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The Official Section of the fifteenth edition of the Punto de Vista festival, to be held from 15th to 20th March 2021, consists of thirty-two films from twenty countries. The selection, from over 900 films entered, includes 6 features and 26 shorts.

This year the Official Section at Punto de Vista is to be organised in 10 programmes screening films that explore a wide variety of topics, from observations of everyday domestic life, landscape and psychogeographies to reflections on history, gender violence or composers of experimental music. There will also be films that stand out for their use of photographic and document archives. The Official Section is programmed by Nuria Cubas, María Palacios, Matías Piñeiro, Miguel Zozaya and Garbiñe Ortega.

The films were selected from among over 900 entries and come from countries like Nigeria, India, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium and Mexico, among others. All of them are true to the spirit with which the festival started out, capturing reality from their necessary, independent point of view.

This year, Punto de Vista 2021 sees the return of film-makers who have already taken part in previous editions: Ana Vaz (winner of the Punto de Vista grand prize for best film last year with her work “Apiyemiyekî?”), Morgan Quaintance (“Early years”, 2020), Eva Giolo (“A Tongue Called Mother”, 2020), Jorge Moneo (“Orbainak”, 2019), Ute Aurand (“Lisa”, 2019) as well as being one of those involved in the publication last year of “Meditaciones sobre el presente. Ute Aurand, Helga Fanderl, Jeannette Muñoz y Renate Sami”, Mike Hoolboom was also selected in 2017 for the Official Section with his piece “We Make Couples” and Miranda Pennel (winner of the Punto de Vista grand prize for best film in 2017 with “The Host”).


TITLES IN THE PUNTO DE VISTA 2021 OFFICIAL SECTION

1. “( ( ( ( ( /*\ ) ) ) ) )”, Charles Fairbanks and Saúl Kak (Mexico, 18’).
2. “Amaryllis”, Jayne Parker (United Kingdom, 7’). Spanish première.
3. “Bicentenario”, Pablo Álvarez Mesa (Colombia / Canada, 43’). Spanish première.
4. “Big Happiness”, Da Hee Kim (Jodie Miller) & Matthew Koshmrl (USA/Korea, 14’). Spanish première.
5. “Cardon Cardinal”, Patricia Esquivias (Spain, 38'). World première.
6. “Dardara”, Marina Lameiro (Spain, 98’). World première. (Non-competition)
7. “Earth in the Mouth”, Ewelina Rosinska (Germany, 20’). Spanish première.
8. “Ekphrasis”, Riccardo Giacconi (Italy/Austria, 18’). Spanish première.
9. “Every Rupture”, Sasha Litvintseva (United Kingdom, 13’). Spanish première.
10. “Excerpts I [Though I now depart...]”, Jorge Suárez-Quiñones Rivas (Spain, 17’). World première.
11. “Flowers blooming in our throats”, Eva Giolo (Belgium/Italy, 9’). Spanish première.
12. “Glimpses from a visit to Orkney in Summer 1995”, Ute Aurand (Germany, 4’). Spanish première.
13. “Hacer una diagonal con la música”, Aura Satz (United Kingdom/Argentina, 10’).
14. "In Ictu Oculi (begiak hesteko artean)", Jorge Moneo Quintana (Spain, 15’). Spanish première.
15. “Judy versus capitalism”, Mike Hoolboom (Canada, 63’). Spanish première.
16. “La Tramuntana”, Alexander Cabeza Trigg (Spain, 8’). World première.
17. “Labor of Love”, Sylvia Schedelbauer (Germany, 11’). Spanish première.
18. “Letter From Your Far-off Country”, Suneil Sanzgiri (USA/India, 17’). Spanish première.
19. “Liberty: An Ephemeral Statute”, Rebecca Jane Arthur (Belgium/United Kingdom/USA, 37’). Spanish première.
20. “Luces del desierto”, Felix Blume (France/Mexico, 29’). Spanish première.
21. “Obatala Film”, Sebastian Wiedemann (Nigeria/Brazil/Colombia, 7’). Spanish première.
22. “Paralelo 28”, Santiago Bonilla (Mexico/France, 24’). Spanish première.
23. “PSEUDOSPHYNX”, Ana Vaz (Brazil, 8’). Spanish première.
24. “Signal 8”, Simon Liu (Hong Kong, 15’).
25. “Sisters with Transistors”, Lisa Rovner (United Kingdom, 86’).
26. “Strange Object”, Miranda Pennell (United Kingdom, 15’). Spanish première.
27. “Surviving you, Always”, Morgan Quaintance (United Kingdom, 18’).
28. “The American Sector”, Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez (USA, 70’). Spanish première.
29. “The Works and the Days”, C.W. Winter and Anders Edström (USA, Sweden/Japan/United Kingdom, 480’).
30. “This Day Won't Last”, Mouaad el Salem (Tunisia/Belgium, 35’).
31. “This means more”, Nicolas Gourault (France, 22’). Spanish première.
32. “Trampa de luz”, Pablo Marín (Argentina, 9’). World première.

AWARDS OF THE 14TH EDITION OF PUNTO DE VISTA

The Official Jury will award the following prizes:

- Gran Premio Punto de Vista for the best film: 10,000 euros. The prize will be awarded to the film considered the best in the Official Selection of the festival, regardless of its duration or nationality.

- Premio Jean Vigo for the best director: 5,000 euros. The prize pays a specific tribute to the figure of Jean Vigo and will be awarded to the film in the Official Selection that best represents the ethical and formal values stated in his work.

- Prize for the best short: 3.000 euros. Awarded to the best film with a duration equal to or less than 35 minutes.

The following special prizes are also awarded:

- Special Public Prize for the best film: 1,650 euros.
- Youth Prize for the best film: 1,500 euros.