Presentation of the short film “...y gracias”, directed by Santi Suárez, who is also a member of the jury in the Microfilms section this year.
”David and Edu are two friends who meet up again after a long time.
A secret threatens their friendship, however. A secret that may change everything forever, or clearly show that nothing will ever change''. With Edu Soto, David Fernández and Sílvia Abril. (2007, HD, 11’)
We continue with the collaboration of the Centre d’Art Cal Massó in Reus and accustom the Festival to the most contemporary video creation, this time with a twofold proposal: we will be starting the session with the conference, “L’alfa de les sinapsis videosonores” (The alpha of video-sound synapsis), given by Cristina Altadill, who will outline the beginnings of video creation and electronic music. Then there will be the “Videofreqüències” session, organised by Verònica Moragas, with showings of works by visual artists from the counties of the Tarragona region.
A special session for older secondary school and pre-university students, with the presentation of the Festival, an introduction to the world of cinema and the short film and the showing of 6 short films that are taking part in the Festival.
We organise a breakfast in Cambrils with the directors who take part in the National competition and another in Reus with those competing in the European one, and we invite everyone who wants to discover first-hand the experience of making a short film or is curious to meet the authors of the tales presented.
This will be the V Microfilms Competition, which has now become a third official section, after the European and National competitions. This is a competition aimed at amateur filmmakers and film lovers in general, who make a short film lasting one minute based on a given subject matter and in just one weekend.
Fernando Bernués, member of the European jury of this edition, will be presenting, along with Mireia Gabilondo, the feature film that they made in 2006, based on the best-selling novel written in Basque of the last 15 years. The film, “Enseñame el camino, Isabel” (Show me the way, Isabel) premiered in the Zabaltegui section of the San Sebastian Film Festival and comes to Reus at the hand of the two directors so that we can appreciate sensitive filmmaking far removed from the commercial circuit. (2006. 35mm. 97’)
The FEC Cambrils-Reus will be having a very special inauguration: on the one hand, we are celebrating ten years of existence, and on the other hand, we will be remembering our friend Jordi Domingo, one of the organisers of the Festival who passed away in 2007. The film directors Manel Almiñana and Xavi Puebla have made a short based on Jordi’s professional career, and will be showing it at the Festival. We hope all our friends will be there.
The Festival nights continue, with DJs Marc in the “Black” in Cambrils, and the DJs Guille Junior, Carlos Montero and Guille de Juan in the “Suau” in Reus. From 12pm.
It is now ten years since Cambrils organised the first Short Film Festival. This exhibition is a visual reminder of all the past festivals, through photographs, posters, press cuttings and videos.
After the excellent reception at the last edition, we are repeating the Drugmetratges session. This is a session aimed at a school-age public that includes a talk and showing of short films.
“Drugmetratges is a space designed to generate dialogue and discourse regarding drug-taking and addictions, debating the question critically and actively. Experts from the Municipal Drug Programme, with the cooperation of the Festival organisation, make a selection of short films with drugs as the subject matter, showing them to secondary school-aged youngsters in the city, the aim being to get them to reflect and debate about this social phenomenon.
The audiovisual support, in this case the short film, enables us to inquire into how it contributes to creating a social image of drugs and, much more interestingly, opens a door that provides the opportunity to frame this phenomenon from a neutral standpoint. The subject of drugs represented as just another aspect of daily life enables us to work on important aspects relating to the prevention of drug taking and with the paradigm of Reduction of Risks and Harm, without the stigmatising perspective from which social questions of this nature is often dealt with.
The innovative nature of the short film format is often used to deal with less commercial subject matter, or in which the author has more creative freedom. This situation is extendable to the professionals working in the field of drug dependency, who through the language of cinema find the opportunity to escape from the more traditional settings of preventive intervention.” Municipal Drug Programme.
This year, a total of 776 short films have registered at the FEC Festival from Azerbaijan, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, France, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Rumania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the Ukraine. In both Cambrils and Reus, all the short films received can be seen in DVD format.
Cambrils: Prize-giving ceremony, presented by the actress Anna Barrachina, where the winners of the National and Microfilms short film competitions will be announced. The winning short films will also be shown along with two short films from outside the competition: “You, Fucking idiot” by Pau Roca (Barcelone) and “Fiebre amarilla” (Yellow fever) by Guillermo Asensio (Barcelone).
Reus: Prize-giving ceremony presented by the actress Anna Barrachina and Jordi Gil and piano accompaniment by Albert Galcerà, where the winners of the European short film competition will be announced. The winning short films will also be shown along with two shorts films from outside the competition: “Kwiz” by Renaud Callebaut (Belgium) and “Tokio Jim” by Jamie Rafn (UK).
“Aqua, el riu vermell” (Aqua, the red river) is a fictional documentary directed by Manel Almiñana and one of the latest productions by Jordi Domingo. A visual and sensual tour of the banks of the River Llobregat.
“A fisherman, a prostitute, a textile worker, a gipsy family, the miners of Fígols, the inhabitants of a submerged town… are some of the leading players in the stories we discover along the River Llobregat. Stories that illustrate with an aesthetic touch and a different visual perspective, giving a unique personality to each of them.” (2007, 35 mm, 96’)
