About the film By the fall of 2007, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final novel

in the seven-book blockbuster Harry Potter series, had already sold over 15 million copies. The speculation and theorizing had come to an end. For many of Harry Potters fans those who had followed his story for the better part of a decade it was time to stop wondering about what would happen to Harry and his friends and start thinking about what the future held for them. Two such fans a pair of aspiring filmmakers who had met and become best friends through Harry Potter sat together wondering about the answers to these questions on the last day of what, then, felt like would be the last large Harry Potter fan gathering.

Acerca de la pelcula En otoo de 2007, Harry Potter y las reliquias de la muerte, la novela final de la exitosa saga de siete libros de Harry Potter, ya haba vendido unas 15 millones de copias. La especulacin y las teoras haban llegado a su fin. Para muchos de los seguidores de Harry Potter (aquellos que haban seguido su historia durante casi una dcada) era el momento de dejar de preguntarse qu le ocurrira a Harry y a sus amigos y de empezar a pensar qu les deparara el futuro. Dos de esos fans (un par de aspirantes a directores de cine que se haban hecho amigos gracias a Harry Potter) se preguntaban acerca de las respuestas a estas preguntas el ltimo da de lo que, por entonces, pareca que sera la ltima gran reunin de estos fans de Harry Potter. Qu iban a hacer despus de Harry Potter? Cmo iban a separarse de algo que haba tenido un impacto as en sus vidas? De hecho, qu significaba separarse? Qu es lo que tena Harry Potter que haca que sintiesen esa pasin? Qu es lo que tena Harry Potter que les haba unido, al igual que haba ocurrido con otros muchos, de un modo como nunca antes se haba visto? Era algo que podran encontrar en algn otro sitio, o Hogwarts haba dejado una huella indeleble en sus vidas? Todas las preguntas tuvieron al menos una respuesta: para poder entender mejor por qu Harry Potter les haba afectado tan profundamente, decidieron ir al lugar en el que todo haba comenzado: Escocia, la tierra de Hogwarts. Reunieron un grupo de seguidores de Harry Potter cuyas experiencias como aficionados eran variadas y distintas (un escritor, un roquero,

What were they going to do after Harry Potter? How could they let go of something that had made such an impact on their lives? What did letting go even mean? What was it about Harry Potter that made them feel so passionate? What was it about Harry that had brought them, and so many other people, together like this, in a way unlike anything else that had come before? Was it something they could find in another place, or had Hogwarts made a unique and indelible imprint on their lives? From all the questions came at least one answer; in order to better understand what it was about Harry Potter that had affected them all so deeply, they decided to try and travel to the place where it had all started: Scotland, the homeland of Hogwarts. They put together a group of Harry Potter fans whose experiences within the fandom were varied and colorful a writer, a rocker, an

Traducido por Sara Martn Garca y Marta Quevedo Martnez.

activist, an artist, and a podcaster packed their bags, and took flight overseas to film their journey as they attempted to track down the true location of the castle that had such a hold on their imaginations.

un activista, un artista y un locutor de podcast), hicieron las maletas y volaron al extranjero para grabar su viaje mientras intentaban ubicar la verdadera localizacin del castillo que haba dominado su imaginacin. Finding Hogwarts (Buscando Hogwarts) es una pelcula documental sobre estos siete fans de Harry Potter y su viaje para encontrar Hogwarts, adems de las historias y experiencias compartidas que han tenido mientras seguan a Harry hasta el final.

Finding Hogwarts is a documentary film about these seven Harry Potter fans and their journey to find Hogwarts, as well as the stories and shared experiences they had as they followed Harry until the very end.

Traducido por Sara Martn Garca y Marta Quevedo Martnez.