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Path to The Desert
Miguel Garrido
Spain. 2024. 102 min

“Path to the Desert: The Desertification of Spain”, is a feature-length documentary that explores the relentless advance of desertification in Spain. Through stunning imagery and key testimonies, it examines the impact of climate change, intensive agriculture, water overexploitation and pollution, and the expansion of industrial pig farms across the country. The documentary shows how these factors are degrading the land and affecting local communities, accelerating a process that threatens ecological balance. This journey reveals the consequences of an unsustainable model and poses the question: Are we still in time to reverse it?

MIGUEL GARRIDO

Miguel Garrido is a filmmaker, scriptwriter and video editor with a
outstanding career in documentary production. In 2018, he promoted and directed the “Rodando Mundos” pilot program, focused on the impact of NGOs, especially the Vicente Ferrer Foundation in India. He has been a screenwriter, director, cameraman and editor of the documentary “Cisco 2020, Massive Rebel“, which tells of the recovery of raider Cisco García after a serious accident and his fight for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Miguel has also made the documentary “A-PLOMO”, about the rap group A-Plomo.

Miguel has worked for RTVE or Atresmedia, as a video director and editor, making numerous programs such as “Conecta con el Mercado”, “Emprendedores TV” or “Bravo Neox”. Furthermore, he has made
corporate videos for large companies such as Banco Santander, Endesa and Iberdrola.
Graduated in Audiovisual Communication from the CES Felipe II University of Aranjuez, with an Erasmus Scholarship in Bergen, Norway, and a Higher Technician in Audiovisual and Show Production from the CEV.