HE ROS Film Festival It is the only short film competition dedicated to robotics-themed science fiction, where machines are the protagonists of the projected stories, alone or together with humans. According to the director of ROS, artificial intelligence is also participating for the first time this year, as a dozen short films received were made entirely with this technological tool. Ricardo DominguezPresenting the program of the fifth edition, held this Tuesday In Alicante between 16-27 NovemberAs far as he remembers, from a competition, “It was born out of a need to think about the impact of technology on our lives.”
HE ROS (Robotic Online Short) Film Festival It is a short film competition Started online from Elche in 2017 50 short films were received, then in Valencia, and the last two screenings were held in Valencia. cigarettes from Alicante. For this edition already completely personally, The festival took a big step “quality and consistency” expands its activities to include Teatre Arniches and MACA as headquarters, among other satellite areas, and has received some funding short film record -425 works- from more than sixty countries.
The festival will be on the screens face from one of them thirty countries (Iran to UK via China) and all sessions open access and free entry. Most of the films will be shown in this hall. Arnishes (62 short films) Between 21-24 NovemberMostly those related to video art will be reflected. Rottenand one of the new things is that It will be released on November 24 Robot Dreamsdirector Pablo Berger’s new film (Snow White, Torremolinos 73Before it hits theaters on December 6th.
Berger’s new animated film, which was entered out of competition, had its international premiere in Berlin. Cannes Film Festival 2023 and i bought it Audience award at Sitges Festival. It will be shown at Arniches in Alicante, upon invitation. on the 24th at 21.30.with the presence of the author and composer of the film music Alfonso de Vilalonga (Snow White, Princesses, My Life Without Me).
Additionally, other areas will be created to screen short films. Soda Barroom 8 and a half Bookstore with “cyber-punk” works Fahrenheit 451will hold a special session of short films from the Cuban School of Animation, or Long live PepaWhere The festival starts this Thursday with a short session on the relationship between humans and robots, gathered under the title Love, sex and robotsPortrayed by artist Lydia Na.
Regarding the theme of the selected proposals, Ricardo Domínguez touched on some ideas that arise frequently, such as “the idea of overcoming death, memory dump in the cloud; compassionate robot; a certain nostalgia for the past and the robot.” sexualized.” Ultimately, the director added: “A robot is a tool we create to reflect what we are, especially in science fiction.”
Two stage shows
This year the festival includes: two performing arts shows As the regional delegate of the IVC noted, technology will play a leading role on 25 and 26 November, Alicia GarijoUnderlining that Arniches and MACA were included in the programming “ upgrade projects This alone would be more complicated.” The first of these montages, control freakrelated to Servant OrrA character trying to interact with the audience while struggling with his social awkwardness and complex systems on stage. Second, the dance depicts the robot’s arrival on Mars Patience The inspiration of the Alicante company marrochwas recently awarded at the Valencia Performing Arts Awards, where it depicts a dystopian world in which the planet needs to be made aware.
Sempere and Daniel G. Andujar
MACA also has a master course combining two pioneers of art and new technologies. net art or art on the Internet, Alicante-born Daniel G. Andújar and Eusebio Sempere, another inventor of language in the art of the time. The first one will teach the workshop Artistic practice in the age of artificial intelligence. From Sempere to the present dayThe place where you can discover the possibilities that technological tools offer to contemporary art. “This is a tribute to Semperepioneering the renewal of artistic languages use the first computers of the sixtiesbefore new technologies become trends,” the MACA curator noted. Rosa CastellsThis means that places in the two-day workshops are already full.
As an event for children and young people, a film will be shown in Aigües and Crevillent on the 20th A special selection of short films with robots suitable for little onesas well as workshops where participants can become familiar with cinema and robotics applications. The party on the 23rd at Söda Bar, entertained by journalist Lorena Sánchez, will be for adults only and will be where the public can enjoy the music videos presented in the competition.
Awards and jury
There is a first prize at the festival 1,200 euros In addition to the second prize of 500 Euros and the third prize of 300 Euros for the best short film, there are also many second prizes. The jury has already chosen 16 short finalistsThe director made the comment without knowing whether any of these were proposals made entirely with artificial intelligence.
This group of experts consists of: Javier OrdóñezProfessor of History of Science at the Autonomous University of Madrid and president of the jury; lorena sanchezeditor-in-chief of QUO magazine; Daniel García Andujar; Natalia Pérez-Galdóswriter and scientific communicator and Edit FelgueirasScientific communicator at CERN and Director of the Braga Science Festival.
This year’s poster references the world of theater, whose symbol is masks, and cinema, with the image of a somewhat robotic mask. v for VendettaAnonymous society and film I am a robot.
ROS Film Festival is an original idea by El Kaleidoscopio and is funded by the Department of Culture of the Alicante City Council and the Institut Valencià de Cultura of the Generalitat Valenciana.