Yesterday, Tuesday, we learned about the new selection for the Goya Awards 2019. In total, 32 short films were selected, comprising 15 fiction short films, 7 documentary short films (although according to the rules, this could have been up to 10), and 10 animation short films. Last year, 35 short films were … Read more
The month of August has started with good news. Yesterday, the international premiere in Toronto of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s short film Madre was announced, which we are distributing as part of the Madrid en corto 2017 catalog. This month is somewhat contradictory; on one hand, it’s vacation time and the work pace slows … Read more
Over the past year, the number of film submissions to festivals—many of them in Spain—has increased again. In recent months I have spoken with festival directors, who have seen how the number of films submitted has doubled and even tripled in just one year. This is an issue that has been widely … Read more
Love is in the small details. These days I received the DVD that the Cannes Cinéfondation organization usually sends around this time each year. It is the complete collection of short films that have participated in the Cannes Film Festival, both in the international competition and in the Cinéfondation itself, a section … Read more
Congratulations to all the nominees for the 2017 Goya Awards for short films! Yesterday we finally heard the news—it’s something to be very happy about. Getting this far is very difficult. These are the nominated shorts: Best Fiction Short Film Bla, bla, bla On the Rooftop Graffiti The Invitation Timecode Best Documentary … Read more
Following the publication of the Goya Awards rules, I have been asked several times this week about the submission process. Although it involves several steps, it is not complicated if we have all the materials ready. First, we must review the rules to see if we meet the necessary conditions. You can … Read more
A couple of weeks ago I discussed the copies required for screening in festival distribution, for both short and feature films—that is, when our film has already been selected. Now it is time to address the copies required for submission. We must bear in mind that these copies are the programmers’ first … Read more
This week we are presenting the 12th edition of Madrid en corto and today we have launched the new website with the 2016 selection: www.madridencorto.es Madrid en corto is the short film distribution catalog of the Community of Madrid, which was established in 2005. Short films that have received a project grant … Read more
Last week I came across two very interesting posts by directors discussing their experience at the Cannes Short Film Corner, one of them by Tesín Marquez, a Spanish director who published in Revista Sala 1: Cannes, Texas or the survival guide for first-timers at the Cannes Short Film Corner (part 1) http://revistasala1.com/?p=7960 … Read more
Next Monday, the Short Film Week begins, which grows a little more each year, and this year it comes packed with many activities, as can be seen on the newly launched website: http://www.madrid.org/semanadelcortometraje/cortos2016/index.html. Among the activities we are preparing is the 2nd Distribution Meeting, this year with several new features, the most … Read more