Film until friends die, A dramatic comedy revolving around its borders. friendshipwill close the official part of the Alicante International Film Festival on 9 June. about this first feature in long format actor and filmmaker javier veigawho also signed the script and starred alongside Martha Hazas And Mauricio Ochman inside A Spanish-Mexican co-production. Other films competing in the official division of national feature films will be announced shortly.
movie a a touch of humor When life puts you to the test, it explores each person’s priorities and how important seemingly trivial things suddenly become. A writer’s comedy, emotional and very personal.
“To introduce until friends die My first feature film as a director at the Alicante Film Festival makes me particularly excited. I was lucky to learn about the festival when we were both just starting out in cinema.first editions and I was lucky enough to attend As an actor in the movies featured in it. then i came to you short films as a director and I had the honor of winning the critics’ award in exactly the tenth edition with one of them”, commented Javier Veiga.
The director said that the Alicante event, which is celebrated twenty times this year, “It has undoubtedly become one of the reference festivals in Spain.and inviting me to close the official part of the twentieth edition with my first film seems to me to be one of them. nice coincidences This closes the circle. I hope the film will be appreciated there and I hope we will continue to grow together.”
The feature film tells its story Maria, Nacho and Suso, three lifelong friends. They shared a lot together, maybe even a lot… And suddenly the two of them will have to share the secret that the other is going to die. But first they have a lot to do: plans, promises, reproaches, laughter, reconciliations, memories, more laughter, some tears, and maybe something waiting to come out. According to the synopsis, the three of them will now discover how important the little things are. Until friends die.
movie made in Galicia In the photo is Veiga’s hometown Miguel P. Gilaberte and with a soundtrack he composed Alfred Tapscott. It also has collaborations with different artists, including four songs composed and performed by the musician. xoel lopez.
festival director vincent seva He expressed his pleasure to have Veiga in this edition, ” diligent and who supported us from the beginning? It is an honor for us to be able to close the official section with his first feature film on this anniversary and we hope he will have many successes”.
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Javier Veiga (or protectPontevedra, 1973) is an actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, and producer. He alternates his work between film, television and theatre.
The beginning of the audio-visual direction, short films Save me And what do hyenas laugh at. Together with them, he won nearly 200 awards at national and international festivals and became two of the most successful works in Spanish short film history.
As an actor, he reached the general public thanks to him. television with comedy clubwon the Ondas Award. and together sherry like Seven Lives, Moncloa, tell me?, 7 Days Nakedamong others. He acted in the movie titles like Year of the tick, school of seduction And black prickly pear and in parallel, he is developing his theatrical career as an actor. 20 shows after them.
In the theater he started creative premiere twelve shows, which he wrote, directed and produced himself. The series premiered in 2014. gymnastics Tony, A sitcom daily strip of which he is the creator and executive producer. premiered in 2018 little coincidences, a personalized romantic comedy; He wrote, directed and acted himself. It was the first Spanish production for Amazon Prime Video. A total of 30 episodes over three seasons aired simultaneously in Spain, Latin America and the USA. Later, it was released for free on Antena3 and many other countries on different platforms: France, Italy, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Korea. rights remake It was acquired by NBC, who commissioned Universal Studios to pilot the series for production in the US.