Ricard Belis
Official Section
I have been a television producer for 35 years, specialising in directing documentaries. I was part of the founding team of the Sense ficció programme on TV3.
What motivates me most to make documentaries is giving a voice to those who normally don’t have one, so that they can be heard. Only in this way does journalism fulfill one of its main duties: that of reporting by contrasting the data, giving a voice to everyone and questioning the predominant discourse exercised from power. Among my most recognised works are Tortura, més enllà del dolor (1998), winner of the UNDA award at the Monte Carlo Festival; Los niños perdidos del franquismo (2002), a documentary with which we won the Premi Nacional de Periodisme and the FIGRA prize; Ramon Perera, l’home que va salva Barcelona (2006), winner of the bronze medal at the New York Festival, and more recently Avi, et trauré d’aquí! (2013), The Institutions of fear (2015), Jo també vull sexe! (2016), winner of the ONCE Tiflos award, and La diva i la vida. Begoña Alberdi (2023).