MÀQUINA
Director: Joaquim Adrià Pujol
United States, 2025, 90 min
Shooting Format:S35 Digital RED Epic Dragon
Festival Year:2026
Category:Documentary Feature
Cast:Marcel Enric Pujol, Xavi Pujol Berlanga
Crew:Writer: Joaquim Adrià Pujol. Producer: Vesta Tuckute.
Email:joaquim@originalnegative.work
Synopsis
When a father consumed by alcoholism agrees to join his son on a journey through psychedelic-assisted addiction treatment in Colorado, their road trip across the American West in an aging Winnebago becomes an unflinching exploration of codependency, memory, and hope.
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About the director
Joaquim Adrià Pujol is a director and cinematographer working across documentary, narrative, and commercial film. A graduate of the Brooks Institute of Film (Class of 2017), his work is grounded in a raw, intimate approach that favors immediacy and character.
As a cinematographer, he has worked on documentaries including Common Ground, recipient of the 2023 Human/Nature Award at Tribeca, and Groundswell, selected for the Official Selection (Special Screening) at the Cannes Film Festival in 2026.
His directorial debut feature, Màquina, follows a father and son confronting addiction and codependent dynamics through a harm reduction approach, primarily through the use of ibogaine.
Across his work, Pujol approaches storytelling with a minimalist, immersive sensibility, drawn to vulnerability, tension, and the quiet moments that reveal deeper human dynamics.