One more year, The Filmoteca presents several special sessions with the winning works of the main categories of the Lola Gaos Awards 2025, organized by the Valencian Academy of the Audiovisual. The best fiction film, A fifth Portuguese, and his other six directing awards, script, music, leading actor, editing and sound, offers a beautiful story of chance encounters and reinvented lives. In the case of the best documentary feature, Chronicle Team: trench art, we remember the history of an essential Valencian artistic collective in contemporary art. with The Barracuda tresor, best animated feature, we live an exciting pirate adventure that the family audience can enjoy in Menuda Filmo. The cycle is completed by the session dedicated to the short winners of the fiction categories, documentary and animation, which affect issues such as homophobia, historical memory and reflection on the body and gender expression. The sessions will include a presentation and discussion by members of the artistic and technical team. An occasion to claim the good moment of Valencian cinema, which in recent times has significantly increased its presence in the media, sales i festivals.
03.03.26 TUESDAY / 20.00 h Presentation and discussion with members of the film's team
Chronic team. trench art
RAFAEL SESA MATEO, FELIPE VILLAPLANA MOLINA. Spain. 2024. Color. 75′. DCP.
Chronicle Team. Trench Art is a documentary that immerses the viewer in the history of this Spanish artistic collective born in Valencia in 1965, format by Manolo Valdés, Rafael Solbes i, in its beginnings, Juan Antonio Toledo. With a style that combined Pop Art with a critical look at the society and politics of his time, his works defied censorship and offered an ironic rereading of art history. With interviews with experts, testimonies of contemporary artists and archival images, the film analyzes its legacy and its influence on today's art, showing that his message is still valid in today's society.
