MiniFIC was created in 2016 with the aim of developing a complete and specific programme for younger audiences. Thus, FICBUEU integrates not only screenings reserved for education centres in the area, which visit the festival every year, but also a whole competitive section specially designed for schools that work with audiovisuals at any educational level.
The Galician Schools Section awards prizes each year for different educational levels through the categories: Special Education, Infant and Primary Education; Secondary Education and Galician Film Schools and Faculties. In addition to the awards and diplomas of participation in the contest, the winning short films receive audiovisual material for the education centres, except in the category of Faculties and Film Schools, where the prize consists of a training course with film industry professionals.
On the other hand, the International Schools Section collects and awards those works that come from educational institutions from all over the world focused on the seventh art. These films, which arrive through the FICBUEU’s main call for entries, find here their deserved space for screening and promotion.
In addition to the short film competition, MiniFIC includes a series of screenings for schools and education centers of the region in which the Kindergarten, Children’s and Juniors Sections are screened, bringing cinema closer to a wide audience of different ages. These screenings have been accompanied for several editions by the FICBUEU Didactic Units, a teaching material designed and adapted to each educational stage with the aim of disseminating film and promoting audiovisual education.
Each year MiniFIC completes its programme with numerous and varied activities such as storytelling, workshops, concerts, etc.
Minific AWARDS FROM 2016
2022:
GALICIAN SCHOOLS AWARDS:
Best Short Film from Special Education, Pre-school and Primary: ‘Carolina e o Corvo de Ás Brancas’, CEIP do Hío
Best Short Film from Secondary Education: ‘Que van dicir de nós’, CPI Alcalde Xosé Pichel
Best Short Film from Galician Cinema Schools and Faculties: ‘Algas Negras’, IES Audiovisual de Vigo
BEST SHORT FILM FROM INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SCHOOLS AND FACULTIES: ‘Yi-Yi’, de Giselle Lin (Lasalle Collage of Arts)
International Cinema Schools Jury Special Mention:
‘Fall of the Ibis King’, de Mikai Geronimo e Josh O’Caoimh (National Film School at IADT)
2021:
GALICIAN SCHOOLS AWARDS:
Best Short Film from Special Education, Pre-school and Primary: ‘Dona Landra no Río Revolto’, CEIP Plurilingüe A Pedra (Bueu)
Best Short Film from Secondary Education: ‘Monte Vivo’, IES Félix Muriel (Rianxo)
Best Short Film from Galician Cinema Schools and Faculties: ‘O que queda de nós’, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y de la Comunicación de la Universidade de Vigo (Pontevedra).
BEST SHORT FILM FROM INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SCHOOLS AND FACULTIES: ‘Hijaisuus’, Saara Hakkarainen
2020:
GALICIAN SCHOOLS AWARDS:
Best Short Film from Special Education, Pre-school and Primary: ‘E o meu aniversario’, CEIP Plurilingüe A Pedra
Best Short Film from Secondary Education: ‘Vida Furtiva’, IES Terra de Trasanco
Best Short Film from Galician Cinema Schools and Faculties: ‘Fermata’, Facultade de Ciencias Sociais e da Comunicación da UVigo
BEST SHORT FILM FROM INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SCHOOLS AND FACULTIES: ‘Avant notre heure’ de Chloé Terren, La Fémis School (France)
2019:
GALICIAN SCHOOLS AWARDS:
Best Short Film from Special Education, Pre-school and Primary: ‘Maruxa e Pepiño’, CEIP Plurilingüe de Guillarei
Best Short Film from Secondary Education: ‘O meu mellor inimigo’, IES Cacheiras
Best Short Film from Galician Cinema Schools and Faculties: ‘Pegaso 650’, IES Audiovisual de Vigo
2018:
GALICIAN SCHOOLS AWARDS:
Best Short Film from Special Education, Pre-school and Primary: ‘O segredo do bosque’, CPI Cabo da Area
Best Short Film from Secondary Education: ‘Efecto bolboreta’, IES Macías o Namorado
Best Short Film from Galician Cinema Schools and Faculties: ‘Estatus’, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y de la Comunicación (Universidad de Vigo, Pontevedra)
2017:
GALICIAN SCHOOLS AWARDS:
Best Short Film from Special Education, Pre-school and Primary: ‘A chave para 6.000 presos’, CEIP Torre-Illa (Illa de Arousa)
Best Short Film from Secondary Education: ‘Cousas de vellos’, IES Terra de Trasancos
Best Short Film from Galician Cinema Schools and Faculties: ‘Astral’, Jorge Fernández (Universidade de Vigo)
2016:
GALICIAN SCHOOLS AWARDS:
Best Short Film: ‘Cabelos de Batalla’, IES As Barxas
MiniFIC 2022
CINEMA SCHOOLS SCREENING
Monday 19th, 11:00 AM – Centro Social do Mar
Screenings of the International Schools, Image and Sound Schools and Galician Faculties.
FILM SCHOOLS AND FACULTIES AWARDS CEREMONY
Monday 19th, 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 was open to the public, the two awards and the diplomas of the two finalists were presented.
SCHOOL’S SCREENINGS
From Tuesday 20th to Thursday 23rd – Centro Social del Mar
Screenings only for schools and divided in three different sections adapted to audiences of different ages: Kindergarten Section, Children’s Section and Juniors Section.
GALICIAN SCHOOLS CEREMONY
Friday 23rd, 11:30 AM – Centro Social del Mar
Bea Campos conducted the seventh edition of the Galician Schools Ceremony, in which we counted 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.
STORYBOARD WORKSHOP
Friday 23rd, 16:00 PM – Multi-purpose room, Centro Social del Mar
On the last day of MiniFIC, Gádil Bueu introduced us to the creation of a storyboard; the assistants transformed 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 led this activity, guiding us through the reading and understanding of the story, up to the formation of the images themselves. The program encouraged creativity and imagination, developing our abilities to brainstorm different ideas.
CONCERT MINIFIC: CONSERTASSO NA HORTA
Friday 23rd, 17:00 PM – Outside the Centro Social del Mar
This musical activity was dedicated to children and was performed by Brais das Hortas and his Consertasso na Horta. In this show, the musician played different characters that took us from traditional to electronic music, from punk to chill-out and even from trap to regueifas. The show offered 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.
FAMILY SHORT FILMS SCREENING
Friday 23rd, 18:30 PM – Centro Social del Mar
Screening of a selection of short films adapted to all kinds of audiences, from the youngest to the oldest at home.
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