Galicia, 1984 –the vibrant atmosphere of the movida viguesa was bustling with life. This was the context of the first collaboration of what would later become an extremely fruitful alliance –the one that, since then, bonded two major Galician artists: Antón Reixa and...
A few days ago, we learned about the –premature– death of Luther Price. It is not in our custom to publish obituaries, but the time Luther Price was part of (S8) was so meaningful that we felt compelled to find a way to pay tribute to him and say goodbye. Price’s time...
Valentina Alvarado Matos is the author of PROPERTIES OF A PARALLEL SPHERE, winner project of this third edition of Residencias Artísticas Internacionales de Creación Cinematográfica 2019. The valuation commission composed of a representative of each of the three...
The 10th edition of the (S8) came to an end, and we are still recovering from these days of emotions, inside and outside cinemas. This Mostra was intense and beautiful, we lived unforgettable moments, and during these days, we were a community of people moving like...
Even though it might be a weary thing to say, programming is more than bringing films together and showing them. Over the ten years of life of this festival, one of the things that has left a mark on us is the close link that we develop with the filmmakers. For...
In 2018, Reunion by Ilan Serruya was among the projects selected to participate in INPUT, our program for tutoring and coaching for emergent filmmakers. Reunion is the result of a thorough research process with the aim to find formal devices that allow to express...
Here we reproduce a fragment of Jonas Mekas’s Film Diaries on the fundamental Marie Menken, in the occasion of the special tribute we dedicate to Mekas: a selection of films by the artists he supported through his writing and programming. January 4, 1962 I shall begin...
If there’s something that has characterized the (S8) since its first edition, it is the presence of expanded cinema and film performances. Back in the days of our first edition in the Old Prison of A Coruña, Bruce McClure visited us: one of the most fabulous (and...
Malcolm Le Grice is coming this year to the festival, and to realize how important occasion this is, we only need to read these words written by Jonas Mekas in The Village Voice. Two film programs, a master class and a unique performance and multi-projection evening,...