This Friday the 72nd edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival which will have a great presence of the Navarrese audiovisual sector in different sections and activities.
Among the programming open to the public, this Friday, September 20, the latest film by Navarrese director Raúl de la Fuente Los Williams will be released, who also produced and wrote the screenplay for the film. Navarrese Amaia Remírez.
The film, which will inaugurate the Zinemira section and it competes for Irizar Awards 2024a Navarra distribution by Golem. In this same section, the Navarrese filmmaker Amaia Merino will present the film Let It Know, which she co-directed with Ander Iriarte.
Nina, the latest feature film by Navarrese filmmaker Andrea Jaurrieta produced by the Navarre Lasai Films and premiered at the last Malaga Film Festival where it won the Biznaga Special Silver Prize from the Critics’ Jurywill be displayed in the section Made in Spain which includes highlights of last year’s national production.
Inside the section Short film lotteries, Two Navarrese productions have been selected for the competition: Cafunè, an animated short film directed by Carlos F. de Vigo and Lorena Ares from the Navarrese production company Dr. Platypus & Ms. Wombat; and Antón produced by the Navarrese Hugo López Sarasa from the production company El Rayo Verde.
The new restored copy of Tasio by the Navarrese director Montxo Armendariz will inaugurate the Klasikoak section. The restored 4K version was managed by the Basque Cinematheque of the L’immagine Ritovata laboratories of the Bologna Cinematheque and was previewed at the last Cannes Film Festival. The screening of Tasio will reward both the film and its director, who will receive an award from the Basque Cinematheque at the Victoria Eugenia Theater, where the film was released 40 years ago.
The project Emotional Films from Professor Octopus AI Laba project based on the use of artificial intelligence for the development of a new audiovisual format that allows it to evolve in real time depending on the viewer’s emotions, will compete in the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge, in which a selection of the most outstanding state projects is presented. and international companies that are committed to the use of technological developments applied to the audiovisual sector.
Navarrese presence in the “musical” part of Zinemaldia
As part of the festival’s special sessions, a concert-screening will take place on Saturday at the Anoeta Velodrome, organised in collaboration with the Euskadiko Orkestra and in collaboration with the SGAE Foundation.
The concert will feature a large number of soundtracks from Navarrese productions and the participation of Navarrese composer Paula Olaz who has prepared a suite that includes fragments of three Navarrese productions: Someone Who Takes Care of Me, Verano en rojo and Bajo Terapia. The soundtrack of the Navarrese production of 601 Producciones Kantauri, D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers, as well as the film Emilia by Navarrese director Miguel Ángel Calvo Buttini will also be part of the concert.
For his part, the Navarrese composer Mikel Salas He is responsible for three soundtracks that will be presented at the festival: The Williams will be present at the festival; Mugaritz. No bread or dessert; and Cafunè.
Industrial activity of the Navarrese audiovisual sector at the Festival
He Navarrese sector It will also be represented within the industrial activity developed within the Festival. Esther Vital, Sagone Films, Escorzo Films, Haruru Filmak, LA docfilms and En Buen Sitio Producciones, all Navarrese production companies, will participate in a networking session with Basque and international production companies with the aim of exploring co-production opportunities. A Navarrese project, Siete Burials by Haruru Filmak will also be present at the Pitching Corner organized by (H)emen and CIMA.
The agents that make up Navarre Film Industrythe Navarrese audiovisual brand, will also participate in the industrial activity presented at the festival. Audiovisual and Digital Projects Section of the Government of Navarre will participate in a session organized by the ICAA on regional short film catalogs and a day of reflection on the future of documentary cinema, among other activities. The Navarra Film Commission will participate in the festival under the auspices of the Spanish Film Commission, which will hold a presentation session of the first study on the economic impact of international cinema in Spain.
For its part, CLAVNA, Navarre audiovisual clusterwill maintain an active program of meetings and encounters with the main players in the national and international audiovisual sector, thus continuing its strategy of boosting business in Navarre. Among others, they will attend activities related to other national clusters; the Redcau general assembly; and the session “Alliances and investments for the consolidation of the Spanish audiovisual ecosystem”, among other activities.
