The 15th ZINEBI EXPRESS short film competition will be held between 31 October and 7 November. It will be organised by ZINEBI – International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, along with EHUKultura UPV/EHU in association with UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country’s Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication and Faculty of Fine Arts, the Basque Country Film School (ECPV), the Tartanga Integrated Vocational Education and Training Centre, Mondragon Unibertsitatea and IHOBE.
Anyone wishing to shoot a short film will have the chance to test-drive their talent within a very short space of time. This year the competition will have an appetiser for those studying courses in relation to films and the audiovisual industry, a discussion with Julieta Juncadella.
After the event on Thursday 31 October at the La Perrera building (Bilbao), the mandatory theme for short films competing in ZINEBI EXPRESS will be announced. During the weekend of 1, 2 and 3 November, teams will shoot and work on their short films, on the basis of the theme they have been given. The projects must be delivered in the afternoon of Monday 4 November, between 5 and 6 pm.
All short films will have a maximum running time of 3 minutes, and must have at least one outdoor scene.
A specific jury panel will decide the winners of the four prizes: 800 euros, 600 euros and 400 euros, which EHUkultura will be awarding for the best short films, and a dinner in collaboration with AUX Magazine.
The short films chosen along with other participants will be screened on Thursday 7 November at 6 pm at the Golem Alhóndiga cinemas.
Jurado
Guillermo Rivera Moyano
Author, critic and filmmaker from Bilbao and Belgium. He studied Information and Communication in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the Free University of Brussels. Founder and writer for French digital periodical OZARTS ETC. He studied photography directing at Bilbao’s ECPV Basque Country Film School. In 2017 he won a number of awards at Iberian festivals, and decided to deepen his exploration of cinematographic language at the ESCAC Higher Film School in Catalonia. He works with Paris publisher SOMOGY and the MONTRESSO Foundation. He now lectures in film direction at ECPV, where he also coordinates pedagogical criteria.
María Ibarretxe
Visual and scenic artist. María moves around amid scenic creation, sound equipment and choreography. Body, voice and third-party participation are the features of what María does. María is a member of the Sra Polaroiska group alongside Alaitz Arenzana, and has won awards such as GURE ARTEA for creative activity in 2017, ERTIBIL 2012, the 2012 Madrid Choreography Competition and INJUVE Audiovisual 2003, and also an artist associated with Azkuna Zentroa 2019-2021. Ibarretxe has worked alongside and collaborated with other artists as associate or performer for years.
