up to its protection by declaring it a Representative Manifestation of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Today we ask ourselves: What is the jota today? What future awaits it? In what ways can it be preserved?

 

Remer


Director: AITOR SÁNCHEZ SMITH
GENRE: Documentary
RUNNING TIME: 8 MIN

Synopsis

REMER (Rural Mentoring Network) is part of the Click Rural SME project, developed by three local action groups from Saja Nansa, Campoo Los Valles, and Valles Pasiegos. Experienced businesswomen, with extensive knowledge not only in the business world but also in digital transformation, help and mentor other women who are entrepreneurs, business owners, or aspiring to become one, with a focus on generating business through digitalization.

 

Our mission is to provoke reflection and change by making visible those projects which defend international cooperation, multiculturalism, environmental sustainability and respect for human rights.

Our production company is Cantabria and specialises in feature-length and short documentaries for the international cinema circuit. We also produce publicity spots and videoclips. We have filmed in different countries such as Germany, Nepal, India or Morocco.

Our work has gained recognition in film festivals such as Malaga Film Festival or Zinebi, MTV, SolMuscia and Premios Min.

Contact us:

Aitor Sanchez Smith
aitor.veredastudio@gmail.com
+34 660 96 50 87