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  FILMETS screens the Catalan premières of the short films nominated at the prestigious British Academy BAFTA Awards

  17/10/2020 at 23:56 / Noticies

  Last Saturday, the two BAFTA-winning short films, one of which also won an Oscar, as well as the six other nominees were screened at Badalona’s Teatre Zorrilla FILMETS and the British Council have joined forces to bring the UK’s best short films of the year to Badalona Isabella Petith, from British Council, Agustí Argelich and Josep Viñeta Balsells, CEO of Badalona Comunicació The FILMETS Badalona Film Festival has once again served as Catalonia’s gateway to the 2020 BAFTA awards organised […]

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  The 46th edition of the FILMETS festival gets underway with the first screening of Carla Simón’s latest short, Correspondència, in Catalonia

  16/10/2020 at 23:20 / Noticies

  The Opening Session will also show the documentary Èpica. El llegat de La Fura dels Baus (Epic. The Legacy of La Fura dels Baus), a co-production from La Fura dels Baus and Badalona Comunicació The 297 shorts in the competition can be viewed free of charge on the festival’s website www.festivalfilmets.cat Carla Simón The FILMETS Badalona Film Festival began its 46th edition this evening with an Opening Session at the Teatre Zorrilla in Badalona. This year, for the first time […]

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  The 46th edition of the FILMETS Badalona Film Festival will take place in a hybrid format from the 16th to the 25th of October

  14/10/2020 at 13:24 / Noticies

  The festival will feature audience-attended theatre sessions in Badalona and Barcelona, and all the films in the Official Section can be viewed on the FILMETS website www.festivalfilmets.cat The motto for this year’s ambitious programme of 297 shorts is ‘We’ll always have FILMETS’ This year, FILMETS has doubled the prize money for the 2020 Best Film award from € 2,500 to € 5,000 Josep Viñeta Balsells, Amanda Feria and Agustí Argelich Despite the current uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the […]

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  The president of the Official International Jury for the 46th edition of the FILMETS Badalona Film Festival is documentary film director and scriptwriter Carles Bosch

  09/10/2020 at 8:47 / Noticies

  Carles Bosch directed Balseros, which was nominated for an Oscar in 2004, and Bicicleta, Cullera, Poma, which won both Goya and Gaudí awards in 2019 He will be joined on the FILMETS jury by Lyona Ivanova, Carolina Gómez de Llarena, Marguerite Hayter and Tim Redford Documentary film director, scriptwriter and ex-television reporter Carles Bosch will preside over the Official International Jury of the 46th edition of the FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, which will take place between the 16th and the […]

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  Forquilla Badalona and Badalona Comunicació sign a collaboration agreement to convert the Forquilla restaurant establishments into Official FILMETS Restaurants

  08/10/2020 at 20:02 / Noticies

  Forquilla Badalona says it wants to partner with the internationally renowned film competition to promote local cuisine Badalona Comunicació says it’s happy with the arrangement which will help to strengthen one of the city’s vital economic sectors  Roser Fernández, president of Forquilla Badalona, and Josep Viñeta Balsells, CEO of Badalona Comunicació Badalona Comunicació and Forquilla Badalona, an association that brings together several of the city’s restaurants, have today signed a collaboration agreement to cement the group’s participation in the FILMETS […]

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  The Catalan Audiovisual Media Corporation (CCMA) and Badalona Comunicació sign an agreement to promote and publicise the FILMETS Badalona Film Festival and the short film industry

  06/10/2020 at 16:02 / Noticies

  Among other things, the agreement is intended to bolster the audiovisual industry’s short film genre, which takes centre stage at the festival Núria Llorach, acting Chair of the CCMA, and Josep Viñeta Balsells, CEO of Badalona Comunicació The Catalan Audiovisual Media Corporation (CCMA) and Badalona Comunicació have signed a collaborative agreement to promote and publicise the activities organised within the framework of the 46th FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, which will take place between the 16th and the 25th of October. The […]

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