La mirada insaciable: el cine de Josep M. Vilageliu

Abstract

Catalan film-maker Josep Vilageliu Ponsa has developed an important part of his career in the Canary Islands, thus becoming a constant figure in the last four decades and both a witness and an agent in the most important moments and events that set the evolution of Canarian modern cinema. Vilageliu was an active participant in experiences as crucial to the history of film-making in the Canary Islands as the «cineist movement» linked to the first contests of amateur authors, or the essential enterprise carried out by the group Yaiza Borges. Likewise, his most recent works may be related to the so-called «light cinema». Therefore, his is an example of commitment and coherence with principles which were already exposed through his first short films: the constant consideration of the limits of film language, a yearning for experimentation and an indefatigable obsession with image.