“Chinovela”: in Spain there passed week of Russian cinema

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In Alicante, (Costa Blanca, Spain) Festival movie Russian “Chinovela”-2016. The event is being held for the second time, and this year it was truly a landmark event in the cultural life of the region. The opening ceremony was festivalsholidays 24 September at the medieval castle of Santa Barbara, which was attended by distinguished guests – the stars of Russian and Spanish cinema, cultural figures, politicians, members of the public and the business community.

“Chinovela”: in Spain there passed week of Russian cinema

The opening was attended by the President of Council of Deputies of the province of Alicante Cesar Sanchez, Vice-President of Council of Deputies of the province of Alicante and member of the tourism Eduardo Dolon; the Director of the Department for culture of the city of Alicante Daniel Simon; Director of UNESCO in the province of Alicante Mercedes Sainz, honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Valencia Ramon Congost; Director of the international Department of the University of Alicante Ana Laguna; General Director CHESTERMEDIAPRODUCCION Jose Alberto Sanchez; invited actor of Russian cinema, Alexander Goloborodko, S. Daw, President of the festival of military-Patriotic film named. Ozerov Oleg Urumtsi; Executive Director of the Youth Center of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia Dmitry Yakunin; Russian film Director, the author of the film “Second wind” Sergei Tsyss and others.

Especially worth noting is the presence of Boris Tokarev, Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, film Director, honored artist of the RSFSR, honored art worker of Russia, General producer of the Studio “Debut”, and Lyudmila, Gladunko, Russian actress, film Director, honored artist of the Russian Federation.

At the opening ceremony of the festival was also attended by Russian theater and film actor, impersonator Yuri Galtsev. And at the end of the evening there was a Gala concert, which was the group “White eagle”.

Spanish producers and festival organizers

A notable event of the festival was the presence of the famous Spanish Director Carlos Saura, winner of the most prestigious professional prizes and awards. At the opening ceremony, he was awarded the prize “Golden Wave” for more than 50 years of contribution to cinema. The award was presented by the honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Valencia Ramon Congost.

In the framework of the festival “Chinovela”, held under the motto “Connecting cultures”, the branch of the University of Alicante hosted a forum that gathered industry professionals, combining the culture of Russia and Spain.

In the course of the film Forum was organized important meetings and negotiations. So, a meeting was held between the two Directors, Russian and Spanish, Boris Tokarev and Carlos Saura, where they discussed the possibility of a joint project and filming in both countries.

Awarding the prize to Carlos Saura

At the Festival “Chinovela” held and high-profile premieres: September 26 at film Forum was first shown a short film in Russian, filmed by the Spanish Director Franc Capilla “Matryoshka”. Incredible enthusiasm made almanac “is Closer than you think” presented by the Youth Centre of the Union of cinematographers of Russia, and on September 30 in the cinema LasCigarreras Boris Tokarev and Lyudmila, Gladunko presented a new film “goldfish”.
On the first day of the festival was shown a new film by Nikolai Lebedev’s “the Crew” which has delighted Spanish audiences.

Creative team of the film “Matryoshka”

During the cross Year of tourism of Russia and Spain at the Festival, much was said about the development of cultural tourism in Barcelona, to strengthen cooperation between Russian and Spanish filmmakers.

At the Forum was signed a cooperation agreement between the Youth center of the Union of cinematographers of Russia and a film Festival of short films of Elche (Spain). This cooperation will be primarily in the support and assistance of the Russian-speaking Directors who will present their short films in Spain, in particular, on the already known short film Festival of Elche, as well as showing the best short films of Spanish Directors in Moscow.

The closing ceremony of the festival “Chinovela”took place on 1 October 2016 in the Archaeological Museum of Alicante (MARQ). The surprise closing of the festival “Chinovela” was the greeting from the most popular Spanish actor and Director Antonio Banderas.

Festival movie Russian “Chinovela”-2016 was organized by the Association of emigrants from Eastern Europe LAD with the support of the International festival of military movie name Yu. N. Ozerov, mayor of the city of Alicante, Department of Culture of Alicante, Community of Deputies of the province of Alicante, Russian Embassy in Madrid Russian Consulate in Valencia and University of Alicante.

A round table dedicated to cooperation between the Russian and Spanish filmmakers

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