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The Punto de Vista festival announces its Official Selection, 17 films from 13 countries The Punto de Vista festival announces its Official Selection, made up of seventeen films from thirteen countries, as well as its opening and closing sessions. The opening and closing of the festival will feature Tent City by Miñuca Villaverde and Sepio by Frans van de Staak, respectively This year nearly 900 films were entered, among them the ten features and seven shorts that will eventually take away the festival prizes
The Official Selection of Punto de Vista, the International Documentary Film Festival of Navarre, to be held in Pamplona from February 24th to March 1st, was announced today. The event, promoted by the government of Navarre and organised by the public company NICDO, presented its nineteenth edition by announcing the seventeen films that are to make up one of its most celebrated sections. In total, ten feature-length films and seven shorts will be competing for the festival prizes. Highlights of the Official Selection include the world premiere of the new feature-length film by Chilean film-makers José Luis Sepúlveda and Carolina Adriazola (Cuadro negro), landmark figures in contemporary cinema, as well as the world premieres of two films by young Spanish directors (El viento que golpea mi ventana, by Emilio Hupe, and A., by Ramon Balcells) together with the South Korean short Writing Poems at the End of the World, by Wonwoo Kim. Mention must also be made of the premiere in Navarre of the latest film by Maddi Barber and Marina Lameiro, Cambium, which arrives in our region after visiting major international festivals including Visions du Réel (Nyon, Switzerland) and the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin. The opening and closing sessions will be devoted to two historic works that were underrated at the time but which the festival wishes to retrieve from a new point of view. 24th February will see the showing of Tent City (1980), the only documentary by pioneering Cuban film-maker, Miñuca Villaverde, followed by a discussion with the director, her husband and collaborator the writer and director Fernando Villaverde, and the programmer José Luis Aparicio. The programme is part of the partnership for documentary film heritage started up by Punto de Vista last year together with the Cinéma du Réel festival (Paris), and the Filmoteca de Catalunya, which has just restored Tent City together with the rest of Miñuca Villaverde's work. The closing screening (Sepio, Frans van de Staak, 1996) will round off the cycle to be devoted by this year's festival, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Eye Filmmuseum, to this Dutch film-maker, the first of its kind outside his country of origin. This year once again, the Official Selection reflects the rich diversity of global film with entries from all over the world. The selection - made from nearly 900 films entered - comes from a total of thirteen countries: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Ireland, the Lebanon, Palestine, South Korea, Spain and Tunisia. Another highlight is the large number of premieres. All films are to be premiered in some way, including four world premieres, one European premiere, seven Spanish premieres and one premiere in Navarre. The films in the competitive Official Selection of Punto de Vista will be competing for the prizes awarded by the International Jury (to be announced shortly), the Youth Jury and the festival audience itself at the closing gala, to be held on Saturday 1st March at Baluarte. Among these are the Punto de Vista Grand Prize for best film, worth 10,000 euros, the Jean Vigo prize for best director, worth 5,000 euros, the prize for best short film, worth 3,000 euros under the auspices of EITB, the special audience prize, worth 1,650 euros, and the youth prize, with the support of the Navarre Youth Institute and worth 1,500 euros. Also, the International Jury may award up to two special commendations, with no prize money. Punto de Vista is taking applications to form part of the Youth Jury until 31st January on its website. Anna Brufau, Frédérique Monblanc, Lucía Salas and Pablo García Canga, together with Manuel Asín (artistic director of Punto de Vista) make up the programming committee responsible for choosing the films to appear in the Official Selection.
14.01.2025 | Editor's blog Cat. : Fest. circuit FESTIVALS
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