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Forty educational centers throughout Galicia will benefit from screenings and workshops for creating short films in the “Cinema with Perspective” program of the Department of Education of the Xunta de Galicia.

Bueu, April 11, 2023 — The Bueu Film Festival is expanding its reach with an initiative of the Xunta de Galicia to bring workshops and screenings to schools throughout Galicia. Over the next few months, students from 40 different educational centers will be able to enjoy an experience that will allow them to get closer to the world of cinema.

Under the name “Cinema with Perspective”, the program aims to promote equality, interest in cinema, and audiovisual education among young Galicians through two types of activities.

In order to work and think on gender and social equality, sessions will be held for screening short films followed by a discussion and analysis of the films, providing students with the tools to identify values and understand the messages conveyed through films, comparing opinions and debating the role of women in society and the issues that exist in this area.

During the workshops, students will have the opportunity to learn different aspects of cinema, such as direction, acting, production, or editing of films, by making a short film to put into practice the tools and concepts of cinematic language that the FICBUEU team will provide.

Starting next week, the organization will begin the program that will run until the end of the school year in the selected educational centers:

FICBUEU appreciates the collaboration and participation of all schools, as well as the Department of Education, in their commitment to audiovisual education and promoting equality.

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Deadline is on April 15th at 2:00 p.m. and the selected works will be screened at FICBUEU 2023 from September 9th to 23th

The FICBUEU opens the period for the presentation of works to the 16th edition of the Bueu International Film Festival (Pontevedra), which will take place between September 9th and 23rd. The bases, available on the website of the contest, contemplate up to five competitive sections (without taking into account the future call for the Galician Schools Section) following the pattern of the previous edition of the contest, which ended another year with great public success.

The deadline for sending short films will remain open until April 15th, which one more year must be done through the Shortfilmdepot platform with a registration fee of 2€. Works of any genre released from January 1st, 2022 may be submitted, with a duration that does not exceed 30 minutes. In June, the selected works will be announced, which will compete for more than 5,500 euros in prizes, also taking into account those destined for Galician Schools, for which a specific call will be launched, foreseeably in the month of May.

All the works presented will compete to enter the sections: Official, Spain, Galicia, Discoveries and International Schools, making up a large part of the screening program and the list of winners of FICBUEU 2023. In parallel there will also be five other non-competitive sections: Retrospective, Family Short Films, Kindergarten, Children, Junior. Furthermore, attendees will vote in situ for the acclaimed Audience Award.

The objective of the Bueu International Film Festival is to contribute to the dissemination of cinema, not only by promoting the best short films made in the last year internationally, but also by offering activities related to cinema beyond the event.
The organization is currently working on the configuration of a program that continues along the lines established last year and that will include multiple activities of a cinematographic and cultural nature. To this are added different events and the actions from FICBUEU’s Social Area, which will begin shortly with different collectives.

You can check the FICBUEU 2023 rules here.

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During the 15th edition of the festival and beyond the event, the organization carries out different initiatives related to the 2030 Agenda

Every year the team works on improving these measures and on the implementation of novelties that represent progress towards achieving the SDGs

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One of the commitments of the Bueu International Film Festival is to work towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, taking special care when programming activities that are achievable for the whole of society and that all people can enjoy the Proposals under equal conditions, without forgetting those measures that help and promote the conservation of their environment to create a sustainable and supportive event.

Motivated by these commitments, the organization has been working for several editions taking into account the objectives of the UN 2030 Agenda, focusing especially on several of them:

The first is SDG 2 – Hunger 0, carrying out for the second year and on this occasion throughout the event, a food collection together with the Food Bank of Vigo/Pontevedra (belonging to FESBAL – Spanish Federation of Food Banks). On the other hand, during the projections for educational centers, both organizations developed an awareness session with the youth of Bueu. All the donations obtained during the two weeks of the campaign were given to Cáritas Bueu, in order to generate a close impact.

Similarly, actions were also carried out in favor of quality education, SDG 4, such as the celebration of the Galician Schools Section, as well as different projection sessions for educational centers that were accompanied by didactic units, promoting audiovisual as a method of learning, creation and expression for youth.

Regarding gender equality, SDG 5, the FICBUEU has been implementing initiatives for several editions such as the use of inclusive and non-discriminatory language, the balance in the presence of professionals in different fields (juries, speakers, teachers, festival team , etc.) or collaboration with other festivals or institutions that promote these values, such as the Ambienta Festival – LBTGIQ+ in Pontevedra.

Another of the main values of the organization is to generate quality employment in a stable manner, SDG 8, betting on a continuous work model that does not base its hiring on temporary work and with the aim that outsourced services are local , working with mostly local professionals.

Also in this sense, responsible production and consumption is another of the organization’s commitments throughout the year, continuing with the progressive implementation of circular economy criteria, based on reducing, reusing and recycling, following SDG 12.

In addition to these initiatives in the 2022 edition, both the FICBUEU and the rest of the entities and events that are part of the Sustainable Culture Pact, agreed to carry out a series of specific actions: recognize and eradicate the barriers that prevent universal accessibility to the events, the elimination of 100% of single-use plastics, measuring the CO₂ footprint and the identification of stakeholders.

Thus, the presence of single-use plastics was reduced by collaborating with Agua Local and the selective collection of waste was improved by participating in the Composta Morrazo! program, an initiative of the Mancomunidad del Morrazo that in this 15th edition contributed considerably to the reduction of overall volume of waste.

Finally, the FICBUEU also wanted to continue with the sustainable tourism activities of previous years, respecting SDGs 14 and 15, with the creation of a program for the guests of the festival whose purpose is to value the natural resources of the Bueu village.

Within this, there was a guided tour of Cabo Udra, a guided tour of the Ons Island, a tasting of local Galician products (paying special attention to those from responsible consumption, such as those guaranteed by the ‘pescadeRías’ collaborating seal ), a guided tour of the Massó Museum or a trip down the estuary in traditional boats with the Os Galos Association.

Accessibility for everyone

​​In this FICBUEU 2022 and following the line set in previous editions, accessibility measures were strengthened through the following proposals:

We communicate on our social networks and well in advance of the celebration of the festival everything related to the experience of attending the festival from the point of view of a person with special needs or reduced mobility in order to facilitate their planning.

In this sense, it should be noted that for the first time the festival’s website had a button that facilitates the use of different help tools to consult the contents and programming of the FICBUEU, as well as a ticket sales system both online and in person, attainable and simple for all the public.

On the other hand, the FICBUEU team was available to people with special needs to provide assistance in any situation, offering access and preferential locations.

Another of the organization’s commitments was to have a space without architectural barriers, carrying out all the activities of the 15th edition in fully accessible locations for people with reduced mobility, having ramps and elevators at their disposal.

Beyond the event, promoting an accessible culture is one of the key objectives of the work that the FICBUEU develops throughout the year in the different activities of its Social Area, among which the creation workshops stand out in collaboration with different associations and groups in risk of exclusion. In these programs, users learn to make a short film, going through all the phases of the project and using cinema as a tool for social cohesion, promoting creativity and teamwork. The pieces made in these workshops were premiered during the opening day of the 15th edition of the festival, taking advantage of the occasion to give voice and visibility to these people and their work.

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This first edition was focused on the treatment of time in the cinema.

The Bueu International Film Festival launched in the 15th edition of this 2022 the new project of the Cinema Seminars, a space for reflection and thought on the art of cinema that brought together in Bueu several professionals from the sector (filmmakers, editors, critics or essayists) in a program centered, on this occasion, on temporality and the role it plays within the cinematographic language.

Under the name ‘I Cinema Seminars: sculpting time‘, a series of activities were carried out that made the audience and all those who followed the event via streaming through the FICBUEU Channel enjoy a special day to the passionate about cinema.

In this way, the person in charge of inaugurating the space was the researcher, essayist and filmmaker José Manuel Mouriño, who is also the representative and coordinator in the Iberian Peninsula and in Latin America of the Andréi Tarkovski International Institute. Mouriño gave a master class on the treatment of time in the work of the Russian filmmaker, considered one of the masters in this aspect within the seventh art.

The morning session closed with a conversation between the film critics of Caimán – Cuadernos de Cine Andrea Morán and Daniela Urzola about different works and filmmakers, analyzing a wide variety of outstanding temporary resources throughout the history of cinema.

During the afternoon, an online round table was held on the rhythm and temporal realities that montage makes possible, moderated by Diana Ramahí. The Chilean director, producer and teacher Carolina Astudillo, the editor Ana Pfaff and the Galician filmmaker and editor Diana Toucedo participated. In the conversation they talked about the usual challenges when working on this aspect.

The penultimate activity featured one of today’s most relevant Galician filmmakers, Oliver Laxe, who participated in a meeting with the journalist Ángel Suanzes. In the talk, Suanzes made Laxe travel through his entire filmography, paying special attention to the evolution of the way in which the director worked this aspect of cinematographic language in each film.

Finally, for the closing of the I FICBUEU Cinema Seminars, the work ‘Zerkalo‘ by Andréi Tarkovski was screened, considered by critics to be one of the most representative pieces by the Russian filmmaker. In fact, the essay ‘Sculpting in time‘ by Tarkovsky is the one that inspired the name of this first edition of a new format that promises even more cinema in the following years.

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The prizes in the Special Education, Infant and Primary and Secondary Sections complete the selection of winning shorts.

After the celebration of the Galician Schools Ceremony 2022 of the Bueu International Film Festival, the winners of the 15th edition were completed, with the announcement of the winning short films in the Sections of Special, Early Childhood and Primary Education and Secondary Education.

On Monday, the award-winning pieces were announced in the Image and Sound Schools and Galician Faculties section, with ‘Algas Negras‘, from the students of the IES Audiovisual de Vigo winning the €250 prize in audiovisual training and the corresponding trophy, and in the  International Schools section, with ‘Yi-Yi‘ by Giselle Lin from Lasalle College of Arts obtaining the finalist diploma in a close dispute with ‘The fall of Ibis King‘ by Mikai Geronimo and Josh O’Caoimh, who got a Special Mention in the category.

The seventh celebration of the award ceremony for youth, which had the support of Kalandraka and the Fundación Novas, was led by Bea Campos and took place on Friday 23rd at 11:30 a.m., with the presence of the finalist schools . These were the CEIP Plurilingüe San Marcos (Abegondo), the CEIP Do Hío (Cangas), the CEIP Do Carballal (Marín), the CEIP Plurilingüe A Pedra (Bueu) and the CRA Amencer (San Paio) in Special, Early Childhood and Primary Education, and the IES As Barxas (Moaña), the IES Praia Barraña (Boiro), the CPI Eusebio Lorenzo Baleirón (Dodro), the IES Terra de Trasancos (Narón) and the CPI Alcalde Xosé Pichel (Coristanco) in Secondary Education.

On this occasion, the act included the screenings of all the finalist short films in each category and, finally, the diplomas were delivered to the participating schools and the awards to the winning pieces. These were, as resolved by the Schools Jury, ‘Que van dicir de nós‘ by the CPI Alcalde Xosé Pichel in Secondary Education and ‘Carolina e o corvo de ás brancas‘ by the CEIP do Hío in Special, Early Childhood and Primary Education, both awards composed for €150 in audiovisual material and an award.

Several activities closed the MiniFIC in the evening session

The Minific program continued in the afternoon with various activities for the enjoyment of all audiences. At 4:00 p.m. in the Sala Multiusos, a storyboard workshop was held by Gáidil Bueu, in which the attendees were able to transform a short story into images, discovering the storyboard as a tool when planning creation of a film.

At 5:00 p.m. outside the Centro Social do Mar the youth were able to enjoy the Consertasso na Horta by the musician Brais das Hortas, organized thanks to the support of the Pontevedra Provincial Council – Pontegal. In the concert, the charismatic artist played various characters flowing in different musical styles and showing a portrait of today’s society from a humorous perspective. At the event, it was also possible to participate in a Kombucha tasting by Meraki Ferments. To end the day, the screening session of the Family Short Film Section was held at 6:30 p.m., in which up to eight international short films were screened for family audiences.

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Ariadna Cordal and Dani Cornes talk about the short films of the Official and Galicia R Sections of the 15th edition of the FICBUEU

One of the parallel activities of the 15th edition of the Bueu International Film Festival was the recording of the podcast Espazo Negativo, by Ariadna Cordal and Dani Cornes, who dedicate two chapters to this year’s short film program.

In this space that covers cultural, artistic or political issues from a casual tone, we find interesting conversations that delve into the most diverse disciplines.

As they did in past editions of the FICBUEU, in the first of the programs Ariadna and Dani analyzed up to nine of the films participating in the Official Section of the festival this 2022. It was an intense talk in which they even cried with emotion when they reflected on the themes of the short films. You can listen to the full episode here:

On the other hand, in the second episode they commented on the different Galician works presented at the contest. You can listen to the talk here:

The podcast is available on all Espazo Negativo channels, including Ivoox, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor and other audio platforms. If you want to listen to the episode of last year’s edition you can do it here:

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Five other awards were given, in addition to the Galician Cinema Award to Miguel de Lira.

The French short film ‘L’enfant salamandre‘ by Théo Degen was chosen as the winner of the Official Section at the 15th edition of the Bueu International Film Festival, taking the First Prize and an economic amount of 2,000 euros. The Vice Mayor of Bueu Council, Julio Villanueva, was in charge of delivering the award after the announcement made by Luis E. Parés on behalf of the Official Jury. The short tells the story of Florian, a 15-year-old boy who thinks he can communicate with the dead through fire, which makes his neighbors think he’s a freak. One day, by force of being called a monster, he ends up becoming one.

The Second Prize and an amount of 1,000 euros went to the Romanian short film ‘Interfon 15‘ by Andrei Epure, with the award being presented by the Deputy for Tourism and Youth of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, Ana Laura Iglesias. Luis E. Parés, again representing the Official Jury, was in charge of announcing the name of the winning work. ‘Interfon 15’ is about several people who discover an unconscious woman lying in front of her block. Although the woman lives on the third floor, no one knows her name, which leads them to reflect on the life of her neighbor and their own.

María Ruíz-Falcó and Nerea Lores, representing the FICBUEU, were in charge of introducing the Audience Award, which on this occasion went to Dutch production ‘Vlekkeloos‘ by Emma Branderhorst. On the other hand, the Galicia R award for the best Galician work was communicated by Pepe Coira, member of the National Jury, who gave way to the director of the R company, Alfredo Ramos, in charge of making the delivery. In this edition there were two winning pieces ex aequo, ‘Rompente‘ by Eloy Domínguez Serén and ‘El sembrador de estrellas‘ by Lois Patiño. The two recognitions, both that of the Public and the Galicia R, have an economic endowment of 500 euros.

Pepe Coira was also the member of the jury that revealed and gave the award for Best Spanish Short Film of this edition, with a reward of 500 euros, which went to ‘Alopècia Androgènica‘ by Salvador Sunyer, with a Special Mention for ‘Harta‘ by Júlia de Paz. Helena Girón, as part of the Discoveries Jury, was the one who revealed the name of the winning film in the same category, awarded to Stéphanie Lagarde for ‘Minimal sway while starting my way up’ and which received the same financial amount as in the cases previous. In this category there were also two Special Mentions for ‘Anxious Body‘ by Yoriko Mizushiri and ‘Train Again‘ by Peter Tscherkassky.

To finish, the 2022 Galician Cinema Award was also presented at the event to Miguel de Lira, who will reflect on the contest and his own career in an interview with the journalist Gaspar Broullón that can be seen through the FICBUEU Channel.

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The films made with the associations Érguete and Juan XXIII were the protagonists of the first day

The 15th Bueu International Film Festival began today, Sunday, with an opening ceremony in which the short films made in the workshops carried out in the FICBUEU Social Area throughout the past 2021/2022 academic year were premiered. The presentation of the schedule of activities for this edition completed the opening day of FICBUEU 2022, which will last until the next day 24.

The opening of the festival took place at 7:00 p.m. at the Centro Social do Mar, the main venue of the event, and was attended by representatives of the different collaborating associations and the rest of the institutions that support and sponsor this edition. From the direction of the festival, they wanted to highlight this inaugural act for being “one of the most beautiful days to be able to present all the work done with these associations during the year”.

Two pieces were screened, A fin do osíxeno, made with the Asociación Juan XXIII of Cangas and which had the support of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, and Sabía que vendrías, recorded with the users of Érguete Vigo thanks to the support of the Obra Social LaCaixa. The creators of the shorts were present at the premiere.

The participants and the Juan XXIII team affirmed that they loved “participating in the project because it taught us a lot about commitment and perseverance, as well as teaching what people with disabilities are capable of doing with work and effort”, while for part of Érguete highlighted that “all the work is done by them, the center tries to encourage this type of initiative but the process and the idea is their thing”.

The first of the works, in which members of the Cangas occupational center for people with intellectual disabilities participated, is a fiction that tells the story of a couple of journalists who discover that two scientists are experimenting to end the planet’s oxygen, so they will have to do everything possible to avoid it.

In the second short film, in which Érguete users belonging to the ‘Treatment support housing‘ program were involved, another fictional story is told starring a woman who returns to her hometown after a long period away, showing the sensations that people have who struggle to integrate into society.

After the premiere of the films, the FICBUEU 2022 program was presented, giving way to the screenings and activities that will take place from Monday 12 to Saturday 24.

Sections, talks, concerts and more activities

On the second day the first projection sessions will begin. From Monday 12 to Thursday 15, the Retrospective Section will be held at 5:00 p.m., with a double shift of the Official Section at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. and, in between, the talks at 8:30 p.m. On Friday the 16th at 5:00 p.m., the Discoveries Section will take place, maintaining the double session of the Official Section and the talks at the same time as on the previous days.

Saturday the 17th will begin with the presentation of the FICBUEU MONOGRAPH#3 at 11 a.m. and the direct show of Carne Cruda at 12 p.m., while in the afternoon we will have the Spain Section at 5 p.m. and Galicia R at 7 p.m., with their talks scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. respectively. The first week will end with the awards ceremony at 9:15 p.m. and with the closing concert, by the artist Tulsa, at 10:30 p.m. in Plaza Massó with free admission.

Second week: MiniFIC and Cinema Seminars

The second week will be dedicated to programming for youth with the MiniFIC,, which will begin on Monday 19 with screenings of the International Schools Section at 11 a.m. and the Image and Sound Schools and Galician Faculties Section at 1 p.m., to then end with the awards ceremony at 1:30 p.m. From Tuesday 20 to Thursday 22 there will be screenings of the Kid, Children and Junior Sections, closed to schools.

On Friday the 23rd, the day dedicated to children, youth and families will begin with the Galician Schools Gala at 11:30 a.m., the storyboard workshop with Gáidil at 4 p.m., the Consertasso na horta with Brais das Hortas at 5 p.m. and the projection of the Short Film Family Section, scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

To finish, on Saturday the 24th the I Cinema Seminars will be held, with an extensive program that includes a master class on Andrei Tarkovski with José Manuel Mouriño at 11:00 a.m. and a conversation between film critics Andrea Morán and Daniela Urzola at 12:30 p.m. for the morning shift.

The afternoon session will begin with an online round table moderated by the teacher Diana Ramahí in which the filmmakers and editors Diana Toucedo, Ana Pfaff and Carolina Astudillo will participate at 5:00 p.m., to later have a meeting with Oliver Laxe led by the journalist Ángel Suanzes at 7:00 p.m. and the screening of Zerkalo by Andrei Tarkovski (1975) at 9:00 p.m.

On the other hand, parallel to the festival there will also be activities such as the recording of the Espazo Negativo podcast with Ariadna Cordal and Dani Cornes, the VII 5 Stars Tapas Route, organized in collaboration with the Bueu City Council and the Association of Bueu Hospitality Companies, or the V Short Film Market at the Musseo Massó.

Tickets for the different sections of the festival can be purchased at our online store or at the Centro Social del Mar box office one hour before each activity.