![]() ![]() The festival now offers year-round cinema theater programming and has activated a Profestivales21 network together with the Malaga, Seville, Valladolid and Sitges festivals. “We are a veteran festival, but we are aware of the need for constant renewal,” he argues. ![]() Overseeing the festival since 2016, Martín’s aim has been to combine Huelva’s experience and trajectory with new formats, such as a commitment to novel communication initiatives and new ways of connecting with audiences. The programming is completed by a short film official selection and sidebars Andalusian Talent, Huelva Screen, Cinema and Values and Special Sessions. The opening gala of the 48th Huelva edition screens out of competition the doc feature “Sintiéndolo mucho” a portrait of Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina directed by “The Good Boss” helmer Fernando León de Aranoa. Titles take in Gabriel Martins’ “Mars One,” Brazil’s Oscar submission “Charcoal,” the feature debut of Carolina Markowicz, a Toronto and San Sebastián Horizontes Latinos hit Mexican Claudia Sainte-Luce’s “Amor y matemáticas ” Gustavo Vinagre’s Berlinale Teddy Award winner “Tres tigres tristes,” Nicolás van Hamelryck and Clare Weiskopf’s documentary “Alis,” another Berlinale hit, and “Un varón,” the feature debut of Colombia’s Fabián Hernández, which premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight. The selection made for Sismos this year is dominated by comedies and LGBTIQ+ issues. “For our festival it is important to bet on the hybrid, something that we have learned from the experience of the previous two years, although always giving absolute prominence to in situ activities,” Martín says. This time, Sismos will combine in situ screening with its online programming. Huelva is once more hosting a Sismos Section, a format created during the pandemic, aimed at offering online viewers a selection of Ibero-American standouts, in partnership with Spain’s top indie streamer Filmin. Parsley Photo Credit: Timothy K Fitzgerald/Visit Films Huelva’s official section will host 12 Ibero-American titles in competition, taking in shortlisted films in the Academy Awards race and standouts at key international festivals such as Locarno, Venice, Guadalajara, Berlin, Sundance and Miami.Īmong them are thriller “Fogaréu,” by writer-director Flávia Neves, part of Brazil’s new wave of female filmmakers, a Bananeira Filmes and MyMama Entertainment production, which premiered in Berlin’s Panorama and is handled by Paris-based MPM Premium. The lineup includes 30 Spanish premieres. Martín.Ī total of 130 titles make up the program for the current Huelva edition, half of them directed by women. “Our programming editorial line has a remarkable Ibero-American character and authorial personality, but with a popular vocation,” explains festival director Manuel H. Over the years other festivals have been adding parallel sections of Latin American cinema, a symptom of its growing international relevance. Launched 48 years ago, Huelva represents Europe’s oldest confab dedicated exclusively to movies from Ibero-America: Spain, Latin America and Portugal, and a traditional launchpad for Latino filmmakers in Spain and Europe.
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