FROM THURSDAY 20 ON SUNDAY 30/10
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Once again, Valencia receives the Mostra de Valencia Cinema del Mediterrani, this contest focused on films produced by countries in the Mediterranean area. The Official Section in competition will be made up of twelve feature films from places such as Tunisia with among the fig trees of erect Sehiri, Italy in the case of Nostalgia by Mario Martone, which comes after a successful time at the Venice festival; Ukraine, case of Klondike de Maryna Er Gorbach, Algeria for Life after by Anis Djaad, Kosovo is a couple Vera dreams of the sea de Kaltrina Krasniqi, Iran with Until tomorrow de Ali Asgari, Slovenia for My Vesna the Sara Kern, Portugal for Wolf and dog by Cláudia Varejão; France with two ribbons, bring by Damien Manivel and The worst ones by Lise Akoka and Romane Guerret (Un certain regard award from the last Cannes Film Festival), and Israel to Conzerned citizen by Idan Haguel. The Spanish film What we know, first work by the Valencian director Jordi Núñez, completes the selection and will be the protagonist of the opening session of the contest.
Besides, other cycles and programs. This year the Palmera de Honor award will go to the French director Robert Guédiguian, of whom a retrospective will be screened with his complete work to date.. Creator of a very personal world, Guédiguian's cinema is set in his native Marseille, geographical space, human and, above all, political, putting the focus of his stories on the most popular classes. There will be twenty-two films that include titles already legendary for the viewer as their debut money gives happiness, Marius y Jeanette, The city is quiet o The Nieves of Kilimanjaro. The exhibition offers us, besides, a cycle dedicated to reviewing Greek cinematography throughout the 20th century, made by the Hellenic Film Academy and composed of forty films, of which thirty are premiered in Spain. The Comedians' Journey by maestro Theo Angelopoulos, Z from Costa Gavras or A matter of dignity by Michael Cacoyannis are part of the selection. In another vein, This year the festival will dedicate the Focus section to the French director of Bosnian origin Lucile Hadzihalilovic. Hadzihalilovic's work stands out for the representation of the children's universe and the treatment of spaces, deeply occlusive worlds that allow him to build a series of narratives full of symbolism where the sensory prevails over the narrative. Six works will be screened that cover his work in long format, case of titles like Innocence, Evolution y Earwig; three shorts and the medium-length films By nature, Nectar y Jean-Pierre's mouth. Between the special sessions we can enjoy, before its commercial release, The movie Basil, debut feature film by Valencian director Avelina Prat. G.LEON
