Art Room is a space for artists/creators who use short films as a medium - two late-evening sessions (11pm) where you can enjoy a type of cinema that is more like that of a museum exhibition than a typical commercial cinema. Screenings and drinks at Reus’s Cal Massó Art Centre.
Special session for high school students, Intermediate and Advanced. One activity to raise awareness of young viewers the importance of film culture beyond the commercial films, and beyond the usual formats. The session includes an introduction to the world of film and short form, and the projection of a selection of short films participating in the Festival. Moreover, students have the possibility of continuing working after the class through exercises set by the teachers.
Cambrils:
Prize-giving ceremony, presented by the actress Anna Barrachina & the journalist Jordi Gil, where the short film winners of the state-wide competition will be announced. There will also be projections of the winning short films + one short films from outside the competition: Orpheu's Pony by Michael Fragstein (Germany 2011. 4') & Las Palmas by Johannes Nyholm (Sweden, 2011. 13').
Reus:
Prize-giving ceremony, presented by the journalists Jordi Gil & Nuria Solé, where the short film winners of the European competition will be announced, as well as the winners of the Microfilms competition. The session will be completed with the projection of the winning short films + two short films from outside the competition: Kavinsky by Daniel Schraner (Switzerland 2011. 13') & It's miracul'House by Stéphane Freiss (France 2011. 13').
Short films made by directors based in the Camp de Tarragona area. This is a non-competitive section which accommodates filmmakers from Baix Camp and is an opportunity for them to screen their work to the public within the context of a film festival. Short films made in any format, up to 30 minutes’ duration.
Quico Palomar ''El fantasma'', Vicenç Torrent (Grummy Films) (Reus 2011. 3')
Obtuso, Maria Martínez (Reus 2011. 18')
El nacimiento de los rapsalliticos, Egon Wiehoff (Cambrils 2011. 2')
La luz, David Hidalgo, Jonatan Jiménez (Cambrils 2011. 9')
Ready Set Glow, Víctor Rubio (Reus 2011. 3')
Sophie, Sergio Adrià (Tarragona 2011. 3')
Tota una vida, Josep G. Varo (Vila-Seca 2011. 8')
Drugmetratges is a space designed for general dialogue and debate around the social phenomenon of the different uses of drugs and also about addictions. The aim is to encourage debate in a critical and participative way.
Experts from the Reus Municipal Drug Plan, in collaboration with the organisers of the Festival, will show a selection of short films with drugs as the subject matter to young people from different schools in the city and then debate the contents of these films from a neutral perspective.
Session aimed at Reus schoolchildren that includes a talk and a projection of short films.
Screening of a selection of six short films (within the competition or Panorama) from the FEC Festival 2011.
This is the competition aimed at amateur filmmakers and film lovers in general, who make a short film of one minute based on a given subject and in no more than a weekend. The result is absolutely fresh short films of one minute free of any hang-ups.
We are organising a film festival for the youngsters: an animated filmmaking workshop for children aged 7 to 12, where they make a short film themselves from drawings and figures cut out and with their own voices. They do not make a sketch of something, but a story that starts and finishes and which is a finished product. We propose the workshop, one in Cambrils and the other in Reus, so that children can also be participants of the festival from within it.
The short films that come out of both workshops will be presented within the programming of the FEC, both in the Cultural Centre of Cambrils and the Santa Llúcia Hall in Reus.
We organise a meeting in Cambrils with the directors taking part in the state-wide competition and another in Reus with the European directors, and invite anyone who wants to know close-up the experience of making a short film or who is just curious to meet the authors of the stories presented. This is now a classic section of the FEC Festival and makes the festival a much warmer event than just a simple projection of short films shown consecutively.
Those attending the course have the opportunity of talking with the filmmakers in person.
Screening of short films outside the competition based on a selection made from among all the short films entered into the competition, based on the same quality standards as in the official competition section. The films in Panorama sesion can win the Public award.
The poster (which also becomes the DVD cover or promotional image for the press) is the face of the short film and often explains the aesthetic intentions and contents of what can be seen in the film. For this reason, this year we have thought it appropriate to exhibit the posters of all the films selected to compete, in an initiative that we hope will continue in coming festivals. In the Cultural Centre of Cambrils one will be able to see all the posters for the state-wide films, while in the Santa Llúcia hall in Reus the posters for the European shorts will be on show.
At this edition, almost 2.000 short films have registered for the FEC Festival from most of the european countries. In Cambrils and Reus will be available in DVD format a selection of 100 short films to be seen (selection made by the FEC Festival organization).
From all the short films registered in the festival, a committee will have made a choice, based on the premises of artistic quality and philosophy of the festival. All the state-wide short films selected compete for the FEC prizes in Cambrils. Afterwards, the winning state-wide short films go on to compete directly in the European section that takes place in Reus.
Clearly it is not the only choice or the best, but year after year the FEC has gradually created a style and identity through its selection, and has become a mark of quality for both the directors selected and for the festival itself.
Informal lecture with the renowned illustrator and graphic designer. Capitalising on his time in Reus as a member of the 2012 European competition jury, Isidro Ferrer will show his work during a special session which is aimed at illustrators, graphic designers, art school students and individuals interested in his work.
Isidro Ferrer is one of the most renowned spanish designers (National Design Award 2002, National Illustration Award 2006) and European (member of the International Graphic Alliance since 2000).
In Reus, we will have a wonderful opportunity to watch his work and talk to him.
