Almost 250 short films will be screened in the official section of the 43rd Edition of FILMETS Badalona Film Festival

05/09/2017

Almost 250 short films will be screened in the official section of the 43rd Edition of FILMETS BADALONA FILM FESTIVAL that will be held from 20-29 October 2017

For the first time, municipal theatres will become cinemas in order to present the short films of the festival

John Hurt – ‘Break’

The 43rd Edition of FILMETS BADALONA FILM FESTIVAL, that will be held from 20-29 October 2017, will screen in official section about 250 short films from the five continents. Most of the shorts films, about 120, are fiction, while about a hundred are animation.

For the first time in the history of the FILMETS festival, the three municipal theatres of Badalona will offer screenings of short films. They are, the Zorrilla Theatre, which will be the main venue, along with Blas Infante Theatre and Principal Theatre. Also, the Institut Français of Barcelona will be the official sub-site of the festival.

The Centre Cultural el Carme will be the venue of Filmets “Pro”.

In this year’s edition, Germany will be the country in the FOCUS FILMETS section. In addition to the screening of short films from this country, the event will be attended by different directors that will present their works.

The Nit de les Venus will be held on Saturday 28th October at 10 pm at the Zorrilla Theatre.  Sunday 29th October at 5 pm, all the films that won the Venus of Badalona Prize will be screened at the same Zorrilla Theatre.

International Official Jury

The International Official Jury of the 43rd edition of FILMETS BADALONA FILM FESTIVAL will be composed by Saskia Walker (Germany); Marta Swiatek (Poland); Lluís Danés (Catalonia); Aurélie Chesné (France) and Mayra Tinajero (Mexico).

All members of the jury play very important roles in the cinematographic world. In this way, Saskia Walker is part of the Berlinale’s selection committee of short films; Marta Swiatek is coordinator of fiction and animation short films in Poland; Lluís Danés is director and set designer; Aurélie Chesné is a consultant in short film programming at France Télevisions. Finally, Mayra Tinajero is marketing director at Reelport film platform.

The “Badalona en Curt” session keeps growing

The “Badalona en Curt” session, where short films by directors from Badalona are screened, is part of OFF FILMETS. In this edition, there are a total of 25 short films by local directors from the city of Badalona. Session will take place on Saturday 21st October, at 10 am, in Zorrilla Theatre.

Short films with well-known actors and actresses

The audience of the 43rd Edition FILMETS BADALONA FILM FESTIVAL will not only be able to see on the big screen films that have already been awarded in other prestigious festivals, but also world famous actors and actresses. This is the case of Claudia Cardinale, with the short film ‘L’Auveugle et la Cardinale’; Jane Birkin with the short film ‘La femme et le TGV’; James Brolin with ‘A Beautiful Day; Ed Asner, with the short film ‘Super Sex’; Cecilia Milocco with ‘Kommiteen; David Wenger, who was main actor in ‘Titanic’ and who in FILMETS is presented with the short film ‘Blue Borsalino’; Fanny Ardant, with ‘The Session’; John Hurt with the short film ‘Break’; Isabelle Huppert with ‘Ce qui nous éloigne’; or actors and actresses from Catalonia as Francesc Orella, Lluís Marco, Nora Navas, Marta Marco and Miki Esparbé among others.

‘La femme et le TGV’

 
 
 

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