SYNOPSIS
With depth, humor and pathos, La Chana celebrates the charisma and flair of a self-taught Gypsy flamenco dancer who in the 1960s-80s rose to international stardom and then suddenly vanished from the public eye at the height of her career. Peter Sellers saw her dance as a young woman and asked her to perform in the film 'The Bobo' in 1967. Hollywood beckoned, but that was not to be. In her baroque boudoir in Barcelona, La Chana continues to practice her art and reveals the reason her career came to such an abrupt end. Filled with footage of spectacular flamenco dance and music, this film brings us under the skin and into the irrepressible spirit of this eccentric woman with an uncanny gift for rhythm who, despite all odds, enjoys a comeback in her late sixties.
ABOUT THE FILM
Genre: Documentary
Length: 55′ and 82′
Completion: 2016
Director/producer: Lucija Stojevic
Producer: Deirdre Towers
Delegate producer: Noon Films SL
Co-producers: Greta Olafsdottir and Susan Muska for Bless Bless Productions (Iceland/USA)
Associate producers: Beatriz del Pozo, Guri Scotford
Production Coordinator: Sandra Olsina
Assistant Director and Documentalist: Lucia Sances
Director of Photography: Samuel Navarrete
Editor: Domi Parra
Second Editor: Irene Coll
Composer: Ernesto Briceño
Sound Design: Alejandro Castillo
Motion Graphics: Andrés Bartos
Graphic Design: La Gamba Negra, Anna Bours
In Collaboration with: RTVE, TV3, ICEC, IFC
Fiscal Sponsor: New York Women in Film & Television
International sales (US & Canada): East Village Entertainment
World sales: Cat & Docs
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Winner IDFA VPRO Audience Award 2016
Nomination Best European Documentary EFA Awards 2017
Winner Best Documentary Gaudí Awards 2018
Winner Best Documentary FEROZ Awards 2018
Winner Grand Prize ART FIFA Montreal 2019
Winner Audience Award Budapest International Documentary Festival 2018
Winner Audience Award DOKUArt Bjelovar 2018
Winner Best Documentary Cinehorizontes Marseilles 2018
Winner Best Documentary Festival du Cinéma Espagnol du Nantes 2018
Winner SADE Award Dock of the Bay Festival 2018
Winner Audience Award Dock of the Bay Festival 2018
Winner Le Voci dell'Inchiesta Audience Award 2017
Winner Chopin's Nose Award for Best Documentary on Music & Arts DOCSAG 2017
Special Mention San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2018
Special Mention Cerdanya International Film Festival 2017
Nomination IDFA AWFJ Award for Best Female-Directed Documentary 2016
