Directed, produced and photographed by Macgregor
Shot on a modified Sony F35 to achieve optimum lightness and speed through the Saharan landscapes, without sacrificing on image quality.
Awards
Social impact media awards (US) - Best cinematography & Stylistic achievement jury prize
Festimatge (Spain) - Best short film
premios Fugaz (Spain) - nominée: best cinematography & best documentary short film
Almería International film festival (Spain) - Best cinematography
“Camels, nomadic Moors, earth movers, and giant dump trucks slope languidly across the screen in this stunningly photographed and hypnotically paced short. Here, director MacGregor deftly captures the lifeline that is the Mauritania Railway running through the gorgeous yet desolate landscape. Opened in 1963 with the sole purpose of transporting one of the country’s many natural resources and its primary export, iron ore, the single train line extends 704 kilometers through the Sahara desert from Zouerat to the port of Nouadhibou. But it is the return trip that has become even more important, as dozens of men brave riding atop dangerous hopper cars to bring back fish and other essential goods much needed by the villages along the train’s lonely path. This graceful, mesmerizing imagery almost belies the harsh reality of the brutal heat and hardtack life of the desert and will stick with you long after the train ride ends.”
- 22nd Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
21 min. 2014.
2065. The entire planet is hit by the effects of climate change. One of the few places that remain habitable is Antarctica, where big corporations have built private cities.
Hebe and Ciro get back together again. She is looking for love. He is searching for his own identity.
Awards
VOGHERA FILM FESTIVAL (Italy) - BEST SHORT FILM
FESTIMATGE - FESTIVAL DE LA IMATGE DE CALELLA (Spain) - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE PHILIP K. DICK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCIE FICTION, FANTASTIC FILM, SCIENCE AND THE SUPERNATURAL (United States) - BEST SCI-FI FILM
FESTIVAL DE CINE DE ZARAGOZA (Spain) - BEST FANTASTIC SHORT FILM
CARTAXO INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC AND HORROR FILM FESTIVAL (Portugal) - HONORABLE MENTION
FESTIVAL DE CINE DE MADRID FCM-PNR (Spain) - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
FESTIVAL OF SERBIAN FANTASTIC FILM (FSFF) (Serbia) - BEST FOREIGN FILM
CERTAMEN VIDEO CORTO JOVEN DECORTOÁN (Spain) - SPECIAL JURY MENTION
FESTIVAL EUROPEO DE CORTOMETRAJES VILLAMAYOR DE CINE (Spain) - NOMINATED FOR THE BEST ACTRESS, BEST EDITING & BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
2016. 11 MINUTES.
Based on the graphic novel "Hot L.A." by Horacio Altuna, LOS ANGELES 1991 follows four different characters in the amidst of racial tensions just before the riots of '92.
A film by Zac&Mac
Directed by Macgregor.
Screenplay by Zac&Mac and Tim Hyten
Based on the graphic novel "Hot L.A." by Horacio Altuna
Additional writing by John Whalen & Leslie Gorenstein, Jack Daniel Stanley
Produced by Macgregor , Tim Hyten , Bruno Zacarías
Awards
RIVERSIDE SHORT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL (United States)
FIRST PRIZE FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE EN GUADALAJARA (Mexico)
BEST SHORT FIM
CERTAMEN DE CORTOMETRAJES POR LA PAZ DE JIMENA DE SAN PABLO DE BUCEITE (Spain)
1st PRIZE
RENDIBÚ CONCURSO DE CINE COMPRIMIDO (Spain)
BEST SHORT FILM
PORTO7 - OPORTO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Portugal)
AUDIENCE AWARD
FIBABC - FESTIVAL IBEROAMERICANO DE CORTOMETRAJES ABC.ES (Spain)
BEST SHORT FILM JURY AWARD
DAKINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Romania)
BEST SHORT FILM
CORTOESPAÑA RUTE (Spain)
BEST SHORT FILM
FESTIFIL - FESTIVAL LA FILA DE CORTOMETRAJES (Spain)
BEST SCREENPLAY
MOSTRA DE CINEMA LLATINOAMERICÀ DE CATALUNYA (Spain)
BEST SHORT FILM
FESTIVAL DE CORTOMETRAJES DE AGUILAR DE CAMPOO (Spain)
BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST EDITING
GINÉS EN CORTO: FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES (Spain)
BEST SHORT FILM
Official Selections
BALLSTON SPA FILM FESTIVAL (United States)
CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Canada)
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE INDEPENDIENTE DE ELCHE (Spain)
FESTIVAL VIDEO-CINEMATOGRAFICO "C'È UN TEMPO PER L'INTEGRAZIONE" (Italy)
FESTIVAL DE CORTOMETRAJES CORTEN - CIUDAD DE CALAHORRA (Spain)
FESTIVAL EUROPEO DE CORTOMETRAJES VILLAMAYOR DE CINE (Spain)
CERTAMEN NACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES L'ALFÀS DEL PI (Spain)
CORTOESPAÑA MORA (Spain)
SALÓN INTERNACIONAL DE LA LUZ (Colombia)
INTERNATIONAL FRONTALE FILM FESTIVAL (Austria)
INDIE STREET FILM FESTIVAL (United States)
CICLO DE CORTOMETRAJES DE FICCIÓN DE ALCANCES - MUESTRA CINEMATOGRÁFICA DEL ATLÁNTICO (Spain)
FESTIVAL DE CINE DE MADRID FCM-PNR (Spain)
TLANCHANA FEST - FESTIVAL DE CINE Y ARTE DIGITAL (Mexico)
FEAR NO FILM FESTIVAL (United States)
CEBU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - CEBU.IFF (Philippines)
REVOLUTION ME FILM FESTIVAL (United States)
SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (Japan)
LA MUESTRA DE CINE MÁS PEQUEÑA DEL MUNDO (Spain)
FASCURT FESTIVAL DE CORTOMETRAJES DE EL MASNOU (Spain)
CORTOESPAÑA MONTILLA (Spain)
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DETMOLD (Germany)
FESTIVAL DE CINE SOLIDARIO DE GUADALAJARA - FESCIGU (Spain)
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE BAJO LA LUNA ISLANTILLA CINEFÓRUM (Spain)
FICBUEU, FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES DE
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Warner Bros. has pre-emptively acquired a futuristic action pitch titled "Law Zero" from Bruno Zacarias and Miguel "Macgregor" de Olaso, who make films under the name Zac&Mac. Roy Lee is set to produce the project.
Pitch, which included a teaser trailer and outline, is the first the directing duo have sold, and plot details remain under wraps.
-- Jeff Sneider, VARIETY. Apr.24, 2012
We spent two weeks searching for the best lighting conditions that could accurately and artistically represent the Son Brull hotel. For this project we decided to acquire the majority of the shots with the Quicklapse technique, shooting at 8K 12bit raw in order to get the highest image quality available to date. We used Hasselblad and Nikon lenses. The final piece was mastered and delivered in 4K resolution.
