MADRID, April 7. A total of 60 films produced between 2010 and 2011 will participate in the VIII Festival Documenta Madrid, of which 37 are in the International Competition - eleven feature films, eleven and fifteen feature films to create short films - and 23 in National Competition - ten and thirteen feature films - as reported Thursday the city of Madrid.
In total, the organization of the festival received 1105 documentary aspired to be part of the elect, but ultimately could only choose 60 films, which come from 26 nationalities, for the Competitive Sections. In any case, the parallel section of Documenta Madrid with many titles will also foray into the different realities from diverse film has a strong Spanish presence, with 27 films in competition, in Europe, with a diverse representation of countries like France, Italy , Netherlands, United Kingdom, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, or Sweden, U.S.
and Latin American (Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Venezuela), as well as other filmographies (Egypt, Palestine, China and Israel). Within the programming contest this year featured are some titles that have the endorsement of the path of their creator or have obtained prestigious international competitions and will compete for prizes of different categories, whose prize money amounts to 70,000 euros.
German director Werner Herzog, whose work the festival dedicated a book in the library Texts Documenta in 2007 and a retrospective in 2006, competing in the Feature Film category of the International Competition section with her first adventure in 3D. 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' is introduced into the magic of the Chauvet Cave, a spectacular work of art recently discovered more than 30,000 years old, while reflecting on the original inhabitants and attracts the curious today.
In the same category, involving the Spanish-Dutch filmmaker Sonia Herman Dolz with 'All My Tomorrows. " In his seventh film, this filmmaker addresses the overwhelming phenomenon of cancer by a surgeon, a pediatric oncologist, a cell biologist, a pathologist and a nurse who indulge in the fight against the disease, body and soul.
In this section, are also noteworthy for their originality and timeliness of the topics covered 'Karamay', Xu Xin, a Chinese film six hours complained of neglect by the authorities to a fire that killed nearly 300 children, and the Spanish-Egyptian co-production 'No' by Amal Ramsis, which reflects the situation prior to the events leading to overthrow the government and key showing why there was civil unrest in Egypt.
For its part, the visionary Ben Rivers also returns to the International Short Film category with "Slow Action." In this film, Rivers reflected on the concept of the Earth within a few hundred years researching the progress of island biogeography. Competes with his Oscar-nominated film for Best Short Documentary 'Poster Girl'.
Sara Nesson she narrates the traumatic return home from Iraq war Robynn Murray, a typical high school cheerleader who became the image of women fighter after appearing on the cover of Army Magazine. Out of competition, this section also will screen debut of musician Lou Reed, 'Red Shirley.
" Co-directed with Ralph Gibson, shows the meeting between Reed and his centenarian cousin Shirley, who tells how he survived two world wars, how she overcame the death of his family by the Nazis, his flight from Poland and lives in New York. SPANISH PRODUCTION Among the inflated representation of Spanish production highlights the film 'The Door of no Return', in Santiago Zannou, Goya Award winner for Best New Director for 'Trick Manco.
" It tells the journey of his father from Benin for 37 years and their return to their place of origin in search of forgiveness and reconciliation with his family. Winner of the Goya for Best Documentary Short for "The Happy Man ', the actress and director Lucina Gil premiere at the festival' The Difficult Loves', a portrait of several stories of impossible love that take place over a summer.
SHORTS Short Film category in the National Competition again involved a director with a long history of Documenta Madrid. Won first prize in this category in 2007 with 'The Lost Village' and the second prize in 2009 for 'Men of Salt', Manuel Jiménez on this occasion "The Awful Mexican actor." His vision of the poet and writer Manuel Alcántara shows the figure of the great author far beyond his literary narrative by a risky formula.
Another double winner of the festival, Alina Rudnitskaya - which won first prize in State Civil Short Film in 2006 and the first prize for short film created with "Besame Mucho" in 2007 --- at this year at the International Short Film section 'I Will Forget this Day', which aims to reflect images through what are the feelings of women before an abortion.
Finally, in the category of Best Feature Film Creation presents 'Family', the last work of Swedish director Michael Wistrom, who won with 'Compadre' first prize at the festival in 2005 and is reunited with family Peruvian starred previous continue to reflect their efforts to survive in a globalized world.
In this category, highlights the international impact that has recently received in contests such as Guadalajara (Mexico) and San Francisco 'The Smallest Place' by Tatiana Huezo. His vivid portrayal of the Salvadoran people recover after the civil war, is a celebration of hope in the context of a forest landscape and dream.
Peculiar is also the film "Sochi 255 ', Jean-Claude Taki, an elegiac tone film nearly two hours long, made entirely with a cell phone, about the disappearance of several people after a storm. For a complete festival schedule is available at www. DocumentaMadrid. com. 
In total, the organization of the festival received 1105 documentary aspired to be part of the elect, but ultimately could only choose 60 films, which come from 26 nationalities, for the Competitive Sections. In any case, the parallel section of Documenta Madrid with many titles will also foray into the different realities from diverse film has a strong Spanish presence, with 27 films in competition, in Europe, with a diverse representation of countries like France, Italy , Netherlands, United Kingdom, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, or Sweden, U.S.
and Latin American (Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Venezuela), as well as other filmographies (Egypt, Palestine, China and Israel). Within the programming contest this year featured are some titles that have the endorsement of the path of their creator or have obtained prestigious international competitions and will compete for prizes of different categories, whose prize money amounts to 70,000 euros.
German director Werner Herzog, whose work the festival dedicated a book in the library Texts Documenta in 2007 and a retrospective in 2006, competing in the Feature Film category of the International Competition section with her first adventure in 3D. 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' is introduced into the magic of the Chauvet Cave, a spectacular work of art recently discovered more than 30,000 years old, while reflecting on the original inhabitants and attracts the curious today.
In the same category, involving the Spanish-Dutch filmmaker Sonia Herman Dolz with 'All My Tomorrows. " In his seventh film, this filmmaker addresses the overwhelming phenomenon of cancer by a surgeon, a pediatric oncologist, a cell biologist, a pathologist and a nurse who indulge in the fight against the disease, body and soul.
In this section, are also noteworthy for their originality and timeliness of the topics covered 'Karamay', Xu Xin, a Chinese film six hours complained of neglect by the authorities to a fire that killed nearly 300 children, and the Spanish-Egyptian co-production 'No' by Amal Ramsis, which reflects the situation prior to the events leading to overthrow the government and key showing why there was civil unrest in Egypt.
For its part, the visionary Ben Rivers also returns to the International Short Film category with "Slow Action." In this film, Rivers reflected on the concept of the Earth within a few hundred years researching the progress of island biogeography. Competes with his Oscar-nominated film for Best Short Documentary 'Poster Girl'.
Sara Nesson she narrates the traumatic return home from Iraq war Robynn Murray, a typical high school cheerleader who became the image of women fighter after appearing on the cover of Army Magazine. Out of competition, this section also will screen debut of musician Lou Reed, 'Red Shirley.
" Co-directed with Ralph Gibson, shows the meeting between Reed and his centenarian cousin Shirley, who tells how he survived two world wars, how she overcame the death of his family by the Nazis, his flight from Poland and lives in New York. SPANISH PRODUCTION Among the inflated representation of Spanish production highlights the film 'The Door of no Return', in Santiago Zannou, Goya Award winner for Best New Director for 'Trick Manco.
" It tells the journey of his father from Benin for 37 years and their return to their place of origin in search of forgiveness and reconciliation with his family. Winner of the Goya for Best Documentary Short for "The Happy Man ', the actress and director Lucina Gil premiere at the festival' The Difficult Loves', a portrait of several stories of impossible love that take place over a summer.
SHORTS Short Film category in the National Competition again involved a director with a long history of Documenta Madrid. Won first prize in this category in 2007 with 'The Lost Village' and the second prize in 2009 for 'Men of Salt', Manuel Jiménez on this occasion "The Awful Mexican actor." His vision of the poet and writer Manuel Alcántara shows the figure of the great author far beyond his literary narrative by a risky formula.
Another double winner of the festival, Alina Rudnitskaya - which won first prize in State Civil Short Film in 2006 and the first prize for short film created with "Besame Mucho" in 2007 --- at this year at the International Short Film section 'I Will Forget this Day', which aims to reflect images through what are the feelings of women before an abortion.
Finally, in the category of Best Feature Film Creation presents 'Family', the last work of Swedish director Michael Wistrom, who won with 'Compadre' first prize at the festival in 2005 and is reunited with family Peruvian starred previous continue to reflect their efforts to survive in a globalized world.
In this category, highlights the international impact that has recently received in contests such as Guadalajara (Mexico) and San Francisco 'The Smallest Place' by Tatiana Huezo. His vivid portrayal of the Salvadoran people recover after the civil war, is a celebration of hope in the context of a forest landscape and dream.
Peculiar is also the film "Sochi 255 ', Jean-Claude Taki, an elegiac tone film nearly two hours long, made entirely with a cell phone, about the disappearance of several people after a storm. For a complete festival schedule is available at www. DocumentaMadrid. com.
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