About 650 short films from all over Spain It won the L’Abdet Film Festival with a much higher number than the residents of this region. partnerswhere do they live about fifty peoplefull Guadalest Valley. This small town in Marina Baixa, which does not have the opportunity to watch the cinema on the big screen all year, is celebrating the coming weekend. second edition of the short film competition promoted last year to motivate neighbors in the absence of patron saint festivities and incidentally stimulate tourism in the region and contribute grains of sand to the audiovisual sector.
The festival is celebrated without capacity restriction this year days due to the pandemic 17 and 18 JuneFor projection of cinematographic works in Plaza de San Vicente Ferrer Expanded to 350 people, i.e. up to a hundred according to the first edition. In addition, the public hopes to remove the thorn from the premiere as rain frustrates on the second day of screenings, but awards have also been handed out for the three best productions.
“Since the pandemic, people like to come to the villages and be outside. We think the short film festival is a different and nice way to spend a weekend here and Last year it made a big impact. For such a small town, people came from all over the province and since then some have come many weekends,” explains the mayor of Confrides/L’Abdet, Ruben Pico“Because people are reacting” continues its commitment to the festival with its new issue.
This year, there are 650 short films from different parts of the country. Exceeded the quantities in 2021which recorded something more than 500 movies in this formatand among them stories of all genres told in less than twenty minutesand. Of these, the jury a dozen works to compete for one of the three prizes (€1200,€800 and €500)It will be shown outdoors on the square, which will begin at 10 PM, followed by two feature films for all audiences.
on friday shorts will be Fantasy, English, please, Espinacas, Babel, Cristiano, Final projection, Imbecile Y Producerbesides the movie Missing a little sunshine; Saturday projected 25 horses, Umbrella, Cement and steel, MOTHER, This is not my son, The time has come, Black magic Y before it explodeswith the feature film Hazel Moon.
tickets, 1 euro symbolic pricethey cannot be bought onlineOnly in placeand proceeds go to the L’Abdet Festival Commission, which plans to celebrate the patron saint festivities on the third weekend of August this year. The jury is made up of players Maria Minaya, actor Fernando Gadea, popular for her role in the drama white farmhouseand actor, screenwriter and composer Paco Enlalunajoined by the actress Lola Molto.
Rubén Picó points out that the celebration of the festival last year had an impact on tourism in the region and was able to host many spectators in nearby rural houses and hostels, as the mayor recalled, “we are five nearby towns in a 9 kilometer radius: Confrides/L’Abdet, Guadalest , Benifato, Beniardà and Benimantell”.