The IX edition of MANIATIC Valencia International Fantastic Film Festival has been presented at Espai Llimera in an event that has served as the green light for the celebration of an edition that this year will take place from 10 al 15 November at the ABC Park cinemas in Valencia, with some satellite offices such as FNAC Valencia, that will host parallel and complementary activities. The ABC Park cinemas will be the official headquarters of the festival, and in it will be projected the 28 short films in competition in the Official Section and 5 feature films that have been highly applauded during their passage through some of the most important festivals in the world. Besides, FNAC Valencia also collaborates with MANIATIC by lending its space for the presentation of the book Crisálida, by Alicia Albares and published by the publishing house Hidden Dimensions (11 November at 19:00). Also in the FNAC Valencia space, an installment of the podcast La Batcueva Show will be recorded live (13 November at 19:00). As one of the great novelties of this edition, the traditional Freak Horror Show session, which every year is celebrated one day before the beginning of the festival, will be held this year on Immortal Road, In the Benimaclet neighborhood (9 of November).
The ninth edition of the MANIATIC Valencia International Fantastic Film Festival has also announced the list of short films selected to participate in both the Official Section and competition. A selection of 28 works chosen from among 682 films received from 10 nationalities in this edition, a number that continues to confirm the good health of one of the most important fantasy events nationwide.
National section in competition.
A total of 10 Spanish short films, all signed by filmmakers from the autonomous communities of Catalonia, Madrid and Valencia.
“The reviewer”, by Jandro López
“Tulpa”, by Pablo Pastor
“Miracles Lingerie”, by Jana Moreno
“Pálpito”, by Moisés Romera and Marisa Crespo
“Laminated”, by Nerea Úbeda Segura
“Hell Troops”, by Emilio and Jesús Gallego
“Buffet Paradise”, by Héctor Zafra and Santi Amézqueta
“Amira”, by Javier Yañez
“Darkness”, by Raúl Cerezo (& Carlos Moriana)
“The identity of the wind”, de André Brugnara Petry
International section in competition.
18 These are the works selected internationally, with a strong presence of European short films as well as Asian and North American ones, which ensures a breadth of views and cultures that will greatly enrich this ninth edition.
“Shadow of a Dawn”, by Olga Stalev (Narva, Estonia)
“Glowing”, by Paul Guedon (Nantes, France)
“Nettle (Nettle)”, Toni Hilgersson (Brussels, Belgium)
“Terror in the Valey”, they Mike Dad (The, USA)
“The boy who cheated death”, de Pipou Phuong Nguyen (Hanoi, Vietnam)
“Playing God”, de Matteo Burani (United Kingdom)
“Said of a deer that leaves its woods”, by Salome Crickx (Brussels, Belgium)
“Omnibus”, by Hugo N Robertson (Paris, France)
“Focal Point”, the Raphael Buison (Paris, France – THE, USA )
“Sammi, who can detach his body parts”, de Rein Maychaelson (Indonesia)
“Long Pork”, de Iris Dukatt (USA)
“Death of an Actor”, by Ambroise Rateau (Paris, France)
“First Sight”, de Andrew McGee (United Kingdom)
“Isolation”, de Chen Wei-han (Taiwan)
“Brute”, by Stephanie Vanhecke & Jan Pepermans (Belgium)
“The pear comb”, by Ali Chappel (United Kingdom)
“Barlebas”, de Malu Janssen (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
“Song of Silence”, de Vasilisa Kuzmina (Moscow, Russia – THE, USA)
