HE cinema shine from this saturday night Alicantealready in its 20th edition Festival became a reference for the city and this industry. the competition has reached full maturity stagesupported by consolidated twenty-year trajectory and his condition The ultimate platform for show the creators work They try to break it. This was also remembered. opening galaPresented by and at the Teatro Principal Luis Larroderahighlighted at various times the importance of such meetings for professionals. Also a date full of emotion and appreciation.
Alejandro Amenábar, Karra Elejalde and Nathalie Poza were distinguished respectively. Lucentum, Honor and City of Alicante Awards In this issue of the Film Festival. Some awards that they personally collected and not only that, but also what they do from someone very important in the professional orbit and in the personal life of each. Moreover, With an added surprise in the case of Nathalie Poza and Karra Elejaldewhat contributed great moments of emotion.
Blanca Portillo Responsible for delivering the award to the winner of the Alicante City Award, welcome him with nice words. This is how you described Nathalie Poza: A “star full of light” that he was “lucky to meet” 20 years ago and has always “something of her” in his characters. For his part, the highly emotional award winner reassured: “All I can say tonight can be summed up in the bliss of these meetings”and have animated to the participants and those who followed the gala live on the À Punt website, to go to the movies: “Let’s go from those small screens and our solitude to the movies, to the date”.
This same feeling I would live in minutes Karra Elejalde seeing Dani Rovira give her her award. He confirmed that awarding the Basque actor was “an excuse to be with him”. strong bond what’s between the two “You are unique, you are unique, you are necessary”He repeated his words with emphasis. enthusiastic him. Winning, taken aback With this surprise, he took strength from emotion to show his appreciation and allegation “modest film festivals quarry of tomorrow“, And without it “no future”.
on his behalf Belen RuedaExpressing his thanks to the organization for “supporting the cinema”, Alejandro handed over his award to Amenábar. Slightly more concise in his intervention than Poza and Elejalde, the director said, “I would like to think [este premio] It is not a closing loop, but a new loop opening.“. He further argued that He wants to shoot his next project in Alicanteor at least it ended by reassuring her mother, who was in the Valencian Community and at the premiere. he will witness that shot
Director of the Alicante Film Festival, vincent sevahad given “A hearty thank you” to the three award winners on this date, while thanking all the support that makes it possible Let the competition continue. However, he appealed “more involvement of institutions”, because “as the city progresses, the festival must continue to progress”.