10th Festival of Antonio Ferrandis

Paterna prepares to celebrate the 10th edition of the Antonio Ferrandis Film Festival, with a series of activities that will last ten days, between the 23 January and 1 February. The contest will celebrate its tenth anniversary in style, With proposals for all audiences, projections, colochi, short, workshops, Animations, Concerts and book presentations.

Paterna's Film Festival again bets on training in its tenth edition. He Thursday, 23 January, Valencian director Nacho Ruipérez will give a workshop on resources to make a short film, In the casino of the town square. The initiative is aimed at high school students, Formative cycles and higher training, and during the same will be encouraged to the attendees to direct and roll a short of five minutes in a week. The teacher will select the best short film, which will be announced and projected before Saturday's special pass, 1 February, In Kinépolis cinemas.

He Friday, 24 January It will mark the beginning of the projections in the great theater Antonio Ferrandis. The movie "Dumbo" (Tim Burton, 2019) will give way to a weekend dedicated to childhood. Before projection, that will take place at 19:00 hours, Boys and girls can enjoy a circus workshop on the street, where they will practice acrobatics, balances or juggling.

Continuing with the program dedicated to the little ones, Saturday, 25 January, starting at 17:00 hours, The Great Theater will receive the endearing Peruvian bear based in London "Paddington" (Paul King, 2014), In your movie live action. The little ones will enjoy a special children's animation dedicated to this nice character, prior to projection.

He domingo, 26 January, The Castells engineer will host the great Film party. Workshops, make-up, attractions and the concert of the band Los CazaroCokeros will make us live a movie morning from the 11:00 hours.

The second week of the festival will open with another main course. He mars, 28 January, The ten finalists of the official section of the festival will be screened in the great theater Antonio Ferrandis to the 11:00 hours. That same day, Paterneros directors Kevin Castellano and Edu Hirschfeld will present their acclaimed documentary "The art of illiterates", Based on Spanish's life.

He Wednesday, 29 January, at 20 hours, "La Gàbia" will be presented, The second part of the documentary "Origins", Produced by the Federation d’Trapenyes de Paterna in collaboration with the town hall of the town, and focused on the origins of Paterna as "Ciutat del Foc". At the end, A tasting of tapas of hospitality establishments of the town related to the fire will be offered.

In its tenth edition, The Paterna Cinema Festival turns its social commitment to the dramatic events lived in Valencia last October on the occasion of the Dana, Its sociocultural consequences and its impact on the audiovisual industry. He Thursday, 30 January, at 18:30 hours, In the great theater Antonio Ferrandis will discuss these Inés Paris themes, Film director, Kiko Martínez, Producer and Sandra Mora, Vice President of the Valencian Academy of Audiovisual. After the talk, The movie "Forgotten" will be screened (Inés Paris, 2023), set in the flood of 1957.

He Friday, 31 January, at 19:00 hours, The book “Almodóvar will be presented at Kinépolis Cine, A retrospective ”of the journalist and writer specialized in cinema Pau Gómez. Subsequently you can enjoy on the big screen "The next room" (Pedro Almodovar, 2024), The last production of Manchego director.

The last day, Saturday, 1 February, Kinepolis cinemas will host a special projection of the feature film Inward sea (Alejandro Amenábar, 2004), starring Belén Rueda, Antonio Ferrandis Special Prize 2025, And that celebrates the XX Anniversary of its premiere. At 21:00 Hours will take place the festival gala at the Great Teatre Antonio Ferrandis, in which the Madrid actress will receive her award and the winning short films of the contest will be announced. The event will be conducted by the Valencian presenters Ximo Rovira and Gemma Juan.

Tickets and invitations for events and projections can be achieved in the Tourism Office, located in the number 3 from Calle Mayor, from Friday, 17 January, or in the itinerant stand that will travel the neighborhoods of the city.