José Luis López Filmmaker

Y el 22 de noviembre de 2016 celebrábamos la primera sesión de nuestro curso intensivo de interpretación. Las niñas iban a aprender a odiar, a querer, a despreciar, a reir e incluso a llorar. Y lo harían jugando, como tiene que ser. La sesión fue amena y muy divertida. Entramos en contacto como equipo y empezamos a establecer lazos de confianza y amistad. Roland, que interpreta a Naim en la película, tuvo tiempo para explicarles su periplo desde que abandonó Camerún hasta conseguir saltar la valla de Melilla. Una historia tan impresionante como real. Ver los ojos de aquellas cuatro niñas escuchando atentas su historia y preguntando detalles ella era en si mismo una lección magistral de vida. Una formación tan importante como necesaria para el desarrollo del film que contribuiría a poblar un poquito más esa pequeña biblioteca que todos guardamos en nuestro pensamiento. Al finalizar la jornada ya se vislumbraba una evolución en la actitud y capacidades de nuestras fantásticas

(ENGLISH) Do not ask me why, but my projects are always driven by some concern for the field of social justice. Caràkter Ciutadà, was born in 2008 from that concern. A platform with the main goal of making visible anonymous stories focused on subjects closely related to the human rights of people. But someone dreamy, keep doing it again and again. It has no answer ;) That morning in March 2016, like every morning, I was under the shower head. And my head, do not know yours, but when I'm under the shower my head likes a pressure cooker. Hundreds of news stories about the migratory waves were moving from neuron to neuron, until Alba was heard: Are you dumb, or what? I turn off the water immediately and wrapped in my bathrobe called my friend Jesus Puchol. "Jesus, I'm going to prepare a short film about social issues ... Would you like to aim this adventure?" Before answering the question, I knew the answer. Jesus, an actor by profession, is one of those passio

(ENGLISH) From very young I liked to dream ... sometimes slept and awake in many others Why not? People say that dreaming is easy. I do not think so! Dreaming requires discipline and devotion. Letting go and coming back again and again demands a certain amount of disorder and madness. But dreaming is one of the best things that life offers us. And if we are also able to freeze our dreams, to hold them tightly and make them real, it will mean that, to embark on that wonderful journey between fantasy and reality, it was worth it. There are many dreams that I have fulfilled in the journey that remoteness my birth from the present. And I can say that all have been worth it. I dreamed of falling in love and I got it. Having a family and I got it. I dreamed of being able to dedicate myself to my great passion: Art, in capital letters, in all its facets and regardless of discipline, and I have also achieved. A year ago I had a new dream: Create a short film piece where to show

(ENGLISH) Everything starts in a bank office but it's not about banking Actually the cinema gives me the great opportunity to peek into a large window that connects with the world. A gap through which I’m able to share with others. “The T-Shirt" shown for the first time for me in a bank office a hot month of June. That morning I had marked on my schedule to move to the bank office of La Ronda Sant Ramon de Sant Boi. A small branch of a well-known bank that over the years has been losing attention staff. When I crossed the threshold of the door I came across a considerable crowd among which we could find the retired gentleman with much, much hurry. The unlucky self-employed person who has been deceived with a promissory note without funds, the French-speaking immigrant who barely speaks a word in Spanish and has run into an ATM that does not work, the unlucky mother who arrives late to all places even to pick up her children from school , in this case and this day

(ENGLISH) On July 28 at 6:50 in the morning we board on the plane to Naples. In our suitcases a little clothes for three days, the white shirt, a bow tie and kilos of emotion. We were one of the 25 finalists of the prestigious social film festival “Social World Film Festival" . The welcome and the stay at Vico Equense was fantastic. We felt at home at all times. That same afternoon was projected in the complex Monumental SS Trinita “My friend Naim” next to 12 short films more of an exceptional level of quality. At the end of the screening I had the pleasure of exposing, on this occasion using my little knowledge of Italian, details that mark the character of the short film. But the great moment of our journey came the next day. In the course of the Awards Red Carpet Ceremony, the title of the short film winner of the 7th Edition was unveiled. “My friend Naim” ex aequo next to “Lurna” was proclaimed herself the winner and Claudia Cardinale, godmother of honor of the Cerem

(ENGLISH) Alba an 8 year old girl who lives alone with her father, comes out one night to throw away the garbage. In a dark alley, next to the containers, she meets Naim, a South African immigrant. Two different worlds will come into contact to show that friendship has no age, color or borders. In the Universe we are all connected; Sometimes capriciously. Children do not do not give important at language or social class. They simply play with those who share trust and generosity: Their friends. But this is the world of children, which should be. That of adults is different. It moves under other parameters, prejudices and power struggles. A world that, in the worst case, a human being even battling for a piece of bread. (ESPAÑOL) Alba una niña de 8 años que vive sola con su padre, sale una noche a tirar la basura. En un callejón sin salida, junto a los contenedores, conoce a Naim, un inmigrante Sud Africano. Dos mundos diferentes entrarán en contacto para demostrar que la

(ENGLISH) Raised from the point of view of a 10-year-old girl, “My friend Naim" is a protest short film that gives visibility to a growing reality in the modern societies of the western world. Increasing poverty, the bitter struggle for survival, and the search for opportunities by immigrants and indigenous people are undermining the peaceful relations between people of every class, race and / or social class. (ESPAÑOL) "Mi amigo Naim" es un cortometraje denuncia que da visibilidad a una realidad creciente en las sociedades modernas del mundo occidental. El incremento de la pobreza, la lucha encarnizada por la supervivencia y la búsqueda de oportunidades por parte de inmigrantes y autóctonos está desvirtuando las relaciones pacíficas que debieran mantener entre si personas de cualquier clase, raza y/o clase social. (CATALÀ) Què és “Naim, el meu amic” "Naim, el meu amic “ és un curtmetratge denuncia que dóna visibilitat a una realitat creixent en l