Candescent is a financing partner. Lilly Hartley is producing with Alvaro Longoria and Javier Bardem.

Alvaro Longoria (CHE, COMANDANTE), teams up with Academy Award winner Javier Bardem (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, BIUTIFUL, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA) for this compelling documentary that explores the Western Saharan conflict. "Sons of The Clouds" is a harrowing portrait of the political and human rights issues facing the people of the Western Sahara. The Western Sahara is a former Spanish colony in Africa that is now occupied, in part, by Morocco and there are over 200,000 refugees living in camps in the desert. This feature length documentary brings awareness to the conflict and strives to encourage leaders to pursue a resolution.

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ALVARO LONGORIA graduated in Business Administration from Boston University "cum laude" and was admitted to the Stern School of Business of New York University in 1993. After graduating, the Department of Capital Markets at Merrill Lynch employed him in New York. He later moved to London with the same firm where he became Director in the Capital Markets Department. In 1999 he set up, with other partners, the audiovisual production company MORENA FILMS. Since then, he has been in charge amongst others of the following productions both as producer and executive producer: CHE EL ARGENTINO, CHE GUERRILLA, COMANDANTE, 7 DAYS IN HAVANA.

JAVIER BARDEM is the youngest member of a family of actors that has been making films since the early days of Spanish cinema. He got his start in the family business at age six when he appeared in his first feature, El Pícaro (The Scoundrel). During his teenage years, he acted in several TV series, played rugby for the Spanish National Team, and toured the country with an independent theatrical group. Javier's early film role as a sexy stud in the black comedy Jamón, jamón (1992) (Ham Ham) propelled him to popularity. He refused similar subsequent roles and has gone on to win acclaim for his ability to appear almost unrecognizable from film to film. He has performed in over 25 movies and has received numerous awards, including an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor in 2007 for No Country for Old Men. Some other films include: BIUTIFUL, EAT, PRAY, LOVE; VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA.

Estimated Completion

2012