{"id":16154,"date":"2019-03-26T12:48:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T12:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ullsdelmon.org\/?post_type=entrevistes&p=16154"},"modified":"2019-04-25T12:50:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T12:50:08","slug":"isaki-lacuesta-film-director","status":"publish","type":"entrevistes","link":"https:\/\/www.ullsdelmon.org\/en\/interviews\/isaki-lacuesta-film-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaki Lacuesta, film director"},"content":{"rendered":"

Isaki Lacuesta, acclaimed Spanish director who works in documentaries, feature films and video art, author of critically acclaimed films as The Legend of Time<\/em>, The Double Steps<\/em>, The Next Skin<\/em> and Between Two Waters<\/em>, has collaborated as a volunteer in the testimonials for our foundation\u2019s 500,000 + 500,000 campaign.<\/p>\n

Two Golden Shells in the San Sebastian\u2019s Film Festival, the Los Feroz Special Award, the Best Film Award in the Mar del Plata Festival, seven Gaudi Awards (including Best Film and Best Director), and your first Goya nominations in the Best Film and Best Director categories\u2026 Do awards make you happy?<\/h5>\n

Luckily, happiness doesn\u2019t depend upon the awards. However, I\u2019m very grateful, because they help giving more visibility to my films. It\u2019s beautiful to know that people like what you do, that you\u2019re doing good.<\/p>\n

Do you feel more responsible now when starting a project? Could you talk about your ongoing projects?<\/h5>\n

I guess that this feeling of responsibility depends more on your degree of self-commitment than on external factors. I\u2019m currently working on several projects, and the more advanced ones (but in this business you never know) are a feature film to be made as a French-Spanish coproduction and a very special story, of which I can\u2019t say anything yet.<\/p>\n

In your 15 plus years as a feature and documentary film director, have you ever cooperated with a non-profit organisation?<\/h5>\n

Yes, I have, and in Eyes of the world’s case I had the chance to prove that it\u2019s extremely useful to do so; the positive effect on the people you are helping is immediate.<\/p>\n

How and when did you know about Eyes of the world? Have you ever been to any of the countries we cooperate with (Mali, Bolivia, West Sahara, Mozambique)?<\/h5>\n

I came across Eyes of the world in 2009, in Mali, when we were shooting a film, The Double Steps<\/em>, in the Dogon Country. Miquel Barcel\u00f3 introduced us to the Foundation. I think their work is extraordinary, it\u2019s almost a miracle. I remember being particularly impressed by a surgeon who operated dozens of people each day. Disabled people were suddenly regaining sight. One of the members of the crew, Nacho Mart\u00edn, left our shooting to film the work of Eyes of the world\u2019s doctors and he came back deeply impressed.<\/p>\n

Were you familiar with the eye health problems in those countries?<\/h5>\n

No, I wasn\u2019t aware of the huge number of people who suffer from eye health problems in Mali. Economic difficulties, adverse weather and the lack of medical infrastructure there form a kind of “perfect storm”. Cataract is relatively easy to operate here, but in Mali it can cause death. In fact, we knew a lot of people with eye diseases. For this reason, eyes of the world\u2019s task is very important not only because they bring medical assistence where it isn\u2019t available, but they also train local doctors.<\/p>\n

How do you assess your implication in the Foundation\u2019s “testimonial” project?<\/h5>\n

As a learning experience. There are so many things happening next to us that we can\u2019t see until someone shows them to us! Sometimes, you need someone close to you explain their story to fully understand it.<\/p>\n

Please, describe the Foundation\u2019s work in three words.<\/h5>\n

Hope, gratefulness, health.<\/p>\n

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