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During the mid 1920s, a network of spies collaborated with international business interests in order to rearm Germany, gearing her up for another World War. The Weimar Republic hid this secret weapons program under dummy companies all over Europe, including a renowned Film Production Studio. Three characters took the lead in this epic adventure full of glamour and the frantic energy of the roaring twenties: Spanish tycoon Horacio Echevarrieta (a local Citizen Kane), the most mysterious of all spies, Wilhelm Canaris; and a German Navy officer fascinated by risky business, Captain Walther Lohmann. Together, they built the best submarine in the World, and dreamt of an empire of high-tech military industry, until they were hit by the financial storm of 1929.

An attempt to perform "Tartessos", Miguel Romero Esteo's most celebrated play, will lead Martin and Ariana to discover the magic of tradition and ancient rites in their ordinary lives. But such a difficult text and the challenge of directing actors (specially experienced Carlos, to play the evil brother in the story) will challenge the whole experience, which is recorded by Ariana. Martin starts to realize why "Tartessos" has not been played on stage yet. In a combination of genres, "Solsticio" travels to the origins of Europe as imagined by Romero Esteo in the 80s. A blend of ancient, folk, traditional and modern resources, from heroes in combat to delicate music, with a strong Mediterranean flavor, seem to bring life to this young couple and the author himself.

A mythical civilization, Tartessos, became the obsession of German historian Adolf Schulten, seeking his own private Troy in South region of Spain, a sort of Atlantis, origin of Europe and his dream as pioneer of a new science: Archaology.

Miguel Picazo started his film career in 1964: "La Tia Tula" turned him into one of the most distinguished directors in the New Spanish Cinema trend. This documentary approaches his work and personality through his own words. Having only directed a bunch of films, among which "El hombre que supo a mar" or "Extramuros", at his age of 87 Picazo still waits for a new chance to keep on directing films

A film about bullfighting but, above all, about a father and a son, their relationship. The challenge of inheriting a tradition full of art and sacrifice, but difficult to match with the 21st century.

A missing submarine in Spanish Civil War leads to the first German Navy operation before WW2. Republican submarine C-3 was the victim of international secrecy and intrigues, after a torpedo from U-34 sunk it on December 12th 1936.

In Torremolinos, South Spain, in late 1970s, a creative explosion blends the foreign influences and trends that Spanish dictatorship had allowed in this place, a tiny fishermen village soon turned into melting pot of avant-garde Bohemians and tourists. The local atmosphere that result from this gave birth to many artists and, in the early 1980s, a band that would arrive in the "movida madrileña" and since then has made Spanish public dance with its blend of rock and pop: Danza Invisible. This feature documentary is a tribute to a group of musicians and the place that gave birth to them: the Costa del Sol. Both the band and the place keep on bringing art, magic and modernity to all Spain.