The ‘Rodando por Jaén’ contest returns this weekend with a preparatory workshop with the eight short films finalists of this edition. The contest thus fulfills another of its stages in which they will be present the directors Pablo Berger and Montxo Armendáriz and the production company Puy Oria. It will be during this weekend, and at the San Juan de Dios Hospital, when this training is carried out in which the previous creative process and the recording of these audiovisuals will be discussed, the filming of which will take place at the end of the month at various points of our province.
We remember that the works that have reached this stage are Kiss my cold lipsby Darío González from Cádiz; Plot Twist, by Elías Chica, from Torredelcampo; The house of the muffins, by María Teresa García and Javier Salcedo, from Barcelona; The blue language of the shepherds, by Juan Antonio Márquez, from El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz) and Towards blue mountains, by Javier Balaguer, from Madrid. The cast is completed with three other shorts from Jaén, Cigarettesby Rosario Pardo; I will remember you when I see vultures flyby David Heredia and Mom, scored by Carlos Aceituno.
The deputy for Culture and Sports, Ángel Vera, explained that the contest has been affected by the pandemic, which has forced them to change the date. In addition, Vera has advanced that the filming will take place in “Carboneros, El Centenillo, Hinojares, Jaén, Navas de Tolosa, Santiago-Pontones, Segura de la Sierra, Torredelcampo, Torredonjimeno, Valdepeñas de Jaén and Villardompardo, thus showing the province of Jaén as a great film set “.
The eight productions have been selected from a total of 25 that were presented. The contest has a first prize of 2,500 euros and a second endowed with 1,000. The range of recognitions is completed with others that RTVA delivers, the Best Provincial Short and those for the best director, actor, actress, photography, script, soundtrack, production, sound and editing. In addition, Vera has advanced that “this year the contest has important news, such as the recording of a DCP copy of the winning short film by the Aracne company; the screening in community cinemas by the Andalusian film industry employers (Aedava) of the winning short; and the incorporation in the list of winners of an award for the best montage “.
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