The Longest Voyage

Documentary feature film directed by Manuel H. Martín and made on occasion of 5th centenary of the first circumnavigation of the world led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and Spanish sailor Juan Sebastián Elcano, who left Sanlúcar de Barrameda on September 20, 1519 and he returned on September 8, 1522, arriving in Seville, after crossing the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. A proposal presented in the Doc. Spain section at 65th edition of Valladolid Film Festival and was shown out of competition at 17th Seville European Film Festival.

In near future, a group of women and men will take a journey into the unknown. That trip will represent an enormous human and technological challenge... For many, the journey to Mars will be the longest and most epic journey ever imagined... but is it really like that? In 2019, when world is preparing for new space odysseys, V Centenary of the greatest technical challenge of the Renaissance was celebrated: the first circumnavigation of the world by Magellan-Elcano. Although it is difficult for us to imagine, between that first trip around the world and the space adventure there are enormous common points: dreams, sacrifices, adventure... and, above all, the journey of human beings towards a new frontier, further away, deeper.

'The Longest Journey' seeks from the present, the keys to the past and the future, offering a dialogue between historians and scientists of the future to tell us a unique and exciting story. Through agile and entertaining language, combining real scenarios and interviews with animation and modern graphics, 'The Longest Journey' is proposed as a documentary piece that takes us to history but also to the heart of the adventure and the experiences of its protagonists.