2017 is coming to an end, a year that has seen the consolidation of the blog, both in terms of visits and subscribers. This last week of the year is a good time to take a look back, both at the most significant figures and the most-read content. Throughout this year, I … Read more
This very morning the nominations for the 2018 Goya Awards were announced. The five short films nominated for the Goya Awards for Best Fiction Short Film were Australia, by Lino Escalera, Baraka, by Néstor Ruiz Medina, Como yo te amo, by Fernando García-Ruiz, Extraños en la carretera, by Carlos Solano and Madre, … Read more
As you may have noticed, last week I did not publish any post. It was for a good reason, and that is that this past week I have received one of the best possible pieces of news. I have become the father of a baby girl. They have been days full of … Read more
These past months mark one year of festival distribution for the animated short film Made in Spain, by Coke Rioboó, which we have distributed as part of the Madrid en corto 2016 catalog. During this year it has surpassed one hundred selections, reaching 123 to date. Reviewing the trajectory of short films … Read more
Just over a year ago, on May 22, 2016, I published this post about the programmers’ meeting that took place at Documenta Madrid, with which I began a more continuous publishing dynamic. This past year, I have managed to publish every week without fail, initially on Mondays and Wednesdays, and shortly after … Read more
Last Thursday, April 13, the selection for the two competitive sections of the Cannes Film Festival was published, comprising the Official Competition and Un Certain Regard. This year, the world’s most important festival celebrates its 70th anniversary. The Cannes Film Festival is essential for the distribution of both selected feature films and … Read more
News of cinema closures is becoming increasingly common in our country; we are watching, resignedly, the gradual disappearance of commercial cinemas from city centres. Not long ago, the historic Palafox cinema in Madrid closed, and these days in Reus, Tarragona—a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants—the Palace has closed, the only cinema … Read more
The time has come to prepare the classic annual distribution report. As every year since 2014, I dedicate one of the first posts to analyzing the distribution results achieved the previous year. In these figures, I take into account all festival selections for all the distribution projects I am managing. Both in … Read more
It has been four years since I launched this blog; April 2012 now feels a long way off. In the first post I shared the talk on digital screenings for festivals, which took place in December 2011 as part of the Festival Meeting of the Community of Madrid. It was the beginning … Read more
Late yesterday we learned the Oscars shortlist for Live Action Short Film, with two Spanish short films selected, Timecode, by Juanjo Giménez and Graffiti by Lluis Quilez. Few countries have managed to do this in the same year. This is great news for short films and Spanish cinema. To fully understand the … Read more