FROM THURSDAY 19 TO SATURDAY 28/6
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Cinema Jove turns forty years old! ¡Ay! Who was going to say it! Special edition then, For this festival dedicated to young directors, that this year award you the award Luna of Valencia to Romanian director Radu Jude and the award A future of cinema To actress María Romanillos, awarded by the house And about to release the new Netflix series for adolescent audiences OLYMP. Let's go with programming. We start the festival with Riviera, debut in the feature film of the Greek Orfeas Peretzis that is presented out of competition. With dyes from the mythical Ghost world by Daniel Clowes, The film tells the story of two friends about to move to university who have to deal with an adult world full of changes. Already in the official section, We find ten titles to contest. Take off with Honeymoon, Ukrainian debut Zhanna Ozirna that comes to us from the Venice Biennale. The film addresses the war in Ukraine through the history of Taras and Olia, A couple who has just moved to their new apartment and is trapped by the Russian offensive. While its neighbors leave the building, They decide to stay, playing life. A formal proposal of great dramatic power that links with the Canadian Measures for a funeral de Sofia Bohdanowicz, that arrives from the Toronto Festival. Nave the story of Audrey, A young woman who prepares a thesis on the work of a forgotten Canadian violinist, While trying to reconcile with a mother who is sick. As in the Ukrainian tape, Bohdanowicz's proposal stands out for a peculiar handling of the dramatic tempo, essential to understand the subtle emotions that hide in each gesture and look.
Of filial relations also deals with the proposal of the American Katarina Zhu, Bunnylovr, The story of a sex worker online who will face a toxic relationship with a client while trying to meet his dying father. Complex relationships that also jump into Fwends of the Australian Sophie Somerville, presented at this year's Berlinale, which recounts the meeting of two friends who have not seen each other for a long time. An opportunity to reflect on disappointment against life expectations. Planned or casual meetings also vertebran The summer meeting of another debutante, Valentine Cadic, that places us in Paris while celebrating the Olympic Games. Here, The young Blandine arrives in the city to visit her stepsister. A conflict that puts us before the confrontation between the rural and urban world, Within a beautiful song to the tranquility of life that I drink from the cinema of Éric Rohmer. Two films from India have their place in this Official Section. Bad girl De Varsha Bharath tells the story of a girl who looks for the boy of her dreams while facing the limitations imposed by society. Tiger’s pond , Second Natsh Hegde, It places us in a small town inside India dominated by a mayor Caciquil. A tape that mixes social cinema and thriller With a staging and an overwhelming photograph. From China also comes to us two jobs: Montages of a modern motherhood, of the director Oliver Chan, subtle portrait of the difficulties imposed by motherhood in contemporary societies; y The botanist de Jing Yi, peculiar proposal that tells the story of two children living in a small town in China in which poverty will impose a forced step to maturity. A beautiful rural portrait that follows the steps of Abbas Kiarostami.
This year, The official short film section includes 57 pieces from all over the world. Impossible to review them here. Among the outstanding ones is the first short film by the Creator of Content Rocío Quillahuaman, Wander, An animation piece that tells us about identity conflicts from their own experiences. In the international field, We will see jobs like The body From the Australian Louris van de Geer; o Bad for a moment, of the Portuguese Daniel Soares, Both selected tapes at the Cannes Festival. From Portugal it comes to us Barnacle by Alexandra Ramires y Laura Gonçalves, Awarded tape at the Annecy Festival. Or the Lithuanas, Past the hill of Napoleon’s hat de Arnas Balčiūnas y I want to know about life!, de Beatrice Sofia Piesliakaits. The Valencian representation will be in charge of David Gaspar with the comedy 13 gatos; Guillermo Polo on his return to the short with Videoclub 2001, With Antonia San Juan as the protagonist; a just white, that returns after winning the public prize 2021 With his new job: Lion.
Besides, The Orbites section, dedicated to new narratives, offers us four documentary pieces: Grup Natural of Nina Solà, about experience with alternative educational models; Luna, where the director Pablo Casanueva seeks his relative relatives during the Franco regime; You separate a lot by paula sailboat López; y Run the wind by Paula Fuentes and Guillermo Carrera, A reflection on depopulation in Rural Galicia. Among the special sessions, We find two proposals: Toxic from Lorenzo Lerín, and thriller Around a band of thieves who live on the margins; y The black earth, Latest work by Valencian Alberto Morais, With Sergi López and Laia Marull.
Ten years turns this 2025 The festival section dedicated to the series, With nine works that will offer us a wide look at the diversity of cultures of the world. We will have series from countries that participate for the first time in the festival, Greek case Maria: the unknown Callas About the first years of soprano's life, The Brazilian Oxygen masks will (NOT) drop automatically or the Iranian At the end of the night. New Zealand we will see N00b, Youth drama about LGTBI inclusion in the Internet era, while Canada will be represented by My dead mom. Argentina Divan family makes its contribution to the comedy of divorces, And the historical genre will come from the hand of the Switzerland Winter palace. The Spanish fee will be represented by Losing the trial and the Valencian-Chilena First. Out of competition we will see the Valencian series Favaritx, Directed by Adam Aliaga and Rafa Montesinos, And we will enjoy meetings and round tables with the creators.
Three films cycles accompany the official sections. This year the young man… will be dedicated to Ridley Scott's first works. We will see: The duelists, Alien, The eighth passenger y Blade Runner. Next to nothing. The High School section, dedicated to the institute as a youth fiction space, will include eight pieces among which are Rebellion in classrooms of James Clavell, Juno by Jason Reitman, Brick de Rian Johnson, Paranoid Park Sant's Gus, The Farrer Method of Esther Morente o a small world, Portrait of bullying directed by the Belgian Laura Wandel.
A novelty of this year is the backstage cycle that will project up to nine documentaries on mass idols for generation Z, works that address the trajectory of stars like Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, the end, Bad Gyal or the Valencians Zoo. Besides, of course, The Audiovisual Meeting of Young, Origin section of the festival, It will offer us a very projections program with films made by primary and secondary students throughout the Spanish territory. G.LEON
