POL PONSARNAU
Director
Pol Ponsarnau (1980) is a director working between Berlin and Barcelona. BA+MA degree in Audiovisual Communication UPF in Barcelona, scholarship at FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts) in Prague and Master's degree in Contemporary Art and Literature at UOC. He directed Music Videos for Four Music/Sony and Warner Music, and commercials for brands like Audi, Apple or Bimbo. Since 2015 Pol has worked on narrative projects. His awarded first short film: “Food, First”, premiered at the 28th Filmfest Dresden and has been running in competition at more than 80 festivals internationally. His new project ‘Tara and the Blue’ received the support of German and Spanish public institutions BKM, Kuratorium Junge Deutscher Film, ICEC, it premiered in Abycine where it won Best Int. Shortfilm. Pol directed the 1st. & 2nd. Season of the docu-fiction series "Decoded" for Al Jazeera Media Network, starring Hollywood actor Amr Waked. "Decoded" has been awarded with 7 Telly Awards and a Webby Award.