Honor Swinton Byrne stars in Joanna Hogg's 'The Souvenir'.
During confinement we realized that we needed cinema, television and even theater in online formats, we turned to them. Culture has been and is being a very damaged sector, but it does not give up, it continues looking for formulas to continue meeting with its viewers, with his respectable audience. Festivals also seek and find new ways to unite audience and creators. It's what he does Atlantida Film Fest in its tenth edition, held in person in Palma de Mallorca (July 27 to August 2) and online through the platform Filmin (until August 27).
“This is without a doubt the most ambitious edition in the history of Atlàntida for the quality of the programmed titles and at the same time the most complex given the global health situation and the absence of film festivals that have preceded us since the pandemic broke out”, he explains. James Ripoll, director of the festival and co-founder of Filmin. "From Atlàntida we accept the challenge and responsibility of carrying out an event of the magnitude of this **with more than 55 events in Mallorca and 110 films and series online". **
The documentary of the most secret graffiti artist in the world.
Among the hundred movies, 12 titles that can be seen for the first time in Spain: among them, Tesla, the story of Nikola Tesla, with Ethan Hawke and Kyle MacLachlan; The Souvenir, Joanna Hogg's romance, starring Tilda Swinton and her daughter, Honor Swinton Byrne; the documentary Banksy Most Wanted either Water Lilies, the debut of Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a woman on fire), still unpublished here.
“Great international stars and young promises of our cinema will be found in unique settings on the island, in an event that maintains its social and free character. Today more than ever we are committed to Europe and culture as necessary allies”, continues Ripoll. The biggest of those stars of this edition will be the director Stephen Frears (The Queen) who will receive the Masters of Cinema award, recognition of his long and brilliant career.
Other guests who will pass through the island to present their films and participate in discussions will be Tom Cullen (PinkWall), Alex Brendemuhl (The diver), Buika shell (The writer from a country without bookstores)… In addition, there will be concerts in iconic places such as Castell de Bellver, Ses Voltes with the Cathedral in the background or Es Baluard Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, starring Cecilio G, Confetti of Hate, Vic Mirallas either Marc Follow.
The emptied Spain in 'Meseta', by Juan Palacios.
The T.V. series and the documentaries they will have their own section within the festival. Among the latter stands out Plateau, by Juan Palacios which will be accompanied in its face-to-face presentation by a colloquium with **Sergio del Molino, author of Empty Spain. **
There will also be world premieres between the series, such as Sex, premiered at the last Berlinale, Vernon Subutex, one of the last successes of France or Stieg Larsson: the man who played with fire, an episodic documentary about the author of Millennium and his fight against the extreme right.
Poster for the tenth edition of Atlàntida Film Fest.