Fist & Steel

Constant struggle, loyalty and courage until the ultimate victory. These are the tenets of an underground gym where people from the working-class neighborhoods of Barcelona gather to express their feelings through boxing.

Director: Víctor Alonso Berbel

Victor Alonso Berbel (Barcelona, 1993) is an Audiovisual Communication student at Pompeu Fabra University. He’s also studied filmmaking and television at the University of California, Los Angeles, with a scholarship from the Global Cities international program. In 2014 he directed "A wild boar", a fiction short film shot on 16mm. "Fist & Steel" is his first documentary work, for which he received the SGAE-New Filmmakers Award for Best Director at the Sitges International Film Festival.

Specifications

Film Type:Documentary, Short, Student
Genres:Drama, Sport, Immigration, Poverty, Teenagers
Runtime:13 minutes 40 seconds
Completion Date:July 1, 2014
Production Budget:100 EUR
Country of Origin:Spain
Country of Filming:Spain
Film Language:Arabic, Spanish