The closing gala of the Elche Film Festival moves to the Gran Teatro

The closing gala will begin with a moment of silence that the Mediterranean Foundation, through FICIE, will pay to the figure of Ava Gardner to commemorate the centennial of her birth. After the award ceremony to be presented by the journalist Maite Vilaseca, The short films that won the Fundación Mediterráneo Award for Best Fiction Short Film, the Elche City Council Award for Best Documentary Short Film and the Best Animated Short Film will be screened.

The closing gala and awards ceremony will be moved to the Gran Teatro de Elche this year to mark the transfer of the team. predictions Hort del Xocolater To the headquarters of the foundation’s Glorieta. The ceremony at the Gran Teatro will also pay homage to actress Ginés García Millán.

Since the organization of the festival, Vincent Sanchis “Weather conditions have caused us to move the planned events at Hort del Xocolater elsewhere and we would like to particularly thank the Elche City Council, the mayor and the Cultural Councilor for giving us the Gran Teatro to celebrate the closing gala this year”.

46. ​​For FICIE, 2,238 short films were registered for the competition, 55 of which were selected as finalists and competed for different awards in the Official Section. In the Feature Film Department, which premiered in the last season of the festival with great success, 62 works applied to the competition and 5 of them were selected and screened in Odeón Cinemas.

Selection and Qualification Juries were formed for 1 more year. Members of Elche’s Cineclub “Luis Buñuel” Production, directing, photography, teaching and design professionals and their decisions will be announced at the Closing Gala on July 21, 2023.

Award winners list

• “FUNDACIÓN MEDITERRÁNEO” AWARD FOR BEST FICTION SHORT FILM. Equipped with 3,000 Euros and a Lady Trophy.

• “CIUTAT D’ELX” AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM, 3.000 Euros and Checkers Award.

• ANIMATION AWARD. Equipped with 3,000 Euros and a Lady Trophy.

• “FUNDACIÓN MEDITERRÁNEO” AWARD FOR BEST SPECIAL FILM “OPERA PRIMA”, Editing and Spanish nationality. Equipped with 2,000 Euros and a Lady Trophy.

• IBERO-AMERICAN AWARD, in any category and belongs to Latin America and Brazil. Equipped with 1.000 Euro and Lady Trophy.

• Awarded with the FES CURT AWARD, 500 Euros and the Lady Trophy.

• Awarded the “CINECLUB LUIS BUÑUEL” NOVEL AUTHOR AWARD, 500 Euros and the Lady Trophy eligible in any category.

• MOBILE FILMMAKER PRO AWARD awarded with 500 Euro and Lady Trophy

The following collaborations and joint awards will also be announced at the gala:

• BEST SHORT FILM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD, sponsored by the Elche Cooperation Department and in collaboration with SocialMed València. Equipped with 1.000 Euro and Lady Trophy.

• The Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media (CIMA) will present the CIMA Award to the Best Filmmaker with the statuette and a one-year membership to the association.

• The winner of the Mobile Filmmaker Pro Award will be a direct finalist at the Cinephone Smartphone Film Festival in the 2023 edition.

• At the discretion of the Jury and the Reykjavík International Film Festival Organisation, one or more Spanish short films from the Official Selection or Award Winners will be finalists in the 2023 edition.

Elche International Independent Film Festival, organized and sponsored by the Mediterranean Foundation,Elche City Council and Elche Cinema Club Luis Buñuel.