Fist & Steel

Fist & Steel

Víctor Alonso Berbel
Constant struggle, loyalty and courage until the ultimate victory. These are the tenets of an underground gym where people from the working-class neighborhoods of Barcelona gather to express their feelings through boxing.
Víctor Alonso Berbel (Barcelona, 1993) is a Communications Studies major at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He also studied directing for film and television at the University of California, Los Angeles on a grant from the Global Cities program. In 2014 he directed "Un jabalí" a fiction short film shot in 16mm. "Puño y metal" is his first documentary film, for which he received the Nueva Autoría Award for Best Director at the International Film Festival of Sitges.

Best direction film – Festival de Sitges SGAE Nova Autoría Awards 2015 (Spain)

  • Original title Puño y metal
  • Director Víctor Alonso Berbel
  • Duration 14
  • Production year 2014
  • Aspect 16:9
  • Format DCP
  • Category Short Film
  • Subcategory Documentary
  • Nationality Spain
  • Producer Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Fractal 7 Films
  • Dialogue language Spanish
  • Subtitle language English
  • Intérpretes Javi García Roche, Anass Ibn Youssef, El Bengala, Juanito Lee