El documental Ibiza – Occidente se estrena en Espana Featured

Ibiza – Occident , an interesting documentary presented at Space last September with all the players, artist, media and friends, continues to collect great criticism and has been selected to 19 international festivals in different countries. This feature film, directed by Günter Schwaiger, was filmed in Ibiza and reflects the reality of the night and clubber culture in the island of Ibiza by the vision of different characters and relevant people of the island.

On January 10th premieres the film in Austria with a big party with Cristian Varela in the Flex, the most important Club of Vienna.
In Spain it will be released on January 27th in Madrid.
In Ibiza on February 17th at Cine Serra.
In April at Germany

Here are collected some of the published criticisms:

An visually rich and involving film.” (Ein schöner und fesselnder Film/Una película visualmente rica y cautivadora) Hollywood Reporter

Diverting, sleek and pretty.” (Spaßig, elegant und schön/Divertida, elegante y bonita) Variety

Complex, beautiful and enigmatic” (Vielschichtig, schön und rätselhaft” / “compleja, bella y enigmática) Paul Ingendaay, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Amazing.! Don’t miss it! (Grossartig! Unbedingt anschauen!”/ “¡Maravillosa! ¡No hay qué perdérsela! “) Heinz Reich, Fm4 radio

A loving and exciting tribute to an island…” (“Eine liebevolle und mitreissende Huldigung an eine Insel…” / un homenaje cariñoso y electrizante a una isla…”) Gini Brenner , Skip Magazin

Storied isle of excess Ibiza is anthropologized in Ibiza Occident, an involving doc by Austrian Günter Schwaiger that covers the island's history from many angles… in a visually rich film which could ride its subject's renown to a respectable niche theatrical run…” Hollywood Reporter

Diverting, sleek and pretty.” (Spaßig, elegant und schön/Divertida, elegante y bonita) Variety

Gunter Schwaiger's "Ibiza Occident: 9 1/2 Music Stories" takes a diverting…peek behind the inebriative surface dazzle of the island of Ibiza, Europe's longtime party capital, offering different takes on paradise as occupation, lifestyle, creative passion and big business. Colorful package should particularly appeal to programmers slanted toward dance/club culture and vacation hot-spots, with TV and download the likeliest markets...” Variety, Dennis Harvey

A fascinating glimpse of hedonistic thrills.” (Una visión fascinante de emociones hedonista/ Ein faszinierender Einblick in hedonistische Nervenkitzel) The Gazette Montreal

It seems that Montreal may have some serious competition as the planet’s reigning party capital. Turns out that Ibiza, the Spanish island paradise, has become the Hollywood of techno music and, as such, clubbers from around the globe have been flocking there for their dancing and sinning pleasures…” The Gazette Montreal, Bill Brownstein

Un regard sur les coulisses de l'île espagnole” (A look behind the scenes of the Spanish island/Una mirada detrás de las cortinas/Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen) Métro Montreal, Jessica Émond-Ferrat

Images nocturnes saisissantes” (Atemberaubende Bilder der Nacht/ A night out with stunning pictures/ Una noche con imagenes impresionantes) Le Devoir Montréal

Ibiza Occident, du documentariste autrichien Günter Schwaiger, s'intéresse à la célèbre île grecque, Mecque de la scène musicale électronique mondiale. Neuf sous-récits se croisent et tissent la trame d'une oeuvre aux images nocturnes saisissantes…” Le Devoir Montréal, François Lévesque

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