Film "TANIT" | Pep Garrido

Description

TANIT, the new film by Pep Garrido, produced by Atiende Films and DACSA Produccions, brings to the screen one of the most beloved young adult novels in Catalan literature, the eponymous story by Núria Albó, winner of the Vaixell de Vapor Prize in 1984 and read by generations of readers.

The film will have its world premiere at the D’A Film Festival Barcelona in the Talents section, where it is the only Spanish-produced feature film, and will soon be released in theaters as one of the season's leading family films.

The extraordinary lead actress, Dolça Salvans Portell, chosen from over 300 hopefuls, makes her debut in a starring role in a witch's tale set in the Montseny forests.

Synopsis:

Deep in the Montseny mountains, young Tanit roams freely because she has no other choice: a high-risk pregnancy forces her mother to rest. One day, while searching for her dog Xuc in the forest, Tanit encounters Grandmother Perona, an old woman who lives isolated in the woods and whom everyone mistakes for a witch. Tanit is initiated into the secrets of the forest by her, but the grandmother's health deteriorates rapidly, jeopardizing her wild way of life.
The discovery of Dolça and the music of Clara Peya
One of the film's pillars is its extraordinary young protagonist, Dolça Salvans Portell, a ten-year-old girl found after an extensive casting process throughout the Catalan Montseny region, in which more than 300 girls participated. Dolça lives in Viladrau, in a farmhouse in the middle of the forest, and her natural connection with the environment and unique personality made her an immediate revelation for the film crew.
The cast is rounded out by Isabel Rocatti, in the role of Grandmother Perona; Sara Espígul; and Sergio Caballero, as Tanit's father. And Núria Molas, a cattle farmer from Montseny, discovered while the crew was scouting locations, makes her film debut playing Aunt Mercè.

Also noteworthy is the extraordinary soundtrack composed by Clara Peya.

Pep Garrido, Director
Pep Garrido (1979) is a screenwriter, director, and producer at Atiende Films. In 2004, he was one of the founders of Cinema en Curs, a pioneering film education project promoted by A Bao A Qu.

As a director, he co-directed the documentary Bustamante Perkins (2013), which won the Audience Award at In-Èdit, with Xesc Cabot, and the feature film Sense sostre (2019), which premiered at the Gijón International Film Festival. Recently, the short documentary Dol i fa sol (2023), co-directed with Maria Besora, won the Best Short Film award at In-Èdit and was nominated for the Gaudí Award. As a screenwriter, he has written, among others, the feature films *La millor opció* (Óscar Pérez) and *Desmontando un elefante* (Aitor Echeverría).
With *Tanit*, Garrido adapts Núria Albó's work for the first time, maintaining the essence of the book while bringing it closer to contemporary sensibilities.

Production
*TANIT* is a co-production between Valencia and Catalonia. The executive producers of *TANIT* are Xesc Cabot from Atiende Films (Barcelona) and Xavier Crespo from DACSA Produccions (Valencia). The project has received support from the ICEC, the IVC, 3Cat, and À Punt.

*TANIT* is the only feature film co-produced by Catalonia and Spain in the official selection of the D’A Film Festival. Simultaneously, the Catalan production company Atiende Films, at the height of its powers, will premiere Ana Serret's feature film, APUNTES PARA UNA FICCIÓN CONSENTIDA (Notes for a Consented Fiction), in Catalonia at the D’A Un impulso colectivo (A Collective Impulse) section, following its screening at Seminci.

DACSA Produccions will also be represented at D’A Lab with the project VIDRES A LA PISCINA (Glasses by the Pool).
World premiere: Sunday, March 22, 5:00 p.m. — Teatre del CCCB.
The author of the original novel, Núria Albó, will attend the world premiere.
Second screening: Sunday, March 29, 6:00 p.m. — Cinemes Aribau.