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The International Film Festival and Heritage, held in Murcia since last May 31 and concludes today, Saturday, June 6, was attended by some 12,000 spectators, a figure that shows the great success of the meeting has been , which have screened 87 films and shorts in the 93 sessions that the event was made.
In the balance sheet press conference of the festival, the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, committed his department to "a more determined commitment to the second edition because the first has confirmed that this event was necessary and that society Murcia has a great desire for movies, mainly due to the work of education and educational film developed by the Regional Film Archives Francisco Rabal, to which has also contributed to the fact that all projections and activities have taken place in five venues of downtown Murcia City. "
For its part, the president of the jury and Paco Rabal's widow, actress Asuncion Balaguer, predicted a long life to the festival, "he who strikes first, given twice," referring to is the only international competition in Spain dedicated to film and heritage.
Figures from the festival
The opening gala was a virtually full capacity, with the assistance of some 1,800 people.
In addition, the exhibition dedicated to the figure of Yvonne Blake was visited until the day yesterday by 2,500 people, although more are expected to be closed, on 20 June.
The sessions of the Rex cinema, home of the official, attended by 3,000 spectators, which must be added 1,500 people to pass the special screenings at 22:00 hours.
The auditorium of the University of Murcia, where the cycles were planned tribute, attended by some 200 spectators.
Likewise, the Archaeological Museum sessions were attended by 700 people and the classroom culture of CAM, based on the projections of the Film Heritage section, attended by over 1,500 spectators.
For its part, Friday's session of the series' Cinema under the stars ", held at the Museum of Fine Arts, received an influx of 300 people.
As part of this festival, the Spanish Association of Film Historians lorquina honored actress Margarita Lozano and the director, producer, editor and writer Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi.
During the course of the contest, there were musical accompaniment for silent films on Benito Perojo cycle, by Arcadi Valiente, Monda Tornado Band and Jazz Trio, and offered the world premiere of the restored copy of 'Rosario, the country houses', with The Silent Band.
Moreover, the exhibition of costumes made by the costume designer Yvonne Blake, "Notes on the illusion ', drew the attention of numerous media and the interest shown outside the region of Murcia.
This festival also hosted a meeting of all national film archives (Spanish, Basque, of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Andalusia, Murcia, Valencia, Albacete and the Centro Galego de Artes da Imaxe), in an interesting roundtable confirmed the importance of initiatives taken by the Film Francisco Rabal and led to the development of a joint request for the new Spanish law provides for the character of the heritage film and everything that concerns you.
Thus, the cinematheques participants agreed that "the International Film Festival and Heritage move to the Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde, the need to provide identity film heritage in the new law on cultural heritage projects."
These entities also noted the high quality of the films that competed in the official section, the level of the jury, and the interest in Murcia society, especially in the university, had in this festival and heritage issues.
Research prizes of the Spanish Association of Film Historians Aranzubía Asier relapsed, for work on Carlos Serrano de Osma, Juan Antonio Ríos Carratalá, second on Edgar Neville, Jose Antonio Navarro, for his study of the devil in film , Jose Antonio Palau, the other on contemporary thriller, and Eva Parrondo, for her essay on women in Gothic film.
Source: CARM
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