LATEST ON THE FESTIVAL

SELECTED SHORT FILMS 15.07.2010

These are the 25 shortfilms that are going to participate in this year FicBueu edition, selected from the 500 receibed:

“A Moving Business” Falk Schuster (Germany)
“Dreaming A Whole Life” Javier Ara (Spain)
“Eggbaby” Nadine Truong (USA)
“El Monstruo” Rafael Antonaccio (Uruguay)
“El orden de las cosas” Cesar and Jose Esteban Alenda (Spain)
“Encuentro” Nick Igea (Spain)
“Kaïn” Kristof Hoornaert (Belgium)
“l wish” Martín Rosete (USA-España)
“La Historia de Siempre” José Luís Montesinos (Spain)
“La Playa de Berlín. Cannon Beach” Manuel Calvo (Spain)
“La Sombra del Bambú” Francisco Antonio Peinado (Spain)
“Life in a minute” Pedro Collantes (Norway)
“Lo siento, te quiero” Leticia Dolera (Spain)
“Los minutos, las horas” Janaína Marques (Cuba-Brazil)
“March Rhapsody” Chao Koi Wang (Taiwan-Macao)
“Nouturnio de Celanova” Raúl García Pérez (Galicia- Spain)
“O Soldado de Chumbo” Virginia Curiá and Tomás Conde (Galicia- Spain)
“Pablo” Nely Reguera (Spain)
“Rita” Fabio Grassaduma and Antonio Piazza (Italy)
“Schwerelos” Oliver Kracht (Germany- Spain)
“Stanka se pribira vkashti” Maya Vitkova (Bulgaria)
“Tapien Rim Klong” Nottapon Boonprakob (Thailand)
“The 5 deaths of Ibrahim Gonsález” Pablo Aragüés ( Spain)
“Una Caja de Botones” María Reyes Arias (Spain)
“Yanindara” LLuís Quílez (Spain)

LAST WEEK TO SEND US YOUR SHORT FILMS 03.05.2010

The deadline to send us short films is coming. Until now, we have received 350 works. This year we have fewer Spanish short films; however, the international participation has been consolidated: as well as the countries we have mentioned on the previous press release, we have received short films from India, Australia, China, Lithuania, Cuba, Taiwan…

WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIBED 100 SHORTS 03.05.2010

FICBUEU has received more than 100 shortfilms. We can highlight the first participation, in this 2010 edition, of shortfilms from Iceland, Canada, Hungary, Russia, Korea, Ukraine and our "neighbour" Portugal.

FICBUEU IN XACOBEO FILME 26.04.2010

This morning, the director of Xacobeo´s Management Plan has presented the Xacobeo Film program, a thematic season of film and animation. It is organised by Xacobeo 2010 and it includes eleven Festivals that are going to be celebrated in Galicia.

More information http://filme.xacobeo.es/es/xacobeo-filme

ENTRY OPENED 01.02.2010

2010 Edition entry for shortfilms is now open. You can send your works until 15th of June (this is the closing date).

On 15th July the selected shortflims will be announced in this website.

We are looking forward to receiving your projects.

FICBUEU 2010 OFFICIAL PRESENTATION 29.01.2010

This morning, the third edition of FICBUEU has been presented. It is scheduled to be held from 6th to 11th of September. The entry date for shortfilms starts 1st of February. If you need more information you can consult the rules in this web.

Photo: Manuel Pena (Shortfilm Festival Director), Andrés Lamosa and Félix Juncal (culture town councilor and Mayor of “Bueu Town Council”, which sponsors the event).

FICBUEU 2010 28.01.2010

The new edition of “International Shortfilm Festival of Bueu” is about to start. For the moment we can show you our new look.

AND HOW TO PLAY

To take part in the festival, you must send us your work between 1/2/2010 and 15/6/2010. It will not be accepted after this date.

The panel will select 25 short films. We will announce the chosen titles on the festival’s web site on 15/7/2010.

We will inform them by e-mail too. In that e-mail, we will also ask for additional information and the graphics that we need for the development of the festival. They must be sent before 20/7/2010.

The festival:

The Festival will take place in Bueu (Pontevedra - North West Spain)
from September 6th to 11th 2010.
Five short films will be shown a day from 6/9/2010 to 10/9/2010.
We will give the awards on Saturday 11/9/2010. The prizewinning short films will be shown again during this closing ceremony.

Awards

The panel will have five members related to the culture and the audiovisual production. They will give all the prizes, except the People’s choice award. These are the awards:

First award: 2.000 € and trophy.
Second award: 1.000 € and trophy.
People’s choice award: 500 € and trophy.
Best Galician short film: 500 € and trophy.
Best director: Diploma.
Best screenplay: Diploma.
Best actress: Diploma.
Best actor: Diploma.
Best cinematography: Diploma.
Best art direction: Diploma.
Best costume design: Diploma.
Best make-up/hairdressing: Diploma.
Best sound: Diploma.
Best film editing: Diploma.
Best music: Diploma.

The winners of one of the four main awards must attend the closing ceremony. We will offer them free accommodation.

Cash prizes are subject to appropriate withholding tax.

For the technical award winners also will be provided free accommodation for the closing ceremony, as well as financial assistance for the trip.

Sending

For the registration, you must send us before 15/6/2010:
- 1 DVD of the short film
- Entry form

(Please, do not send additional materials, they will be not filed)

Submissions dated June 15 will be accepted.
The address is:
O.M.I.X. Bueu
Xavier Framil
Pazos Fontenla, 29 - 2º
36930 – Bueu (Pontevedra)
Telf.: 00 34 986324338

+info: 00 34 669830773
info@melodiavisual.com

AND WINNERS

These are the awards for the third FICBUEU:

First award: 2.000E and trophy.
Second award: 1.000E and trophy.
People’s choice award: 500E and trophy.
Best Galician short film: 500E and trophy.
Best director: Diploma.
Best screenplay: Diploma.
Best actress: Diploma.
Best actor: Diploma.
Best cinematography: Diploma.
Best art direction: Diploma.
Best costume design: Diploma.
Best make-up/hairdressing: Diploma.
Best sound: Diploma.
Best film editing: Diploma.
Best music: Diploma.

WINNERS FiC 2009

FIRST AWARD: "Homeland" Juan de Dios Marfil Atienza
SECOND AWARD: "El tiempo prestado" David González Rudiez
PEOPLE'S CHOICE: "Manual práctico del amigo imaginario" Ciro Altabás Fernández
JURY'S SPECIAL MENTION: "Love" Biel Mauri Pou
BEST GALICIAN SHORT FILM: "Por la mañana" Toño Chouza

Best screecplay: "El encargado" Sergio Barrejón and Nacho Vigalondo
Best director: "El tiempo prestado" David González
Best cast: "Love" Bruno Bergonzini, Jordi Gràcia, Clara Segura, Alena Villaronga
Best cinematography: "Love" Jordi Hernández
Best art director: "El mal de Schneider" Ángel Boyano and Nino Morante
Best costume design: "El mal de Schneider" Ariadna Paniagua
Best make-up/hairdressing: "El mal de Schneider" Isabel Auernheimer and Mayte González
Best sound: "Reacción" Antonio Bejerano, Jonathan Darch and Jordi Juncadella.
Best film editing: "Today is Sunday" Isaac Berrokal
Best music: "Homeland" Juan de Dios Marfil

WINNERS FiC 2008

FIRST AWARD: "Save the world" David Casals-Roma
JURY' SPECIAL AWARD: "El ataque de los robots de Nebulosa-5” Chema García
PEOPLE'S CHOICE: "Niños que nunca existieron” David Valero
BEST GALICIAN SHORT FILM: "Leo” Fernando Cortizo

Best director: "Save the World" David Casals-Roma
Best screenplay: "For(r)est in the des(s)ert" Luis Alejandro Berdejo
Best actress: "Elena" Myriam Espinoza
Best actor: "Jingle Bells" Dani Castellá
Best cinematography: "Niños que nunca existieron" Enrique Vasalo
Best art director: "Villa Olvidada" Miguel López and Elena Nájar
Best costume design: "Cores" Jesús Lesta
Best make-up/hairdressing: "Jingle Bells" Tamara Puertas and Silvia Carrasco
Best sound: "Niños que nunca existieron" Jose Luis Vázquez
Best fim editing: "Save de World" Michael Shark and Toby Robertson
Best music: "Empty Spaces" Jorge Alberto Sánchez

THE PLAYERS

TAPIEN RIM KLONG
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Thailand
DIRECTOR: Nottapon Boonprakob
CAST: Sawasdipoom kokkoontod, Lukana Siriwong, Boonsri Yindee
SYNOPSIS: Grandmom tells Pom that the reason that she has no teeth because death is approaching her. One day, Pom has baby brother and his tooth falls out. Is it a sign that he will die too?
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 29' 38”



LAUFENDE GESCHÄFTE (A MOVING BUSINESS)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Germany
DIRECTOR: Falk Schuster
SYNOPSIS: Moving Business shows a world where the characters cocks beat to a different rhythm. Two people living next door to one another but still in completely separate worlds. But one day their paths cross and their worlds are turned upside down. What happened?
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 8' 36"



DREAMING A WHOLE LIFE
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: Francisco Javier Ara Santos
CAST: Animation
SYNOPSIS: Dreaming of an usual life is the main character does in this story. It wouldn´t be a difficult dream to achieve if he doesn´t have a little problem: his face hangs on his head like a fabric.
GENRE: Fantastic
RUNTIME: 4' 30"



YANINDARA
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: Lluis Quilez
CAST: Camelia Paun, Bulgar Turcanu
SYNOPSIS: A gypsy village. Romanian immigrants who have camped their caravans and tents on the outskirts of a city. A car arrives. From inside a strange low. Goes in search of a miracle. Goes in search of Yanindara.
GENRE: Fantastic drama
RUNTIME: 20'



WEIGHTLESS
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010
COUNTRY: Spain, Germany
DIRECTOR: Oliver Kracht
CAST: Maret Pruin, Anna Sophia Adler, Johanna Veith, Nikolai Hepp, Kevin Hoffmann
SYNOPSIS: 18th Century: Five children spend the day outside in a mysterious garden.
When they try to fly a kite, they discover a tree full of red berries.
The oldest girl Elise warns that these fruits are poisonous, but the children don’t listen and try them. They are sweet, very sweet. But soon the poison begins to work…
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 8'



STANKA SE PRIBIRA VKASHTI
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010
COUNTRY: Bulgaria
DIRECTOR: Maya Vitkova
CAST: Reni Yoncheva, Vassil Dimitrov, Jordan Bikov
SYNOPSIS: When Stanka Atanasova, an elderly and sick woman, enters her block of flats, she discovers that the elevator is out of order. Stanka must use the stairs to get to the ninth floor, and what for most of us is a simple task, becomes a challenge for her
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 15'



RITA
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Italy
DIRECTOR: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
CAST: Marta Palermo, Marco Maria Correnti, Diana Sergio
SYNOPSIS: Rita is ten years old and blind since birth. The claustrophobic world of her home is suddenly breached by a boy on the run, wounded, terrified. Their enigmatic meeting lets Rita experience a brief moment of freedom
GENRE: Adventure, Drama, mystery, childhood
RUNTIME: 19’



KAIN
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Belgium
DIRECTOR: Kristof Hoornaert
CAST: Kevin Plet, Bart Peslovere
SYNOPSIS: Kain reflects in a contemplative way on our human codition. It’s an audiovisual meditation on the cruelty and suffering of our tragic humanity. A short film about the Birth of Conscience. Kain was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2009
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 16'



CANNON BEACH
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: Manuel Calvo
CAST: Tinka Fürst, Garrett Kean
SYNOPSIS: Winter. Tinka rides a bus on her way to the beach. Sitting next to her, Garrett joins her in trying to not miss life as it goes rushing by.
GENRE: Fiction
RUNTIME: 25'



LIFE IN A MINUTE
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010
COUNTRY: Norway
DIRECTOR: Pedro Collantes
CAST: Andreas Loktu, Siv Kristoffersen, narrador: Arne Reitan
SYNOPSIS: Small visual poem about love and the brevity of life.
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 2'



LOS MINUTOS, LAS HORAS (THE MINUTES, THE HOURS)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Cuba, Brasil
DIRECTOR: Janaira Marques Ribeiro
CAST: Laura de La Uz, Xiomara Palácio
SYNOPSIS: Yoli has always lived with her mother in a humble neighborhood of Havana. One day, a man invites her out and she decides to wait for him rejecting, for the first time, her mother ́s company
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 11'



PABLO
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: Nely Reguera
CAST: José Ángel Egido, Pablo Derqui, Carla Pérez
SYNOPSIS: A family tries to return to normal
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 13'



LA HISTORIA DE SIEMPRE (THE SAME OLD STORY)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: José Luis Montesinos
CAST: Miguel Ángel Jenner
SYNOPSIS: A man does all he can to regain his wife and, like this, solve his crisis.
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 11'



UNA CAJA DE BOTONES (A BOX OF BUTTONS)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: Marta Reyes Arias
CAST: Antonio de la Torre
SYNOPSIS: Faced with the fact he cannot afford the present his daughter Irene wants for King’s Day, Andrés has no choice but to tell her the truth behind this tradition. It will be an emotional journey for them both.
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 21'



EL MONSTRUO (THE MONSTER)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010
COUNTRY: Uruguay
DIRECTOR: Rafael Antonaccio
CAST: Claudio Quijano, Natalia Mallek, Graciela Gelós
SYNOPSIS: Sebastián fall in love with his neighbour, but the hard inhibition thar he suffer prevent him from talking her normally. The infatuation become in obsession and it drags him on an unexpected way.
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 13'



MARCH RHAPSODY
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010
COUNTRY: Taiwan, Macao
DIRECTOR: Chao Koi Wang
CAST: Li Chinan-Chung, Kageyama Yukihiko, Ni Shu-Chun, Bella Chen
SYNOPSIS: To win back beautiful times gone by, Chang Yen makes a secret decision. When everything is ready, his relation ship whit his son takes an unexpected good turn, causing Chang Yen to regret his decision. As time goes by, he realizes the beautiful times can only exist in his imagination
GENRE: Drama
RUNTIME: 30'



EGGBABY
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: USA
DIRECTOR: Nadine Truong
CAST: Cristina Balmores, Travis Quentin Young
SYNOPSIS: Alison Chin, an Asiatic-American adolescent from a Catholic school, learn about life and love when she is entrusted to take care of an egg like it was her own baby.
GENRE: Dramatic Comedy
RUNTIME: 19'



EL ORDEN DE LAS COSAS (THE ORDER OF THINGS)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: César Esteban Alenda, José Esteban Alenda
CAST: REPARTO: Manuela Vellés, Mariano Venancio, Javier Gutiérrez, Biel Durán, Junio Valverde, Jose Luis Torrijo, Ana Gracia, Roger Álvarez, Manuela Paso, Luis Jiménez
SYNOPSIS: Julia´s life takes place in the bath tub. Drop by drop she will gather the courage to change the order of things.
GENRE: Fiction
RUNTIME: 19'



LA SOMBRA DEL BAMBÚ (THE SHADE OF BAMBOO)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: Freancisco Antonio Peinado Gaitán
SYNOPSIS: The Shadow of the Bamboo is the story of three samurai who have been outlawed and must decide about their future. Kintaro, the youngest, thinks they should follow the path of Good; Toshiru, who is older, only believes in survival at any cost. The two talk about duty and honor and the true meaning of these words in a world that no longer accepts them, while Benkei, the elderly samurai, simply listens... When their paths separate, Kintaro and Toshiru know that their different positions have made them enemies.
GENRE: Animation
RUNTIME: 15'



ENCUENTRO
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: Nick Igea
CAST: Alex García, Mar del Hoyo
SYNOPSIS: A boy and a girl meet in the street, three years later from splitting their relationship.
GENRE: Romantic Drama
RUNTIME: 21'



LO SIENTO, TE QUIERO (I´M SORRY I LOVE YOU)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: Leticia Dolera
CAST: Manuela Vallés. Antonio Barroso
SYNOPSIS: Love and science fiction story, about Toni, a ¿regular? guy who was once unfaithful to his own heart. From that moment on, something rotten lives within him. Now he has a chance to change things.
GENRE: Romantic Comedy
RUNTIME: 11'



I WISH
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2010
COUNTRY: Spain, USA
DIRECTOR: Martin Rosete
SYNOPSIS: Moses, a person who lives in San Francisco, was surprised people throw their coins into a fountain made in memory of Martin Luther King. In that moment starts a dispute for the wishes of the people who walk there.
GENRE: Social Comedy
RUNTIME: 5'



LAS 5 MUERTES DE IBRAHIM GONSÁLEZ (THE 5 DEATHS OF IBRAHIM GONSÁLEZ)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Spain
DIRECTOR: Pablo Aragüés
CAST: Nicholas Stratton, Ángeles Maeso
SYNOPSIS: After a domestic accident, Ibrahim Gonsález spends one minute clinically dead. That would be the best minute in his life
GENRE: Comedy
RUNTIME: 6'



O SOLDADIÑO DE CHUMBO (THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER)
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Spain (Galicia)
DIRECTOR: Virginia Curiá e Tomás Conde
CAST: Manuel Manquiña, Luís Piedahita
SYNOPSIS: The Steadfast Tin Soldier arrives to a Toy Museum and fall in love with an elegant dancer. The rag Cigarrón, who is in love with her too, will try to avoid the two main characters get together. The Steadfast Tin Soldier is an update from Andersen´s story where is made a revision of characters´s personality. A reflection about a search of real love and love ones.
GENRE: Animation
RUNTIME: 12'



NOTURNIO DE CELANOVA
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2009
COUNTRY: Spain (Galicia)
DIRECTOR: Raúl García
CAST: Samuel Roukin, Natalie Press, Ewan Beatie, Charlie Creed, Elieen Walsh, Evie Duncan, Miguel Ángel Silvestre
SYNOPSIS: Based on the poem "Nocturnio", written by Manuel Curros Enríquez, it relates a story of an old man who has to leave his home to go arround the world to beg. It could be that, one day, you meet that old man in your way.
GENRE: Animation
RUNTIME: 7’

These are contestants for previous editions:


Contestans FiCBUEU2009

“Chocolate chips” Álvaro Pérez De Madrid
“Die schneider krankheit” Javier Chillon
“Dk” Aaron Selmi
“È finita la commedia” Jean-julien Collette, Olivier Tollet
“El encargado” Sergio Barrejón
“El misterio del pez” Giovanni Maccelli
“El tiempo prestado” David González
“El viaje al paraíso” Juanan Martínez
“Enemigos” David Del Águila
“Foto” Andrés Salaberri
“Homeland” Juan De Dios Marfil
“La carrera” Alam Raja
“Les doigts de pied” Laurent Denis
“Love” Biel Mauri
“Manual práctico del amigo imaginario” Ciro Altabás
“Miente” Isabel De Ocampo
“Ona” Pau Camarasa
“O pintor de ceos ” Jorge Morais
“Por la mañana” Toño Chouza
“Reacción” David Victori
“Runners” Marc Reixach
“The end” Eduardo Chapero-Jackson
“Today is sunday” Isaac Berrokal
“Túneles en el río” Igor Galuk
“Ya no voy a hablar más” Hugo Sanz


Contestans FiCBUEU2008

“5 días de septiembre” Fran Araújo, Manuel Burque
“Barbara Broadcast” Jean-Julien Collette, Olivier Mollet
“Cores” Jairo Iglesias
“El anónimo Caronte” Toni Bestard
“El ataque de los robots de nebulosa-5” Chema García Ibarra
“El canto del grillo” Dany Campos
“Elena” Juan Cortés
“Empty spaces” Felix Vidal
“For(r)est in the des(s)ert” Luiso Berdejo
“Horóscopo” Miguel A. Carmona
“Jingle Bells” David Casademunt
“La pesca perfecta” Alfredo Ruiz
“Las gafas” Alberto García Martín
”Leo” Fernando Cortizo
“Liquidación total” David Macián
”Madrid-Moscú” Javier San Román
“Machu Picchu” Harem Khraiche Ruiz Zorrilla
”Mensajes de voz” Fernando Franco
“Mofetas” Inés Enciso
”Niños que nunca existieron” David Valero
“No es una buena idea” Ugo Sanz
”Roberto Santini” Jean-Julien Collette, Olivier Mollet
“Salvar el mundo (Save the World)” David Casals-Roma
”Villa Olvidada” Miguel López, Elena Najar

THE PHOTOGRAPHS

FiCBUEU 2009

FiCBUEU 2008

AND HOW TO ARRIVE AT THE FESTIVAL

You can contact us for any doubt or question on the Festival. We will answer as soon as posible. Please write us to:

Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Bueu
C/ Banda del Río, 38.
36930 - Bueu (Pontevedra)
Telf.: 669830773
Email: info@ficbueu.com

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