PRESENTATION OF PROJECTS
PRESENTATION OF PROJECTS
FRIDAY 14 JUNE · 11 AM · Blue Room of the Casino of Huesca
Presentation of the feature films CARIÑENA, VINO DEL MAR, by Javier Calvo, TIERRA BAJA, by Miguel Santesmases, QUEER-ME, by Irene Bailo and ¿QUIEN QUIERE QUIERE CASARSE CON UN ASTRONAUTA? by David Matamoros.
Sponsored by Aragón TV.
CARIÑENA, VINO DEL MAR
CARIÑENA, VINO DEL MAR
CARIÑENA, FROM THE SEA
SPAIN. 2024. 105’. Fiction
Director: Javier Calvo. Script: Javier Calvo. Producer: Javier Estella. Executive producer: Paula Blesa, Natalia Martínez. Edition: Javier Calvo. Art: Arkady Gil. Photo: José Manuel Fandos. Original music: Gonzalo Alonso. Sound: Adolfo Garcia. Dress: Arantxa Ezquerro, Laura Sanz. Cast: Diego Garisa, Alejandro Bordanove, Itziar Miranda, Alba Martínez, Blanca Laínez, Nacho Rubio, Ricardo Joven, Paco Paricio, Luis Heras.
Autumn 1978. Antón, an inexperienced young man leaves his town in Galicia fleeing military service. In Zaragoza, he witnesses the first years of democracy, years of dreams, revolts and cultural and associative movements. From there he travels to Cariñena to work on the grape harvest. In this new landscape and surrounded new companions, he discovers friendship, love, the transcendence of nature, and his own path.
JAVIER CALVO
He began his career with Bigas Luna working on video creation, documentary and film projects. He later developed his career as a screenwriter and director at the Catalan production company Ovideo. From 2004 to 2009 he worked in the marketing and advertising department in several film productions. He directed Automatic Imperfection and the video art Hort in Progress Bigas Luna/Fundació Joan Miró. From 2011 to 2013 he directed two documentary series for TVE, Entre2Aguas and Capacitados. Later, he directed four seasons of the documentary series Without coverage on Aragón TV. His latest work was the feature-length documentary Years of Light.
QUEER-ME
QUEER-ME
Spain, France. 2024. 75’. Documentary
Director: Irene Bailo. Script: Irene Bailo. Producer: Du Cardelin Studio (Spain), Corpus Films (France). Executive producer: J. Alberto Andrés, Odile Méndez. Edition: Céline Ducreux. Photo: Tom Orliaguet, Sonia Llera. Sound: Costis Mitsotakis, Benoìt Perraud.
In the summer of 2015 we celebrated many things, including my thirtieth birthday. I lived with friends in a transfeminist squat in Toulouse. The TDB was a place of reference for the queer community and a place of passage for people from different parts of the world. Queer-me shows the euphoria of those months, my transformation and the personal journey that led me there. A collective coming out.
IRENE BAILO
Fraga, Huesca. Graduate in Audiovisual Communication from the Pompeu Fabra University, Master’s Degree in Creative Documentary (Angoulême) and Specialisation in Arts and Performance at the University of Bordeaux. In 2009 he obtained the Antonio Saura Scholarship from the Provincial Council of Huesca. He has worked in audiovisual creation projects such as the Cooperativa Drac Màgic, and the collectives 100jours, Queer DIY Cutiproductions and Ménage à trois. His filmography includes Hombre de paja (2013), La talla 38 me aprieta (2013), La huella del Bubisher (2010), Les livres enfermés (2010), El Bubisher (2008).
¿QUIÉN QUIERE CASARSE CON UN ASTRONAUTA?
¿QUIÉN QUIERE CASARSE CON UN ASTRONAUTA?
WHO WANTS TO MARRY AN ASTRONAUT?
Spain, Uruguay, Argentina. 2024. 90’. Fiction
Director: David Matamoros. Script: David Matamoros, Xènia Puiggrós. Producer: Ángeles Hernández, David Matamoros, Ignacio Cucucovich, Alberto Masliah, Daniel Chocrón. Executive producer: Ángeles Hernández. Edition: Elena Ruiz, María Mora. Art: Laura Agustí, Macarena Rodríguez. Photo: Mariano De Rosa. Original music: Hernán González, Gabriel Casacuberta. Sound: Marta Estivill. Dress: Laura Folch, Ainhoa Solé, Ramiro Sorrequieta. Cast: Raúl Tejón, Raúl Fernández de Pablo, Alejandro Nones, Sabrina Praga, Lluïsa Mallol.
After 15 years in a relationship, David feels the time is right to marry his partner. He plans an ideal trip across Route 66 and a wedding in Las Vegas. But when he pops the question, he’s rejected in front of everybody! Determined to experience what having a wedding feels like, he’s committed to moving on with his plan. Now, he only has 10 days left to find someone else to marry!
DAVID MATAMOROS
Barcelona, 1973. With a long career in the audiovisual world and with the experience of having worked in the production company Zentropa alongside Lars Von Trier and Thoman Winterberg, David Matamoros founded Mr. Miyagi Films together with Ángeles Hernández. The result is the wide range of films they have produced, such as one of their most outstanding successes, The platform, by Galder Gaztellu-Urrutia. In addition to his award-winning short films, in 2019 he co-directed with Ángeles Hernández, the adaptation of the play of the same name Isaac, which was selected for festivals as important as IFFI Goa, Malaga Festival, FICG Guadalajara, D’A Film Fest, or Atlàntida. After the success of Isaac, he embarks on his new feature film, this time on his own, Who wants to marry an astronaut?
TIERRA BAJA
TIERRA BAJA
THE LOW LAND
Spain. 2024. 97’. Fiction
Director: Miguel Santesmases. Script: Miguel Santesmases, Ángeles González-Sinde. Producer: Zavijava Films, La Charito Films. With the participation of Aragón TV and the sponsorship of the City Council of Alcañiz. Executive producer: Miguel Santesmases. Art: Luis Sorando. Photo: Alberto Pareja. Original music: Alejandro Román. Cast: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Pere Arquillué, Itziar Miranda (special collaboration).
Carmen, a well-known screenwriter in her fifties, has been living in retirement for a year in a depopulated village in Spain. She strives to increase the olive harvest of the farm she inherited from her grandmother, with two good friends who admire and support her, and Damián, a handyman who is attracted to her. An old love reappears in her life to tell her he never forgot her.
MIGUEL SANTESMASES
He shot his first short films in the early nineties, while working as a journalist for the Canal + Spain film magazine Primer Plano, where he remained until 1996. In 1999 he released his first feature as a director, La Fuente Amarilla, having since shot four other feature films, as well as several short films. In 2021 he moved his production company Zavijava Films to Belmonte de San José, Teruel. With a PhD in Audiovisual Communication and a degree in Physics, he has been a university professor for ten years.