- These works commit to stories that depictstates of personal transformation, metaphors about the sea and old people’s solitude, the relationship between two young strangers, communication and its problems in social networks, and pirate and priests’ stories
- The filmmakers defended films made in the Canaries and by Canarian people as an exercise of resistance, claiming for a film model in the Islands as a Cultural Property that goes beyond possible economic aid
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Saturday, April 1, 2017. The short films’ directors from the Canarian section, Canarias Cinema, have presented this morning their works, that will be screened in two sessions. Twelve productions selected by the Festival among a total of 160 submitted short films.
Concoct or Wander (Lila Organa, 2016, 6’); The Landing (David Pantaleón, 2016, 4’); Icelands (Miguel Ángel Mejías, 2016, 12’); The Campaign (Macu Machín, 2017, 8’); Burning Mountains that Spew Flame (S. Delgado, H. Girón, 2017, 14’); and Shipwrecked (Iván López, 2016, 7’). They will be screened this afternoon, at 5 p.m., at the Monopol’s screen 2, and next Monday at 6 p.m.
In the second showing, tomorrow Sunday, April 2, at 5 p.m., at the Monopol’s screen 2, we shall find: Osito (Coré Ruiz, 2017, 18’); Paraíso por descubrir (Amaury Santana, 2016); Popoff (Domingo de Luis, 20’); Black Well (Miguel G. Morales, 2017, 5’); Sub Terrae (Nayra Sanz, 2017, 7’) and Toreros (Nacho Bello, 2016, 12’). Its second screening will be on Monday 3, at 6 p.m., together with the previous ones.
These works show us stories and settings that go from a touristic look around Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s suburbs, to the Tigre Delta, in Argentina, the volcanos in La Palma, Italy or a small German village. They revolve around stories that depict states of personal transformation, metaphors about the sea and old people’s solitude, the relationship between two young strangers, communication and its problems in social networks, and pirate and priests’ stories.
The filmmakers defended films made in the Canaries and by Canarian people as an exercise of resistance, claiming for a film model in the Islands as a Cultural Property that goes beyond possible economic aid.
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