Eight Ibero-American and eleven Spanish feature films will compete in the official section of the twenty-fifth Malaga Spanish Film Festival, which will be held from March 18 to 27 and will honor the filmmaker with a Biznaga of Honor Carlos Saura.
The director of the Festival, Juan Antonio Vigar, highlighted this Wednesday in the presentation that, after two years with the dates displaced due to the pandemic, the contest returns to March, because “The films that will be released in the spring find a better accommodation on the billboard.”
Some of the “signs of identity” of the Festival as its red carpet, thanks to the improvement in the health situation, and because “face-to-face is still essential” for the event, according to Vigar.
The official feature film section “maintains the model of each year”, because the Malaga Festival (southern Spain) is “the common home of Spanish cinema” and therefore “all formats and perspectives have a place”.
Ibero-American films will compete The Giantsfrom Beatriz Sanchis (Mexico-USA); to mäe (Mother), from Christian Burlan (Brazil); Unseenfrom Javier Andrade (Ecuador-France); utamafrom Alejandro Loayza Grisi (Bolivia-Uruguay-France); Private messagesfrom Matias Bize (Chile); Almost in Love (Love me), from Leonardo Brzezicki (Argentina); White Cadejofrom justin lerner (Guatemala), and Freefrom Natural Arpajou (Argentina).
Spanish films join the titles already announced in the official section The testfrom Dani of the Order; five wolvesfrom Alauda Ruiz de Azua; The topfrom Ibon Cormenzana; my emptiness and mefrom Adrian Silvestre; We will not kill you with pistols (“We will not kill each other with guns”), by Mary Ripolland the volunteerfrom Nelly Reguera.
The Festival has already advanced Emperor Codefrom Jorge Corirawill be the opening film, while full of gracefrom Roberto Buesowill be presented at the closing ceremony out of competition.
They also knew each other from the competition Scoundrelsfrom Daniel Guzman; The Turtle Maneuverfrom Juan Miguel del Castillo; the crystal girlsfrom Jota Linares; they arrived at nightfrom Imanol Uribe, and the presence out of competition of Alcarràsfrom Carla Simon, winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin.
In special out-of-competition passes, they will be offered I can’t without youfrom Chus Gutierrez; Camera Cafefrom Ernest Seville; skin on firefrom David Martin Porras; Sinjarfrom Ana Bofarull; Tuscanyfrom Pau Freixasand neighborhood heroesfrom Angeles Reine.
The Festival is launching a new section of non-Ibero-American international films awarded in other competitions and not released in Spain, in which an audience award of 10,000 euros (around 11,000 dollars) will be awarded for distribution in our country.
These movies are A new worldfrom Stephane Brize (France); here I laughfrom Mario Marton (Italy); love letters don’t existfrom Jerome Bonnell (France); Promises in Parisfrom Thomas Kruithoff (France); wonderful mindsfrom Bernard Campan and Alexander Jollien (France), and The weapon of deception (Operation Mincemeat), from John Madden (United Kingdom).
It was already known that the Malaga Award it will be delivered to all Spanish cinema represented by its Academy; the Ricardo Franco Award, to production director Sol Carnicero; the Malaga Talent Award, to Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, and the Retrospective Award, to the Argentine actress Mercedes Morán.
In the chapter of tributes, this Wednesday it was also announced that the Spanish interpreter Miguel Rellán will receive the Biznaga Ciudad del Paraíso and “El Bosque del Lobo”, by Spanish director Pedro Olea, will be the Golden Film.
Another of the great novelties this year will be the setting for the inaugural gala, which will be moved to the José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace in the Spanish town, with a capacity of close to 3,000 spectators. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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