Paola García Costas
Born 1983, Seville (Spain). At the age of 18 she moved to Barcelona, where she studied Film Directing at the School of Cinema and Audiovisuals of Catalonia (ESCAC), and Journalism at the University of Barcelona. At the age of 24 she went back to Seville and began to work as a journalist. She worked in television as a responsible for the development of new creative formats.

Director’s statement
“The health or disease is not only a biological, physical or scientific concept, also, the health affects social and psychological dimension of people. What happens in a family when the diagnosis of a disease shows up? How do members relate? How do they internalize the ‘accident’? What do they think? What do they feel? What are their fears? What kind of personal resources have they to fight? Health is a psychological and social dimension that alters relationships, the concept of identity, the meaning of being a ‘father’, ‘mother’, ‘sister’ or ‘brother’.

“The documentary FINISH LINE is a ‘romantic’ story about an unknown reality: the family and the rare disease. The rare disease is an unknown and silent reality even though millions of people living around the world with a rare disease. And millions of people around the world are sentenced to die young or live on disability because pharmaceutical companies do not research their treatment as they are not economically profitable.

“However, in this dramatic reality, there are anonymous people, like the protagonists of the documentary FINISH LINE, who decide to make in positive to the extent of their ability.

“FINISH LINE is a story about the family’s ability to overcome and fight”.