THE The actress from Córdoba Macarena Gómez was the main protagonist of the second day of the III Córdoba Film Week yesterday afternoon with the presentation in the Official Section of this annual film event ‘Polar‘, a project in which she not only intervenes as an actress but in which she also acted as a producer. With a great atmosphere and with the projection room of the Andalusian Cinematheque filled with an audience, the famous performer briefly introduced the film and also participated in a subsequent discussion with the spectators present. Gómez explained that “Polar”, written and directed by Alberto Palma, is a project “very complicated to carry out” and that she has always been clear, since she agreed to play it and got involved as producer, “that it had been filmed in Andalusia but especially in the streets of Cordoba, in my city.
‘Polar‘It’s a genre film policein which Macarena Gómez plays a criminal agent overwhelmed by the death of her son and her alcohol and drug problems and who must face a case linked to the disappearance of an actress. The cast, besides Macarena herself, includes familiar faces such as veteran Pedro Casablanc, Rubén Cortada, Lucía Díaz, Jordi Vilches and Salva Reina. During the presentation, the actress thanked the financial support she received from Canal Sur as well as the facilities offered during filming by the Córdoba City Hall. “They opened doors everywhere and allowed us to film in all the places we wanted,” he explained. He also recalled that “the citizens were involved and even when we filmed on the Roman bridge, where there were dozens of people, we achieved total silence and great respect for what we were doing.” As he remembers, “it was very nice because when I finished filming, they even applauded me, even though it was in August.”
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THE performer and producer He also explained that what he wanted above all “is for the technical team to be from Córdoba, which has not been easy because the reality is that the Córdoba who become professionals in this sector have generally already left abroad and do not have “They are in Cordoba”. Finally, they were able to count on people from the Higher School of Dramatic Art and it was, as he recalls, “a very interesting experience”. As Gómez explained, this is precisely where the difficulties of Spanish cinema lie in expanding its locations and moving away from cities very common in productions like Madrid or Barcelona. “For example, this film was shot in Super16 and one of the most complicated things was finding someone who knew how to shoot in this format because there was none,” explained the actress. Ultimately, most of the “Polar” film crew “had to come from Barcelona and that’s one of the reasons that made the project the most expensive,” according to the actress.
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Finally, Gomez She also spoke about the added difficulty of making her work as an actress compatible with that of a producer. “I remember the pre-production process being exhausting,” he explained. Macarena remembers those months “of crying all the time, something that my friends and parents still remind me of.” “The truth is I was very overwhelmed all the time,” she says. However, “at the start of filming I tried to separate tasks from each other as much as possible and I think I generally succeeded; “I delegated to my production team and as soon as I started putting on makeup, I logged out.” Finally, the famous actress of series like “La que se recherche” or films like “Maraignes”, explained that, even if the film “we had finished almost a year ago, my wish was to present it before- first in Cordoba, because I think that is the place where he deserved to be released.
THE III Cordoba Cinema Weekin addition to the premiere of ‘Polar‘, today proposed the screening of another film in competition in the official section, the ‘Second Prize’. It is a production directed by Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez which tells the story of an “independent” group in Granada in the 90s. Tomorrow Sunday the festival will continue with various training activities, a round table or a party that will last. takes place at noon in the Plaza de las Cañas. The official section will return on Monday with the screening of “A Free Man”, by Laura Hojman, and “Box of Resistance”, by Alejandro Alvarado and Concha Barquero.
