Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ inspired the poster for the Sant Joan Film Festival

“We always look at the calendar to remember a movie on its anniversary –Cabaret it was the one chosen on the 50th anniversary in the previous edition, and this year we offered these two options, but most of the offerings birds, The legendary Alfred Hitchcock movie that left its mark on the horror genre before and after”Renewing its collaboration with the Sant Joan institute, where the short film competition was founded 23 years ago, dedicated to visual and audiovisual, the director of the festival, Toni Cristóbal, explains:

The winning poster will be the visual of the film festival to be held. 29 April – 6 May 2023 With the support of the Ministry of Culture and this year move your dates forward a few weeks Before the 28 May local elections. Cristóbal underlines Aguilar’s proposal for “the colour, shape and image of the bird that can be considered a professional poster”.

In the words of Cristina Aguilar in the movie birds, raven “symbols a sense of mystery and threat it’s something that looms over the characters and community. The raven is also used as a symbol of unforgiving and uncontrollable nature. In the movie, the idea of ​​birds attacking for no apparent reason is reflected. nature can be dangerous and unknown. All of this is shown to us by Hitchcock through a lens that focuses and draws the viewer’s attention to themes such as mystery, menace and, above all, indomitable nature.

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birds (1963) is an American movie. natural fear and tension, produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is loosely based on a homonymous short story published by 1952. laurel du maurier, California, is about a series of unexplained bird attacks against the population of Bodega Bay. movie stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedrenin her screen debut, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. script Evan Hunter, that Hitchcock wanted to develop new characters and a more detailed plot Du Maurier retains the title and the concept of sudden aggression of birds. Over time, like many Hitchcock works, The film’s reputation among critics and audiences has greatly increasedIt has been very influential in the horror genre, inspiring great filmmakers such as Guillermo del Toro and John Carpenter.

in 2016 birds it was accepted “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” Selected by the United States Library of Congress and for preservation in the National Film Registry.