Post by samsparrow74 on Feb 15, 2024 5:35:51 GMT -5
Yesterday, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences hosted the Young European Directors Showcase with the presentation of the winning projects of the short film competition, organized by the European Commission throughout 2018 and 2019. The event featured the participation of the director of cinema Fernando Colomo as master of ceremonies, accompanied by Francisco Fonseca, head of the representation of the European Commission in Spain, and one of the five winners of the contest, the Spanish Jaime Olías. Colomo, director of films such as 'Bajarse al moro', 'The butterfly effect' or the most recent 'Antes de la quema', presented each of the winning short films, including 'The sound of mine', by Jaime Olías , which took advantage their attendance at the event to answer questions from the public after the screening. The contest, open to any filmmaker residing in the European Union between 18 and 35 years old, asked participants to present an idea for a short film related to one of the five themes proposed (mobility, sustainability, skills and business, digital and rights).
Recorded with a smartphone. Once all the proposals were received and evaluated, a jury made up of five European film directors chose the five winners (one per category), who received a prize of 7,500 euros Taiwan Phone Number List and the mentoring of one of the jury members to bring the film to life. your ideas. eu and me Cinema as an element of European and human integration Francisco Fonseca, head of the European Commission representation in Spain, took advantage of the occasion to emphasize the role of culture as an element of cohesion: «Art, and particularly cinema, thanks to its ability to reach all public, plays a decisive role in European integration from a cultural point of view . The great film directors are now part of a common heritage and European citizens can see ourselves reflected in the works of Bergman, Truffaut, Fellini or Almodóvar, regardless of our country of origin.
Fonseca also recalled some recent successes that have received European aid: «The support of European institutions for cinema is evident in initiatives like this and others such as the MEDIA Creative Europe Program, which in recent years has provided funding for films such as 'Call me by your name', 'Love', 'The Great Beauty', 'Slumdog Millionnaire' or 'Summer 1993'. Jaime Olías, who has been part of the cast of television series such as, for example, 'Server and protect' or 'Acacias 38' and films such as 'Open Windows' or 'Promoción Fantasma', wanted to thank the European Commission for the opportunity What this award has meant to be able to carry out your project . 'The sound of mine' was made with the help of Croatian filmmaker Dalibor Matani?, winner of the jury prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival for the film 'Zvizdan' (Under the Sun). Olías highlighted the relationship between this work and European values: "I believe in equal rights, freedoms and opportunities for any person, and the European Union is a framework in which this can be achieved ."
Recorded with a smartphone. Once all the proposals were received and evaluated, a jury made up of five European film directors chose the five winners (one per category), who received a prize of 7,500 euros Taiwan Phone Number List and the mentoring of one of the jury members to bring the film to life. your ideas. eu and me Cinema as an element of European and human integration Francisco Fonseca, head of the European Commission representation in Spain, took advantage of the occasion to emphasize the role of culture as an element of cohesion: «Art, and particularly cinema, thanks to its ability to reach all public, plays a decisive role in European integration from a cultural point of view . The great film directors are now part of a common heritage and European citizens can see ourselves reflected in the works of Bergman, Truffaut, Fellini or Almodóvar, regardless of our country of origin.
Fonseca also recalled some recent successes that have received European aid: «The support of European institutions for cinema is evident in initiatives like this and others such as the MEDIA Creative Europe Program, which in recent years has provided funding for films such as 'Call me by your name', 'Love', 'The Great Beauty', 'Slumdog Millionnaire' or 'Summer 1993'. Jaime Olías, who has been part of the cast of television series such as, for example, 'Server and protect' or 'Acacias 38' and films such as 'Open Windows' or 'Promoción Fantasma', wanted to thank the European Commission for the opportunity What this award has meant to be able to carry out your project . 'The sound of mine' was made with the help of Croatian filmmaker Dalibor Matani?, winner of the jury prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival for the film 'Zvizdan' (Under the Sun). Olías highlighted the relationship between this work and European values: "I believe in equal rights, freedoms and opportunities for any person, and the European Union is a framework in which this can be achieved ."