Sergi Rubió began directing his first films when he was 15, always alone behind the camera, working all roles: not only as Producer-writer-Director, but also as Cinematographer, Camera Operator, Gaffer, Grip, Production Designer and Sound. He worked in this way, during his whole teenager hood, before beginning his film studies, when his only filmmaking experiences were the amateur films he made before that: little movies in Super 8, with his family and friends as his Cast & Crew. Then, in 2000, at once he began his film studies in the school Micro Obert in Barcelona. As his first-year final project in this school, his teachers gave his first chance, to direct his first "professional" Short film, Mohamed (2001). It's mentioned "professional" because Mohamed (2001) was to him, in a lot of aspects, his first time in a lot of things: not only he left of filming in Super 8 to filming in 16 mm, but also he could say that was his first "real" contact with a professional filming. Cause he also left of being him alone the Camera, to have a Crew. He left of being his own Camera Operator, for instance, and both Torrella, una vida pel cinema (1997) and Mohamed (2001) are already a chapter in his career, which these filming memories he'll remember while he is still growing old.
Torrella, una vida pel cinema (1997) was Sergi Rubió 's first feature film (made at the age of 18) and Sergi Rubió was the first film as Director when he left to be alone behind the camera, which experience made him learn a lot for the following films he made till nowadays. Mohamed (2001)'s filming, as the young film student he was, seemed to him as hard as Apocalypse Now (1979)'s. Maybe because he found new experiences, which he will never learn none in a classroom none in the best book.
This Short was filmed in Barcelona, on 1st. and 2nd. June 2001. And, when Sergi Rubió back from his Summer Holydays, his film school Micro Obert gave him the new that this film was selected, to compete in Sitges '01 XXXIV Catalonian International Film Festival. But then, this festival was just the beginning of further International Film Festivals, and which won him, among other awards, a scholarship to further his film studies at the New York Film Academy. Then: Mohamed (2001) was also his first critical success.