Kilimanjaro Productions

The company’s first activity was the co-production (with Sogedasa-Filmax) of "Sota el signe de..." (Under the Sign of....), a 1999 TV series made for Televisió de Catalunya (TV3). Thirteen 30-minute episodes structured around the 12 signs of the zodiac plus an introductory episode. Each episode was written and directed by people born under the titular star sign of each chapter:

Aries written by Clara Simó and directed by Manel Esteban

Taurus written by Andreu Martín and directed by Pedro Costa

Gemini written by Ramón de España and directed by Jesús Garay

Cancer written by Maria Mercé Roca and directed by Ignasi P. Ferrer

Leo written by Jordi Sierra i Fabra and directed by Toni Verdaguer

Virgo written by Javier Tomeo and directed by Antonio Chavarrías

Libra written by Emili Olcina and directed by Ricard Reguant

Scorpio written by Jaume Fuster and directed by Carles Benpar

Sagittaurius written by Maria Antònia Oliver and directed by Isabel Gardela

Capricorn written by Ignacio Martínez de Pisón and directed by J.A. Salgot

Aquarius written by Ramón Solsona and directed by Carles Balagué

Pisces written by F. Gonzàlez Ledesma and directed by Romà Guardiet

The first feature to be produced by Kilimanjaro was:

2000 TOMANDOTE (TWO FOR TEA)

First film directed by Isabel GARDELA, shown at the Festival des Films du Monde Montreal 2000
This was the first of numerous showings at festivals:

- -2000 Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
Award to the Best Actor (male/female): Núria Prims
-2000 Mediterranean Film Festival, Valencia
-2000 London Film Festival
-2000 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Florida
-International Festival of Movies of Tebessa, Algeria
Grand Jury Special Award Best Film and Best Screenplay
-2000 International Mediterranean Film Festival of Tétouan
-2000 Washington DC International Film Festival
-2000 Chicago Latino Film Festival
-2000 Miami Hispanic Film Festival
-2000 Comedy Film Festival of Peñiscola
Best Debut Feature Award (ex aequo)
- 2nd International Film of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
-2001 Résistances Film Festival of Tarascon
-2001 Damascus International Film Festival

The company has subsequently produced the following features:

2004-2005 CINEASTES CONTRA MAGNATS /
CINEASTAS CONTRA MAGNATES
(FILMMAKERS VS TYCOONS)

Director: Carlos Benpar

-Goya Award 2006 for the Best Documentary of 2005
-Barcelona Award (now known as the Gaudí Award) for the Best Documentary of 2005
-Los Angeles Latino Film Festival, September 2006
-Fantasporto 06 Directors Week

2005 CINEASTES EN ACCIÓ /
CINEASTAS EN ACCIÓN
(FILMMAKERS IN ACTION)

Director: Carlos Benpar

-Goya Award 2007 for the Best Documentary of 2006
-Barcelona Award (now known as the Gaudí Award) for the Best Documentary of 2006
-Medal of the Film Writers Circle for the Best Documentary of 2006
-Egeda Special Award for the Best Documentary of 2006
-Official Selection of the 2006 Montreal World Film Festival
-Chicago Latino Film Festival, 2007
-Fantasporto Directors Week, 2006
-2005 Valladolid Seminci, Time for History Section

2007 LA LA VENJANÇA DEL PROSCRIT /
LA VENGANZA DEL PROSCRITO
(THE REVENGE OF THE OUTCAST)

Director: Carlos Benpar

A sentimental journey into the heart of cinematic memory, ranging from the Ireland of Captain Lightfoot to the Bodega Bay of Hitchcock’s birds, also including the legendary Monument Valley, as well as Fort Apache, the San Marcos fortress of Raoul Walsh’s Seminole territory in the Everglades, and the vertiginous itinerary of the deceitful Madeleine, among other locations rendered mythical by the cinema. This feature film was shot in: Arizona, Niagara Falls, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Venice, Bodega Bay, Salem, Key West, Everglades, St. Augustine, (USA), Dublin, Slane, Navan, Galway, Aran Islands (Republic of Ireland), Pisa, Tellaro (Italy), Copenhagen, Elsinore (Denmark), Paris, Québec, Tanzania, Cardona, Barcelona and Ronda (Andalusia).

2008 PSIQUIATRAS PSICÓLOGOS Y OTROS ENFERMOS
(PSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND OTHER PATIENTS)

Director: Pedro Telechea

TV Movie.
Co-production with CreAcción Films

2009 LA SEGONA PÀTRIA (THE SECOND HOMELAND)

Director: David Pallarès

A documentary feature on Spanish Republican exiles.

Co-production with Zabriskie Films

2009 ¿DÓNDE SE NACIONALIZA LA MAREA?
(WHERE DOES THE TIDE ACQUIRE NATIONALITY?)

Director: Carlos Benpar

A story based on actual facts experienced by the leading actress; the intricate paths she must tread in order for her to obtain her much- needed visa brings her into dangerous terrain, with the eternal dream as her only escape route. And as a sole conclusion, that proclaimed by a boy who tears passports before the waves of the sea.

A feature film shot in Colombia and Barcelona.

2010 EL GÈNERE FEMENÍ / EL GÉNERO FEMENINO
(WOMANKIND)

Director: Carlos Benpar

"La pell és el més profund", Paul Valery

Having accepted the assignment of directing a film brings the protagonist into closer contact with his own reality and desires, his personal crisis being catalyzed through film creation.

2015 CANÇONS D'AMOR I ANARQUIA
(SONG OF LOVE AND ANARCHY)

Director: Carlos Benpar

A chronological overview of the most significant events of the anarchist cause. Each one of them is represented by a song from the concerts that took place at the Teatre Joventut in L'Hospitalet or the Sanremo Casino Theatre.

Shorts:

2000 EN EL CENTRE DEL MÓN

-Director: Sergio Arias-

2008 BAIDEFEIS

-Director: Cristina Raventós-

2009 O. W. KENOSHA

-Director: Carlos Benpar
A 23-minute documentary directed by Carlos Benpar and dealing with Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA, the small town where Orson Welles was born.

Freedom Beheaded