Oliver's Universe

Local title
Oliveri universum
Original title
El universo de Óliver
Director
Alexis Morante
Country
Year
2022

The year 1985. Oliver, a young boy with an extremely colorful imagination, moves to the southernmost tip of Europe with his family right when Halley’s Comet is due to pass. These events will represent a before and after in Oliver’s emotional life, as he searches in the stars for answers to his problems at his new school, in his new neighborhood and at home. To top things off, his granddad, who’s nickname is “the nut job”, encourages him to interpret the comet’s message and take a step forwards into his new universe.

Age recommendation: 10+

Director
Alexis Morante
Screenwriter
Alexis Morante, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Raul Santos
Producer
José Alba
Cast
Maria Leon, Salva Reina, Pedro Casablanc, Ruben Fulgencio
Cinematographer
Carlos Garcia de Dios
Editing
José M. G. Moyano
Production
Canal Sur Televisión, La Claqueta, Crea SGR
Music
Julio de la Rosa
World sales
Filmax International
Runtime
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Director
Alexis Morante

Alexis Morante is a Spanish filmmakers who has directed feature-length fiction films, documentaries, short films, music videos and TV commercials. He has been awarded with a Grammy Latino and internationally at several film festivals and has also received nominations to Goya Awards, Platino Awards, Forqué and ASECAN. His latest films have more than 100 international prizes and more than 300 official selections. Besides, he has won twice the FNAC New Talent award at Malaga Film Festival. He has directed more than ten commercials for A-list brands and more than thirty music videos for international artists, which has been broadcast at TV in both Europe and America, accumulating more than 100 millions views in Youtube. As a film director, he has directed the coming-of-age "El universo de Óliver" ("Oliver's Universe"), selected at the 26th Black Nights Film Festival, Youth and Children’s Films sub-programme and four feature-length documentaries: "Héroes: Silencio y Rock and Roll" theatrically released in Spain and worldwide as a Netflix Original (TopTen most-watched content in Spain and Latin-America in the platform in the first weeks of release) and nominated to Best Documentary at the Spanish Film Academy Awards; "Camarón: Flamenco y Revolución" released in more than 90 cinemas in Spain and worldwide at Netflix, critically acclaimed at Malaga Film Festival and nominated to Best Documentary Film at Goya Awards 2019; "Sanz: lo que fui es lo que soy" released in Spain and Latin America (Top Ten in its first week at the movies) and "Bunbury: El Camino más Largo", internationally distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. He has also written and directed critically acclaimed short films as "Bla Bla Bla" (nominated to Best Live Action Short FIlm Spanish Film Academy Awards), "Matador on the Road" and "Voltereta".

Filmography
El camino más largo (2016), Sanz: Lo que fui es lo que soy (2018, doc), Camarón: Flamenco y revolución (2018, doc), Heroes. Silence and Rock and Roll (2021, doc), El universo de Óliver (Oliver's Universe, 2022)

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Screenings

Screening021201 / Oliveri universum
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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Screening081102 / Oliveri universum
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Screening110502 / Oliveri universum
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsAlexis Morante (Film Director), Jose Alba (Producer)
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Trailer
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