Responsible person for the last fifteen years of Valladolid Film Week (Seminist), Javier AnguloHe will preside over the jury of the Official Section. Alicante International Film Festival celebrated in its next edition 20 years of activity. Angulo, who said goodbye to his duty at the 67th Seminci, to bring a new breath to the festival he directed between 2008-2022. visible chairman of the main jury next to the screenwriter gabriel ochoa; producer Pilar Ruiz and cultural manager and producer teresa cebrian.
Those responsible for the Official Section, rate seven feature films Golden Tile for Best Film with 3,000 Euros, silver tiles for the best actress, actor, director and screenplay among the selected feature films. Best Spanish Fiction Short FilmEquipped with 1,000 euros with access to compete in the next edition of Goya 2024.
So it was explained vincent sevaDirector of the festival, which will expand its programs in Alicante Between 3-10 Junein a presentation this Friday at the Alicante Provincial Assembly by the different juries that will decide the winning works in the next edition.
There is also a new award created for the best documentary short film this year. documentary juryThe Festival will consist of professionals responsible for other events in the Valencian Community, such as the artistic director of Mostra de Valencia-Cinema del Mediterrani. Edward Guillotand Executive Director of the DocsValència International Documentary Film Festival, Nachos Navarrocompleted by documentarian, academic and director of Endora Audiovisual Productions, eva vizcarradocumentary director uncensored womanone of the films that were invited out of competition in this number.
international jury one more year, to be composed by the director of the Master of Dramatic Art at the University of Alicante, John D Sanderson and accompanied main favorfilm and television producer and professor of Audiovisual Communications; Adriano SquillanteItalian actor, conductor and voice actor who participated in the competition in previous issues.
short film section MediterrenianPromoted by Casa Mediterráneo, will take part as jury Alex Nestor, half Irish and half Iraqi actor who grew up in Alicante; Director, producer and co-creator of Juno Media, Julie Estel Soard and the scriptwriter and artistic director of the Rome International Festival ‘Film Corto’ Robert Petrochi.
Short film winning in its category LGBTI It will be judged by the illustrator and designer from Alicante. Inigo Lanz; superior technique in image and sound Nevenka Rubio and plastic and visual artist who graduated from the Fine Arts Department of UMH Ximo Vaello.
The best animated short film will be awarded by a jury of professionals with more than 20 years of experience in the audio-visual sector, Alberto del Amo; illustrator alex rey and illustrator, designer and animator isabel morcillo.
Finally, the jury who will be responsible for delivering Sergio Balseyro Award for Best FilmThe critics’ jury will be made up of critics this year Gonzalo Eulogio, Antonio Sempere and Augusto Francisco Gonzálezas in the 19th edition of the festival.
Seva thanked the provincial institution for its support for this year’s special edition, in which 100 short films and 7 feature films will be screened in the competition, and various actors and actresses from Alicante as well as those responsible for other film festivals will be invited. in the province. Juan de Dios Navarro, MP for culture, highlighted the festival’s “big work” over these two decades for its contribution to making Alicante “a center of attraction for national and international cinema”.
jurors Ana Lehtola and Augusto Gonzalez they encouraged the public to enjoy the projections and emphasized the closeness of the stories told in the majority of the works.