Alicante Film Festival reaches a record audience in its 20th year

32,000 people watched 22 feature films and 103 short films from 17 countries in the latest edition others need to be added Parallel activities like photo exhibitions Looks festive photographer’s Cristina Mariscal in Plaza Mar 2 Shopping Center, Alicante movie set at the Mediterranean Casino and Festive Moments In the Cultural Area of ​​El Corte Inglés; In addition to the display of posters of 20 prints at the Adif Alicante station.

Its director said, “The competition has grown in projection and prestige, positioning it as one of the most important festivals for the industry in our country.” vincent sevawho believes that this 20th edition shows that “it is constantly evolving and continues to grow from year to year. We are already working on the twenty-first edition to be edited. From 25 May to 1 June 2024″.

another new this year It was the opening of Paseo Luz de las estrellas in Ruperto Chapí square next to the Teatro Principal. Alejandro Amenabar, Belen Rueda, Antonia San Juan, Fernando Colomo. and actor from Alicante fele martinez They were there.

The festival, which drew attention to the organization, gave emotional moments. opening galaIt is full of surprises that Alejandro Amenábar was honored with the ‘Lucentum Award’ from Belén Rueda; ‘Honorary Award’ winner Karra Elejalde is excited to see Dani Rovira and Blanca Portillo presenting the ‘City of Alicante’ award to Nathalie Poza. Inside closing gala -where is the movie truce costume designer – won the Golden Tile for Best Picture big sonya The ‘Fashion Cinema’ award was received by designer Rosario Puñales, the coordinator of this new section of the Festival. music composer Luis Ivars awarded the composer the ‘Music for Image’ award Mounts of Zeltia.

During the week, the participants had the pleasure of meeting Alejandro Amenábar and Belén Rueda. 20th anniversary deep sea which started the Amenábar cycle, in which all his feature films were watched.

On the industry and entrepreneurship side, 5. Fiction Lab Projects Fikticia Medreceived a record attendance with more than 180 projectswhere they were chosen 18 for your presentation.

Alicante’s Kinepolis hosted projections of its different departments: seven feature films in the official section, invited films, Spanish and international short films, animation, Alicante cinema, LGTBI, invited films, etc. Some sessions required doubling the capacity of the halls, so the public response exceeded all expectations.

Mediterranean House Sponsored by the Italian Embassy of Italy in Spain, it hosted the Italian film cycle where the country was the guest of honor, featuring great Italian classics such as ‘Nuovo Cinema Paraiso’, ‘La gran belleza’ and ‘La vida is beautiful’. The short films ‘L’Allaccio’, ‘Come un animale’ and ‘Volevo essere Gassman’ were screened in the last edition of the Festival, where the Rome Film Corto Festival was a guest.

Inside The cultural area of ​​El Corte Inglés some of the invited films were screened along with the presentation of Pau Gómez’s ‘Amenábar, the value of storytelling’ and Javier González de Dios’ book ‘Cinema and pediatrics 12’.

The interviews and colloquia held on the occasion of the new episode also had a wide audience. Fashion Cinema, Lectured at the Alicante Contemporary Art Museum ROTTENIn the exhibition, sketches of the costume designs of Sonia Grande’s films such as Alejandro Amenábar, Woody Allen, and Jame Gray are exhibited;

Among the parallel activities was the presence of the actress. main fernandez Proposing a public meeting in collaboration with the CUE formation