Barcelonaa odottamassa

Waiting for Barcelona

Barcelona's streets are the epitome of romantic city life – as long as you don't live on them. But 27-year-old Mou does. He left his homeland as a 12-year-old and has since lived a homeless life around Las Ramblas. Mou is not just streetwise, he is also a popular man. A love affair with a Spanish girl gives him hope, but the past and the mental pressures of an impossible situation catch up with his otherwise so positive spirit. Filmed at street-level in black and white, @Waiting for Barcelona@ is reminiscent of the social-realist tradition of street photography, and avoids the cliché of 'giving Mou a voice' – for Mou already has one. (CPH:DOX)

Director's Biography
Juho-Pekka Tanskanen
Juho-Pekka Tanskanen was born in 1988 in Helsinki, Finland. He graduated in cinema studies from the Lahti University of Applied Sciences and has worked in the Finnish film industry since 2014. He is co-founder of the production company Danish Bear Productions. "Waiting for Barcelona" is Tanskanen’s first feature-length film.

Film Selection: Barcelona odottamassa (Waiting for Barcelona, 2018, doc) - Laita ittes likoon (2017, doc short) - Samin elokuva (Sami's film, 2016, doc short)
European Panorama Documentary 2019
Juho-Pekka Tanskanen
Finland 2018
black and white
85 minutes
English / Spanish / Wolof / French
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Juho-Pekka Tanskanen
Cinematography Jeremias Nieminen
Editing Suvi Solja, Juho-Pekka Tanskanen
Sound/Sounddesign Toivo Kallio
Music Erik Michelsen
Producer(s) PRODUCER Isabella Karhu
Production
Danish Bear Productions
World Sales
Syndicado
Trailer
Website
Austrian Premiere
World Premiere
CPH:DOX 2018
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
CPH:DOX 2018

Premierenstatus / Premiere Status 
Austrian Premiere