Four filmmakers from Argentina, Catalonia, and Galicia will develop their new short film projects at the II FICBUEU Residency in Ons
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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. They submitted compelling screenplay projects that were chosen to participate in the FICBUEU Residency on the Island of Ons, a project by the Bueu International Film Festival aimed at supporting the development of short films. The selected participants will share both individual and group training and advisory activities during the residency on the Island of Ons, from October 16 to 23. Moreover, one of the short films will be supported for its production.
This year’s selected participants are Camila Mailén Bóveda Figueira, born in Argentina in 1996; Ana Calderón (Caldes de Malavella, Girona, 1998); Anna Llargués (Barberà del Vallès, Barcelona, 1999), and Miguel Casaseca from Lugo (1997). The first three presented dramatic short film screenplays titled, respectively, Área Central, Cotorra, and Àvia Peix. Casaseca submitted a mockumentary titled From NASA to Merceditas.
Training Team
The training team will be led by director and screenwriter Estibaliz Urresola, who will serve as a mentor. Her debut feature film, 20,000 especies de abellas, which was screened during the last edition of FICBUEU, won the Goya Awards for Best New Director and Best Original Screenplay this year. Over the course of a week, the Basque director will hold individual sessions with each of the participants to review and advance their works.
In addition to individual mentoring and group discussions with Urresola, the residents will have access to three specialized workshops to strengthen their projects: Guión con perspectiva de xénero, led by Carmen Ávalos; A importancia da coordinación de intimidade nunha rodaxe da man, presented by Tábata Cerezo and Lucía Delgado, founders of the specialized company IntimAct; and Primeiros pasos tras a finalización dun guión, taught by Beli Martínez.
Production of One of the Short Films
At the end of the program, the organization will once again select one of the participating screenplays for development and production. In the first edition of the residency, held last year, the chosen film for production was Sismes, by Jordi Sanz Angrill, co-written with David Junyent.
Sismes tells the story of Mila, who, months after the mysterious departure of her ex-husband, returns to the volcanic island where they spent their honeymoon – which she recorded with a video camera. She becomes obsessed with filming herself to recreate the supposed counter-shots of the images from the trip, where only her ex-husband appears. By doing so, the protagonist seeks not only to relive her past but to merge and manipulate these images from different times to create a new narrative, a new memory.
