PELÍCULA will also feature Latin American films such as the Mexican documentary Observar las aves (Andrea Martínez Crowther, 2019) and Lina de Lima (2019), a feature film directed by María Paz González and co-produced by Chile, Argentina y Perú. All films will be available with English subtitles and for free on the website http://www.pelikula.es for 48 hours.
Just like in the previous editions, spectators may vote for their favorite films in the Audience Choice Awards. Established in 2004, the Award is given to the film that the viewers have voted as the best of the Festival. Since its establishment in 2004, it has been a very popular tradition in the Festival and is kept alive even through its transition online. In its 20th edition, spectators can rate the films right after having viewed them.
The film with the highest ratings will receive this year's Audience Choice Award and will be screened again on October 10 at 6:00 PM, in the Festival's platform http://www.pelikula.es. In its 20th edition, spectators can rate the films right after having viewed them. The film with the highest ratings will receive this year's Audience Choice Award and will be screened again on October 10 at 6:00 PM, in the Festival's platform http://www.pelikula.es.
To celebrate the 20th edition of the cinematographic showcase, there will be a special selection of films that have won the PELíCULA Audience Choice Award. These films are Fuera de carta (Nacho G. Velilla, 2008), El secreto de sus ojos (Juan José Campanella, 2009), También la lluvia (Icíar Bollaín, 2010), Un cuento chino (Sebastián Borensztein, 2011) and Campeones (Javier Fesser, 2018).
Aside from the film screenings, PELíCULA will be offering through its site http://www.pelikula.es free webinars and online talks with the directors of the films presented in the Festival or professionals in the audiovisual industry.
Philippine cinema was born in the Spanish language and almost all film-related terms in Filipino are in Spanish (such as pelikula, sine, direktor, aktor, contrabida, etc.), proof of the strong cultural relations shared between Spain and the Philippines. With this in mind, since its first editions PELíCULA has had activities that served as a space for meeting and interacting with Spanish and Filipino filmmakers. In line with this, on October 7, PELíCULA will be holding the webinar "En corto: Short films in the Philippines, Thailand, Australia and Spain", an activity which will feature four recent short films, one from each country, and an online talk between the directors of these short films.