These are the film documentaries I have worked on or that I am currently working on.
Being responsible for mixing, editing, dubbing and sound design.
Pan Seco (Dry Bread)
Year of production: 2017 - current
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Production: Katarina Grbić
Director: Román Cadafalch
Camera Assistant: Cadhla Kennedy, Anna Cornudella and Román Cadafalch
Country: Spain
Sound: Nathan Ridley and Javi Carles
'Pan Seco' is a documentary about the great work of Justo Gallego Martinez, a cathedral built with no previous architectural knowledge and with the use of recycled materials. The documentary follows the life of the characters that coexist in this space and seeks to explore the values that sustain the construction of this peculiar cathedral.
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Javi Carles is in charge for cleaning, mixing, editing and arranging the sound of the documentary.
*Currently in production*
Stories from the She-Punks: Music With A Different Agenda
Year of production: 2016 - 2018
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Produced and directed by Gina Birch /
Helen Reddington (Helen McCookerbook)
Country: UK
Sound: Javi Carles
* London premiere 10 November 2018. More screening dates to come in 2019.
'Stories from the She-Punks' is a documentary that features the stories of women musicians from the punk-inspired bands of the 70s. It reflects all the anarchy, the excitement of the new sounds upsetting British music, and their DIY approach to learning and playing their instruments.
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Javi Carles is currently in charge for cleaning, mixing, editing and arranging the sound, as well as assisting in the purchase of music copyrights and in the social management of the development of the documentary.
I Need A Dodge! Joe Strummer on the run
Year of production: 2014
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Director: Nick Hall
Screenwriter: Nick Hall / Eduardo Rubio
Producer: Tindog Films
Country: Spain / UK
Dubbing Mix: Ifan Jones and Javi Carles
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*Awards*
Special Jury Mention at In-Edit Film Festival, Barcelona
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It's 1997 and Joe Strummer (The Clash) is interviewed on Spanish radio. He mentions the car he bought in Madrid 12 years earlier but later lost. He puts out a call to the Spanish people to help him find it. The film discovers what Joe Strummer was doing in Spain in 1985 with The Clash falling apart and looks at the production of the 091 LP in post-dictatorship Madrid, while the director goes in search of Joe's Dodge.
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Javi Carles was responsible for the dubbing mix, editing and arranging of the sound of the documentary.
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Los Años Robados de Xavi (The Stolen Years of Xavi)
Year of production: 2014
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Director / Screenwriter: Gustavo Franco
Producer: All Media Consulting
Original Music: J. M. Quintana Cámara
Country: Spain
Sound post-production: Javi Carles
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The documentary 'Los Años Robados de Xavi' tells the story of Xavier Vallejos, who was taken by a social worker from home in 1995, up for adoption to a family in Barcelona. 'The officer took a momentary absence of my mother to take me to an office where I was told about my new parents from that time would be', said Vallejos (36) a resident of Palamos (Girona, Spain). The case is currently expected to appear in court in Barcelona, having reported to the social worker, foster parents and the administration.
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Javi Carles was responsible for cleaning, editing and arranging the sound of the documentary.
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