Ada for mayor | Alcaldessa
2016 | Documentary Film | 75’
Directed by Pau Faus
Produced by Nanouk Films
ADA FOR MAYOR follows Ada Colau for one year, from her time spent organizing the anti-eviction fight in Barcelona to the day she is sworn-in as its mayor. The intimate chronicle -featuring Colau’s own video diary- and privileged access to the inner-workings of a new citizen platform reveal an extraordinary journey in which two prevalent themes are united: a historic victory illustrative of the political changes taking place in southern Europe, and the inner struggle of someone who fears becoming what she has so often questioned.
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Festivals and Awards
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Málaga Film Festival - Best Director
Málaga Film Festival - Best Director![]()
Gaudí award - Best Documentary
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FipaDOC - Special Jury Mention
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Tbilisi International Documentary - FFCIVIL DOC PRIZE
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Traverse City Film Festival - Best Opera Prima - Roger Ebert Award
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Belgrade Free Zone Film Festival - Special Mention of the Jury
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Festival Filministes Montréal Prix Filministes - Inspiration
DocsBarcelona, Spain
Festival Alcances, Cadiz, Spain
Som Cinema, Lleida, Spain
DOK Leipzig, Germany
Festival Internazionale di Ferrara, Italy
This Human World, Vienna, Austria
Karl des Grosse Centre, Zurich, Switzerland
Women’s Rights Nights, Skopje, Macedonia
Cine Ocho y Medio, Quito, Ecuador
FIPA, Biarritz, France
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, New York, USA
New School, New York, USA
Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
Copenhagen Catalan Film Festival, Denmark
One World Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
Cineteca-Matadero, Madrid, Spain
One World Romania, Bucharest, Rumania
ZagrebDox, Croatia
Houston Latino Film Festival, USA
Festival Desobedoc, Porto, Portugal
Cine Latino, Tübingen, Germany
Addis Int. Film Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
DOXA, Vancouver, Canada
Festival Iberodocs, Edinburgh, Scotland
Kinodromo, Bologna, Italy
Sydney Democracy Network, Australia
Docaviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Emergency Pisa, Italy
CinéDoc, Tbilisi, Georgia
Doc-Cevennes, Cevennes, France
Avilés Acción Film Festival, Spain
CineBlend, Amsterdam, Netherlands
New Institutionalities, Notthingham, England
Festival de Cine Más, Managua, Nicaragua
Freedom Film Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Festival Stadttfinden, Leipzig, Germany
Change Agent Film Festival, Bethlehem, NH, USA
Int. Human Rights Film Festival, Tirana, Albania
The Cinematheque, Vancouver, Canada
DMZ Docs, Seoul, South Korea
Impugning Impunity Film Festival, New York, USA
Cinespaña, Toulouse, France
Democracity Festival, Vienna, Austria
Prix Europa, Berlin, Germany
Academia Galega do Audiovisual, Santiago, Spain
Antigonish Int. Film Festival, Canada
Free Zone Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
Kassel Dokfest, Germany
Crossroads Festival, Graz, Austria
Kino.Kat, Munich, Germany
Festival CinémaMed, Bruxelles, Belgium
Cinema Politica, Montréal, Canada
BIDF, Budapest, Hungary
Cinema Utopia, Bordeaux, France
Ciné d'ATTAC, Bruxelles, Belgium
Festival Filministes, Montréal, Canada
Budapest Architecture Film Days, Hungary
Festival Int. de Cine en Guadalajara, México
Bates College, Lewiston, ME, USA
École supérieure des beaux-arts, Nantes, France
Kratke slike, Zagreb, Croatia
Habitat Int. Film Festival, New Delhi, India
Right to the City, Leipzig, Germany
Moldox Festival, Cahul, Moldova
Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
Manifiesta, Bredene sur Mer, Belgium
Bilder från söder, Malmö, Sweden
China Women's Film Festival, Beijing, China
Feminist Class Politics, Belgrade, Serbia
Festival Politikos, Rennes, France
Move it! Film Festival, Dresden, Germany
