Bolingo. The Forest of Love

Bolingo. The Forest of Love tells the story of the journey madeby several women from the heart of Africa to North Morocco looking for the “european dream”.

Director Alejandro G. Salgado graduated in Media & Communication Studies and History of Art from University of Seville. He completed his studies by an specialisation in Feature film script writting in ESTUDIO DE CINE in Barcelona. In 2010 Alejandro won INJUVE Award to Young Creation (Ministry of Health Social Services and Equality) as well as many national and international awards for Among tissues and dreams short documentary project. Since 2011 he worked with direction and production teams of various feature films: The Sleeping Voice by Benito Zambrano, Lejos del Mar by Inmanol Uribe, Toro by Kike Maíllo or El hombre de las mil caras by Alberto Rodríguez. In 2013 he directed The Disorder of Thesenses documentary film, ASECAN prize to the 2014 Best Andalusian Documentary Short Film among other international awards. From 2014 he belongs to the production company La Maleta and at the same timehe writes and directs different types of audiovisual works.In 2016 he directs the documentary film Bolingo. The Forest of Love.

Preseleccionado Premios Goya 2018 (Spain)

Best Documentary – Permios Asecan del Cine Andaluz (Spain)

Second Prize – Concurso Internacional de Documentales Imagenera (Spain)