They hadn’t planned it, but the truth is that documentary filmmaker Pilar Pérez Solano from Alicante and costume designer Cristina Rodriguez from Benidorm found themselves in the same nomination. president of the film academy. The call of the cinematographer Theresa Medina It was the trigger for both of them to decide to take a step and to undertake this struggle that they want to defend the profession in all sectors. So the motto of his candidacy is: I am also a cinema. The Film Academy will have two vice-presidents of the state if he is chosen on June 4th from among the four whose proposal is submitted to replace Mariano Barroso.
They claim to be one “atypical” practice Because there are no actors or directors, they are “the best known”, notes Pérez Solano, who won the Goya. republic teachers “It turned out this way because we are three professionals who believe in the dream of the possible, we think and want things to be done differently so that everyone can participate” in 2014 an open academy for all specialties, participatory and not very presidential”.
“I’ve been an academic for many years and I didn’t feel represented most of the time because everything is focused on the actors and the directors, which is very good because they are up front but it’s a teamwork and our technicians are very good”, says Rodriguez, who has been nominated for Goya six times.
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“Cinema must be protected, because the influx of theaters is declining and that worries us a lot,” says Pérez Solano. “Where we need to give all the support is to get people to the movies and in the education of young people. We are losing new generations because they don’t have a cinematographic culture, so we want to bring cinema to schools and schools. institutes.”
He knows there are many festivals but people don’t go to the movies. “You have to do an analysis and remember the benefits of cinema to see what’s going on. to turn it into a social act“.
they say celebrate goya premiere It is not decentralized in different cities. For the director, decentralizing the Academy means that all members “have access to events wherever they are”, because “Cinema is made all over Spain and apart from Goyas a lot of things can be organized, held meetings,” says the designer. Seminars, film forums throughout Spain”.
The internationalization they support, Communication with European and American academies. “We live in a global world and we need to promote ourselves, both as the films we make and as professionals,” says the documentary’s author. Defense for freedom.
In this sense, the stylist of the program Masked Singer: Guess who sings Antena 3 “We Spaniards are very self-confident, all of us, not just those in the cinema; either we focus on what is ours and export it or we will not move forward. In Spain they would kick us out”.
City of Light, an opportunity
Something that has touched them a lot is that the reopening of their Ciudad de la Luz studios in Alicante seems like great news to them and they see it as an opportunity for the industry. Actually Pilar Pérez Solano chaired the Executive Board of studies remains rightful and closely linked during negotiations with Europe Community Thematic Projects.
“I hope I dor increase this complex because it deserves all the support and encouragement that can be given from all institutions. We finally got it, now what we need to do is a plan to get it operational from June and become the engine of Alicante, Valencia and Spanish industry; It’s an amazing complex that’s invaluable at all levels, and many contacts are being made with the entire industry right now to analyze what’s the best way to manage it.”
Cristina Rodriguez He shot several movies there. “Spain is a great set for the whole world for many reasons, and it’s also great news to have one of the best studios in the world.”
It’s just a coincidence that there are three women. “This is not a claim, we will not take the feminist flag,” although all three are. “We’re respectful, we’re collaborative, and we’re not very heroic. It turned out that they were women,” said the designer, but we don’t want to approach it that way. ,” says Pérez Solano.
The duo are optimistic, although they realize that they are competing with three other projects. “We’re committed to renewal and we’ve come up with a new and different perspective, that’s our strength.”