{"id":36176,"date":"2024-11-15T15:17:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/news\/el-cortometraje-de-animacion-italiano-the-eggregores-theory-logra-el-gran-premio-de-la-66a-edicion-de-zinebi"},"modified":"2024-11-15T15:25:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:25:17","slug":"el-cortometraje-de-animacion-italiano-the-eggregores-theory-logra-el-gran-premio-de-la-66a-edicion-de-zinebi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/news\/el-cortometraje-de-animacion-italiano-the-eggregores-theory-logra-el-gran-premio-de-la-66a-edicion-de-zinebi","title":{"rendered":"ITALIAN SHORT ANIMATION FILM THE EGGREGORES’ THEORY TAKES THE GRAND AWARD AT ZINEBI 66"},"content":{"rendered":"The International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao \u2013 ZINEBI, organised by Bilbao Town Hall, will be awarding prizes at the 66th festival in the amount of 83,000 euros at the gala closing ceremony this evening, at 19:30 h in the Arriaga Theatre. \r\n\r\nShort animation film The Eggregores\u2019 Theory<\/em> (2024, Italy), directed by Andrea Gatopoulos, won the Grand Prix at ZINEBI 66, 7,000 euros.\r\n\r\nThe jury homed in on its \u201ccreative and original use of techniques such as artificial intelligence, which are generally used to replace artistes. Also for a solid dystopic narration pointing out how censorship kills creativity and isolates people\u201d.\r\n\r\nThe main prizes in the Official Section \u2013 International Short Film Competition include the Basque Cinema Grand Prix, awarded to Ehiza (Hunt) <\/em>by Aitzol Saratxaga, for \u201cits reflection of the tradition and idiosyncrasy of Basque culture by means of solid interpretations in a mythological tale which continues to reverberate in today\u2019s society\u201d. \r\n\r\nThe Spanish Cinema Grand Prix went to Horizontal<\/em> by Alex Reynolds (Basque Country, 2024), for its qualities as a disturbing, intimate dystopic tale brimming over with cinematographic values such as successful use of tempo and the solvent relationship between the two main characters\u201d.\r\n\r\nAs in previous festivals, the Mikeldi Awards were also made by genre: best short fiction film award to 2006 by Gabriella Choueifaty (France, Lebanon, 2024), with Honourable Mention for Mor\u00ee<\/em> by Yakup Tekintanga\u00e7 (Turkey, 2024); for best short documentary film for Nepalese-Belgium co-production Songs of Love and Hate<\/em> (2024) by Saurav Ghimire; and best short animation film for Ashen Sun (Soleil gris)<\/em> (France, 2024) by Camille Monnier.\r\n\r\nThe names of the short film prizewinners were announced by the members of this year\u2019s Jury Panel, composed of Argentinian director Anah\u00ed Berneri, producer Esther Garc\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez, Swiss filmmaker Claudius Gentinetta, Basque actress Olatz Ganboa.. and Neboj\u0161a Slijep\u010devi\u0107.\r\n\r\nZINEBI is also one of the two State festivals on the list of European festivals which select a short film each year to compete in the EFA (European Film Awards). The International Jury at this year\u2019s ZINEBI festival chose the Italian short film The Eggregores\u2019 Theory<\/em> by Andrea Gatopoulos as the candidate for the 2024 EFA Award for Best Short Film.\r\n\r\n
OFFICIAL SECTION \u2013 INTERNATIONAL ZIFF ZINEBI FIRST FILM COMPETITION<\/h6><\/div>\r\n\r\nTurning to the Official Section\u2019s largest prize \u2013 12,000 euros \u2013 for the best first film in the International ZIFF \u2013 ZINEBI First Film Competition, the winner was Una sombra oscilante (An Oscillating Shadow)<\/em> by Celeste Rojas Mugica.\r\n\r\nThe Jury Panel, composed of Basque documentary maker resident in Ireland, Teresa Lavina, artistic director Veton Nurkollari and Iranian visual artist and filmmaker Myriam Tafakory, unanimously decided to award the prize to this Franco-Chilean-Argentinian co-production for \u201can intimate portrayal and a personal journey creating a masterful composition which carefully constructs a country\u2019s turbulent history. For its inventiveness and delicacy in the use of photography, film material and creation of an oneiric soundscape\u201d.\r\n\r\nThe jury also gave Special Mention to the documentary feature film Rising Up at Night<\/em> (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso, Qatar) by Nelson Makengo for its \u201cimpacting nocturnal observation of a flooded region facing both natural disasters and those created by human beings under the shadow of corruption. For its convincing use of rhythm, editing and music to outline the struggles of a resilient community\u201d.\r\n\r\nThe Young Jury Prize \u2013 ZIFF (UPV\/EHU), 2,000 euros, went to German-Iranian film My Stolen Planet (Sayyareye dozdide shodeye man)<\/em> by Farahnaz Sharifi because \u201cit is a human, brave, vulnerable narration which takes us to her planet by means of personal archives showing us the essence of the daily struggle of Iranian women\u201d.\r\n\r\n
OTHER AWARDS<\/h6><\/div>\r\n\r\nThe EITB Audience Award, 3,000 euros, went to Bumblebee (Abell\u00f3n)<\/em> (Spain, 2024) by Fon Cortizo.\r\n\r\nThe Cineclub FAS award, 2,000 euros, for the best short films in the Bertoko Begiradak \u2013 Miradas desde Euskadi section, went to the short fiction film Los invitados de Amaia (Amaia\u2019s Guests)<\/em> (Basque Country, Georgia, 2024) by George Todria, \u201cfor taking our perspective through a different internal world which is pushed towards others, amid its memories and daydreams, and confusion between both, to other times, other spaces, and even representations of these\u201d.\r\n\r\nThe Unicef Award, with no cash prize, goes to the short documentary Campolivar<\/em> (Spain, 2024) by Alicia Monchol\u00ed, \u201cbecause it best reflects the reality of childhood and teenage years from a perspective of rights, since it addresses the superior interest of childhood and shows how the environment in which children grow up is a decisive factor in their development\u201d.\r\n\r\n
ZINEBI NETWORKING AWARDS<\/h6><\/div>\r\n\r\nZINEBI, with funding by the Basque Government\u2019s Department of Culture and Linguistic Policy and the collaboration of Spain\u2019s Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), EITB MEDIA S.A.U. (EITB), Asociaci\u00f3n Zineuskadi, Europa Creativa Desk MEDIA Euskadi, Cannes Docs, the Scottish Documentary Institute and the Madrid Community\u2019s Film and Audiovisual School (ECAM), held its seventh ZINEBI NETWORKING: Dokumentalen Sorgunea, the Bilbao Professional Documentary Film Forum, an initiative to promote emerging creativity in documentary cinema in the Basque Country and in the State.\r\n\r\nThis year the Forum had two cash prizes of 15,000 euros each: the award for best Basque documentary feature film went to Y as\u00ed seguir\u00e1n las cosas<\/em>, directed by Marina Palacio Burgue\u00f1o and produced by Garazi Elorza Vadillo and Gariza Films; and the award for the best State film went to The Dutchbat<\/em>, scripted and directed by Guillermo Roqu\u00e9s, Rafael Honrubia and Javier Mar\u00edn, and produced by Carlota Coloma and 15L Films.\r\n\r\nThe ECAM \u2013 ZINEBI Networking Impulso Award of personalised advisory packages for each film, goes to Sempre insieme<\/em> by Alberto Baldini.\r\n\r\nThis year ZINEBI also gave out the Aukera Awards, each worth 3,000 euros, to set up a short film project. The (H)EMEN Award goes to Emakumeak. San Cristobaleko Espetxea<\/em>, by Beatriz M. Larragueta; the Aukera Creators\u2019 Award goes to Piztiak<\/em>, by Saioa Miguel Moreno; the Zineuskadi Aukera Internationalisation Award goes to Gaua da luze <\/em>by Itziar Lamarka and Ane Alvarez; and the Bizkaia Provincial Council Aukera Award for best Basque-language film will go to Itsas-epel<\/em> by Aroa Fernandez Lazkano. \r\n\r\nThe Festival\u2019s Gala Closing Ceremony, hosted by Mar\u00eda Goiricelaya and Ane Pikaza (La Dram\u00e1tica Errante), will include the prizegiving. Photography director Jos\u00e9 Luis Alcaine will be collecting his Honorific Mikeldi Award during the event. Tasio<\/em> by Montxo Armend\u00e1riz will be screened after the ceremony.\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao \u2013 ZINEBI, organised by Bilbao Town Hall, will be awarding prizes at the 66th festival in the amount of 83,000 euros at the gala closing ceremony this evening, at 19:30 h in the Arriaga Theatre. Short animation film The Eggregores\u2019 Theory (2024, Italy), directed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36176"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36182,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36176\/revisions\/36182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zinebi.eus\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}