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CALL FOR SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES NOW OPEN FOR FICBUEU 2025
Bueu, May 15, 2025 — FICBUEU opens the call for entries for the Schools Section of its 18th edition. This section is dedicated to audiovisual work produced in educational centers, universities, and training schools, and has had its own space within the festival for several years. The Schools Section features three competitive categories: Special Education, […]
2025-05-15 -
The Bueu International Film Festival opens the call for a new edition of the FICBUEU Residency
Bueu, 04/15/2025 – On April 15th, the call for project submissions opens. Through this call, five short films will be selected to participate in this training program, which will take place from October 15th to 21st. Once again, Ons Island will host the selected participants of the III FICBUEU Residency, offering them an ideal natural […]
2025-04-23 -
FICBUEU opens the call for submissions and presents its 18th edition.
01/24/2025, Bueu. The Bueu International Film Festival has opened the call for short film submissions until April 20. As every year, FICBUEU will host an exquisite selection of works from around the world. In addition to screenings, FICBUEU will continue inviting the public to participate in discussions, meetings, and activities related to the seventh art, […]
2025-01-24 -
BUEU CHOOSES THE BEST DUTCH SHORT FILM
On Saturday, January 18, the International Audience Award from Shortcutz Amsterdam arrives in Bueu. Bueu, 01/10/2025 – Shortcutz Amsterdam invites FICBUEU’s audience once again to take part in selecting the audience’s favorite Dutch short film. Shortcutz Amsterdam is an international short film movement that has become one of the Netherlands’ largest platforms for Dutch cinema. […]
2024-11-19 -
FICBUEU is collaborating this month with various European festivals.
Bueu, November 4, 2024 – The International Film Festival of Bueu (FICBUEU) continues its efforts to promote the short film beyond the annual event held in Bueu. Following the 17th edition of FICBUEU, various activities scheduled for 2024 are still ongoing, coinciding this month with several of its national and international collaborations. Thus, last weekend, […]
2024-11-04 -
FIVE YOUNG FILMMAKERS BEGIN DEVELOPING FOUR NEW FILM PROJECTS TODAY AT THE SECOND FICBUEU RESIDENCY ON THE ISLAND OF ONS
BUEU. 16.10.2024. Starting today and continuing until next Tuesday, five emerging filmmakers will work on developing their next film projects on the Island of Ons (Bueu, Pontevedra), under the guidance of established experts in the audiovisual industry. The screenwriter and director of the award-winning film 20,000 especies de abejas, Estíbaliz Urresola, will lead the training […]
2024-10-16 -
Children enjoy the cinema with the activities of the FICBUEU Minific
21.09.24 The seventeenth edition of the Bueu International Film Festival closed this Saturday. With movies, of course. Those of the Minific, the program of activities dedicated each year to children. The session of shorts for family audiences, scheduled for 6:30 p.m., was the last of the activities of the XVII FICBUEU. Earlier, girls and boys […]
2024-09-22 -
The FICBUEU joins the Pompidou in Paris’ global tribute to Jonas Mekas, father of American avant-garde cinema
Tomorrow the Festival will hold a reading of his poem “A Requiem for the XXth Century”, chosen by his son, and will dedicate to the Lithuanian artist its fifth Notebook and its “Retrospective”, which celebrates his career through nine of his films. 13.09.24. BUEU. This Sunday, September 15, is Poetry Day, created by the Georges […]
2024-09-13 -
Voices from Eastern Europe and Galicia will speak tomorrow about cinematographic creation at FICBUEU
Unsatisfied motherhood, lack of communication, silence and the construction of identity, themes of the short films scheduled in the fourth session of the “Official Section” THE PLAYROOM RETURNS TO FICBUEU SO THAT MOTHERS AND FATHERS CAN ENJOY THE BIG SCREEN The FICBUEU play centre is back, an initiative developed in collaboration with the General Secretariat […]
2024-09-11 -
Short films from Lithuania, the United States, Brazil, Canada and Spain compete tomorrow at the FICBUEU
The selection of the “Official Section” that will be screened tomorrow Wednesday brings together an experimental film set in Andorra and four other films that explore family relationships CINEMA WITH A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE TO OPEN THE “OFFICIAL SECTION” Cinema with a female perspective characterised the block of films that kicked off the “Official Section” of […]
2024-09-10 -
The FICBUEU puts the focus tomorrow in the impact of the political context in the history of the cinema
The relation between cinema and political, the film «The Conversation» of Coppola, in the big screen, the official section or the contest between the short films of novel Galician authors, between the activities programmed The FICBUEU will recover one of the less known films of the realizador Francis Ford Coppola, The Conversation, to close the […]
2024-09-06 -
The seventeenth edition of the Bueu International Film Festival begins
The relationship between cinema and politics, Coppola’s film “The Conversation” on the big screen, the official section or the competition between short films by new Galician authors, among the scheduled activities 05.09.24. BUEU. The FICUEU begins tomorrow Friday with the premiere of the short films co-produced by the FICBUEU Association, the production of the floral […]
2024-09-05 -
The poster for the XVII edition of FICBUEU includes 15 international premieres and a complete programme of activities
The festival will kick off next Friday with the screening of short films by the FICBUEU Association, the creation of a floral carpet and a concert by the indie group Sr. Chinarro 30.08.24. BUEU. About to come of age (this year it reaches its seventeenth edition), the Bueu International Film Festival, the FICBUEU, has prepared […]
2024-08-30 -
Four filmmakers from Argentina, Catalonia, and Galicia will develop their new short film projects at the II FICBUEU Residency in Ons
Between October 16 and 23, during their stay on the island, they will receive training and support from a team of experts led by the screenwriter of “20,000 especies de abellas”, Estíbaliz Urresola 28.08.24. BUEU. They are between 25 and 28 years old, building their professional careers around creating stories in audiovisual media and film. […]
2024-08-28 -
Short films from new galician audiovisual talent and the most experimental european cinema come together at FICBUEU
– Four documentary films, three of them directed by women, will compete in the section dedicated to Galician productions, “GZ_00.” – The festival will showcase with “Descubertas” a selection of the most avant-garde films, featuring six films from Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and France. 26.08.24. BUEU. This September, FICBUEU will become a meeting […]
2024-08-28 -
The “official section” of FICBUEU will show the best and most recent author cinema with 29 short films from 18 countries.
Twenty films by young filmmakers, film students and schoolchildren will also compete 16.08.24. BUEU. The International Film Festival of Bueu, the FICBUEU, will discover to its spectators in its seventeenth edition a total of 29 short films of the best and most innovative auteur cinema made during the last year around the world. Between September 6th and […]
2024-08-19 -
Filmmakers Jaime Rosales and Rodrigo Cortés, critics Daniela Urzola and Belit Lago and writer Juan Gómez-Jurado, at FICBUEU
08.08.24. BUEU: How does the political context in which films are made impact on them? That is the topic that this year’s “Xornadas Cinematográficas” of the International Film Festival of Bueu will deal with. They will be held on Saturday, September 7, the first full day of activities of FICBUEU in its 2024 edition. In […]
2024-08-08 -
This year, FICBUEU will recognize actress María Vázquez with the Galician Film Award
Tampere Film Festival Executive Director Riina Mikkonen; director and producer Chema García Ibarra; and Serbian critic Tara Karajica, jury member of the Official Section of the event. BUEU. Pontevedra. 31.07.24. The Galician actress María Vázquez (Vigo, 1979) will receive the Cinema Galego Award from the Bueu International Film Festival (FICBUEU). Since 2016, the festival has […]
2024-07-31 -
FICBUEU will dedicate its “Retrospective” to Jonas Mekas, the founder of american avant-garde cinema
BUEU. 19.06.24. This year, the Bueu International Film Festival will bring to the public the figure and work of Jonas Mekas (1922-2019), experimental filmmaker, cultural agitator, and father of American avant-garde cinema. The FICBUEU will dedicate its “Retrospective” section to him. During the festival, which is held between September 6 and 21, an anthology of […]
2024-07-19 -
Screenings, colloquiums, children’s activities and all ficbueu program returns from the 6 to 21 of september
The Bueu International Film Festival presents the image of its seventeenth edition 09.07.24. BUEU. The Bueu International Film Festival, FICBUEU, will be held this year between September 6 and 21. The Buenos Aires contest, which each year presents a careful selection of short films by author made around the world, reaches its seventeenth edition. In […]
2024-07-09 -
Short Films for a Free Palestine
BUEU, Pontevedra. May 29, 2024. One of the short films tells the story of Layla, a girl who imagines her native Palestine from the refugee camp where she lives abroad. In another short film, the elderly Oum Amin virtually revisits the city of Haifa in Gaza, where she was born and raised before the Israeli […]
2024-05-30 -
THE SECOND FICBUEU RESIDENCY WILL BE MENTORED BY FILMMAKER ESTIBALIZ URRESOLA
Carmen Ávalos, Tábata Cerezo, Lucía Delgado, and Beli Martínez complete the teaching staff Bueu 06/05/2024 — The II edition of the FICBUEU Residency, which will take place during the month of October, announces today the team of professionals who will accompany the residents during their stay on Ons Island. The training program, dedicated to the […]
2024-05-07 -
The participation call for FICBUEU 2024 is open for schools and faculties
Bueu, April 30, 2024 — FICBUEU announced today the opening of the call for its Schools Section for the 17th edition of the festival. This section has been shaping a space within the event for several years, dedicated to audiovisual work being done in educational centers and faculties. The Schools Section has three competitive categories: […]
2024-04-30 -
Open call for participation in the second edition of the FICBUEU Residency
Bueu. 15/04/2024 – The Bueu International Film Festival has just announced the opening of the call for the second edition of the FICBUEU Residency, its short film script development program which will take place again this fall on the Island of Ons. In October 2023, the Bueu contest premiered its new project for promoting short […]
2024-04-12 -
A total of 40 centers participate this academic year in the “Cinema with Perspective” program
The Consellería de Cultura, Educación, FP e Universidades (Xunta de Galicia) published last month the resolution of selected centers to participate in this academic year in the program “Cinema with Perspective,” developed in collaboration with the cultural association FICBUEU. The program, aimed at students in 5th and 6th grade of Primary Education and 1st and […]
2024-02-22 -
The best Dutch short films from Shortcutz Amsterdam at FICBUEU
The Shortcutz Amsterdam International Audience Award arrives in Bueu Bueu, January 4th, 2023 – Shortcutz Amsterdam stands as one of the Netherlands’ premier platforms for emerging Dutch film talent, providing opportunities to showcase their work, connect with a national and international audience, and engage with established professionals in the industry. Each year, in collaboration with […]
2024-01-04 -
The FICBUEU Residence receives support from the Ministry of Culture
The first edition of the short film script improvement program is one of the beneficiary projects of grants for cultural action and promotion. Bueu, December 14th, 2023 – The General Directorate of Cultural Industries, Intellectual Property, and Cooperation, under the Ministry of Culture, has today published the final resolution of grants for cultural action and […]
2023-12-14 -
The FICBUEU Residency awards €15,000 for the production of one of the participating projects.
“Sismes” by Jordi Sanz Angrill is the winning script of this first edition of the program. Bueu, December 7, 2023 — The International Film Festival of Bueu continues to develop initiatives beyond the competition that not only promote the visibility and appreciation of the short film format but also encourage its creation and development. Short […]
2023-12-07 -
Four young film-makers develope their new film projects with the support os the first Residence FICBUEU at Ons Island
I Residencia Ons FICBUEU. Fotos: Estudio Prolight. The screenwriter Isabel Crag tutoriza the training, and one of the four projects of script will opt to be produced by the Galician producer Nortecatro Cinema They participate the directors Alicia *Úbeda and Ángela Andrada, both of A Coruña, and two directors: Jordi Sanz, of Barcelona, and Pablo […]
2023-10-09 -
FICBUEU Channel: all live broadcasts of the 16th edition of the festival are now on YouTube
During FICBUEU 2023, it was possible to enjoy many of the activities in a virtual format. In addition to podcasts, the FICPAPER, or the colloquiums, it is now possible to view other events from the program that were live-streamed on Twitch to facilitate access for those who were not physically present at the event. The […]
2023-10-05 -
Cinema and Radio: Podcasts made during FICBUEU 2023 are now available
“Café Derby 21”, “Kinótico”, “El cine de Lo Que Yo te Diga”, “Cine Divergente” and “Saltos de Eje” have just released their recorded chapters from the 16th edition of the festival The first of the programs in the Cinema and Radio section, Café Derby 21, reviewed the short films from Section GZ_00, using the theme […]
2023-10-03 -
All the discussions with filmmakers from FICBUEU 2023 are now available
The filmmaker meetings that took place after the screening sessions of the 16th edition can be viewed throughout the year on the FICBUEU YouTube Channel. Q&A GZ_00 Section The first colloquium in the program with directors Miguel Canalejo, Santi Teijelo, Nacho Ozores, Marta Valverde, Laura, and Coral Piñeiro, conducted by the co-director of the event, […]
2023-09-29 -
The FICBUEU closes two weeks of cinema with the awards ceremony of the Galician Schools Gala for the short films of the IES Salvaterra do Miño and the CEIP San Marcos de Abegondo
| The MiniFIC also said goodbye with a film workshop with cartoons, a children’s concert and the screening of “Family Shorts” with a selection of the best international films for all audiences. BUEU. PONTEVEDRA. 23.09.2023. The BUEU International Film Festival, FICBUEU, says goodbye today to its 16th edition with the awarding of the Galician Schools […]
2023-09-25 -
American short film «Endless Sea» wins the FICBUEU First Prize and Canadian «Invincible» wins the Audience Award
I Dutch film «Ma mére et moi» wins Second Prize and the Somali film «Will my parents come to see me» receives a special mention from the jury I The Festival also distinguishes «Ulises» by Félix Brixel, as the best Galician short film, and «Arquitectura Emocional 1959», by León Siminiani, wins the award for the […]
2023-09-16 -
FICBUEU remembers the short documentaries of Dutchman Joris Ivens, a legend of socially conscious cinema
I Poet, activist, adventurer and war chronicler, the Festival will present tomorrow a monograph on the filmmaker, who shot more than fifty films all over the world during his 60-year career I On Sunday, his filmography will be brought closer to the public with the screening of four of his most iconic short films in […]
2023-09-15 -
The FICBUEU increases the audience in its official section by almost 40% and once again hangs the ‘no tickets’ sign for some activities
I On the penultimate day of screening of films in competition, this Friday, nine fiction, animation and documentary short films from 8 countries on 3 continents will be shown BUEU. PONTEVEDRA. 14.08.2023. Last Saturday, the FICBUEU hung the ‘no tickets’ sign for the screening of the film 20,000 Species of Bees, by director Estibaliz Urresola […]
2023-09-14 -
Cinema with a female perspective will be the focus of a new colloquium tomorrow at FICBUEU
I Andrea Zapata-Girau from Vigo, director of «Ruovesi», and the actresses of «Anansi», the French Chanel Victor and Marie-Solange Oussou, will have a meeting with the audience after the screening of their short films, competing in the «Official Selection» I «Cine Divergente» podcast will take over the «Cinema e Radio» section to review the highlights […]
2023-09-13 -
Voices from Holland, Finland and Galicia speak about cinema tomorrow at FICBUEU
I The director Hanna Hovitie, the scriptwriter Nena van Driel and the filmmaker Félix Brixel will meet after the screening of their short films in the «Official Selection» I Cadena SER’s «El Cine de LoQueYoTeDiga», a reference podcast in film information for more than 30 years, will be recorded live and with an audience from […]
2023-09-12 -
The first FICBUEU Residence will bring together four filmmakers in Ons to develop their projects with Isabel Peña, scriptwriter of «As bestas»
The Festival, which received 122 proposals from filmmakers from all over Spain, is looking for pieces «with a genuine authorial vision and an innovative narrative conception» BUEU. Pontevedra. Spain. 11.08.2023. FICBUEU, which every year showcases the best original cinema and the main film trends in short format, presented this morning its programme of residencies for […]
2023-09-11 -
Nine international short films in competition, filmmakers’ colloquium and live radio, tomorrow’s cultural offer at the FICBUEU
The new GZ_00 section of the FICBUEU yesterday brought together some of the newest talents in Galician cinema. They presented their new short films and spoke to the audience at the Sala Amalia Domínguez Búa. In the image, from left to right, Manuel Pena, co-director of FICBUEU; Miguel Canalejo (O coidado); Santi Teijelo (Malgrat); Nacho […]
2023-09-11 -
FICBUEU opens tomorrow a section to showcase the work of the new generation of Galician audiovisual filmmakers
I The Festival will offer with «Descubertas» the most avant-garde production with a selection of works from Holland, Iran, United Kingdom, Finland, Hungary and Spain I Six films by new creators will compete for the award for the best short film directed or produced in the region AUNT NI ATTENDS HER PREMIERE FICBUEU 2023 screenings […]
2023-09-09 -
«20.000 especies de abejas», the breakthrough film of the year and a candidate to represent Spain at the Oscars, arrives on the FICBUEU screen tomorrow
I The debut of the director Estibaliz Urresola will be screened at 9 p.m. at the Centro Social do Mar of Bueu and will be presented by the film’s art director, Izaskun Urkijo I The II Cinematographic Days of the FIC, which are also held this Saturday, will focus on sensitive and everyday cinema. BUEU. […]
2023-09-08 -
6 things you should know about the 16th edition of the Festival
1. A structure that is committed to film culture FICBUEU is cinema and culture. That is why the word, dialogue and the dissemination of knowledge about film have a prominent place at the start of the Festival. After the opening noiche, with the concert by Chungo Pastel -Friday 8th-, Saturday will be devoted to a […]
2023-09-08 -
FICBUEU returns this weekend with the best international short films and a cultural offer more supportive and inclusive
I From this Friday until Saturday 23rd, 89 films from around thirty countries will be screened, and there will be concerts, workshops, talks with filmmakers, live radio podcasts and special programming for children with the MiniFIC I The Festival reinforces its social commitment with a campaign to collect feminine hygiene products to raise awareness of […]
2023-09-06 -
FICBUEU will become the first Galician film festival with a free toy library to facilitate work-life balance
I The new service will attend to children from 3 to 10 years old and will be available between 11 and 16 September, in the afternoon, at the Centro Social do Mar in Bueu 03.09.2023. Following in the footsteps of major international film festivals such as Berlin, Cannes or San Sebastian, and in line with […]
2023-09-03 -
FICBUEU pays tribute this year to Joris Ivens, pioneer of socially conscious documentary filmmaking
I Poet, militant, adventurer and war chronicler facets of the Dutch director will be shown with a retrospective screening of four of his most emblematic short films: «Regen», «Borinage», «Indonesia Calling» and «Le ciel, la terre» I The festival will also dedicate its fourth monograph to the figure of Ivens, who made more than fifty […]
2023-08-27 -
Tickets for FICBUEU 2023 can now be purchased through the Festival website
| Electronic box office wil drastically reduce the use of paper | Tickets can also be purchased in person from September BUEU. 25.VIII.23. Starting this afternoon, tickets and season tickets can be purchased with a click to enjoy the films of the Bueu International Film Festival. All you have to do is access the […]
2023-08-25 -
The FICBUEU warms up projectors with two cinema sessions on the beach this Wednesday night
BUEU. Pontevedra. Spain. 22.08.2023. This Wednesday night, Banda do Río beach, in Bueu, becomes a movie theater. The International Film Festival of BUEU, the FICBUEU, will screen in two sessions and from 10 pm some of the best short films that were part of its programming in the last editions. The choice of films was […]
2023-08-22 -
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FILM PROFESSIONALS MAKE UP THE TWO JURIES THAT WILL CHOOSE THE BEST SHORT FILMS AT FICBUEU 2023
Two juries made up of well-known and recognized professionals from the world of national and international cinema will be in charge of choosing the short films that will enter the list of winners of FICBUEU 2023. The Festival, which reaches its sixteenth edition showing the new trends in cinematographic creation, will screen from September 8, […]
2023-08-17 -
FICBUEU returns in September with 89 short films from around 30 countries
In its 16th edition, the event is consolidating its position as “a window from which to discover new international auteur cinema without forgetting our own identity”. This year’s retrospective is dedicated to Dutch documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens. BUEU (Pontevedra). 10.08.2023. FICBUEU is back. During the sixteenth edition of the Festival, which every year from […]
2023-08-11 -
The residents of ITA BERDUCIDO create a short documentary with the support of the FICBUEU team
The group has been working on the film since March through the film workshops of the FICBUEU Social Area. In 2016, the Bueu festival carried out the creation of the FICBUEU Social Area, through which it directs its work towards disadvantaged or at-risk-of-exclusion groups, using cinema as a therapeutic, educational, visibility-enhancing, and integrating tool. This […]
2023-06-27 -
The Bueu International Film Festival will present a spotlight on (LA)HORDE collective at the MARCO in Vigo
On Thursday, June 22, the FICBUEU will screen a session dedicated to the French collective (LA)HORDE at the MARCO in Vigo, free of charge. Entry is free-of-charge until seating capacity is reached Bueu, June 7, de 2023 — The FICBUEU will organize an event this month of June featuring a unique screening session in collaboration […]
2023-06-07 -
Bueu International Film Festival presents the first edition of the FICBUEU Residency
The FICBUEU Residency establishes itself as a new space for creation and training that will take place in October on the Island of Ons Bueu, May 22, 2023 – FICBUEU announced today the first edition of its new initiative, a residency for filmmakers that will be held from October 9th to 15th on the Island […]
2023-05-22 -
Call for schools participation open
The Schools Section of FICBUEU has three categories for different educational levels Bueu, April 28th, 2023 — FICBUEU announced this week the opening of the call for its schools section for the 16th edition of the festival. This section has been a space within the festival dedicated to audiovisual work being done in educational centres […]
2023-04-28 -
Cinema arrives in Galician schools with workshops and screenings through the program “Cinema with Perspective”
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 […]
2023-04-11 -
Call for entries – 16th Bueu International Film Festival
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, […]
2022-12-05 -
The FICBUEU continues with its commitment to sustainable development
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 One of the commitments of the Bueu International Film Festival is […]
2022-10-14 -
The I Cinema Seminars brought the experiences of different film professionals to Bueu
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, […]
2022-10-05 -
The list of winners of the FICBUEU 2022 is completed after the celebration of the Galician Schools Ceremony
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 […]
2022-09-24 -
Listen to the Espazo Negativo podcast about FICBUEU 2022
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 […]
2022-09-18 -
The French short film ‘L’enfant salamandre’ wins the First Prize for Best Short Film at the closing ceremony of the 15th edition of FICBUEU
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. […]
2022-09-17 -
The short films made in the Social Area and the presentation of the program inaugurate the FICBUEU 2022
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 […]
2022-09-12 -
Manuel Pena: “The FICBUEU will offer greater enjoyment for the public with less daily load”
The organization and the collaborating entities presented the program that will take place from September 11 to 24. The 15th Bueu International Film Festival will offer an extensive program with the screening of more than a hundred short films and the launch of various activities between the September 11 to 24, returning to the usual […]
2022-09-01 -
The short films of the Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas and the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía star in FICBUEU MONOGRAPH #3
The new monograph analyzes the works made in Spanish film schools, on which the Retrospective Section of this 2022 is also based The Bueu International Film Festival inaugurated the Retrospective Section in 2019, a section dedicated to the most important milestones in the history of short-form cinema through their works. As a result of all […]
2022-08-29 -
FICBUEU and the Vigo-Pontevedra Food Bank organize a food collection during the festival
You can donate during the two weeks that the event will last. The Bueu International Film Festival and the Vigo-Pontevedra Food Bank announce a new collaboration to carry out a food collection for the 15th edition, which will take place from September 11 to 24. Different non-perishable products can be donated during the two weeks […]
2022-08-26 -
Six short films will compete for the Best Short Film from International Cinema Schools and Faculties at FICBUEU 2022
It will be the third year in which the festival rewards this category. The Bueu International Film Festival will award the best short film of the International Schools Section of 2022, in a category established in the programming since its creation in 2020. Of the thousands of works received by FICBUEU for the Official Section, […]
2022-08-25 -
Miguel de Lira will be the Galician Cinema Award of the FICBUEU 2022
The actor, known for his career in cinema, television and theater, will receive the award and will be interviewed by the journalist and producer Gaspar Broullón. The actor Miguel de Lira (Miguel Domingo García), who owes his artist name to his origins in the parish of Santa María de Lira, in the municipality of Carnota, […]
2022-08-24 -
The FICBUEU store opens and tickets for the 15th edition of the festival go on sale
Subscriptions and tickets will be available from today in the online store and at the box office during the festival The Bueu International Film Festival opens its online store for the 15th edition of the event, putting on sale the different tickets and subscriptions for the screenings and activities scheduled for this year. In the […]
2022-08-18 -
The jury of the Schools Section will choose the winning short films of the FICBUEU 2022
A total of 86 films from centers in Galicia were presented for the 15th edition of the festival, with a large number of pieces from Secondary Education. The jury of the Schools Section of the 15th edition of the Bueu International Film Festival met today to select, from among the 15 finalist works, the three […]
2022-08-12 -
Two weeks of cinema and activities make up the FICBUEU program
The Bueu International Film Festival, which will be held from September 11 to 24, presents the programming schedule for the fifteenth edition, marked by the new structure of the festival that divides it into several different sections, with the first week being reserved for the projection of the main competitive sections, among other activities. Short […]
2022-08-09 -
FICBUEU presents the 15th edition of the festival with a new image and structure
This year’s programming will extend to almost two weeks in length. The main novelty in this edition will be the Film Seminars, a space for reflection on the art of cinema by professionals from the sector. The Bueu International Film Festival presents its 15th edition with an extensive program that will begin next Sunday, September […]
2022-08-05 -
The FICBUEU Monographs arrive at the Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche
Severiano Casalderrey presents the two essays published to date at one of the most popular festivals on the peninsula. After the colloquium, the programming included a screening of some of the best Galician shorts that passed through the FICBUEU. The FICBUEU was present during the celebration of the 45th Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de […]
2022-07-11 -
FICBUEU and Juan XXIII Association record the short film ‘A fin do osíxeno’
Both institutions have been working on the movie since January through the film workshops of the FICBUEU Social Area. The film will premiere on September 11 during the opening day of the festival. The team from the Social Area of the FICBUEU and the Juan XXIII Association of Cangas, an occupational center for people with […]
2022-07-05 -
The FICBUEU will screen a session of short films at Ambienta, the International LGBTIQA+ Film Festival in Pontevedra
One more year the FICBUEU will be responsible for the section ‘Ambienta en curta’. The screening will take place on July 1 in the Plaza de la Pedreira in Pontevedra. The Bueu International Film Festival will once again bring the short format closer to Ambienta, the Pontevedra LGBTIQA+ International Film Festival. It will be in […]
2022-06-23 -
The third edition of the Rías Baixas Film Fest, the label that brings together FICBUEU and seven other festivals in the province, is presented
This is the third year in which the main film festivals in Pontevedra are united under the same brand created by the Diputación de Pontevedra. In addition to FICBUEU, the Rías Baixas Film Fest also includes other seven events. The Diputación de Pontevedra has presented the new edition of the Rías Baixas Film Fest, a […]
2022-04-29 -
FICBUEU´s new logo
The new proposal also includes a small name change and a new font FICBUEU was born in 2008 with the intention of bringing the best of the short films closer to the public, growing progressively with each edition. 11 years later, the FICBUEU Cinematographic Cultural Association and the FICBUEU Social Area would be created, representing […]
2022-03-15 -
The FICBUEU brings his book «The “Nouvelle Vague” through its short films (1956 -1965)» to the IBZCF22
The first of the FICBUEU books was the protagonist during the Saturday afternoon of the Ibiza festival, in a presentation in which shorts films were also screened The FICBUEU was present during the Ibiza Cine Fest this 2022, which began on March 11 and will run until the 20th. It was during the second day […]
2022-03-15 -
The call for entries to the #FICBUEU2022 is open
The fifteenth edition of the Bueu International Film Festival, organized by the FICBUEU Association, opens the registration period for short films this Thursday, December 23, 2021, remaining open until April 23, 2022. Participation is available for all works premiered as of January 1, 2021, and creators of any nationality may attend as long as they […]
2021-12-26 -
Tickets for the 14th International Short Film Festival on sale
Carne Cruda is back and many free activities will be offered. Both daily and season tickets for the screenings of the 14th International Short Film Festival of Bueu, which will be held at the Centro Social do Mar from September 10 to 19, are on sale now on www.ficbueu.com/tenda. The competitive sessions and the opening and […]
2021-08-19 -
The Retrospective Section focuses on the National Film Board of Canada
The second issue of the festival’s Cadernos analyzes the biggest public production company in the world and the Carte Blanche Section revolves around it also. If the International Short Film Festival of Bueu opened in 2019 the Retrospective Section to take a look at the Nouvelle Vague’s shorts, this year the focus is on the […]
2021-08-16 -
FICBUEU offers nine film sections and many activities
Family screenings, master classes, meetings, music or live radio are part of the programme of this 14th edition. The International Short Film Festival of Bueu, which will take place from September 10 to 19, recovers the structure and contents prior to the pandemic with nine film sections and multiple parallel activities, which range from conferences […]
2021-08-11 -
Actor Alfonso Agra will receive the Galician Cinema Award of the FICBUEU 2021
The prize winner, known for his roles in numerous Galician series, will hold a meeting with the public as part of the festival. Actor Alfonso Agra, from Arzúa, will receive the Galician Cinema Award of the FICBUEU 2021, a prize that recognizes the trajectory of professionals in the Galician audiovisual industry and that previously received […]
2021-08-03 -
The 14th Bueu International Short Film Festival will screen 128 films
The Centro Social do Mar will host more than thirty film sessions from September 10 to 19. The Bueu International Short Film Festival has just announced the selected works for its 14th edition, after receiving nearly 2,062 proposals and watching hundreds of films suggested by the selection team. A total of 128 films from more […]
2021-07-22 -
Specialists from Chile, Italia and Madrid evaluate in Bueu the works of the festival
Filmmaker Carolina Astudillo, director Carlo Sironi and the programmer of Filmoteca Española Carlos Reviriego form the international jury. Specialists from Chile, Italia and Madrid gather this weekend in Bueu to spend two days watching the films of the International Section of the FICBUEU, which will celebrate its twelfth edition between 10 and 19 September. Carolina […]
2021-06-11 -
Registration for the workshops about script and shooting plan is open
People interested in these training actions must submit their scripts before 31 July. The registration period for the two training actions to be held during the FICBUEU 2021 will be open until 31 July. These activities are a script development workshop, mentored by AGAG, and a shooting planning workshop, given by CREA. Four projects will […]
2021-05-15 -
The French-Chinese co-production ‘Fleur de pavot’ wins the Golden Amphora
Olla get the Silver Amphora, The Present received the Audience Award, Ca nostra was the Best Spanish Short Film and Carne the Galician one. The French-Chinese co-production Fleur de pavot, by Baer Xiao, won the 13th Bueu International Short Film Festival by getting hold of the Gold Amphora, as well as the prize for Best […]
2020-09-20
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