Tickets for the 14th International Short Film Festival on sale
FICBUEU- 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 closing films will cost 3 euros, although it is possible to buy a 12 euros pass for the whole International Section. The attendance to the radio program Carne Cruda, which will be performed live on Saturday 11 at 6 pm, will be priced at 5 euros.
The International Section will be held from Monday 13 to Friday 17, at 8 and 10 pm, with a forum between them that will take place at the Meeting Point. For the Galicia R and Spain sections, which will be shown on Saturday 18, there are only daily tickets. In the first case, two sessions will be organized at 5 and 7 pm, while the second one will begin at 9 pm. In both cases, the public will be able to participate in the subsequent colloquium with the filmmakers.
In the previous weekend, on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12, the two blocks of the Experimental Section will be projected at 8 pm, containing different programs. The same will happen at 10 pm with the Panorama Section, where the entrance fee will be a donation of any non-perishable product aimed to the Food Bank. Another new feature this year is the opening film, for which renowned critic Javier Tolentino will arrive in Bueu on Friday 10 at 10 pm in order to present his first full-length film, Un blues para Teherán. Also on Sunday 19 at 9:30 pm Sole will be screened as the closing film. It is the first film by Italian director Carlo Sironi, member of the FICBUEU 2021 jury, which addresses the controversial issue of surrogate motherhood.
For the rest of the screenings, including the Retrospective and Carte blanche sections, focusing on the National Film Board of Canada, and Family Shorts, it is not needed to pay an entry fee, although it will be necessary to withdraw an invitation at the ticket office on the day of its celebration. The access system will be the same for another dozen activities like conferences, concerts, presentations, etc. that will be offered for free.
The box office will open in the week before the opening, from Monday 6 to Thursday 9 September, from 5 to 8 pm, while on festival dates, from Friday 10 to Sunday 19, the schedule will be from 4:30 to 10 pm. In addition, on weekends it will also be operational in the mornings, from 10 am to 1 pm. In these time slots you could pick up the invitations, redeem the receipt of the virtual purchase for the printed tickets or buy the tickets reserved for the physical sale. Tickets for the Closing Gala may be purchased in person on Friday 17, at the price of 3 euros.