The 6th edition of the Skyline Benidorm Film Festival starts tomorrow with seven days of screenings and activities

The sixth edition of Skyline Benidorm Film Festival starts tomorrow, Saturday, April 2, with seven days of short film screenings and activities ahead. A sixth edition that has four sections, with the premiere of one dedicated to Ibero-American production and which is added to the official National, European and Social short film sections.

The Councilor for Culture, Jaime Jesús Pérez, has pointed out that "edition after edition, the organization, led by Beatriz Hernández, incorporates novelties to the festival, which was already born with a very particular stamp: payment for selection of the 25 short films that make up the national section, thus recognizing the work of the creators”.

Pérez has highlighted that “Skyline Benidorm Film Festival has become a benchmark within the national circuit as evidenced by the record participation figures that the event has achieved for another year: more than 450 short films presented and 260 projects, between scripts and ' shortpitch'”. Added to all of this is the involvement of Filmin in the project and the support of the Madrid Film Academy, where the festival was presented this week.

The mayor has invited “residents and people who visit us these days to take advantage of the opportunity to enjoy the best short-format cinema and attend the screenings, most of which will be held in the heart of Benidorm: in the Auditorium Alameda Street Mediterranean Foundation”.

This same venue hosts this Saturday at noon the first date of the festival: the inauguration of the Skyline with a tribute to the director Roberto Pérez Toledo. Within the tribute, some of the most emblematic works signed by the director will be screened, which will be attended by family and friends.

Starting on Sunday, there will be screenings of the different sections and stop motion and scriptwriting workshops for children and young people.

Awards and Script and Shortpitch Contest

Skyline Benidorm Film Festival will award eight prizes in the different sections: Prize for the best national fiction short film, best national animated short film, best national documentary short film, best Valencian short film, best European short film, best Ibero-American short film, best short film script and best project. of National Short Pitch. In addition to the financial prizes, trophies will also be awarded for the best film with a social theme, for the best direction, for the best production, for the best performance, an audience award and a PNR jury award for the best film.

Likewise, the short film script writing contest will award a prize amounting to 1,000 euros; while the winner of the Shortpitch, an event dedicated to the film industry, in which production companies with projects in the development phase participate, will receive a prize valued at 12,000 euros to make their short film, with the collaboration of different providers.

Complete programming

Sunday, April 3
11:00 a.m. Recording of the podcast “El cinema por la oreja”. Cervecería l´Abadia (Av. Europa, 5).
5:30 p.m. European Section Short Films Screening. Cinemas IMF Finestrat.
• Cemile
• Pops
• The last day of patriarchy
• The right words
• flaggan

Monday, April 4
09:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. "Taller Stopmotion en plastilina", by Pablo Llorens. Aimed at children between 9 and 11 years old. Nuestra Señora de los Dolores School.

Tuesday, April 5
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. “Taller de Doblaje”, by Francesc Fenollosa. Aimed at young people between of15 and 16 years old. Torrejo building.
7:00 p.m. Social Short Films Screening. Mediterranean Foundation Auditorium
(c/Alameda, 17).
• Julia
• De menos
• Zama
• Survivors
• Afraid
• La Senda
• Caníbales

Wednesday, April 6
6:00 p.m. Short Film Screening Iberoamerican Section. Foundation Auditorium
Mediterranean (c/Alameda, 17).
• August Sky
• Footsteps on the wind
• M: YES
• Uninhabited
• Theo
8:00 p.m. Screening of Short Films National Official Section (Block 1) with discussion of its directors. Fundación Mediterráneo Auditorium (c/Alameda, 17).
• Outside it´s free
• Fuera de la Ley
• The monkey
• En el segundo izquierda
• Christian

Thursday, April 7
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Round table "The value chain in the creation, production and distribution of short films", with the presence of Elodie Mellado (Filmin), Dora Martí (IVC), Mafalda Gonzalez-Alegre (Atresmedia) and Lorenza Tuan (Shorts TV). Torrejo building.
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Short pitch day. Exhibition of the finalist projects before the jury. Torrejo building.
6:00 p.m. Screening of Short Films National Official Section (Block 2) with a discussion of its directors. Fundación Mediterráneo Auditorium (c/Alameda, 17).
• Polvo somos
• Un minuto
• Oro Rojo
• Dispatchers
• Mindanao
8:00 p.m. Screening of Short Films National Official Section (Block 3) with discussion of its directors. Fundación Mediterráneo Auditorium (c/Alameda, 17).
• Farrucas
• Loose
• Figurantes
• Ascenso
• Amianto

Friday, April 8
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Workshop “Musical rights and resources”, by Marta Sancho and Peter Stephens, from Music Library & SFX. Aimed at industry and the general public. Torrejo building.
6:00 p.m. Screening of Short Films National Official Section (Block 4) with discussion of its directors. Fundación Mediterráneo Auditorium (c/Alameda, 17).
• Chaval
• Work it class
• Silent Club
• Genethic
• Marinera de luces
8:00 p.m. Screening of Short Films National Official Section (Block 5) with discussion of its directors. Fundación Mediterráneo Auditorium (c/Alameda, 17).
• No te verán correr
• Franceska
• Imposible decirte adiós
• Cuando haces pop
• Totem loba

Saturday, April 9
7:00 p.m. Closing of the festival and awards ceremony. Benidorm City Council Assembly Hall.