26 Catalan films selected at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival
The Festival´s final selection includes 26 Catalan films plus a retrospective on the Catalan documentary with the participation of 10 additional productions.29/03/2010
Festivals
A total of 26 Catalan films have been selected to participate in the 13th Malaga Spanish Film Festival, to be held from April 17th to the 24th. This final selection was announced on Monday, March 22nd at a press conference in Malaga. In parallel, it will also be showing a retrospective series on the Catalan documentary and a tribute series to Barcelona-born actress Rosa Maria Sardà.
The Catalan films have been spread out over eight different sections from the Festival´s program. Participating in the Official selection are these feature films: El Dios de Madera directed by Vicente Molina Foix (Sagrera Audiovisual, DC Media, Metrojavier), La Vida Empieza Hoy directed by Laura Mañà (Ovideo TV, in collaboration with Televisió de Catalunya), Herois directed by Pau Freixas (Media Films, Televisió de Catalunya), Circuit directed by Xavier Ribera (AMAS) and El idioma imposible directed by Rodrigo Rodero (Skapada Films, Irusoin, Pato Films, Marela Films, in collaboration with Euskal Telebista and Televisió de Catalunya).
The following films will be shown in the "Zonazine" section: El Fals Orgasme by Jo Sol (Zip Films, Killer Films, in collaboration with Televisió de Catalunya), Fin by Lluís Sampieri (Cierzo Films, LS Producciones), Sol negre by Gami Orbegoso (Grup Cinema Art), Ments sospitoses by Carlos Martin Ferrera (Discóbolo Films, in collaboration with Televisió de Catalunya) and La Nit que va Morir l'Elvis by Oriol Ferrer (Enunai Produccions, Cromosoma, Televisió de Catalunya).
These projects will be competing in the "Official Documentaries Selection": Familystrip by Lluís Miñarro (Eddie Saeta), María y yo by Félix Fernández de Castro (Bausan Films), Dansa als Esperits by Ricardo Íscar (Films 59, Televisió de Catalunya, Únicamente Severo Films), Cuchillo de Palo by Renate Costa (Estudi Playtime), Autostop al Fons de la Nit by Miquel Àngel Raió (Miquel Àngel Raió) and Mi vida con Carlos by German Berger-Hertz (Todo por las niñas, Cinedirecto Producciones).
The documentary Garbo, L'Home que va Salvar el món directed by Edmon Roch (Ikiru Films, Televisió de Catalunya, Centuria Films, Colosé Producciones) and the documentary Ich bin Enric Marco directed by Santiago Fillol and Lucas Bermal (Corte y Confección de Películas, Intermedio) will be screened in the "Out-of-Competition Documentary Premiere" section.
The shorts participating in the "Official Short Film Section" are: La Història de Sempre by Jose Luís Montesinos (Bastian Films), Ho Sento, T'estimo by Leticia Dolera (Corte y Confección de Películas, El estómago de la vaca) and El Meu Amic Invisible by Pablo Larcuen (Full Emotions).
These films will be screened in the "Nuevas Miradas" (New Visions) section: Los Condenados by Isaki Lacuesta (Benecé Produccions, Televisió de Catalunya) and Petit Indi by Marc Recha (Parallamps Companyia Cinematogràfica, Televisió de Catalunya, ARTE France Cinema, Noodles Production).
These feature films will be found in the "La cosecha del año" (This Year's Harvest) section: Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo directed by Isabel Coixet (Mediapro, Televisió de Catalunya, Versatil Cinema) and Rec 2 directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza (Castelao produccions). Finally, in "Sesiones Especiales. Noche Golfa" (Special Screenings. The Late Show), will be Pérez 2, el ratoncito de tus sueños by Andrés Schaer (Castelao Productions, Filmax Animation, Patagonik Film Group).
In parallel, there will be a retrospective series on the Catalan documentary, organized in collaboration with the Catalonian Film Library. The productions that will be screened in this section are: El encargado del cazador, by Joaquín Jordá (Joan Antoni González); Màscares by Esteve Riambau and Elisabet Cabezas (Oberón Cinematográfica); Ocaña, Retrat Intermitent, by Ventura Pons (Els Films de la Rambla, Teide, P.C., Producciones Zeta); Fuente Álamo, la caricia del tiempo, by Pablo García (Eddie Saeta, Producciones Doble Banda); El asesino de Pedralbes, by Gonzalo Herralde (Fígaro Films); Anas, by Enric Miró (Astrakán Films, Salto de Eje); Pepe Sales: pobres, pobres, que els donguin pel cul, by Lulú Martorell and Albert Pla (Alguienvoló, Televisió de Catalunya, Televisión Española); Le temps et la distance, by Xavier Juncosa (Nèmesi Films); El cielo gira, by Mercedes Álvarez (José Mª Lara, P.C., Alokatu, S.L.); and La leyenda del tiempo, by Isaki Lacuesta (Mallerich Films, De Palacio Films, Hispanocine PC, Jaleo Films). There will also be a tribute presentation to Barcelona-born actress Rosa Maria Sardà, including the screening of two Catalan films: Amic, Amat directed by Ventura Pons (Els Films de la Rambla) and Rivales directed by Fernando Colomo (Media Films, Colomo Producciones Cinematográficas).
The organization had requested information on the status of Catalan productions still in progress. Moreover, a month ago Catalan Films & TV drew up an exclusive list of over forty candidates including documentaries, feature and short films, and on February 25th and 26th, the Malaga Spanish Film Festival's programming committee traveled to Barcelona to view the latest film candidates for this year's competition. In order to promote the Catalan candidates, the Catalan Films & TV Consortium drew up a screening agenda containing the films the different production companies had previously sent them.
Furthermore, during the festival the Malaga University Rectory will be housing an exhibition from the Josep M. Queraltó Film Collection, a unique show including over one hundred different film-related objects and projectors, all belonging to this Catalan collector. This is the first time an exhibition from the Josep M. Queraltó Collection will be organized in Andalusia, and the chosen city was Malaga, coinciding with the festival and on display until May 24th.
Documentation
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Producciones catalanas en Málaga 2010
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Malaga Spanish Film Festival
17/04/2010 - 24/04/2010