Magaluf Ghost Town

MAGALUF GHOST TOWN by M. A. Blanca

Documentary

Estimated time: 90’

Original language: English, Spanish, Russian

Budget: 212.734€

Funding confirmed: 167.034€

Partners already attached: Mosaic Producciones (Spain), Little Big Story (France), Movistar+, RTS, IB3, France Télévision

Selected at: XII Miradas Doc, DocsBarcelona 2018 , Foro Lau Haizetara, EDN Docs in Thessalonki, Sheffield Meet Market, WiP Abycine Lanza 2020

Boogaloo Films

Is a creative group that spearheads new forms of production and storytelling. Their commitment goes through the reflection of current issues, with a vocation for internationalization of young talent, without forgetting risk and creative and artistic points of view. Very strange things are happening in this coastal, Balearic region. It smells like urine and blood — police cars and ambulances pass and no one cares. There are screams in the middle of the night but one can’t tell if they are screams of joy or cries for help...

Magaluf is a small, sleepy seaside town that many have labeled the “Balearic Twin Peaks.” Magaluf and its citizens struggle between daily doom and the true happiness of vacation. It’s become the European model of low-cost tourism based on its wild night- life. Millions of tourists, mostly British and from the Nordic countries, invade Magaluf’s streets during summer as if they were specters that transform public space into a lawless theme park. Meanwhile, Magaluf’s inhabitants attempt to deal with overwhelming tourism that at once feels like an invasion yet brings millions of Euros to the restaurant and nightlife sector, provides work for everyone, and opportunities for many people that couldn’t survive outside Magaluf.

Magaluf Ghost Town depicts a community during off season, and a different one during peak season. It keeps a mysterious tone similar to a thriller but with- out loosing off sight the art of comedy by mixing documentary with fiction. It’s a story about the inter- national effect on a place’s dreams—a place that can only survive within its touristy context. It’s a reflec- tion on what it means to be a tourist in Europe.

Boogaloo Films

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