“True crime” will occupy Alicante for three days

The festival’s management contract was put out to tender this year by the Alicante City Council Culture Department. 15,000 eurosIt took over from Alicante Noir and in its first edition focuses on this phenomenon Investigating reality using fiction tools telling stories based on true events.

Santiago Alvarez, Director of Alicante True Crime and Member of the Cultural Council, Nayma BeldjilaliWe presented this meeting, which they considered as the “first festival” dedicated specifically to him, this Wednesday. More than fifty festivals of the black genre literature circle It is celebrated in Spain.

“There are more and more sections true crime In sections at film festivals like Málaga or Cinema Jove, as well as on platforms like Netflix. That’s what all the experts say This is the fastest growing niche”Álvarez, who has experience organizing Valencia Negra, expressed his belief that this festival can be realized. “a brand” For Alicante.

Both have presented a large portion of the program for this meeting, but it has not yet been finalized. a dozen events and at least thirteen guestsexperts in the criminal world from the world of novels, podcasts, journalism or audiovisual.

Participants

Like professionals Ramon Campos, series director The producer behind series like and The Asunta case, Alcasser case or recent How to hunt a beast; Father Pedro, producer L’Hora FoscaThe fourth season premieres in À Punt; criminologists Vicente Garrido and Paz Velasco; journalists Teresa Dominguez, From the Levante-EMV newspaper, Manu Marlasca and Luis Renduelespodcast writers Black Region; detective novel writers Mariano Sanchez Soler, Jordi Llobregat, Enrique Botella, Blas Ruiz Grauco-host of hit podcast Crime and CarrilloDoctor of cinema and academic of the Royal Academy of Spanish Cinema, Paul Gomez, They participate in Alicante True Crime.

The program includes two book clubs with writers Alicante in municipal libraries.

Nayma Beldjilali “This literary and audiovisual subgenre, which combines fictional devices with real events, is in full swing and is generating great interest in what we do.” “Bet in the noir genre”The councillor encouraged residents and visitors of Alicante to come to Seneca Space to attend a conference that “promises to be very interesting because of the guests and the topics that will be covered.”

Santiago Alvarez “This is an opportunity,” he explained. Bring the world of crime fiction and non-fiction closer to readers and viewersThe realities that exist around us and that must be addressed responsibly but also in detail. true crime not only helps us better understand who we are as individualsbut also who we are society“.

The director emphasized his professionalism while addressing the guests: “responsibility We are dealing with the sensitive issue in its different manifestations.

Possible bubble

On whether it’s risky to dedicate a festival solely to this true crimecurrently one It is a very attractive phenomenon for the public, but this may decrease While a member of the Cultural Council for the Future stated that the black genre could always be redirected if it “loses power”, the person responsible for the festival maintained confidence in continuity and predicted a future. long journey, adjusting to reality.

“It was thought years ago whether something would happen. bubble “The crime novel is the most read literary genre in Spain today,” said Santiago Álvarez, adding, “There will always be topics to tell because they concern us as humans.”