Cinema has been considered the Seventh Art ever since Ricciotto Canudo, the Italian artist and film critic, coined the expression. Canudo considered that together with Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Music, Poetry and Literature and Dance, cinema was also an art.
Cinema is art and culture and a reflection of society. In some cases it is a look at the times in which we live, past times or the future that we hope for or fear. At times it is pure fantasy and at others it reflects a harsh reality, but it is always a prism through which to contemplate the world and, at times, a furious social criticism from an ironic or real point of view.
Spain is filled with International Film Festivals throughout its geography. Our country is a cinematographic power and many of our festivals are internationally recognized for their high quality. We have festivals dedicated to horror films, erotic films, short films, animated films and, also, to present new releases that will be seen in the most commercial theaters. We have established film festivals and other emerging ones, but they all have something important to communicate.
With the excuse of the festivals that are celebrated in our country, we can take advantage of our love for the Seventh Art to organize trips that cover the entire Spanish geography from north to south and from east to west, without leaving our island territory aside. ohWe are going to write down dates in the agenda to reserve the tickets!
The first festival begins in the Canary Islands. The beautiful town of Isora, in Tenerife, gives the starting signal from January 28 to February 8 with MiradasDoc, a documentary festival that seeks a different view of the world. Isora is a good place to watch interesting movies and escape this winter cold wave.
The month of March is full of festivals: we can choose between Ibizafest, in Ibiza; Animac, the Lleida animation festival; the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival; the Málaga International Film Festival or the Mujeres International Film Festival in Barcelona. Any of these towns is an ideal destination to visit in winter.
In the month of April we have the opportunity to visit Huesca, specifically the region of Sobrarbe, where a international ethnographic documentary festival. This cultural event is a perfect excuse to get to know the area and the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park.
In May, with spring, the flowering boom and festivals take place. We have the opportunity to approach Tarifa in Cádiz for the International African Film Festival, to Bilbao with his International Fantastic Film Festivalto Benidorm to Skyline Benidorm Festivalo al Alicante International Film Festival. We are warming up engines for summer.
In June awaits us International Film Festival Cinema Youth in Valencia and in July we will go to Elche to see his Independent Film Festival.
September marks the end of summer, the beginning of the school year and the largest offer of film festivals. It starts big with Donostia International Film Festival; Here we will be accompanied by first-class national and international figures, since San Sebastián is one of the world’s cinematographic events. It is not the only one: we have the Curtocircuito International Short Film Festival of Santiago de Compostela, Lesgaicinemad, Madrid International Lesbian, Gay and Transsexual Film Festival, and the Fantastic and Horror Film Week from San Sebastian. And the golden brooch will be the Valencia Showcasea wonderful closure for the month of September.
In the middle of autumn, in October, we have an appointment with two of the most recognized festivals: the SEMINCI of Valladolid and the Sitges International Film Festival. And in November we have to pack our bags to go to Seville to his European Film Festival and then prepare for the north of Spain. A walk through Gijón at your Gijón International Film Festivaland later, pinchos around Bilbao, to the ZINEBI, International Documentary and Short Film Festival.
Before the Christmas holidays, Tarragona and its REC await us, Tarragona International Film Festival.
Isn’t it a unique opportunity to mix travel and cinema in our destinations? have registered in the Schedule Film Festivals It can be a good way to organize our getaways throughout the year.
