The Sant Joan d’Alacant Film Festival is reaching its twenty-third this year, and this figure ensures that it maintains its place in the festival. prestige among the oldest and most consolidated short film competitions across national borders. The festival, which will be held from April 29 to May 6, announced its content this Friday. In those days, together with the projections of 25 works selected in the official section, the opening galas and the award ceremony, the municipality will be devoted to the seventh art, thanks to a wide and varied program of parallel events trying to reach all segments. audiences and ages.
Sant Joan Cultural Advisor Javier Yebes; festival director Toni Cristóbal; and Guillermo Alcalá-Santaella (from Marallavi Films), jury member and coordinator of various parallel events, announced all the news regarding this new edition of the competition. Cultural Councilor Javier Yebes said: It’s the claim that has kept Sant Joan alive, which for several years has become the cornerstone of Spanish short films.. To promote the festival, more and more areas of the City Council are participating in the event. In addition to the Culture Department, there is the Mayor’s Office, the Trade and Tourism Department,” he said. The mayor wanted to highlight the effort of “the team of people working for the festival in different areas, more than 20 people who contributed to its work as the Viridiana Audiovisual Culture Association. After all these efforts, I can say that we have opened our doors wide, that the planned events are completely free, and that we hope residents of Sant Joan and neighboring towns will benefit from the galas, screenings and wide parallel. Agenda,” added the Mayor of Culture.
Festival director Toni Cristóbal underlined that “The Sant Joan Festival’s commitment to short films serves as a world open to established and new directors, but above all a space for diverse and original creations.” Christopher commented: This year, the festival continues to exceed 1,000 registered short films that have been running for 7 years.. Of the 1,033 works exhibited, “The 25 short films selected in the official section are of high level and are a very good example of the interest in short films of all types and styles.” The director of the competition also drew attention to the works sent to the common section, which strengthens the ties of the festival with different collaborations and is fed by non-competition works. It is specially mentioned. Students and teachers of IES García Berlanga say, “any renewed collaboration has been strengthened.. Proof of this is the poster that Cristina Aguilar, a former student of García Berlanga, made this year for the 60th anniversary of the legendary Alfred Hitchcock movie. birds”, explained Toni Cristóbal.
Likewise, juror Guillermo Alcalá-Santaella was impressed. the quality of the parallel events programmed starting from the exhibition English FilesA photographic project by José Luis Carrillo, director of the Mistos School, about the UFO phenomenon in Spain. This exhibition, which also has a documentary version, opens at Casa de Cultura on Friday, April 28 and can be visited until May 6. The other two suggestions are the master class. Introduction to Cinematography (May 2, 5 p.m., Amelia Asensi Bevià Public Library), given by Juan Fran Giménez, CEO of audiovisual production company Wayaba; and master class Community cinema, collective dreams for creation Conferred (May 3 and 4, at the Amelia Asensi Bevià Public Library), documentarian and cameraman Daniel Martínez Quintanilla.
public galas
Saturday, April 29 at 20:00 The Sant Joan d’Alacant House of Culture Auditorium will have an opening gala with the participation of Maniquí Teatre, professional performing arts studio Art Corpore and La Paz Musical Society.. This show will present showcase competition awards and the Honorary Golden Ficus, which this year was awarded to director Domingo Rodes from Alicante. A film concert dedicated to musicals is planned by the La Paz Music Association on Sunday, 30, under the direction of Joan Espinosa and with the participation of the University of Alicante Choir. On Saturday, May 6, the closing gala and awards ceremony will be held with the participation of the Jazz Quartet of the Maniquí Teatre, the Naracé school of dance and musical theater, and the Vila de Sant Joan Conservatory Aula de Música Moderna.
there are prizes
The awards are Ficus de Plata Cultura Sant Joan for best animation work; Ficus de Plata Nos Movemos for the best work on a social theme; Ficus de Plata UMH for the best student work produced by film schools; Silver Ficus for best screenplay; Silver Ficus for the best interpretation; Ficus de Plata for best director; and Ficus de Oro for best short film. Featured work with this award will qualify for Goya and will be able to enter the Academy Awards directly without further selection. at other qualifying festivals.
Here is the list of 25 works that participated in the national short film competition of the 23rd Sant Joan d’Alacant Film Festival and therefore competed for the best film at the Ficus de Oro Sant Joan d’Alacant: happy and olérelated to Clara Santaolaya; connectedrelated to carmen cordoba; emotional architecturerelated to Leon Siminiani; lovekasharelated to lara maltz; wiresrelated to estibaliz urresola; nitsrelated to her jane; train of joyrelated to Jordi Boquet; Humbug Mansionrelated to Juan Carlos Mustard; sea shellrelated to Leire Apellaniz; Explosionrelated to jose san michael And Juanma Vargas; can of sardinesrelated to Antonio Llaneza; worst thing that could happenrelated to Elena Tara; Look Boyrelated to Sergio Avellaneda: death of a characterrelated to david lopez; Death in Torreviejarelated to Adriana Arratia; mussol, related to Juanjo Gimenez; god levelrelated to Cesar Tormo; ANYONErelated to Maria Montreal; constant happinessrelated to Jesus Luengo And Sofia Esteve; Jordan Pointrelated to Pol Miro; cat sandwichrelated to david fidalgo; sushirelated to Ivan Morales; mystical tigerrelated to Marc Martinez Jordan; emptyrelated to Margalida Adrover; And wooden mirrorrelated to exhibition sanchezAnimation short selected as the opening short film at the opening gala on April 29.