Below the Skin Blood and Insects Sound of a Million win prizes in the official section
The Spanish film Without God or Santa Maria, best Galician film, and preferred by the public; he leaves Santiago de Compostela with two awards
Curtocircuíto International Film Festival today announced their awards at the closing ceremony. The official section is divided into two categories, one for experimental films (Explore) and one for more narrative work (Radar), these being the main sections of the festival. The first of these awards went to Sound of a Million Insects, Light of a Thousand Stars, a Japanese film Tomomari Nishikawa very poetic visual motifs, which uses a roll of celluloid buried for a long time in Fukushima. For this reason, the jury decided that they must compose a haiku as a tribute to the film:
"Run the stream
wind blows
floating clouds
heart beats,
nothing will die "
The prize consists of a trophy and 3,000 euros. The jury has decided to give two mentions Johann embargo Lurf and Hoolboom Scrapbook Mike, who was the subject of a retrospective at last year Curtocircuíto.
The prize went Radar Below the Skin Blood Jennifer Reeder, who also receive 3,000 euros and a trophy. Given the high level of selection, the jury has also decided to give two entries in this category. These were for printing a war of Camilo Restrepo and Anita Ekberg Becoming Mark Rappaport.
Galician talent
The third official jury had to choose between the Galician films in selection. They decided that the best option was no God or Santa Maria Helena M. Giron and Samuel Delgado, giving this motivation. "Voices from the past and present images are in limbo timeless myth This film gets something seemingly impossible: shooting the past". The directors received a trophy and 2,000 euros. The Galician jury added a mention of Jaione axilidade Proba Camborda because "behind an apparent lightness and spontaneity, an intelligent reflection that manages to turn an everyday agility test in a playful reflection on the animal and the human."
But these were not the only Galician awards night. The critics' prize CAMIRA (Cinema and Moving Image Research Assembly) was for Noite Sem distance Lois Patiño, which is surprising given that they must choose from among all the titles in international competition. Regional professional associations of writers (AGAG) and directors (CREA) Sprocket rewarded Xisela Cruz Franco and O descubrimento Américo Miguel Marino. These awards are 500 euros each. The prize CAMIRA not have funding.
Curtocircuíto also has its own youth jury, which gives a prize of 1,000 euros. The young jurors were left surprised by Swimming in Your Skin Again Terence Nance. Also got a mention of the island is delighted with you and Daniel Carver Alexander Schmidt. The Gadis Audience Award went to No God or Santa Maria, which added a second award, the latter with a value of 1,500 euros.