ReelAbilities "Little World" Q+A with director Marcel Barrena, 3-7-2014

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Marcel Barrena talks about the making of "Little World" and all of its big world challenges.

Marcel Barrena was born in Barcelona in 1981.

In 2011 he won the Catalan Academy Award for his movie debut, Cuatro estaciones,[2][3][4] a low budget romantic comedy that was highly appreciated by the public, both in its TV screenings as well as on the Internet. Marcel Barrena is the first director that won Gaudí Award for two different films (for "Cuatro Estaciones" and "Little World" as well).

Cuatro Estaciones was the first TV movie to represent Spain at CinemaSpagna Festival[5] in Rome. It also won the Best Movie, Director and FIPRESCI awards at the Festival de Alicante[6] and best TV-Movie at the Catalan Gaudi Festival.[7] Barrena's second film is the acclaimed documentary Món Petit (Little World).[8][9] The film has been recently awarded with the DOC U Award at IDFA, the most important documentary film festival in the world, and has become the first Spanish movie to get to the 3rd place at the IDFA Audience Award,[10] out of 300 documentaries.

Neil Young, from the Hollywood Reporter, defines Little World as "one of my top 10 films of the year."[11] Little World: Best Documentary at Boulder International Film Festival (2013); Audiencia Award at Norwegian Dok Film Festival..

Little World is the most successful Spanish documentary of the year in terms of box office and awards. Won Gaudí Award and it's nominated for the Goya Awards.