Meritxell Colell Aparicio
Directing
Known For

One summer, DĂdac travels by bike along the Danube with his family, starting where the river first emerges in Germany. As they journey downstream, he begins seeing a mysterious boy, Alexander, who appears and disappears in the water. DĂdac feels himself changing, drawn toward Alexander and away from his brother Biel. Their mother, Monika, who once took the same trip as a teenager, drifts into memories of a past summer love. When she sees DĂdac and Alexander together, she encourages them to continue the journey alone. But as twilight falls, DĂdac begins to question who Alexander truly is.
Strange River

Monica, a renowned choreographer, returns to Spain after a 20 year absence to see her sick father. Upon arriving her father has already died and her mother asks her to stay to sell the family home. In delaying her return to Buenos Aires Monica rediscovers her childhood landscapes and is forced to confront the past.
Facing the Wind

Sustain desire through time. Cinema, friendship and poetry between two continents.
Transoceánicas

Soumaya grew up in Barcelona, and the emotional distance between her and her mother, who is originally from Algeria, often feels vast. That tension is evident in their somewhat prickly conversation about praying and Ramadan. Things shift, however, when Soumaya decides to visit her grandmother in Algeria.
The Flight of the Stork

Three ageing brothers must face an uncertain future and the inevitable end to years of self-imposed isolation as the abandoned village of EscĂł in Spain, where they have lived all their lives, faces its second threat of extinction.
When the Mountain Rumbles

"In 2018 my grandfather was imprisoned for child sexual abuse and attempted kidnapping. Now I meet him again and confront his gazes, his answers and my own feelings. Meanwhile, my family gathers at the country house and deals with the emotional consequences of growing up under this father figure". (Daniel Tornero)
Saturno

A couple of choreographers tour between the frontiers of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia After 24 years sharing their professional and personal lives, the trip opens a crack in their routine and their lives begin to unravel.
Duo
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Far From Trees

Discover the other city, the one we often call the periphery. Change the historical perspective of the hills as checkpoints and defense, as borders of the city, to reveal the boundaries between the mountain and the city as a point of connection with the origins
La ciutat a la vora

Short experimental movie by Meritxell Colell Aparicio.
Pluja de cèl·lules

Short 8mm experimental movie by Meritxell Colell Aparicio.
Recordant Buenos Aires

Canòdrom de Meridiana: an emblematic rationalist building in Barcelona. For many years it was a meeting place for neighbors and citizens. In 2006, it closed its doors. Since then it has been empty.
Arquitecturas en silencio. Diálogo entre Antoni Bonet y Le Corbusier.

Experimental short movie by Meritxell Colell Aparicio.