Programa SCampus 2023
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Thursday 2nd Nov 16:00
Alejandro Díaz Castaño y Jorge Rivero
¿How does a film festival function?
In the opening session of the second edition of SEMILLERU Campus, the director of the Gijón International Film Festival (FICX) and director of SEMILLERU Alejandro Díaz Castaño will talk with Jorge Rivero, current artistic director of the Aguilar de Campoo Festival, PequeFilmes and the Mieres Under-60′ Film Festival (MUFF), about the different ways of dealing with the management, operation and the various difficulties and needs that festivals of different formats entail.
Alejandro Díaz Castaño y Jorge Rivero
ALEJANDRO DÍAZ CASTAÑO AND JORGE RIVERO
Alejandro Díaz Castaño | FICX Director
He began his career as a film critic in 2000, working for online publications in Spain and Italy, and has regularly collaborated with magazines such as Caimán – Cuadernos de Cine (formerly Cahiers du Cinéma – Spain) and Rockdelux. He is a member of the International Federation of Critics (FIPRESCI) and has been a juror at international festivals such as Buenos Aires (BAFICI), Edinburgh, Vila do Conde, Toulouse or Crossing Europe Linz. In 2010 and 2011 he worked as a programmer at the Gijón International Film Festival, and from 2012 to 2016 he was Head of Programming at the Seville European Film Festival. He was elected Director of FICX in April 2017 as a result of a public competition.
Jorge Rivero
He studied Psychology and Cinema. He has directed several short films and a feature-length documentary. His short films include “Nenyure”, nominated for the Goya Award for Best Documentary Short, and “La Presa”, selected for numerous Spanish and international festivals.
Since 1999 he has been linked to several film festivals as director, programmer, curator or collaborator (Cortomieres, Curtocircuíto, Short Film Week of the Community of Madrid, Mecal, FICX…).
Currently he is artistic director at the Aguilar de Campoo Festival and director of PequeFilmes (Santiago de Compostela) as well as the Mieres Under-60 ′ Film Festival.
Between 1999 and 2009 he was editor-in-chief of the film magazine Video Actualidad and since 2011 he co-directs Cortosfera.es, the first online magazine in Spanish dedicated exclusively to short films.
Since 2017 he is the coordinator of Laboral Cinemateca Cortos (Asturias Short Film Office).
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Thursday 2nd Nov 18:30
SCAMPUS PRESENTATION
SCAMPUS PRESENTATION
Welcome, presentation of the scheduled SEMILLERU Cinematographic Campus and individual presentation of the participants.
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Friday 3th Nov 16:00
Concha Barquero y Alejandro Alvarado
As a creative tandem, we research, think, write, film and edit our films with four hands. In that or another order. The processes of creating a film (a creation documentary, a film-essay, the films we make in short) are not rigid nor completely ordered. Sometimes the written word can be the seed. Sometimes, everything starts from an image, which can remain in the final montage or be discarded along the way.
All films are a research process, and a time in your life. They are all also, in our opinion, ‘montage’ films. In this workshop we want to share with the public our own experiences about writing, rewriting and unexpected findings to jointly think about the creative method, always unique and particular to each film.
Concha Barquero y Alejandro Alvarado
Alejandro Alvarado and Concha Barquero (Málaga, 1975) filmmakers, teachers and researchers. They form a creative tandem under the name Alvarquero. They have directed, scripted and edited a dozen films, mainly creational documentaries and experimental pieces, which have been screened and awarded at festivals and art centers of international prestige. Their works include the short film Descartes (2021) and the feature film Pepe el andaluz (2012).
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Sunday 5th Nov 19:00
Más que nunca by Emily Atef
Más que nunca by Emily Atef
Projection of Más que nunca by Emily Atef
Hélène, a 33-year-old woman, lives happily with her partner but her life turns upside down the day she discovers that she suffers from a rare lung disease. Thanks to a blog, she discovers Norway and, despite all the love she feels for Mathieu, her life partner, she will cross all of Europe until she reaches the Nordic country in search of a new path.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITY – Laboral Cinemateca
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Monday 6th Nov 16:00
MIKEL GUERRA
Being physically in a place and coming into contact. Presence and context. Exercise it, work on it, go through it, let it go through you and share it. Recurrence in that place and in those links. To persist. From there come sensations, images, rhythms and sounds. Relationships, implications and responsibilities also emerge from there. I try to question them to discover the film I want to make. In this session we will share materials from the creative processes of Heltzear (2021), my latest short film, and Suro (2022), my first feature film, to address what we will call here: the physical dimension.
MIKEL GUERRA
After graduating in Audiovisual Communication at Pompeu Fabra University, he received a scholarship to study an MA Filmmaking at the London Film School. His short films have been selected at festivals such as Venice, San Sebastián and Montreal. His debut feature film, SURO (2022) was selected for the official section of the San Sebastián Festival. He received three Gaudí awards and two nominations for the Goya awards. Mikel acts as a tutor and teaches classes at the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola and Pompeu Fabra University. In addition, he collaborates with the Cinema en curs / Cinema en course program.
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Tuesday 7th Nov 16:00
Samu Fuentes
FROM THE IDEA TO THE SCRIPT. TO CROSS THE RIVER.
“I have a metaphor to explain my way of writing. I am on the shore of a river and I am trying to get to the other shore. I’m throwing stones that are ideas. Some sink to the bottom and become the base for the other stones that will fall on top. And when I see that I can jump from stone to stone to get to the other shore is when I write the script in one fell swoop.” RÚNAR RÚNARSSONWe will see where and how to collect the best stones for our story. See how these stones can be thrown, and where to point them. We are going to plan how we can cross the river and not drown in the attempt.
Samu Fuentes
Diploma in Film Direction and Diploma in Teaching.
He has worked in the Direction and Production teams on numerous films and short films.
He is the director and screenwriter of BAJO LA PIEL DE LOBO (2018), which has been in Festivals such as Seville, Gijón, San Sebastián or Miami, among others.
This year he premiered LOS ÚLTIMOS PASTORES in the Retueyos Official Section of FICX,, of which he is director and screenwriter.
Member of the Organizing Committee of the Screenwriting Laboratory – Screen Writers Lab (2009-2011).
In recent years he teaches screenwriting masterclasses at Filmlab Lac 6 and Academia FICX. He also collaborates with the University of Oviedo Film Chair and with the UNED. He is a professor in the CIFP CISLAN Management and Production Assistance training modules.
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Wednesday 8th Nov 16:00
Ramón Lluis Bande
LLENDES [BORDERS, LIMITS, MARGINS]
Starting from my recent filmography (2014-2023) we are going to reflect on the borders, the limits, the edges, the margins; there where biologists assure that life is born and filmmakers can find the new paths of evolution of the language of “moving” images and sounds. This reflection will touch on topics such as the obsolete division between fiction and documentary, the idea of the political in cinema, the need for dissensual fiction, the validity of post-narrative cinema, the potential of the essay film…
Ramón Lluis Bande
RAMÓN LLUIS BANDE
Ramón Lluís Bande (Xixón, 1972) is a filmmaker and writer. Among his films, titles such as El fulgor (2002), Estratexa (2003), Equí y n’otru tiempu (2014), El nome de los árboles (2015), Escoréu, 24 d’avientu de 1937 (2017), Aún me quedan balas para dibujar (2017), Cantares de una revolución (2018), Vaca mugiendo entre ruinas (2020) or Contracampos (2022). His last published books are Cuaderno de la guerra (Pez de plata, 2021) and Un tesoru y una tumba (Impronta, 2023). Since 2007 he has directed the audiovisual magazine of Asturian culture Pieces on Televisión del Principáu d’ Asturies (TPA).
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Friday 10th Nov 16:00
Meritxell Colell
Listen, see, feel, care.
«If the direction is a look, the editing is a heartbeat» Jean-Luc Godard.
We will approach the act of directing and editing through the analysis of the creative processes that come into play in a film, sharing materials from different projects present on the ‘Inside Cinema’ website created by A Bao A Qu.
Throughout the day, we will discuss issues that come into play, both on a human and creative level, to share different ways of approaching filmmaking. The objective, far from being methodological, is to delve into the plurality of paths to find a film and what is at stake in that process. Because developing a dramaturgy is not a linear and progressive path, but a composition process that involves associating, constellating, juxtaposing, amalgamating and a long string of verbs that imply action, decision, listening and reflection. Because cinema is an art of bodies and we, as filmmakers, are, above all, a body that feels.
(We will also work with materials from the participating people)
Meritxell Colell
MERITXELL COLELL
Meritxell Colell Aparicio is director and editor. As a director, in 2015 she was selected at the Atelier de la Cinéfondation at the Cannes Film Festival with her First Opera; ‘Con el viento’ premieres at 68ºBerlinale and receives the award for Best Zonazine Film at the Malaga Festival. In 2020 she was awarded at FICX for Transoceánicas, co-directed with Lucía Vassallo. In 2022 she was selected at Berlinale Talents. She premieres Duo (best direction award at the Malaga Festival) and La ciutat a la vora (part of the CCCB’s City Symphonies program). In 2023 she made ‘Miró íntim’ co-directed with Jordi Morató. She is currently developing Far from the Trees, selected in the prestigious Ikusmira Berriak and Ventana Sur, among others. As an editor she has signed 15 feature films and more than 40 medium-length films. She is part of the project ‘Cinema in Progress’ (A Bao A Qu). She is an associate professor at UPF and gives seminars at LIM, ESCAC, ECIB, LENS and EICTV.
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Saturday 11th 10:00
Meritxell Colell
Listen, see, feel, care.
«If the direction is a look, the editing is a heartbeat» Jean-Luc Godard.
We will approach the act of directing and editing through the analysis of the creative processes that come into play in a film, sharing materials from different projects present on the ‘Inside Cinema’ website created by A Bao A Qu.
Throughout the day, we will discuss issues that come into play, both on a human and creative level, to share different ways of approaching filmmaking. The objective, far from being methodological, is to delve into the plurality of paths to find a film and what is at stake in that process. Because developing a dramaturgy is not a linear and progressive path, but a composition process that involves associating, constellating, juxtaposing, amalgamating and a long string of verbs that imply action, decision, listening and reflection. Because cinema is an art of bodies and we, as filmmakers, are, above all, a body that feels.
(We will also work with materials from the participating people)
Meritxell Colell
MERITXELL COLELL
Meritxell Colell Aparicio is director and editor. As a director, in 2015 she was selected at the Atelier de la Cinéfondation at the Cannes Film Festival with her First Opera; ‘Con el viento’ premieres at 68ºBerlinale and receives the award for Best Zonazine Film at the Malaga Festival. In 2020 she was awarded at FICX for Transoceánicas, co-directed with Lucía Vassallo. In 2022 she was selected at Berlinale Talents. She premieres Duo (best direction award at the Malaga Festival) and La ciutat a la vora (part of the CCCB’s City Symphonies program). In 2023 she made ‘Miró íntim’ co-directed with Jordi Morató. She is currently developing Far from the Trees, selected in the prestigious Ikusmira Berriak and Ventana Sur, among others. As an editor she has signed 15 feature films and more than 40 medium-length films. She is part of the project ‘Cinema in Progress’ (A Bao A Qu). She is an associate professor at UPF and gives seminars at LIM, ESCAC, ECIB, LENS and EICTV.
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Sunday 12th Nov 19:00
Suzhou River by Lou Ye
Suzhou River by Lou Ye
Screening of Suzhou River by Lou Ye
In Shanghai, on the banks of the chaotic Suzhou River, Mardar travels around the city delivering packages on his motorbike. During one of his errands, he meets young Moudan and the two fall dangerously in love. But in reality, Mardar has been hired to kidnap her and blackmail her father. Upon discovering the betrayal, Moudan vanishes. After spending three years in prison, Mardar returns to the Suzhou River in search of his beloved. This is how he meets Meimei, a dancer who resembles Moudan like two peas in a pod.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITY – Laboral Cinemateca
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Monday 13th Nov 16:00
Andrea Jaurrieta
Guerrilla filming in many cases involves adapting the initial scripts and the ideal cast of the projects to the reality of the production. This, far from formally spoiling the film, can be a very enriching creative adaptation if approached from a different perspective. At the same time, the precariousness of these shoots must be balanced with meticulous production teamwork and minimum labour standards that should not be overlooked. Learning to work in this way helps to be able to face the transition to the film industry in a more coherent and risky way without losing your essence as a creator.
Through the example of Ana de día and her new film Nina, as well as other films from the history of cinema, we will see how to face this type of filming from a creative and production point of view.
Andrea Jaurrieta
ANDREA JAURRIETA
Director, screenwriter and producer. Her debut feature, Ana de día (2018), participated in more than 30 national and international festivals, winning 12 awards that culminated in her nomination for Best New Director at the 2019 Goya Awards as well as the CEC Medals (Spanish Film Writers’ Circle).She has just shot Nina, her second feature film as a director, which will be released in 2024. At the same time, she has started to produce other projects with her production company Lasai Producciones.
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Tuesday 14th Nov 16:00
Chema García Ibarra
A journey through the creative process of Chema García Ibarra, from his first short films to the feature film “Espíritu Sagrado”. The work from the margins, the search for a specific tone, domestic science fiction and a special focus on what determines the whole process of his films, from writing to editing: the decision to always work with non-professional actors: what is a casting whose aim is to find people who have no intention of going to a casting? how to direct them in the filming? to rehearse or not?
Chema García Ibarra
CHEMA GARCÍA IBARRA
Chema García Ibarra has directed and written “El ataque de los robots de Nebulosa-5” (2009), “Protopartículas” (2010), “Misterio” (2013), “Uranes” (2014), “La disco resplandece” (2016), “Leyenda dorada” (2019, in co-direction with Ion de Sosa) and “Espíritu Sagrado” (2021), all of them domestic science fiction films made without professional actors. His works have been selected for festivals such as the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Locarno, Sundance, Berlinale, San Sebastian and Mar del Plata. Among his more than two hundred awards are two honourable mentions at Sundance, a Jury Mention at San Sebastian and the Vanguard and Genre competition prize at BAFICI. Since 2015 he has been teaching the subject “Anti-filmmaking” in the ECAM’s Diploma in Documentary Filmmaking. -
Wednesday 15th Nov 17:00
Beli Martínez
A workshop where we will analyse the different possibilities for emerging projects with a focus on financing. It will address how to design a realistic financing plan and economic viability based on the mapping of private and public resources, as well as the different funding channels. This session will offer tips to help emerging producers to establish an effective roadmap to squeeze the economic potential of their project.
Beli Martínez
BELI MARTINEZ
Beli Martínez (A Guarda, 1980) holds a PhD in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Vigo with the first thesis that studied the Novo Cinema Galego.She is a producer at Filmika Galaika, a Galician company specialising in auteur cinema, which has produced the latest works by Eloy Enciso Longa Noite, Jessica Sarah Rinland Those that, at a distance, resemble another and Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado Eles transportan a morte. His films have received jury recognition at festivals such as Venice, Locarno, Donosti, Mar del Plata, BAFICI, FICUNAM, Zinebi and Play-Doc, among others.
Since 2012 he has been developing Proxecto Socheo, an audiovisual archive of A Guarda, which won the Audiovisual Literacy Award from the Ministry of Education.
He is currently producing the latest feature films by Lois Patiño (Ariel), Carlos Casas (Krakatoa), Maureen Fazendeiro (As estacións) and Eloy Enciso (Todo é cárcere).
He combines audiovisual production with teaching in the Audiovisual Communication and Advertising Department at the University of Vigo.
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Thursday 16th Nov 16:00
Silvia Lobo
The masterclass proposes an immersion in the distribution sector, delving into the different phases of a launch, from the signing of contracts, design of festival strategy, budget analysis, audience design and target study, creation of promotional materials, choice of release date, benchmarking, to the creation of communication and promotion campaigns, events and marketing, as well as going over all the exploitation models and finally learning about the financing formulas of the distribution sector.
Silvia Lobo
SILVIA LOBO
Silvia Lobo has a degree in Audiovisual Communication, Production and Law. After working for Sony Pictures, Pirámide Films, Cine Ciutat, or Morena Films, in 2018 she created the Distribution and Sales area of Elamedia, working on the launch of more than 25 films.Currently, she is a consultant in Financing, Sales and Audience Design, she teaches in Masters in Production and Distribution, tutors in Project Labs, collaborates with MAFIZ and participates as a Jury in Public Aid Commissions.
From 2020 to 2022 she was the President of Proxima, is a member of CIMA, EAVE and Torino Film Lab Alumni.
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Friday 17th Nov 15:00
Leire Apellaniz
Strategies for
– Make an intellectually and artistically stimulating film production from independent cinema, which is also dignified, feminist and aware of the climate emergency.– Understand the cultural and industrial system in order to sustain an artistic, cultural and entrepreneurial project in the long term.
Keys to
– Create a dossier according to the usability we are going to give it and to whom it is addressed.
Leire Apellaniz
LEIRE APELLANIZ
Producer and director at Sr. & Sra. and Apellaniz & de Sosa. Her first feature film as a producer, Ventajas de viajar en tren, by Aritz Moreno, was nominated for four Goyas, a European Film Academy Award and won the Feroz Award for best Spanish comedy of the year. He is about to release Una ballena, the eagerly awaited next film by Pablo Hernando.In 2021, she released Espíritu sagrado, the first feature film by Chema García Ibarra, with its world premiere at Locarno and winner of the Feroz Arrebato Award for Fiction.
As a producer, she is currently in the financing phase for the following films, Anekumen by Irati Gorostidi, Balearic by Ion de Sosa and Karateka by Aritz Moreno, which are scheduled to be shot next year.
At the same time, she is developing Zuria, which will be her first feature film as a director.
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Saturday 18th Nov 16:00
Elisa Cepedal
“The missing people: collectivity in cinema”.
For Gilles Deleuze, if modern political cinema exists, it does so to the extent that it manifests that the people are no longer there, that the people have disappeared. Through a journey through the history of cinema and with the thought of the French philosopher as a frame of reference, the session will look at how the documentary has represented the working class, the revolutionary evolution of communities and collectives, and the notion of the people.
Elisa Cepedal
ELISA CEPEDAL
Filmmaker and researcher born in Asturias and living in London. Her work has been shown at international festivals such as Mar del Plata, New Directors/New Films, BAFICI, Art of the Real, DocLisboa and Sheffield DocFest. El trabajo o a quién pertenece el mundo (2019), his first feature film, won the Special Jury Prize at FICX. This year she presents El Cine, 5 (2023), her second feature film. She holds a PhD in film from the University of Exeter in the UK and currently teaches at the University of Westminster. -
Saturday 25th Nov 13:00
Lisandro Alonso
A two-way talk that will have more to do with what the members want to talk about, Lisandro will try to share his experience as a producer, screenwriter and director, based on the structure of his films.
“I would like to explain my way of understanding and putting my body into cinema. To be where I feel I have to take the camera, microphones and companions with whom I can experience the reality I want to film”.
Lisandro Alonso
LISANDRO ALONSO