en su primera edición
Por: Carlos A Garcia
Los Cabos será la sede del primer
festival de cine titulado “Baja International Film Festival” , aunque esta organización
ya lleva 5 años trabajando en Estados Unidos, será la primera vez que realice a
nivel internacional esta actividad. Según uno de los organizadores dijo: “Debido
al turismo que Los Cabos representa pensamos que sería una buena sede para que
los turistas conozcan más acerca del
cine”.
Los cineastas interesados en
participar en futuras ediciones pueden
ingresar a la página http://cinemawithoutborders.com y buscar la información
que se necesita para que sus películas o cortometrajes puedan competir. Son
varias las categorías y premios que se estarán otorgando a los ganadores.
La primera edición anual de Baja
Festival Internacional de Cine, se celebrará del 14 al 17 de Noviembre en Los Cabos, México, y ya ha anunciado la
alineación de las películas seleccionadas que se proyectaran.
El festival presentará 79 películas de todo el
mundo. En la competencia estarán: cinco largometrajes internacionales, 5
largometrajes mexicanos, 5 documentales internacionales, 5 documentales mexicanos,
30 cortometrajes internacionales, 13 cortometrajes mexicanos, 4 películas
ambientales, así como proyecciones de presentación especial de 6 largometrajes
internacionales, y 6 largometrajes mexicanos.
Los siguientes premios y premios
en efectivo se dará a la mejor película en cada categoría de la detección, en
honor a la obra de destacados realizadores de este año en el Festival
Internacional de Cine de Baja 2012.
Mejor
Película Internacional / $ 10.000 EE.UU.
Mejor
Largometraje Mexicano / $ 10.000 EE.UU.
Mejor
Documental Internacional / $ 5,000 EE.UU.
Mejor
Documental Mexicano / $ 5,000 EE.UU.
Mejor
Corto Internacional de Cine / $ 2,500 EE.UU.
Mejor
Película Mexicana / corto plazo 2.500 dólares EE.UU.
La mayoría de las actividades como
la celebración de la noche de apertura, paneles, foros de la industria, sala de
hospitalidad, y gala noche de premios,
incluyendo homenajes a cineastas consagrados y actores, se llevará a cabo en el
nuevo Centro de Convenciones de Los Cabos, a 72.000 cuadrados espacio para los
pies equipado con paneles solares y la última tecnología del medio ambiente.
El inaugural entre México y
EE.UU. Film Fórum, tendrá lugar el 16 de
noviembre como parte de la primera edición del Festival de Cine de Baja
Internacional. Renombrados personajes de la Industria cinematográfica, así como
los miembros de los dos países (México –
Estados Unidos), estarán presentes para crear un espacio de diálogo e
intercambio de ideas para fortalecer la relación entre las dos industrias.
El Film Fórum se centrará
principalmente en temas relacionados con la inversión y financiación, así como
sobre los retos, necesidades y oportunidades para el cine mexicano en los
Estados Unidos de América.
Estos temas se desarrollarán con
dos mesas de debate en el que expertos de diferentes ámbitos intercambiarán
puntos de vista y experiencias relacionadas, presentando elementos que tienen
la intención de integrar en el carácter bilateral y la identidad del Festival.
También el 16 de noviembre, antes
de la proyección de la película "Miradas Múltiples" (La Máquina Loca)
anunciaran la creación de un Fondo de Cine para apoyar los proyectos mexicanos.
Información más detallada se dará a conocer en una fecha posterior.
Baja Festival Internacional de
Cine ofrecerá oportunidad para el
diálogo, la reflexión y análisis de la industria del cine, tanto de Estados
Unidos como México. Las industrias están
muy cerca una de la otra y ambas hablan de la identidad cultural de sus países.
Durante el fin de semana del festival, los titulares
de pases podrán disfrutar de proyecciones de películas, ceremonias y fiestas de
alfombra roja, mesas redondas y música en vivo con músicos ganadores del Grammy
desde el famoso Café Hotel de Los Angeles. La entrega de premios que reconoce
la destacada labor de los líderes en la industria del cine se llevará a cabo el
sábado, 17 de noviembre.
Los asistentes podrán seleccionar
foros gratuitos para el público en el Anfiteatro Pabellón Cultural de Cabo San
Lucas y en la Plaza Mijares en San José del Cabo. Incluido en el programa de
cribado libre será la esperada nueva película de animación de DreamWorks
Animation, Rise of the Guardians, dirigida por Peter Ramsay.
"Estamos
orgullosos de presentar un programa de cine diverso y convincente, que van
desde proyecciones especiales de películas de la industria para proyectos de
pasión independientes, todos ellos cuidadosamente seleccionados por nuestros
comités de programación para mostrar lo mejor en México, EE.UU., y el cine
internacional", dijo el director del Festival Sean Cruce.
"Era importante para nosotros encontrar
un equilibrio entre nuestra programación mexicana e internacional, para
representar verdaderamente nueva ola de cineastas de México innovadoras, al
mismo tiempo las películas innovadoras que se producen en los EE.UU. y en todo
el mundo. Tenemos una alineación increíble y estamos muy emocionados de
compartir programa de este año con nuestros asistentes para el primer Festival
de Cine de Baja Internacional”.
The
Inaugural Baja International Film Festival Film Program Includes:
International Narrative Features Competition:
Faith, Love and Whiskey, directed by Kristina Nikolova
No, directed by Pablo Larrain
Supporting Characters, directed by Daniel Schechter
The Sky in Bloom, directed by Tor Mian
While We Were Here, directed by Kat Coiro
International Narrative Special Presentations:
6 Month Rule, directed by Blayne Weaver
For Lovers Only, directed by Michael Polish
Mariachi Gringo, directed by Tom Gustafson
Rise of the Guardians, directed by Peter Ramsay
Thanks for Sharing, directed by Stuart Blumberg
Hit and Run, directed by Dax Shepard
Mexican Narrative Features Competition:
Fogo, directed by Yulene Olaizola
Las lágrimas, directed by Pablo Delgado Sánchez
Los mejores temas, directed by Nicolás Pereda
Rezeta, directed by Luis Fernando Frías
Un mundo secreto, directed by Gabriel Mariño
Mexican Narrative Special Presentations
Cabeza de Vaca, directed by Nicolas Echevarria
Después de Lucia, directed by Michel Franco
Hecho en México, directed by Duncan Bridgeman
De Tripas Corazón, directed by Antonio Urrutia
Miradas Múltiples (La máquina loca), directed by Emilio Maillé
Niño Fidencio (El taumaturgo del Espizazo), directed by Nicolás Echevarría
International Documentary Competition:
Blood Relative, directed by Nimisha Mukerji
First Position, directed by Bess Kargman
GuateMaya- The Unification of Wisdom, directed by Cassidy Rast
Money and Honey, directed by Ching-Hui Lee
Nothing Like Chocolate, directed by Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Mexican Documentary Competition:
Buscando a Larisa, directed by Andrés Pardo
Cuates de Australia, directed by Everardo González
El alcalde, directed by Carlos F. Rossini, Emiliano Altuna, and Diego E. Osorno
Inori, directed by Pedro González Rubio
La revolución de los alcatraces, directed by Luciana Kaplan
International Shorts Competition:
Address Is Approximate, directed by Tom Jenkins
Amaqqut Nunaat, directed by Neil Christopher
And If Tomorrow..., directed by Joe Iacovino
Blackout, directed by Francisco Lupini
De Que Se Rien Las Hienas directed by Javier Veiga
El Cocodrilo (The Crocodile), directed by Steve Acevedo
Grounded, directed by Kevin Margo
Hello Caller, directed by Andrew Putschoegl
Immobile, directed by Helio Mira
Julio Solis, A Move Shake Story, directed by Alexandria Bombach
La Mirada Perdida, directed by Damián Dionisio
Lichen, directed by Kevin Lim
Little Kaiju, directed by Jonathan Baker
Luminaris, directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella
Lunch Date, directed by Sasha Collington
Mentiroso, directed by Will Shipley
Mexican Cuisine, directed by Fran Guijarro
Neighbors, directed by Rachel Goldberg
Nostos, directed by Alessandro D’Ambrosi and Santa de Santis
Q , directed by Felipe Vara de Rey
Rascacielos, directed by Mariana Torres
Resen, directed by eti tsicko
Side Effects, directed byTraven Rice
Single Player, directed by Paweł Soja
The End, directed by Ted Marcus
The Gnome Garden, directed by Elena Hattersley
The Most Girl Part of You, directed by Mark Cummins
The Price, directed by Zeke Pinheiro, James St.Vincent
The Verbal Circuits, directed by Elena Hattersley
Tu ez moi, directed by Melissa Papel and Clarisse Gorokhoff
Mexican Shorts Competition:
Dentro, directed by Emiliano Rocha Minter
Dentro de uno, directed by Salvador Aguirre
Dos de tres, directed by Paulina Rosas
Ecuación, directed by Gerardo Enrique Rodríguez Herrera
Ismael, directed by Sebastian Hofmann
La habitación, directed by Raúl Sebastián Quintanilla
La noria, directed by Karla Castañeda
Las manos limpias, directed by Carlos Armella
Lucy contra los límites de la voz, directed by Mónica Herrera
Perro azul, directed by Federico Zuvire
Un ojo, directed by Lorenza Manrique
Yuban, Yaasib Vázquez Colmenares
International Narrative Features Competition:
Faith, Love and Whiskey, directed by Kristina Nikolova
No, directed by Pablo Larrain
Supporting Characters, directed by Daniel Schechter
The Sky in Bloom, directed by Tor Mian
While We Were Here, directed by Kat Coiro
International Narrative Special Presentations:
6 Month Rule, directed by Blayne Weaver
For Lovers Only, directed by Michael Polish
Mariachi Gringo, directed by Tom Gustafson
Rise of the Guardians, directed by Peter Ramsay
Thanks for Sharing, directed by Stuart Blumberg
Hit and Run, directed by Dax Shepard
Mexican Narrative Features Competition:
Fogo, directed by Yulene Olaizola
Las lágrimas, directed by Pablo Delgado Sánchez
Los mejores temas, directed by Nicolás Pereda
Rezeta, directed by Luis Fernando Frías
Un mundo secreto, directed by Gabriel Mariño
Mexican Narrative Special Presentations
Cabeza de Vaca, directed by Nicolas Echevarria
Después de Lucia, directed by Michel Franco
Hecho en México, directed by Duncan Bridgeman
De Tripas Corazón, directed by Antonio Urrutia
Miradas Múltiples (La máquina loca), directed by Emilio Maillé
Niño Fidencio (El taumaturgo del Espizazo), directed by Nicolás Echevarría
International Documentary Competition:
Blood Relative, directed by Nimisha Mukerji
First Position, directed by Bess Kargman
GuateMaya- The Unification of Wisdom, directed by Cassidy Rast
Money and Honey, directed by Ching-Hui Lee
Nothing Like Chocolate, directed by Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Mexican Documentary Competition:
Buscando a Larisa, directed by Andrés Pardo
Cuates de Australia, directed by Everardo González
El alcalde, directed by Carlos F. Rossini, Emiliano Altuna, and Diego E. Osorno
Inori, directed by Pedro González Rubio
La revolución de los alcatraces, directed by Luciana Kaplan
International Shorts Competition:
Address Is Approximate, directed by Tom Jenkins
Amaqqut Nunaat, directed by Neil Christopher
And If Tomorrow..., directed by Joe Iacovino
Blackout, directed by Francisco Lupini
De Que Se Rien Las Hienas directed by Javier Veiga
El Cocodrilo (The Crocodile), directed by Steve Acevedo
Grounded, directed by Kevin Margo
Hello Caller, directed by Andrew Putschoegl
Immobile, directed by Helio Mira
Julio Solis, A Move Shake Story, directed by Alexandria Bombach
La Mirada Perdida, directed by Damián Dionisio
Lichen, directed by Kevin Lim
Little Kaiju, directed by Jonathan Baker
Luminaris, directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella
Lunch Date, directed by Sasha Collington
Mentiroso, directed by Will Shipley
Mexican Cuisine, directed by Fran Guijarro
Neighbors, directed by Rachel Goldberg
Nostos, directed by Alessandro D’Ambrosi and Santa de Santis
Q , directed by Felipe Vara de Rey
Rascacielos, directed by Mariana Torres
Resen, directed by eti tsicko
Side Effects, directed byTraven Rice
Single Player, directed by Paweł Soja
The End, directed by Ted Marcus
The Gnome Garden, directed by Elena Hattersley
The Most Girl Part of You, directed by Mark Cummins
The Price, directed by Zeke Pinheiro, James St.Vincent
The Verbal Circuits, directed by Elena Hattersley
Tu ez moi, directed by Melissa Papel and Clarisse Gorokhoff
Mexican Shorts Competition:
Dentro, directed by Emiliano Rocha Minter
Dentro de uno, directed by Salvador Aguirre
Dos de tres, directed by Paulina Rosas
Ecuación, directed by Gerardo Enrique Rodríguez Herrera
Ismael, directed by Sebastian Hofmann
La habitación, directed by Raúl Sebastián Quintanilla
La noria, directed by Karla Castañeda
Las manos limpias, directed by Carlos Armella
Lucy contra los límites de la voz, directed by Mónica Herrera
Perro azul, directed by Federico Zuvire
Un ojo, directed by Lorenza Manrique
Yuban, Yaasib Vázquez Colmenares
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