Recently, the nominations for the Forqué Awards, organized by EGEDA, have been announced, and this year they include short films. The rules for these awards are practically the same as for the Goya Awards, so festivals that pre-select for the Goya Awards now also do so for the Forqué Awards. Among the … Read more
Although the short film selection has not yet been announced, we already know the initial figures for the Clermont-Ferrand Festival: no fewer than 7,778 submissions, which gives us an idea of the volume of short film production worldwide. The number of short films selected is 79, with 30 in the Lab competition; … Read more
Starting tomorrow, Friday the 16th, I will be at the Euroshort Campus 2015. Euroshort is an association created by several European festivals for the promotion and distribution of short films by young filmmakers at festivals, as well as the development of projects at a European level, such as this event, which will … Read more
This year we have launched a Distribution Meeting during the Community of Madrid Short Film Week, which is currently taking place. The Meeting consisted of two parts: on one hand, a Workshop, where we reviewed what distributing a short film to festivals entails: promotional materials, strategies, submission platforms, etc.; and on the … Read more
I have just received the new call for the screenwriters’ residency in Marseille and Málaga, organized by the Festival de cinéma espagnol de Marseille. It is a very interesting project that I had the opportunity to learn about last year thanks to Roxana, the festival’s vice-president. Authors residing in Spain, of any … Read more
At yesterday’s Goya Awards ceremony, Giovanni Macelli’s short film JUAN Y LA NUBE won the Goya Award for Best Animated Short Film, a well-deserved award for this short film, which, as part of the Madrid en corto 2014 catalog, is having a great run on the festival circuit. After just over six … Read more
At the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, there is a visit I like to make to the CNC stand, the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (the equivalent of ICAA in Spain) to see the report they publish each year on French short film figures. This report contains surprising data, especially … Read more
Already preparing the trip to Clermont-Ferrand, I wanted to write about Euro connection, a forum we discovered last year and launched for the first time in Spain. Euro connection is organised by the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market and aims to co-produce short films between European countries. The producers of the selected projects … Read more
We are now on the last day of 2014, and it is time to compile statistics on what distribution has been this year. Reviewing the figures in global terms (for all the films and catalogs we distribute), we have managed 1,261 festival selections, with 140 awards obtained. It is worth highlighting the … Read more
A few days ago we learned about the call for entries for international short films at the Berlin Festival, one of the most important in the world, which pays special attention to short films. The next edition will take place from February 5 to 15, 2015. This is a Class A festival, … Read more