{"id":10501,"date":"2022-10-10T13:46:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T13:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/news\/bilbao-acogera-el-estreno-en-el-estado-de-nueve-largometrajes-opera-prima-que-competiran-en-el-concurso-internacional-ziff-zinebi-first-film"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:27:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:27:33","slug":"bilbao-acogera-el-estreno-en-el-estado-de-nueve-largometrajes-opera-prima-que-competiran-en-el-concurso-internacional-ziff-zinebi-first-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/news\/bilbao-acogera-el-estreno-en-el-estado-de-nueve-largometrajes-opera-prima-que-competiran-en-el-concurso-internacional-ziff-zinebi-first-film","title":{"rendered":"NINE OPERA PRIMA FEATURE FILMS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION ZIFF \u2013 ZINEBI FIRST FILM"},"content":{"rendered":"ZINEBI \u2013 International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>organised by Bilbao Town Hall, has announced the nine feature films <\/strong>from 14 countries (Ukraine, France, Germany, Romania, Portugal, Serbia, Croatia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Iran, Japan and Colombia) competing in the Official Section \u2013 International Competition ZIFF \u2013 ZINEBI First Film, in its seventh round this year. They will all be competing for the ZIFF Grand Award<\/strong>, the largest amount in the entire ZINEBI Festival (12,000 \u20ac), and for the Young Jury Award<\/strong> (University of the Basque Country \u2013 UPV\/EHU), to be decided by a panel of film and audiovisual students from universities and teaching centres in the Basque Country, 2,000 \u20ac.\r\n\r\nThe international jury<\/strong> in this section of ZINEBI 64 will be composed of Serbian artist and director Marta Popivoda<\/strong>, the editor of Cineman\u00eda<\/em> magazine Carlos Mara\u00f1\u00f3n<\/strong> and French programmer, university lecturer and writer Nicole Brenez<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nThe nine films competing have not yet been screened in the State. One of them has not yet been screened in Europe.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nANHELL69<\/u><\/em> (Colombia-Romania-France-Germany), by Theo Montoya<\/u>\r\n\r\nColombian director Theo Montoya<\/strong> premiered his short film Son of Sodom<\/em> (2020) in the State at the 62nd<\/sup> ZINEBI, and it was an entry in the Short Film International Competition. Now his feature film debut is based on Camilo Najar, the main character in the short film, with a description of the Medell\u00edn of his teenage years and youth, a violent conservative city. He does this with one of Colombia\u2019s leading directors over the last decades in the cast, V\u00edctor Gaviria. Anhell69<\/em> (2022) was premiered at the Venice International Critics\u2019 Week<\/strong>, where it earned a Special Mention from the Jury, the Verona Film Club award for most innovative film, and the Mario Serandrei-Hotel Saturnia for best technical contribution.\r\n\r\nZINEBI will be staging its first screening in the State in association with the Gij\u00f3n International Film Festival <\/strong>\u2013 FICX<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nDEATH OF A CITY<\/u><\/em> \/ A MORTE DE UMA CIDADE<\/em> (Portugal), by Jo\u00e3o Rosas<\/u>\r\n\r\nAlthough this is a debut feature film, Jo\u00e3o Rosas<\/strong> is far from a newcomer to films. His medium-length film Maria do Mar<\/em> (2015), for example, was contender in the Short Film International Competition at the 57th<\/sup> ZINEBI. After working as editor on films by director Susana Nobre, and not forsaking Portuguese production company Terratreme, his debut as feature film director homes in on Lisbon\u2019s Bairro Alto neighbourhood to draw up an urban diary of co-existence with a group of workers undertaking the demolition and reconstruction of a building stricken by the economic crisis, now being rebuilt to cater for the boom in tourism.\r\n\r\nA morte de uma cidade<\/em> celebrated its world premiere two days ago at Doclisboa<\/strong> 2022, and ZINEBI will be staging its international premiere<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nHAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN?<\/u><\/em> \/ DA LI STE VIDELI OVU \u017dENU?<\/em> <\/u>(Serbia-Croatia), by Du\u0161an Zori\u0107 and Matija Glu\u0161\u010devi\u0107<\/u>\r\n\r\nSurprising experimental fiction film on identity, the debut by Serbian directors Matija Glu\u0161\u010devi\u0107 <\/strong>and Du\u0161an Zori\u0107<\/strong> tells the story of a middle-aged woman who initially does not seem very different from the rest, but will soon attempt to feel the role imposed on her by society. Inspired by their own mothers, and scripted jointly by both directors \u2014<\/em> and eloquently entitled Metamorphosis<\/em> in previous stages of development \u2014<\/em> the film was defined by the lead commissioner at the Venice International Critics\u2019 Week<\/strong> \u2014 the venue for its world premiere \u2014<\/em> as \u201cincredibly disturbing\u201d.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nHOW TO SAVE A DEAD FRIEND <\/u><\/em>(Sweden-Norway-France-Germany), by Marusya Syroechkovskaya<\/u>\r\n\r\nA raw, honest, moving documentary, the first feature film by Muscovite Marusya Syroechkovskaya<\/strong> is the culmination of over twenty years\u2019 work, from when she began shooting her daily life with partner Kim with her home movie camera to presentation of the result at Swiss documentary film festival Visions du R\u00e9el<\/strong>, where she earned a Special Mention from the Jury. The personal portrayal of harsh years in the Russia she calls \u201cDepression Federation\u201d \u2014 governed at the outset of the film by Yeltsin, but then by Putin, Medvedev and Putin once more \u2014<\/em> is a documentary shortlisted for the European Film Academy Awards<\/strong> 2022.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nLIKE A FISH ON THE MOON <\/u><\/em>\/ <\/u>\u0632\u0646\u060c \u0645\u0631\u062f\u060c \u0628\u0686\u0647<\/u> (Iran), by Dornaz Hajiha<\/u>\r\n\r\nLike the other ZIFF participants, despite her youth, Dornaz Hajiha<\/strong> undertakes her first feature-length film with a considerable training baggage and previous experience in cinema. In her case, in the medium-length film Lost<\/em> (2015) and short films such as Marziyeh<\/em> (2017) and Marlon<\/em> (2017), which were contenders at festivals such as London or Fajr (Iran). Her first fictional feature is the story of an Iranian family concerned by their four-year-old son, who has abruptly stopped talking.\r\n\r\nThe film was chosen for the last Karlovy Vary Film Festival<\/strong>. Hajiha and the Chinese Shadows company are now working on her second feature film, with the provisional title Diaphanous<\/em>.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nMY SMALL LAND<\/u><\/em> \/ <\/em><\/u>\u30de\u30a4\u30b9\u30e2\u30fc\u30eb\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9<\/u> (Japan-France), by Emma Kawawada<\/u>\r\n\r\nJapanese director Emma Kawawada<\/strong>, with a number of short films to her credit, moves into her first feature film with this reflection on the reservations and prejudices still dogging societies in the so-called \u201cFirst World\u201d when called on to integrate foreigners, even when the foreigners are already fully settled in their host countries. The winner of the 2015 ZINEBI Mikeldi of Honour Award Hirokazu Kore-eda<\/strong> (with whom Kawawada has been working for almost a decade as assistant director and production adviser) is the executive producer of this fiction, which received its world premiere at the last Berlinale<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nNUESTRA PEL\u00cdCULA<\/u><\/em> (Colombia-France), by Diana Bustamante<\/u>\r\n\r\nThe example of Diana Bustamante<\/strong> is a good indication that the importance attached to directors in films should be studied in context. Formerly the artistic director and programmer of the International Cartagena Film Festival, and also a successful Colombian producer (she was behind world successes such as Los viajes del viento<\/em> (Ciro Guerra, 2009), La tierra y la sombra<\/em> (C\u00e9sar Augusto Acevedo, 2015) or Memoria<\/em> (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2021), she has finally plumped for the director\u2019s chair with Nuestra pel\u00edcula<\/em>, which will be having its world premiere at DOC NYC <\/strong>(US) before moving on to ZINEBI for its European premiere<\/strong>. Bustamante\u2019s documentary avails itself of a host of television archives to portray the truculent reality of Colombia in the late eighties, with the images and voices of the time, with particular attention paid to the murders of political leaders such as Luis Carlos Gal\u00e1n, Jos\u00e9 Antequera or Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nOUTSIDE<\/u><\/em> \/ \u041d\u0410\u0417\u041e\u0412\u041d\u0406<\/em><\/u> (Ukraine-Denmark-Netherlands), by Olha Zhurba<\/u>\r\n\r\nPresented at the last festival specialising in documentaries CPH:DOX<\/strong> (Copenhagen), the first feature film by Ukrainian director Olha Zhurba<\/strong> (director of the short film Dad<\/em>\u2019s Sneakers<\/em>, presented at Locarno in 2021) finally arrives after many years\u2019 work with Roma, a teenager who has grown up in the streets of Kiev in the immediate aftermath of the demonstrations and rioting during the so-called \u201cEuromaidan\u201d, where Roma was one of the most recognisable faces. Zhurba, alongside her photographic director Volodymyr Usyk, followed him with her camera (and also long-distance, with frequent phone calls) since he was 13 and until, aged eighteen, could no longer find his place in Ukraine prior to the Russian invasion.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nWATERS OF PASTAZA \/ JUUNT PASTAZA ENTSARI <\/u><\/em>(Portugal), by In\u00eas T. Alves<\/u>\r\n\r\nA group of children move around in an area of water and vegetation on the border between Ecuador and Peru. The River Pastaza is the setting for their games, their hunting, fishing and cooking, but it is also where they watch videos on their smartphones. This is the reality captured by the camera of In\u00eas T. Alves, a Portuguese director who is presenting her first feature film but already has a number of short films under her belt, and experience in the organisation of audiovisual workshops for all kinds of communities.\r\n\r\nWaters of Pastaza<\/em> had its world premiere at the last Berlinale<\/strong>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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