Pedro Casablanc presents “Oliver’s Universe” at Elche Film Festival

projection Oliver’s universe It will take place at 20:30 and after the movie is over, there will be a discussion between the audience, the director of the movie, and the actor Pedro Casablanc.

this movie starring Save the Queen, Maria Leon, Pedro Casablanc and Ruben Fulgenciois a family story set in Andalusia in 1985, when the imaginative Óliver moves with his family from Madrid to Algeciras when Halley’s Comet is about to cross. With the help of his grandfather, Oliver seeks the solution to his problems in the stars and the famous comet.

Film, commercial and music video director Alexis Morante will attend the presentation of his first feature film as a speaker. It has won international awards, including. latin grammyand was nominated for awards goya twice. He has shot video clips for artists such as David Bisbal and Fito He has directed many feature-length documentaries, including Silence or Shrimp Heroes.

Pedro Casablanc is a film, serial, theater and dubbing artist. Acted in movies Pedro Almodóvar, Isabel Coixet and José Luis Garci, and like a string Tell Elizabeth. anyone Ministry of Time. In addition to his audiovisual career, his theatrical performances interpreting the works of great classical and contemporary writers are prominent.

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The festival program continues on Sunday, July 10, with his directorial debut. Pau Calpe with the feature film triple. This film tells the story of a father and his son in the context of rural social problems. Joan, a grumpy peasant from a rural area of ​​Lleida, tired of being robbed at her farmhouse, decides to join the night patrol of the villagers who are watching the land. The neighbors on patrol are not happy to have Joan accompany them, but when they see her son Pep returning from the city will accompany her, they agree. During the tour, Joan and Pep encounter a thief.

In this 45th edition of FICIE, Cinematographic competition of the dean of the Valencian Community, 55 feature films were recorded. These films competing in the first of this category had to be the director’s first feature film and had to be shot between January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022.

All films in the Official Section have been selected by the selection committee and will be screened from Friday, July 8 to Friday, July 15. Feature films selected in order of screening: Alberto Evangelio’s ‘Visitante’; “Oliver’s Universe” by Alexis Morante; “Tros” by Pau Calpe; “A Dog’s Tooth” by José Luis Estañ; “L’últim Salt” by Nando Caballero; “La Pasajera” by Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez; Rubén Sainz’s “Magoado” and Fran Torres’s “La Jefa”.

Organized and sponsored by the Fundación Mediterráneo, the Elche International Independent Film Festival is a collaboration between the Elche City Council and the Elche Luis Buñuel Cinema Club. All programming and news can be found on the website http://ficie.fundacionmediterraneo.es and the social networks of Fundación Mediterráneo.