Homeland Security is an in-depth look at the military fortress that Europe is becoming. José Bautista, an investigative journalist, uncovers the collaboration between European agents and the Libyan coast guard during the violent capture of migrants at sea. Thus begins a journey from the big European arms fairs and Brussels to the migratory routes in Africa and Europe to reveal the double profit of the arms industrial complex: from the sale to countries at war to the blockade of those escaping to Europe.
Technical information
Director: Virginia Díaz y Víctor Luengo
Screenwriter: Elisa Puerto Aubel
Producer: Paloma Vilanova
Film producer: Enero Films
Original language: Spanish, English, French and Catalan..
Gener: Derechos humanos y actualidad internacional.
Format: Documental
Duration: Two versions: 52 and 120 min.
Funds
Filming begins: 01/12/2024
Filming end: 01/08/2025
Total budget: 405.000 €
Budget secured: 162.000 €
Institutional support:
Tv3 coproduction
ICEC (regional found for development form the Catalan Institute of Cultural enterprises)
Objectives:
We already have the interest of Cinétévé, French production and distribution company and ARTE GEIE, we also have development aid from ICEC and TV3 but we need to strengthen especially the Spanish financing. In any case, we are open to any offer that will help us to produce Homeland Security.
Virginia Díaz y Víctor Luengo
Directors
Virginia and Victor produce and direct The Price of Progress 2018-20. Until then Virginia worked as a postproduction coordinator on tv series and movies from 2002 to 2017 such as “Isabel”, “Carlos Rey Emperador”, “La Catedral del Mar”, and “La Corona Partida”.
Victor worked as a photojournalist in Latin America, Cambodia, Madagascar and Spain until 2012. Then as director of photography with directors such as Pablo Vega, Pedro Aguilera or Aurora Sulli.
Filmography
Enero Films
1. The Price of Progress, documental (2020)
Paloma Vilanova
Producer
He started with music videos for artists such as Bunbury, Manuel Carrasco, or Lola Indigo.
In fiction she has participated in several short films such as “8 19” by Maria Guerra, “La Antesala” by Elisa Puerto or “36” by Ana Lambarri, winner of the Almeria Film Festival.
In documentary she has worked as head of production for ViX+ in “Informe Qatar” by Eulogio Romero and Netflix, in the series “Caso B” by Maria Pulido.
