- EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
EUROPE IN 8 BITS es un documental que explora el universo de la música chip, una nueva corriente musical que está creciendo exponencialmente a lo largo y ancho de toda Europa. Los artistas protagonistas de este movimiento musical nos revelan cómosepueden reutilizar las viejas consolas y ordenadores, como la GameBoy, la NES, la Atari ST, la Commodore 64 o la Amiga para convertirlas en herramientas capaces de crear un sonido nuevo, un ritmo moderno y un estilo musical innovador. Esta nuevainterpretación musical realizada por una multitud de artistas que demuestran sus habilidades convirtiendo estas máquinas “limitadas” diseñadas para el ocio de la generación de los 80 en sorprendentes instrumentos musicales y herramientas gráficas,nopodrá dejar a nadie indiferente.
EUROPE IN 8 BITS is a documentary that explores the world of chip music, a new musical trend that is growing exponentially throughout Europe. The stars of this musical movement reveal to us how to reuse old videogames hardware like Nintendo’sGameBoy,NES, Atari ST, Amiga and the Commodore 64 to turn them into a tool capable of creating a new sound, a modern tempo and an innovative musical style. This is a new way of interpreting music performed by a great many artists who show their skills inturning these “limited” machines designed for leisure in the 80’s into surprising musical instruments and graphical tools. It will leave nobody indifferent.
- CAST
Performance | Name | Role |
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Cast | Documental/Documentary | |
Cast | Con/With: | |
Cast | Goto80 | |
Cast | Ralp | |
Cast | Binärpilot | |
Cast | Buskerdroid | |
Cast | Mat64 | |
Cast | Bit Shifter | |
Cast | Henry Homesweet | |
Cast | Culomono | |
Cast | J8bit | |
Cast | C-Men | |
Cast | Meneo | |
Cast | Micropupazzo | |
Cast | Omino Lego | |
Cast | Fela Borbone | |
Cast | Xyce | |
Cast | Cobol Pongide | |
Cast | Marieke | |
Cast | Catani | |
Cast | Schnauz | |
Cast | Stu | |
Cast | Gwem | |
Cast | Tonylight | |
Cast | Zonic |
- CREW
Performance | Name | Notes |
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Production | Lina Badenes | |
Production | Javier Polo | |
Directed by | Polo, Javier | |
Associate Production | Ana Fernández (Sprat Films) | |
Screenplay | Javier Polo | |
Cinematography | Álex Asensi | |
Cinematography | Vince Merino | |
Film Editing | Yago Muñiz | |
Sound | Álex Bordanova | |
Visual Effects | Xavier Nácher | |
Post-Production Supervisor | Javier Santaella | |
Other info | Animación / Animation: | |
Other info | Device | |
Other info | Etalonaje / Coloor Grading: | |
Other info | Samuel Domingo |
- FILM & TRAILER RATINGS
Film Rating | Duration | Certification |
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCES UNDER 7 | 76 min. | 11/8/2013 |
- CREW
Tag | Information |
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Year of the Spanish Films Catalogue | 2013 |
Production year | 2013 |
Length | Largometraje |
Film Formats | Digital |
Running time | 76 minutos |
- FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES


- Festivals and Awards
Awards | Section | Person / Company |
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Vimeo | premio VOD - Vimeo Audience Development |
Participation in Festivals | Section |
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11Th Planete+ Doc Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw 2014 | |
Dock Of The Bay Festival De Cine Musical De Donostia 2014 | |
Docville 2014 | |
Festival De Málaga. Cine Español / Malaga Film Festival 2014 | |
Idfa International Documentary Festival Of Amsterdam 2013 | |
Indielisboa Film Festival 2014 | |
International Film Festival Of Valencia Cimena Jove 2014 | |
Miami International Film Festival 2014 |