Canadian Premiere
CSE 2022

Robin Bank

This is the story of Enric Duran, a Catalan activist who took out loans of half a million euros that he had no intention of repaying. Instead, he used the money to finance social projects and explains that he committed these thefts to denounce the bad practices of the banking system. 

SYNOPSIS

This is the story of Enric Duran, a Catalan activist who took out loans of half a million euros that he had no intention of repaying. Instead, he used the money to fund social projects and pretended to commit theft to expose the bad practices of the banking system. He also wanted to encourage people to think differently and join him in creating another more equitable and sustainable world. Faced with some imprisonments, Duran fled in 2013. But he continues to work inside underground economic disobedience movements. One of those he inspired is filmmaker Anna Giralt Gris, who goes on a mission to find him and investigate the consequences of his actions. Where do you draw the line between what is legal and what is legitimate? Can one person really save the world?

Theme(s): , Economy, Social struggle, Technology

DETAILS

Director | , Anna Giralt Gris
Year | , 2022
Country | , Germany, Spain
Duration | 80 minutes
Original language | , catalan, English, Spanish
Subtitles | , French
Image | Aïda Torrent Ciudad
Sound | Alejandro Molino
Music | Meike Katrin Stein
Editing | Anna Giralt Gris, Florencia Aliberti
Production | Arek Gielnik, Jorge Caballero Ramos, Sonia Otto

DIRECTOR

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Anna Giralt Gris

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Anna Giralt Gris (Barcelona 1978) is a filmmaker and new media creator. Her latest short film, "44 Messages from Catalonia", was produced by Field of Vision and published in the prestigious media outlet The Intercept. Her latest work is the VR experience Chronicle of a Vanished City, premiering at SXSW VR Cinema. It was selected for the 2018 IDFA DocLab Academy and the 2019 Berlinate Talent Campus. Her first feature documentary is Robin Bank.

PAST SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1

21 July 2022 at 21h00

Parc Molson

SCREENING 2

17 August 2022 at 20h15

Parc Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier