El Documental del mes - THE FORGIVENESS - el Documental del mes

Andrés Rabadán caused three trains to derail in 1994 at just 19 years of age. A few days later he turned himself in to the police after killing his father with a crossbow. He was sentenced to a psychiatric ward until he was no longer considered to be a threat to society. In the past fifteen years, Andrés has begun to paint and write, and is now even married. Some psychiatrists believe him to be “cured”, while others feel that he ought to still be locked up. Yet it is here where the debate begins: does somebody who has committed a horrible crime deserve a second chance?

He is a writer, director and producer of documentaries and feature films. He was graduated in the ESCAC (Escola Superior de Cinema and Audiovisuals of Catalunya), and specializing in writing.

In 2000 he founded the production company Films Nanouk with the intention of creating an artistic platform of reference in the Catalan and European audiovisual panorama of research into new channels of communication between the field of documentary and fiction.

His pedagogical vocation is canalized in ESCAC, where he is head of documentaries, oversees the final projects and directs the Master of documentary and society.

2009, The Forgiveness (El Perdón)

2008, The 2 lives of Andres Rabadan (Las dos vidas de Andrés Rabadán)

2004, Isla negra, illa blanca

> International Film Festival of Belgrade, Best Documentary Award, Serbia 2010

> International Film Festival of Montaverner Mondoc, Audience Award, Spain 2009