19 films from 20 nationalities will be screened under a philosophy of travel, freedom and creation
The Ibn Arabi Film Festival (IBAFF) of Murcia faces its competitive phase with the screening of the official section of the twelfth edition; the delivery of the corresponding prizes; a new local audiovisual section with Panorama IBAFF Murcia; more proposals from the IBAFF Children’s Panorama; the invasion of the street with Panorama Ibaff Municipality; and the focus on cinema as a vehicle for social work with a more massive IBAFF Solidarity Panorama than ever.
In addition, it maintains its alliance with ‘OCULTO TV’, the audiovisual platform of the Murcia City Council, to continue giving visibility to the talent of the Region with a very special session, as reported by municipal sources in a statement.
In addition, the festival maintains for this edition the ‘Panorama IBAFF Joven’ section, in which students and teachers from Institutes in the Region of Murcia are offered the possibility of being an active part of the festival through cinematographic training, viewing of short films and failure of a prize itself.
The mayor of Culture, Pedro García Rex, highlighted “the notable increase in registrations”, with 701 films, 300 more than in the last installment. An edition, recalled Rex, «which already began in March, with an advance in training mode under the ‘Panorama’ brand, with seminars and workshops and in which the focus was placed especially on the role of women in the cinema, recognizing the figure of Margarita Lozano, as well as the work of Murcian filmmakers».
The official section contemplates the projection of 19 films from 20 nationalities under a traveling philosophy of freedom and creation, the IBAFF once again offers the public the option of experiencing other ways of understanding cinema. The programming is made up of proposals that are difficult to access in conventional commercial circuits that otherwise could not be seen in the city of Murcia.
Finally, the official Feature Film 2022 section is made up of 10 titles that offer a small representation of different points of view on the contemporary human experience.
Road movies that show much less than they say and that travel along the curves of Kiarostami’s cinema roads (Hit the Road, by the Iranian Panah Panahi.93′); directors legitimized by the voices of women who sing an almost 110-year-old Elephant on a Spider’s Web (by the Spanish Rolando Díaz.78′); sensory experiences that subvert ideologies and shout against religious extremes and the oppression of women (Medusa, by Brazilian director Anita Rocha da Silveira. 127′).
short films
As for the selected short films, two programs were established with the 9 selected works, of which four are premieres in Spain and three absolute premieres; two by Murcian Paolo Natale (Day in the Snow, Paolo Natale. Spain. 10′) and Alfonso Riera (Landless Farmer. 15′), and one by Peruvian filmmaker and artist Lucía Flórez (Shirampari, River Heritage, 15 ‘).
Thus, with the films scheduled, the IBAFF audience will accompany a young Colombian who becomes a home delivery boy in Sweden to the rhythm of punk (Pink Rider, by Daniel Aguirre, Spain and Sweden. 11′); he will participate in simple but necessary gestures (Flowers blooming in our throats, by Eva Giolo. Belgium and Italy. 9 ‘); or he may participate in the humble and magical work of a stone craftsman (Bancal, by Rafael Montezuma. Spain. 29 ‘).
He will also confront a representation of violence through a children’s game (The Wolf Children, Otávio Almeida. Brazil, Cuba. 18′), the director Suzannah Mirghani’s avatar in Virtual Voice, and a memory of the life that it came and went in We love life (Hana Vojackova. United Kingdom. 7′).
At the opening session of IBAFF XII, which will take place this Friday, June 17 at 8:00 p.m. at the Regional Film Library, a double session will be screened with two short films that are part of the IBAFF Murcia Panorama section: The Interpreter of Desires, by Esther Ruiz (40′), and Sleeping Dreams (22′), by Ramón González Palazón.
Jury
The Official Jury – made up of experts related to different facets of the industry, teaching and the media – will present two awards from among the films in competition in the Official Section: Best Feature Film, endowed with €10,000, and Best Short Film, with €6,000.
The professional juries for this edition will be Cloe Masotta Lijtmaer -Doctor in Communication from Pompeu Fabra University and member of the Catalan Association of Film Writing and Criticism-, Andreu Adam Rubiralta -graduated in Cinema and Film Photography from ESCAC and Director of photography of projects such as La Peste: la mano de la Garduña, by Alberto Rodríguez for Movistar, Veneno, by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, or La novia gitana, by Paco Cabezas- and Miguel Zozaya Fernández -Doctor in Film Theory, Analysis and Documentation by the University of the Basque Country and member of the selection committee of the Punto de Vista Festival since 2018-.
For her part, the Murcian actress Eva Llorach -Goya for Revelation Actress, Didac Palou Mayordomo -film editor among many other projects of Estiu 1993 (2017) by Carla Simón, graduate in Telecommunications Engineering from the ETSETB of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and member of the Catalan Film Academy-, and Raúl Liarte Conesa from Cartagena -screenwriter and assistant director of The Year of Discovery (2020), cameraman, teacher and programmer, teacher of creative writing and film script in the Master of Screenwriting in the Carlos III University of Madrid- will be in charge of judging the award for Best Short Film in the Official Section.
Among the same films, an Audience Award will be selected for both categories. A prize resulting from the average decision (50%) between the vote of the Popular Jury and the vote of the public attending the festival (50%).
A prize resulting from the average decision (50%) between the vote of the Popular Jury and the vote of the public attending the festival (50%). The Young IBAFF Award will also be awarded -voted by students from institutes in the Region-; the Arrebato Award -which recognizes the trajectory, evolution and firm interest in discovering new audiovisual experiences for the public-; and the Honorary Award.
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