Six short films are awarded with Benidorm II Skyline Film Festival prizes

Six short films have been awarded the seven prizes of the second edition of the Skyline Film Festival of Benidorm, which has been developed over the weekend and this morning the curtain has come down with a final gala and after two days of screenings.

The final gala was held in the Assembly Hall, and she has attended, among others, the mayor, Toni Pérez; the councilor of Culture, Ana Pellicer; members of the corporation; the director of the contest, Beatriz Hernández; the members of the jury: Pepe Jordana, Eva Vizcarra, Saida Benzal and Jaume Bayarri; representatives of the companies sponsoring the festival; as well as a large part of the creators of the 20 short films selected.

The award for the best National short film was for 'Cavalls Morts', by Marc Riba and Ana Solanas; while 'Scratch', by David Valero, has won the award for the best Valencian short and the best Photography. The best Direction has been for 'Bye bye baby', by Pablo Pastor; the best Production, for 'Los hombres de verdad no lloran', by Lucas Castán; and 'Sputnik', by Vicente Bonet, has won the award for the best soundtrack. The award for best scriptwriting has been for Lorenzo Beites for 'El patio'.

After the awards ceremony, the winning audiovisual works of the Skyline were projected, which is consolidated as a festival after last year's experience as a show of short films. In fact, the organization received 200 works, 20 of which were selected to participate in the festival, each author receiving 200 euros in payment for vision. In addition, more than 40 authors submitted their work to the script contest.

The mayor has reaffirmed the support of the City Council for this festival, in line with Benidorm's commitment to culture, the audiovisual sector and to reposition the image of the city making it a set for film, television or advertising productions.

For its part, the director of the festival highlighted the good reception that this second edition of the Skyline has had among the public, which has filled the Culture Classroom of the CAM Foundation in the four short film passes scheduled on Friday and Saturday. Some projections followed by talks and debates between the creators of the short films and the audience.

The program of the contest has been completed with a parallel projection of local short films and made in the province of Alicante, with a round table on the 'Evolution of the Spanish short film in the last 10 years, and its trajectory for festivals', and with a workshop of 'stop motion' for the little ones.