activities
more than shortsOur programming does not only include the screening of short films — you can also enjoy educational activities, meetups, presentations, the recording of radio shows, MINIFIC, concerts and much more.


OPENING CEREMONY
SUNDAY 11 AT 7:00 PM / CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR
The short films shown in the Social Area FICBUEU during the course 2021/2022 will be featured on this first day of the International Film Festival of Bueu and will open the programming of the fifteenth season.
During this event, the list of activities of FICBUEU 2022 will be announced and the presentation of the short films made in the workshops during the course, in collaboration with the associations Érguete in Vigo and Juan XXIII in Cangas, will take place. The creators of the films will attend the event to present their work and enjoy their moment on the big screen.
The two films that will be presented are:
- A fin do osíxeno
- Sabía que vendrías


TALKS WITH FILMMAKERS
FROM MONDAY 12 TO SATURDAY 17 / MEETING POINT
Every day at 8:30 PM, after the first session of the Official Selection, we will hold a discussion with the directors of the international films screened during the day. In addition, on Saturday 17th at 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM, national filmmakers will be with us to talk about their films.
During these meetings, the audience will be able to ask the film-makers to talk about the creative process as well as to ask their own questions in order to delve into short films from the point of view of cinematographic creation.


PRESENTATION OF FICBUEU MONOGRAPH # 3
SATURDAY 17 AT 11:00 AM. / MEETING POINT.
Since its creation, the Retrospective Section has been accompanied by a publication published in Galician and English, each adding to the FICBUEU Monographs collection. This year the third volume of the FICBUEU Monograph, will be presented. It is dedicated to short films created at the Official School of Cinematography of Spain, under the title The role of the IIEC and the EOC professional practices in the creation of the new spanish cinema (1947-76).
Severiano Casalderrey, the author of the FICBUEU Monograph, will be in charge of presenting this latest publication in cinematography, reviewing the contents of the book. In this activity we will also have the intervention of representatives of the General Secretariat of Language Policy.


RADIO: CARNE CRUDA
SATURDAY 17 AT 12:00 AM. / CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR.
The podcast team associated with eldiario.es will be in Bueu for the sixth year running to present the FICBUEU programme. Javier Gallego Crudo will be in the auditorium of the Centro Social do Mar for the first program of the season 2022/2023. He will talk about cinema and will host interviews with several of our guests.
Raw Meat is an online, independent radio program that covers a variety of topics from a countercultural, agitating, and dissident perspective.


FICBUEU 2022 AWARDS CEREMONY
SATURDAY 17 AT 9:15 PM. / MEETING POINT
The FICBUEU 2022 will have a ceremony in which the winning short films in each category will be announced and the awards of the FICBUEU 2022 will be presented. At this awards ceremony the authors who were part of this fifteenth festival will be present as will members of the different juries.
The prizes that will be awarded at this ceremony will be:
First award.
Second award.
Audience Award.
Discoveries Award.
Best Galician Short Film R Award.
Best Spanish Short Film Award.


CLOSING CONCERT: TULSA
SATURDAY 17 AT 10:30 PM / MASSÓ SQUARE
As the culmination of the week of activities of FICBUEU 2022, Tulsa will give an open concert to which everyone is invited.
Tulsa is Miren Iza, a basque composer and singer who began her musical career in the late 90s. Tulsa writes songs in Spanish, stories sung with pop elements… She is influenced by women working in such different genres as melodic song, blues or dream pop.


FILM SCHOOLS AND FACULTIES AWARDS CEREMONY
MONDAY 19TH AT 1:00 PM. / CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR.
Short films made in specialized film schools will have their own awards ceremony which will take place after the screenings of the International Schools, Image and Sound Schools and Galician Faculties.
During this event, which is open to the public, the two awards and the diplomas of the two finalists will be presented.


GALICIAN SCHOOLS CEREMONY
FRIDAY 23 AT 11:30 AM / CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR.
Bea Campos will conduct the seventh edition of the Galician Schools Ceremony, in which we will count with the presence of the finalist schools in each category: Special Education, Pre-school and Primary and Secondary Education.
During this event dedicated to audio-visuals made in schools, the short films of the finalists will be shown and diplomas will be presented to the participating schools along with the awards of the two winning shorts.


CONCERT MINIFIC: CONSERTASSO NA HORTA
FRIDAY 23 AT 5:00 PM. / OUTSIDE THE CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR.
This musical activity is dedicated to children and will be performed by Brais das Hortas and his Consertasso na Horta. In this show, the musician will play different characters that will take us from traditional to electronic music, from punk to chill-out and even from trap to regueifas. The show offers an ironic portrait of our society adapted for all audiences, with a profound element of hope in sustainable change for future generations.
Brais das Hortas has been dedicated to music for more than 20 years and has been part of bands such as Mamá Cabra, Sons Miúdos, Banda Fura Fura, and has collaborated with other artists such as Ataque Escampe, Sofía Espiñeira or Peter Punk Pallaso.


STORYBOARD WORKSHOP
FRIDAY 23TH 04:00 PM / MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR
On the last day of MiniFIC, Gádil Bueu introduces us to the creation of a storyboard; the assistants will transform short stories into a series of images, discovering the potential of graphic scripts when planning the creation and shooting of a film.
Joshua XanBreo, drawing, illustration and comic design teacher will be leading this activity, guiding us through the reading and understanding of the story, up to the formation of the images themselves. The program encourages creativity and imagination, developing our abilities to brainstorm different ideas.


SATURDAY 24TH 10:00 AM / MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR


Master class: José Manuel Mouriño on Andréi Tarkovski
SATURDAY 24TH 10:00 AM / MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR
José Manuel Mouriño is a researcher, teacher and filmmaker. He has a PhD in fine arts from UVigo and is the representative and coordinator of the Andréi Tarkovski International Institute in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America. In 2015 he published Escritos de juventud de Andréi Tarkovski and more recently Andréi Tarkovski y El Espejo. Study of a Dream.


SATURDAY 24TH 12:30 AM / MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR


Conversation: time and cinema. Andrea Morán and Daniela Urzola
SATURDAY 24TH 12:30 AM / MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR
A meeting in which these two professionals share their vision of different filmmakers with special attention to the treatment of time in cinema.
Andrea Morán is programmer of Filmadrid and part of the editorial board of Caimán, Cuadernos de Cine. She directed the short films Espin: Historia de un regalo fallido, Norah and Yo siempre puedo dormir pero hoy no puedo.
Daniela Urzola is a film critic. She graduated in Law at the University of Cartagena (Colombia) and in Art History at the University of the Andes. In 2020 she gained a master’s degree in film criticism at ECAM. She currently contributes to Caimán Cuadernos de Cine and is a member of the editorial board of Mutacións magazine.


SATURDAY 24TH 17:00 PM / MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR


Online Round Table: the rhythm and temporary realities that allows editing.
SATURDAY 24TH 17:00 PM / MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR
Film editing professionals will share experiences about their work, focusing on the details of the way time is dealt with in film narrative. This meeting will be moderated by Diana Ramahí and will feature film editors and filmmakers Carolina Astudillo, Ana Pfaff and Diana Toucedo.


Meeting: Oliver Laxe
SATURDAY 24TH 07:00 PM / MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR
Ángel Suances will lead this conversation with the Galician filmmaker Oliver Laxe. We will review his filmography, focusing on the treatment of time in his work. Oliver Laxe made history in 2019 by becoming, along with Víctor Erice, the first Spanish filmmaker to be selected at Cannes with his first three films, and the only one to win awards in all his participations. His latest film, O que arde, has been shown in the main festivals of the season, such as San Sebastian, Toronto, Tokyo, London, Melbourne, Mar del Plata and New York, winning numerous awards.


SATURDAY 24TH 09:00 PM / MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR


Screening of Zerkalo by Andréi Tarkovski
SATURDAY 24TH 09:00 PM / MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, CENTRO SOCIAL DO MAR
We will close the first of these cinema seminars with a screening of Zerkalo (1975), one of the most representative works of the russian filmmaker. Tarkovski is the director with the most defined theoretical vision of time as a means of emotional expression. His essay Sculpting in Time is the inspiration for the name of the 2022 conference.
Zerkalo is not only a masterpiece of cinema, but also constitutes the autobiographical artistic legacy of one of the most influential filmmakers in history. It is a film that delves into the emotional springs and memory – whether faithful or tragic – that define the man behind the artist.


V SHORT FILM MARKET
FROM 11TH TO 18TH OF SEPTEMBER / MASSÓ MUSEUM
Professionals from the audio-visual industry will be able to watch all the short films registered for the fifteenth edition of FICBUEU. Equipment installed in the Massó Museum will give exclusive access to films as well as the contact details of producers and distributors. The aim is the promotion and distribution of short films in our autonomous community.
The market will be available between 11 and 18 September on the ground floor of the Massó Museum, from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, except on Mondays. To gain access, accreditation must be requested by e-mail at: info@ficbueu.com.


RADIO: ESPAZO NEGATIVO
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Ariadna Cordal and Dani Cornes are in charge of the realization of this space in which they usually talk about culture and art with a markedly political slant.
During FICBUEU 2022, two programs be dedicated to the contents of the fifteenth edition of the festival, reviewing the shorts presented in the Official and Galicia sections. The podcast will be available on all of our channels and those of Negative Space, including Ivoox, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, and more.


5 STAR TAPAS ROUTE
FROM FRIDAY 9 TO SUNDAY 18
As every year, during the FICBUEU, we will organize the VII 5 Star Tapas Route, in collaboration with the City Council of Bueu and the Association of Hospitality Companies of Bueu. For 9 days audiences of the FICBUEU will be able to taste in a variety of sites in our town a series of gastronomic delights inspired by the programme.
The hours to try the tapas will be mid-day between 12:00 AM and 1:30 PM and in the evening between 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM. The price will be €2.5. Among those who complete the 5 Star Tapas Route, three dinners worth € 50 will be raffled off.


GALICIAN CINEMA AWARD FICBUEU 2022: MIGUEL DE LIRA
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Actor with extensive experience and a distinguished career in theater, film and television.
During his university studies, he came into contact with the theater world and ended up being a founding member of the group Chévere, which won the National Theater Award in 2014, in which he has been working as a director, actor and producer since 1986.
He became a popular TVG icon for roles such as Evaristo in the series Mareas Vivas and was the protagonist in the series Pepe O’Inglés, later participating in national series such as Los hombres de Paco, Matadero or Vivir sin permiso.
In the field of cinema, he has participated in a large number of short films and more than twenty feature films, including recently Cuñados by Toño López, Ons by Alfonso Zarazuza, Dhogs by Andrés Goteira, María (y los demás) by Nely Reguera, A esmorga by Ignacio Vilar and Eroski Paraíso, an adaptation of the play of the same name by Chévere directed by Jorge Coira and Xesús Ron for which he received the Mestre Mateo Award for Best Leading Actor in 2020.
In this edition we will award him the FICBUEU Galician Film Prize 2022 for his prolific acting career, his outstanding dedication and commitment to Galician culture and society. Journalist and producer Gaspar Broullón will conduct an in-depth interview that will be available online to the public on the FICBUEU Channel.