This Thursday, July 14, will be the last day of film screenings at the Festivalito La Palma, other than the short films that will be presented at La Palma Rueda, which will feature a great varied program, recognized at the Zaragoza Film Festival and with the presence of the direction of several feature films, informs the organization of the event in a press release. It will be at the Casa de la Cultura in El Paso starting at 6:00 p.m.
“We inaugurate the audiovisual projection day at 6:00 p.m. with the showing of several short films from the Zaragoza Film Festival, which was held from November 20 to 28, 2021 and which has created a line 0 of support for the people affected. by the volcano Also short films from the Navarre Tierra de Cine contest”, he adds.
Later, he points out, Adrián León Arocha will present ‘NSEO VII Skyhook’ at 7:00 p.m., which takes the viewer to the making-off of how music recordings and videos of the best-known artists in the Canary Islands are made. The next session will be at 8:00 p.m. with ‘Efecto Óptico’ by Juan Cavestany where Alfredo and Teresa, a couple from Burgos, who are planning a trip to New York but since they landed they feel that it is not the city that sold them the agency.
The author Juan Cavestany has experience in various fields, such as theater, scriptwriting and directing. ‘Efecto Óptico’ stands out in the nomination for best comedy at the 2021 Feroz awards and in 16 nominations at the 2022 Oscars, among which best direction, best film and best original screenplay stand out.
The last session will be at 10:00 p.m. with ‘Una elefanta sobre la tela’, directed by Rolando Díaz, where a director anticipates that his last days are just around the corner and intends to create a new audiovisual by hiring an old woman from 109 years and three young people, a musician, a painter and an actress where together they will find the meaning of existence.
The Festivalito La Palma is organized by the production company Chukumi Studio. Its main promoter is the Cabildo de La Palma, through the Ministry of Culture and Historical Heritage and the Ministry of Tourism. The Government of the Canary Islands is also a sponsor of the contest through the Canarian Institute of Cultural Development and Promotur Turismo Canarias, a project financed by the Secretary of State for Tourism (Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism), as well as the El Paso City Councils and Santa Cruz de La Palma. In addition, it has the sponsorship and collaboration of different institutions and companies such as Music Library & SFX, Digital 104, Fundación Cajamar, Fundación Casa Cabrera, Universidad del Atlántico Medio, Autos Oasis, Viajes Insular, Hyundai, Fundación Canaria World Biosphere Reserve of La Palma, La Palma Film Commission or Love Festival, among others.
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