March 2009. Spanair, the second largest Spanish airline, has been in crisis for the last two years. Its former owner, Scandinavian Airlines, tried to sell it for 450 million euros in 2007 but no buyer was found and the value of the company quickly diminished as the losses increased. In July 2008 over 400 workers were laid off. In August, 153 people died when flight 5022 crashed at Madrid airport while taking off -- the lowest point in the history of the company.

In April 2009 a group of Catalan investors bought Spanair for 1 euro and injected 100 million euros in the fledging company under a business plan that aims at showing profits in a couple of years. The new shareholders chose Ferran Soriano, former vicepresident of FC Barcelona, to lead the turnaround.

With unprecedented access, this film follows Spanair’s top managers as they go about implementing the changes, grappling with bleeding losses and labor unrest. “The Turnaround” is an observational film that offers the viewer a unique opportunity: to see from the inside how a company succeeds in getting back on its feet –or goes bust.

For centuries, the human heart was a medical mystery: its function was understood, but not its structure.

Paco Torrent Guasp, a family doctor in a coastal village in Spain, toiled alone during 20 years until he found the answer: the heart is a single muscular band folded over itself in a helical pattern.

His discovery is a medical revolution: doctors have now a map that allows them to understand what goes on when a heart fails. However, Paco had to fight for another 20 years to see his work recognized.

Memorimage Festival
Best Film in Television Award

Unicaja Festival
Best Biomedical Film Award

XVI VIDEOMED Festival
Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Badajoz Award

Every January two rallies take to the road for a trip which starts in Europe and ends on the coast of Africa. One is the world famous Dakar race. The other is the Plymouth-Banjul Challenge, an adventure whose values are diametrically opposed to its more famous big brother.

The Challenge consists of simply driving from Plymouth (Great Britain) to Banjul (the capital of the Gambia) in cars worth less than 300 euros. In other words, to travel more than 6,000 km in old bangers with hardly any money, no road-side help but without losing their sense of humour.

The documentary, made by the first and only Spanish team taking part in the Challenge event, follows the adventures of a group of participants as they take in the beauty of the desert.

In early March 2007 three Spanish parachute jumpers flew over Antarctica in wingsuits – a feat that nobody had achieved before. The only previous attempt, by a US team, ended in tragedy.

The film follows the meticulous preparation of the flight from the design of the wingsuits to the final stages of the jump –when the unpredictable weather conditions in Antarctica put the expedition on the verge of disaster. Beyond the adventure, this film captures a revealing story about one of the most primal human desires – to feel the exhilarating freedom of birdlike flying.

The documentary was produced by David F. Miralles and Marc Martínez and is a Media 3.14 production with the support of TVC and Rush HD.

A report about the first jump over the North Pole.

The report follows the members of the expedition during their adventure. It shows the training, the preparation and provides an insight into their thinking before the jump. Through the jumpers, viewers discover a sport that has undergone a rapid evolution in the last few years. The suits include solutions that combine increases in the flight time with new and innovative security systems.

The report follows the trip of the adventurers to the Russian camp in Barneo, 150 km from the geographic North Pole and the period of adaptation needed to be able to survive in the extreme conditions. The bad weather prevented the team from jumping until the very last moment.

“Alas sobre el Polo” provides in-depth coverage the three jumps, with cameras built into the helmets allowing the viewers to get a real taste of what the spectacular jump involved.

“Alas sobre el Polo” was directed by Alejandro Moreu, with camera work from Pedro Ballesteros and produced by Montse Bartuí.

Paco Larrañaga, a young Filipino, is on death row in Manila for a crime he didn't commit. The film retraces Paco's story as he finds himself caught in a nightmarish sequence of events. He is accused of two murders but only one body was ever found -and there are serious doubts about its identity. Over 30 witnesses place him 500 km. away from the scene of the crime but the judge dismisses them and gives credit to a police informer who is linked to the victims' family. The courtroom becomes a circus as the media readily sentence Paco even before the trial starts.

"When Life Stops" is the story of a blatant miscarriage of justice, but it is also the story of how Paco's family has been shaken by years of legal fighting - which have taken a toll on its deep-rooted religious faith. As Paco's sister puts it, their sin seems to be that "we believed in the system".

A Media 3.14 - Thoughtful Robot, Inc. co-production. Directed by Michael Collins. Executive producers Joan Úbeda and Marty Syjuco.

See Review :
El País, 24th November 2005
El Periódico, 24th November 2005
Diari de Sabadell, 26th November 2005

A documentary showing the influence that science had upon Salvador Dalí's life and work. It reveals a very unknown aspect of one the most important figures of the 20th Century and gives new insight to interpret some of Dalí's masterpieces.

Salvador Dalí felt a deep passion for science. His work reflects every major scientific discovery of the 20th Century: the psychoanalysis, the Relativity Theory, the atom fission and the quantum mechanics, the discovery of DNA… Even his signature was directly influenced by a scientific image.

"The Dalí Dimension" is a Media 3.14 production, also coproduced by Televisió de Catalunya, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Institut Ramon Llull and Avro (Holland). In collaboration with TVE Temáticos, YLE Teema (Finland) and RTBF (Belgium) with the support of Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals and MEDIA, the European Community's program.

Hamado Pafadnam from Burkina Faso used to be a shepherd. Now he's a top cyclist and dreams of winning his country's Tour. By a remarkable stroke of fate he gets the opportunity to train and race for six months with the best Spanish amateur team. Hamado must adapt to a completely new environment -from flat Burkina Faso to the mountainous Basque Country, a fundamental difference for a cyclist. Then there is the language, religion, climate, food… Far away from his country and family, Hamado experiences a challenging personal adventure.

In Spain, Hamado does not just improve his skills. Through the exchanges with his fellow team-mates and other people he meets, he begins to understand European society and he dispels quite a few clichés about Africa. When he goes back to Burkina he can't be sure of winning the Tour. But he knows that he has achieved something more important.

These two parallel documentaries both directed by Joan Úbeda focus on the March 11th terrorist attacks.

"11-M. Yo estuve allí" and "La vida tras el 11-M" show the survivors' personal experiences from the moment of the attack.

“11-M. Yo estuve allí”
The first documentary features interviews with 27 of the survivors. They were all travelling on the Atocha, Santa Eugenia and El Pozo trains and relate their personal experiences face-to-face, with no further commentary.

“La vida tras el 11-M”
The Media 3.14 team followed victims' lives for more than four months to make this documentary. All of them are members of the Asociación 11-M Afectados del Terrorismo (Association 11-M. Victims of Terrorism).

Gabriele Bortolozzo a worker at Montedison fought for 40 years to bring to light the lingering and lethal poisoning that the workers of petrochemical industry in Venice suffered. The indifference of the Italian petrochemical officials led to the death of more than 100 workers through the inhalation of toxic chemicals.

FICMA (Environmental Film Festival) 2003:
Sol de Oro for the Best Documentary
TV3 Special Prize

Rights available.

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This is the story of a man and his dream. The man is Wifredo Ricart, Spain’s best automotive engineer. His dream: the Pegaso Z-102, the world’s most advanced and modern sportscar during the 1950s.

The 102 was exceptional for its mechanical performance and stunning design —and for where it came from. In the 1950s, Spain was in the darkest hours of Franco’s dictatorship and nearly bankrupt. Ricart’s dream couldn’t be sustained for long and the project was cancelled when only 86 units had been produced.

The documentary tells the story of the car and its creator through interviews with his sons, fellow engineers, factory workers and former car owners. It also includes rare footage from newsreels and family archives, and a sequence of a 102 on a racetrack, driven by the same pilot who established the world speed records 50 years ago.

For all those who appear in the film, the 102 encapsulates the bittersweet memories of a time long past. Beyond their admiration for the technical quality of the car, they all convey the emotion of a period of their lives they will never forget.

Rights available.

An upbeat look at everyday life in Africa through the prism of the Burkina Faso cycling tour, the continent’s most important race. Local riders struggle to keep up with the european racers who have an edge thanks to their better training and equipment. The advantage levels out because of the grueling heat and the harsh conditions of the Tour.

Broadcast on ETB, Telemadrid, Canal 33 and Canal+ (Spain); RTBF (Belgium), RTP (Portugal), Tele+ (Italy), TSR (Switzerland), NOS (Holland), YLE (Finland).

Rights available.

Ondas Award 2001 for the Best Documentary

The 23-F, the attempted coup d'état on 23rd February 1981, threatened to bring to an end Spain's fledgling democracy. For the first time some of the people directly involved in the events which shook the country talk about what really happened.

Broadcast on TV3 (February 2001).

World-wide rights available.

A portrait of seven women from different parts of Spain filmed for the International Day of the Woman.

Broadcast by Vía Digital (March 2001).

A Media 3.14 production for Vía Digital.

80,000 young Christians from around Europe assembled in Barcelona at the end of 2000 in a meeting called by the ecumenical community of Taizé to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium.

The documentary follows some of the participants in the meeting.

Broadcast by Vía Digital (January 2001).

Broadcast by Vía Digital (May 2001).

A Media 3.14 production for Canal+ Spain.

The footage, texts, and narration conjure up a feel for Spain under the Franco dictatorship. It traces its origins and the mark it has left on Spain.

On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Franco's death, the documentary "Franco and the newsreels" analyses the dictator, the essence of the Franco period, the history and evolution of the regime through the NO-DO footage.

Broadcast by Canal+ Spain (November 2000).

A coproduction by Media 3.14 and the CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona).

Eight people, from Norway to The Central African Republic, were chosen to take part in this one-time zone documentary. All of the participants live in the GMT +1 time zone and the programme follows them for 24 hours.
The eight parallel stories are interwoven with work the common factor binding the documentary

Broadcast by Canal+ Spain and Telepiu (Italy) (May 2000)
Official selection at the IV Spanish Cinema Film Festival in Málaga (June 2001).

Spanish rights available.
Worldwide rights available.

A Media 3.14 production for Canal+ Spain.

The name of Las Hurdes was synonymous for a long time with "Tierra sin Pan" from the 1933 Luis Buñuel documentary of that name.

Since then many things have changed but it's still difficult to understand Las Hurdes without realising the enormous impact that the work had on the village. The mere mention of Buñuel provokes reactions of all kinds. One hundred years after the birth of Luis Buñuel, this documentary returns to Las Hurdes to talk to its inhabitants, to investigate through the accounts of the people who have lived their lives in the shadow of Buñuel's documentary.

It's a portrait of three generations who have been marked by one of the great Spanish historical documentaries.

A Media 3.14 production for Vía Digital. 2 x 55 minutes-long.

Two complementary documentaries based on interviews with over a hundred men and women.

The men speak about what they think about the women and vice versa. The answers are influenced by factors such as place of origin and social class.

However, the most important factor is age and a clear generational difference emerges with respect to values and attitudes

Broadcast by Vía Digital (February/March 2001).

An Elías Querejeta and Media 3.14 production for Vía Digital. 3 x 55 minutes-long.

The documentary series "El ojo de la cámara", created and directed by Elías Querejeta, tackles different aspects of the reality of modern-day Spain.

Coinciding with the elections for the Catalan parliament in October 1999 three programmes were made. The first one follows the election campaign, in which there was great expectation for change led by the socialist candidate Pasqual Maragall, with the opinion polls pointing to the possibility of ousting Jordi Pujol, the president of the Generalitat since 1980.
The second programme starts on the day of the election and follows the most exciting election night in Catalan history. It covers the negotiations among parties in order to establish a working coalition. The third one, made a few months after the elections, assesses the Catalan political landscape as a consequence of the agreement between CIU and PP.

Broadcast by Vía Digital (October/ November 2000, January 2001).