BREAKPOINT, RATICIDE, AND LITURGY OF ANTI-TANK OBSTACLES ARE THE WINNING SHORT FILMS OF THE 51ST HUESCA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FRENCH FILMMAKER NICOLAS PANAY, PORTUGUESE FILMMAKER JOÃO NIZA RIBEIRO, AND UKRAINIAN FILMMAKER DMYTRO SUKHOLYTKYY-SOBCHUK RECEIVE THE INTERNATIONAL, IBERO-AMERICAN, AND DOCUMENTARY DANZANTE AWARDS, RESPECTIVELY, ALONG WITH 5,000 EUROS AND PRESELECTION FOR THE OSCAR AWARDS. THE AUDIENCE AWARD GOES TO ROPED BY CARMEN CÓRDOBA THE BEST DEBUT FILMS WINNERS ARE THE SPANISH FILM SMELLS AND THE CO-PRODUCTION…

PABLO LARRAÍN: “THE IBERO-AMERICAN CINEMA INDUSTRY IS VERY HEALTHY, BUT FILMMAKERS FROM THE REGION HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR FILMS ALSO NEED TO BE ON PLATFORMS.”

ALTHOUGH HE DIDN’T PERSONALLY KNOW CARLOS SAURA, HE ADMIRES THE DIVERSITY OF HIS WORK AND, LIKE HIM, TRIES NOT TO REPEAT HIMSELF IN HIS CINEMATOGRAPHY. THE CHILEAN DIRECTOR WILL RECEIVE TONIGHT THE CARLOS SAURA CITY OF HUESCA AWARD FROM THE 51ST HUESCA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND WILL PRESENT SPENCER. Chilean director and producer Pablo Larraín,…