As a filmmaker, I have always tried to produce timeless work
I avoid giving information like the prices of things,
as such things are constantly changing.
But is it possible to film in a given period,
And produce something that is relevant in years to come.
Or must one resign themselves to capturing this very moment
Arise and fall
Everything is always in flux
History, and its relevance today, has always fascinated me.
To know why a town formed where it did
And what made people take root in a certain place.
Valencia has a history in farming
Alberto Cuesta, a scientist, lives in the Benimaclet neighbourhood
Benimaclet was a small farming village on the outskirts of Valencia
As Valencia grows, one history replaces another.
I've always lived in this neighbourhood, which I love.
It's a traditionally farming zone, surrounded by farms,
and it's very easy on Sunday mornings see the farmers
that go to sell their vegetables to to small shops around the city.
It's a beautiful place, full of colour and life.
Lately it's been transformed too as a reception area for immigrants,
being one of the neighbourhoods with a larger proportion of them in the city.
It's a student area too, since it's next to the Polytechnic University.
Those three groups of people summarize what Benimaclet is:
the old farmers that have always lived here,
the students that give it its spirit of revelry,
and the immigrants, which give it colour.
It's a shame what it's happening in the farmland due to the building industry.
Benimaclet was always surrounded by farmland, the same as all of Valencia,
and all that land and its tradition is disappearing below the buildings and the tarmac.
It's very easy to see if you go to the outer areas of the city how whole neighbourhoods
for 50000 or 100000 people are being built, destroying everything that was there before.
There is a resistance movement, mainly students, to try to save the farmland,
but it is not enough to stop the building industry, that leaves a lot of money
to those that sell their lands.