Videographer & Photographer

Mr. Challenge Films

Mr. Challenge Films is directed by Miguel Cano, Film Director, Photographer and Storyteller. Since 2010, Miguel has traveled 80+ countries making videos and social projects, he has given numerous talks, including a TED, 5 of his films have been awarded and his work has been published in The Huffington Post, BBC, Visa, FOX, The Diplomat and Deutsche Welle, a medium for which he currently co-produces his own documentaries.

Speaker

TED Talk: Transform your dreams into challenges.

TED talk by Miguel Cano given at the TEDxLarissa event, Greece, with the aim of inspiring to approach dreams with a realistic and constructive approach to collect results and, above all, achieve a calm and stable state of mind.

Documentary

8 documentary films produced, distributed on TV and awarded at the int. film festivals. Including Still Tibet & Greek Rock Revolution.

Events and Corporate

Specialized in Events and Corporate Film and photography production. Working with Visa, Spielfeld and Roland Berger.

Social

Fundraising events, humanitarian video recording, journalistic activism and social projects in cooperation with NGOs.

Events and corporate

Specialized in video and photography of events and corporate events, with express editing, delivering the edited images 12 hours after the event and the video in less than 48 hours.
Based in Berlin, Madrid and Zurich, open to any other location.
Some of our clients are Visa, Spielfeld, Roland Berger, SolarisBank and Antalia.

Documentary

More than 80 countries visited.
Documentaries filmed in Tibet, Israel/Palestine, Greece, Peru, Nepal, Dominican Republic, Kenya and Indonesia.
5 Films awarded at international film festivals.

Social and Humanitarian

Mr. Challenge Films’ approach is that a better world is possible and the answer lies in each of us. For this reason, it seeks to inspire change through its social projects. Mr. Challenge Films always makes documentaries with a social background, and altruistically collaborates with NGOs in developing countries by producing content, as well as with social circus and clown groups carrying out performances in orphanages, refugee camps and conflict zones.

Photography

Since 2010, I have been doing documentary travel, artistic, sports and aerial photography,

as well as corporate and event photography.

  • 3 years ago, I was asked for content for a show at Deutsche Welle called ‘Sports Life’, with 12-minute documentary portraits of athletes facing a challenge. It was natural to me to search for stories within the most inspiring community I know, the differently-abled. I offered the story of Lydia Sempere, who was born deaf and had the dream of becoming a race driver. DW supported my idea and it became a beautiful film. I made 6 more movies on the topic of differently-abled people, and I last week I was sent to Paris to cover the Paralympic Games. It was a superb experience, where I got highly inspired, and the main takeaway is that whilst most people spend our time thinking what we miss in life, what we don’t have, what we cannot do...Paralympic Athletes look at life the other way around: this the body I have, what can I do with it? What can I achieve?
  • I got a few grey days, challenging for photography, an art that lives out of light. But I Iearnt some years ago that Paris is even more charming on days like these, then it displays a side of its beauty that triggers a beautiful nostalgia.
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#Paris #parisfrance #parisvibes #tonesbox #agameoftones #travelphotography #worldshotz #earthfocus #exploretocreate #canonphotography #canon_photos #vintage #retro #amazingplaces #beautifuldestinations #beautiful #nostalgia #parislove #parisstreets #ig_paris #mrchallengedreams
  • Paris, beauty everywhere 🥐✨
  • Voilá! C’est Paris!
The first time that I visited Paris I came hitchhiking after 2 weeks traveling around France. It was late at night and a very nice French young man had picked us up at a gas station. After driving during two hours we were finally approaching Paris. I was in the front seat and as we were coming out of a long tunnel, he looked at me in the eyes and said ‘Voilá! C’est Paris!’…I looked in front and I saw the majestic Eiffel Tower standing grandiosely. A moment I will never forget, a sentence I will remember every time I visit this magical city.
,
#Paris #parisfrance #eiffeltower #torreeiffel #parisbnw #bnw #bnw_captures #bnw_greatshots #bnwphotography #parisvibes #bnwzone #bnwlovers #bnwsouls #nostalgia #parismood #pariscity #bnw_addicted #bnw_photography #bnw_kings
  • I am absolutely thrilled to share the amazing news 🥹 This was always a dream to me and I am incredibly excited to share and pass on my passion for Filmmaking to young students 😍🤩🎥✨
  • A few years ago I fell in love with circus, both the art and the artists. I recently made a piece for @dwnews featuring the magician juggler Christian Hauschild to support juggling as aspiring sport for the next Olympics. And I enjoyed it a lot.
.
#CarpeDiem #Juggling #Circus #circo #malabares #bnw #poetic #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusarts #circuscircus #circusinternational #circusaroundtheworld #traumfabrik #jugglinglife #jugglingclubs #jugglingfamily #jugglingtricks #bnwmood #bnwsouls #bnwminimalismmag #bnwlovers #bnw_kings #bmwlovers #bnwvideo #mrchallengefilms
  • Yesterday I attended an amazing concert of Orka Teppler. It was a really beautiful and special experience which made me travel very deep within. Then, suddenly I knew she was familiar to me. When I went home, I found the documentary movie I shot for Ancient Trance in 2022, with Orka’s beautiful singing as soundtrack of the most emotional part of the film. I feel incredibly fortunate of having a job I am so passionate about, which offers me the opportunity to keep on learning and meeting incredible people, artists and events. Discovering Ancient Trance was a life-changing experience to me. They asked me to make an aftermovie (which normally lasts 2 minutes) and I ended up making a 30-minute documentary film. There, I discovered that it existed what so long I was searching for and dreaming of: a way to live where children can grow free and happy in families that keep on playing, dancing, singing and celebrating life always; a community based in principles of consciousness, peace and love. Ever since, no matter how I feel or where I am, I can always connect back to the tribe listening to this enchanting music.
  • ** Circlosión de Carcajadas - Marruecos 2023 **
Vídeo del último proyecto de circo social realizado en septiembre en Chauen y Larache. Es un privilegio enorme acompañar a un grupo de payasos con la misión tan noble de invertir su talento, tiempo e ilusión en hacer reír a quien lo necesita. No me cabe ninguna duda de que el mundo sería un lugar mejor si todos riéramos más, así que espero que este proyecto, además de haber arrancado carcajadas en decenas de niños marroquíes, también sirva para inspirar a relativizar, a restar importancia a las cosas y a mirar el lado positivo y divertido de las personas y de la vida, porque un día sin reír, es un día perdido.
  • First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨
.
#CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
3 years ago, I was asked for content for a show at Deutsche Welle called ‘Sports Life’, with 12-minute documentary portraits of athletes facing a challenge. It was natural to me to search for stories within the most inspiring community I know, the differently-abled. I offered the story of Lydia Sempere, who was born deaf and had the dream of becoming a race driver. DW supported my idea and it became a beautiful film. I made 6 more movies on the topic of differently-abled people, and I last week I was sent to Paris to cover the Paralympic Games. It was a superb experience, where I got highly inspired, and the main takeaway is that whilst most people spend our time thinking what we miss in life, what we don’t have, what we cannot do...Paralympic Athletes look at life the other way around: this the body I have, what can I do with it? What can I achieve?
1 month ago
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I got a few grey days, challenging for photography, an art that lives out of light. But I Iearnt some years ago that Paris is even more charming on days like these, then it displays a side of its beauty that triggers a beautiful nostalgia.
.
#Paris #parisfrance #parisvibes #tonesbox #agameoftones #travelphotography #worldshotz #earthfocus #exploretocreate #canonphotography #canon_photos #vintage #retro #amazingplaces #beautifuldestinations #beautiful #nostalgia #parislove #parisstreets #ig_paris #mrchallengedreams
I got a few grey days, challenging for photography, an art that lives out of light. But I Iearnt some years ago that Paris is even more charming on days like these, then it displays a side of its beauty that triggers a beautiful nostalgia.
.
#Paris #parisfrance #parisvibes #tonesbox #agameoftones #travelphotography #worldshotz #earthfocus #exploretocreate #canonphotography #canon_photos #vintage #retro #amazingplaces #beautifuldestinations #beautiful #nostalgia #parislove #parisstreets #ig_paris #mrchallengedreams
I got a few grey days, challenging for photography, an art that lives out of light. But I Iearnt some years ago that Paris is even more charming on days like these, then it displays a side of its beauty that triggers a beautiful nostalgia.
.
#Paris #parisfrance #parisvibes #tonesbox #agameoftones #travelphotography #worldshotz #earthfocus #exploretocreate #canonphotography #canon_photos #vintage #retro #amazingplaces #beautifuldestinations #beautiful #nostalgia #parislove #parisstreets #ig_paris #mrchallengedreams
I got a few grey days, challenging for photography, an art that lives out of light. But I Iearnt some years ago that Paris is even more charming on days like these, then it displays a side of its beauty that triggers a beautiful nostalgia.
.
#Paris #parisfrance #parisvibes #tonesbox #agameoftones #travelphotography #worldshotz #earthfocus #exploretocreate #canonphotography #canon_photos #vintage #retro #amazingplaces #beautifuldestinations #beautiful #nostalgia #parislove #parisstreets #ig_paris #mrchallengedreams
I got a few grey days, challenging for photography, an art that lives out of light. But I Iearnt some years ago that Paris is even more charming on days like these, then it displays a side of its beauty that triggers a beautiful nostalgia.
.
#Paris #parisfrance #parisvibes #tonesbox #agameoftones #travelphotography #worldshotz #earthfocus #exploretocreate #canonphotography #canon_photos #vintage #retro #amazingplaces #beautifuldestinations #beautiful #nostalgia #parislove #parisstreets #ig_paris #mrchallengedreams
I got a few grey days, challenging for photography, an art that lives out of light. But I Iearnt some years ago that Paris is even more charming on days like these, then it displays a side of its beauty that triggers a beautiful nostalgia.
.
#Paris #parisfrance #parisvibes #tonesbox #agameoftones #travelphotography #worldshotz #earthfocus #exploretocreate #canonphotography #canon_photos #vintage #retro #amazingplaces #beautifuldestinations #beautiful #nostalgia #parislove #parisstreets #ig_paris #mrchallengedreams
I got a few grey days, challenging for photography, an art that lives out of light. But I Iearnt some years ago that Paris is even more charming on days like these, then it displays a side of its beauty that triggers a beautiful nostalgia.
.
#Paris #parisfrance #parisvibes #tonesbox #agameoftones #travelphotography #worldshotz #earthfocus #exploretocreate #canonphotography #canon_photos #vintage #retro #amazingplaces #beautifuldestinations #beautiful #nostalgia #parislove #parisstreets #ig_paris #mrchallengedreams
I got a few grey days, challenging for photography, an art that lives out of light. But I Iearnt some years ago that Paris is even more charming on days like these, then it displays a side of its beauty that triggers a beautiful nostalgia. . #Paris #parisfrance #parisvibes #tonesbox #agameoftones #travelphotography #worldshotz #earthfocus #exploretocreate #canonphotography #canon_photos #vintage #retro #amazingplaces #beautifuldestinations #beautiful #nostalgia #parislove #parisstreets #ig_paris #mrchallengedreams
1 month ago
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Paris, beauty everywhere 🥐✨
Paris, beauty everywhere 🥐✨
Paris, beauty everywhere 🥐✨
Paris, beauty everywhere 🥐✨
Paris, beauty everywhere 🥐✨
Paris, beauty everywhere 🥐✨
Paris, beauty everywhere 🥐✨
Paris, beauty everywhere 🥐✨
Paris, beauty everywhere 🥐✨
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Voilá! C’est Paris!
The first time that I visited Paris I came hitchhiking after 2 weeks traveling around France. It was late at night and a very nice French young man had picked us up at a gas station. After driving during two hours we were finally approaching Paris. I was in the front seat and as we were coming out of a long tunnel, he looked at me in the eyes and said ‘Voilá! C’est Paris!’…I looked in front and I saw the majestic Eiffel Tower standing grandiosely. A moment I will never forget, a sentence I will remember every time I visit this magical city.
,
#Paris #parisfrance #eiffeltower #torreeiffel #parisbnw #bnw #bnw_captures #bnw_greatshots #bnwphotography #parisvibes #bnwzone #bnwlovers #bnwsouls #nostalgia #parismood #pariscity #bnw_addicted #bnw_photography #bnw_kings
Voilá! C’est Paris! The first time that I visited Paris I came hitchhiking after 2 weeks traveling around France. It was late at night and a very nice French young man had picked us up at a gas station. After driving during two hours we were finally approaching Paris. I was in the front seat and as we were coming out of a long tunnel, he looked at me in the eyes and said ‘Voilá! C’est Paris!’…I looked in front and I saw the majestic Eiffel Tower standing grandiosely. A moment I will never forget, a sentence I will remember every time I visit this magical city. , #Paris #parisfrance #eiffeltower #torreeiffel #parisbnw #bnw #bnw_captures #bnw_greatshots #bnwphotography #parisvibes #bnwzone #bnwlovers #bnwsouls #nostalgia #parismood #pariscity #bnw_addicted #bnw_photography #bnw_kings
2 months ago
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I am absolutely thrilled to share the amazing news 🥹 This was always a dream to me and I am incredibly excited to share and pass on my passion for Filmmaking to young students 😍🤩🎥✨
I am absolutely thrilled to share the amazing news 🥹 This was always a dream to me and I am incredibly excited to share and pass on my passion for Filmmaking to young students 😍🤩🎥✨
2 months ago
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A few years ago I fell in love with circus, both the art and the artists. I recently made a piece for @dwnews featuring the magician juggler Christian Hauschild to support juggling as aspiring sport for the next Olympics. And I enjoyed it a lot. . #CarpeDiem #Juggling #Circus #circo #malabares #bnw #poetic #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusarts #circuscircus #circusinternational #circusaroundtheworld #traumfabrik #jugglinglife #jugglingclubs #jugglingfamily #jugglingtricks #bnwmood #bnwsouls #bnwminimalismmag #bnwlovers #bnw_kings #bmwlovers #bnwvideo #mrchallengefilms
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Yesterday I attended an amazing concert of Orka Teppler. It was a really beautiful and special experience which made me travel very deep within. Then, suddenly I knew she was familiar to me. When I went home, I found the documentary movie I shot for Ancient Trance in 2022, with Orka’s beautiful singing as soundtrack of the most emotional part of the film. I feel incredibly fortunate of having a job I am so passionate about, which offers me the opportunity to keep on learning and meeting incredible people, artists and events. Discovering Ancient Trance was a life-changing experience to me. They asked me to make an aftermovie (which normally lasts 2 minutes) and I ended up making a 30-minute documentary film. There, I discovered that it existed what so long I was searching for and dreaming of: a way to live where children can grow free and happy in families that keep on playing, dancing, singing and celebrating life always; a community based in principles of consciousness, peace and love. Ever since, no matter how I feel or where I am, I can always connect back to the tribe listening to this enchanting music.
6 months ago
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** Circlosión de Carcajadas - Marruecos 2023 ** Vídeo del último proyecto de circo social realizado en septiembre en Chauen y Larache. Es un privilegio enorme acompañar a un grupo de payasos con la misión tan noble de invertir su talento, tiempo e ilusión en hacer reír a quien lo necesita. No me cabe ninguna duda de que el mundo sería un lugar mejor si todos riéramos más, así que espero que este proyecto, además de haber arrancado carcajadas en decenas de niños marroquíes, también sirva para inspirar a relativizar, a restar importancia a las cosas y a mirar el lado positivo y divertido de las personas y de la vida, porque un día sin reír, es un día perdido.
11 months ago
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First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨
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#CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨
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#CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨
.
#CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨
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#CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨
.
#CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨
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#CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨
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#CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨
.
#CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨
.
#CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨
.
#CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
First social circus show project in Morocco at an orphanage where they also host sick and homeless elderly. It’s immeasurable the power of laughter 🤡✨ . #CarpeDiem #Laughter #Happy #happypictures #happyphoto #Chauen #Chefchauen #Morocco #moroccotravel #morocco🇲🇦 #marruecos #ig_morocco #circus #clown #payaso #circo #circosocial #socialcircus #circuslife #circuseverydamnday #circusinspiration #circusarts #circuscircus #circusartist #circusaroundtheworld #laughing #children #portrait #thechildrenoftheworld #mrchallengefilms
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