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08025 BARCELONA, SPAIN
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08025 BARCELONA, SPAIN
Production Company
Polar Star Films is an independent production company in Barcelona, Spain, with a track record in creative documentaries, short fiction and commercials. Executive producer Carles Brugueras established the company in 1997, after fifteen years of working as an independent film and television producer.At present Polar Star specialises in the production of innovative feature-length documentaries, co-producing with broadcasters such as ARTE, BBC (Storyville), RTVE and TVC (Televisió de Catalunya) and the support of institutions such as the MEDIA PROGRAMME of the European Union and Eurodoc.The films of Polar Star Films have won numerous international awards, including the FIPRESCI (Jury Prize at Hot Docs), the PBS Independent Lens Audience Award, Prix Europa, the Grimme prize and the Max Ophüls prize.One of Polar Star Films’ recent productions, Google And The World Brain (2013, 89’), was selected for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at Sundance 2013. This film, directed by Ben
Currently, Polar Star is working on the development of three new feature documentaries by renowned directors such as Ben Lewis and Denis Delestrac.