Five Basque short films in Zinebi's Official Section
ZINEBI, the 67th edition of the Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival, will be held from 21 to 28 November in the capital city, and five Basque films will compete in the Official Section: "The Body of Christ" (Bea Lema, animation), "What Remains" (Aitor Gametxo, documentary), "Industrial Havana" (Ainhoa Ordoñez, documentary), "Le volte" (Giulia Consentino and Perla Sardella, documentary).
The five films will opt for the Zinebi Grand Prix (8,000 euros), the Basque Film Grand Prix (6,000 euros), the Spanish Film Grand Prix (6,000 euros), the Mikeldi Awards in the categories of fiction, animation and documentary (5,000 euros each), the FAS Zineklub Prize (2,000 euros), the Unicef Prize, the EITB Public Prize (3,000 euros), the Young Jury Prize (2,000 euros) and the Young Jury Prize (2,000 euros).
The jury of the Official Section will be composed of artist Ramia Beladel, curator Callisto McNulty and filmmakers Norika Sefa, Daniel Šuljić and Santiago Tabernero.
In addition, Zinebi has programmed 5 documentaries and 33 short films produced in the Basque Country in the Bertoko Begiradak section.
In addition, bilbaine filmmaker Pablo Berger and Spanish producer Esther García will receive the festival's Honor Awards, which will be presented to Berger today at the Arriaga theatre at the opening ceremony, which will begin at 7.30 p.m.
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