PEPE ESCRICHE AWARD · CITY OF HUESCA CARLOS SAURA AWARD
OPENING
PEPE ESCRICHE AWARD · CITY OF HUESCA CARLOS SAURA AWARD
SCREENING ‘ALUMBRAMIENTO’
FRIDAY 7 JUNE · 9 PM · OLIMPIA THEATRE
Opening Gala.
Presentation of the Pepe Escriche Award to CLERMONT-FERRAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL.
Presentation of the City of Huesca Carlos Saura Award to ISAKI LACUESTA.
SCREENING of the feature film ALUMBRAMIENTO, Pau Teixidor. Spain. 101’. VOE
In collaboration with Experiencia con Adiccine.
ALUMBRAMIENTO
ALUMBRAMIENTO
BIRTH
Spain, Romania. 2024. 101’. Fiction
Director: Pau Teixidor. Script: Pau Teixidor, Lorena Iglesias. Producer: Pedro Hernández Santos, Paco Escribano, Vlad Radulescu. Executive producer: María Beltrán, Andrea Moya, Carmen Rizac. Edition: Mamen Díaz, Pedro Collantes. Art: Laura Musso. Photo: Pepe Gay de Liébana. Original music: Petre Bog. Sound: Antonio Mejías, Marius Leftarache, Marian Balan. Dress: Claudia Pérez Esteban. Cast: Sofía Milán, María Vázquez, Celia Lopera, Carmen Escudero, Paula Agulló, Alba Munuera, Victoria Oliver.
Spain, 1982. Marisa decides to take her daughter to Madrid to find a solution for an unwanted pregnancy. Lucía ends up in Peñagrande, a reformatory for pregnant teenagers. There, she will forge strong friendships with the other girls and discover the awful truth that her still unborn child is to be taken away from her.
PAU TEIXIDOR
Graduated from ESCAC and specialised in Documentary Filmmaking. His first short film Leyenda (2011) participated in the official Fantàstic Competition at Sitges Film Festival and was included in the official International Short Film Section at Zibeni. Purgatorio (2014), his first feature film, participated at Málaga Film Festival and in the official selection at Fantastic Fest Austin. His last short film, Cunetas (2017), was nominated for Best Short Film at Gaudí Awards and in the Special Short Film Section at Sitges Film Festival. Birth, his first feature film as screenwriter and director, won Best Director and Best Actress at BCN Film Fest 2024.