SPANISH ACTOR TO BE HONOURED AT A GALA ON JUNE 13 WHERE HE WILL PRESENT HIS NEXT WORK, THE FILM FORMENTERA LADY Huesca International Film Festival will award the actor José Sacristán with one of its highest prizes, the Luis Buñuel Award. The prize, that distinguishes professional careers of national and international film figures, will…
SPAIN WILL BE THE MOST REPRESENTED COUNTRY WITH 15 WORKS, FOLLOWED BY FRANCE, CHILE, BRAZIL AND BELGIUM SELECTION WILL INCLUDE 19 FIRST WORKS AND 13 ANIMATION WORKS Huesca International Film Festival will feature in its 46th edition a total of 78 short films divided into its three contests: 31 short films at the International Contest,…
THE SECOND FEATURE FILM BY ZARAGOZA-BORN ALEJANDRO CORTÉS TO BE PRESENTED NEXT JUNE 11TH THE FILM REVIEWS THE RENOWNED ARTIST’S CAREER WHILE MAKING A CLEAR FEMINIST ARGUMENT The documentary film Carrasca, on the life and work of the versatile artist Teresa Ramón, will be premiered at the 46th edition of Huesca International Film Festival. Directed…
FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AN AGREEMENT WITH CERVANTES INSTITUTE FOR THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF SHORT FILM AT A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. Huesca International Film Festival also announces the signature of a collaboration protocol with the Cervantes Institute. With this agreement both institutions commit themselves to the implementation of activities of promotion and cultural dissemination, especially…
Documentary Danzante Award, along with International and Iberoamerican, to qualify for Hollywood’s awards, highest honor of The Academy. Huesca International Film Festival has achieved the endorsement of Hollywood Academy as a qualifying festival for the Oscar Awards in the Documentary category. In all, the third recognition, a figure just reached in Spain by the Goya…
RECOGNITION TO BE AWARDED AT THE FESTIVAL OPENING GALA NEXT JUNE 8th. THE ACADEMY WANTS TO EXPRESS ITS SATISFACTION AND PRIDE FOR JOINING A LIST OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONALITIES AND INSTITUTIONS THAT REPRESENT THE BEST OF CINEMA AND ITS ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION’ DECLARED JOAN ÁLVAREZ, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTION. At its 46th edition, Huesca International…
There is an important novelty in the next edition of Huesca International Film Festival: Huesca International Youth Festival joins up, it is organized by Huesca International Film Festival and the Manuel Giménez Abad Foundation with the cooperation of the Education, Culture and Sports Department of the Government of Aragón. This contest awards short films selected…
A total of 2,040 short films coming from 87 different countries are the final figures of the selection for the 46th edition of Huesca International Film Festival. Works coming from five continents that show once more the convening power of the High Aragonese festival, ‘the international appeal of the festival is unquestionable, figures back us…
The 46th edition of Huesca International Film Festival has presented the official image, a poster by Mexican artist and illustrator Rachel Levit. Designed by Levit, photograph by Josefina Santos and with Isidro Ferrer’s cooperation with the selection of the artist, the work depicts the sculpture of a head made in ceramic facing a black square,…
Huesca International Film Festival has announced at a press conference the regulations of its 46th edition while calling for submission of short films aiming to be part of the official section. Works must be entered before Thrusday, February 22nd via the online platform Festhome. Last year a total of 1658 works were submitted from 84…
The 46th edition of Huesca International Film Festival will take place from 8th to 16th June. The rendezvous, an international bench mark for short films endorsed by the Oscar and the Goya Awards as qualifying festival, also announces the opening of the submission period; works competing for one of the three contests: International, Iberoamerican and…
The poster of the 2018 edition of the Upper Aragonese festival will count on the contribution of one exceptional duo: the young Mexican artist Raquel Levit Ruiz and one of the most important Spanish names -on an international level- Isidro Ferrer. Both take over from French Paul Cox, commissioned for the design last year. The…