FIMUCINEMA, the Official Competition Section of the International Film Music Festival of Tenerife (FIMUCITÉ), has announced the audiovisual works competing for the Alex North Award presented for best feature film, documentary, and short film. These works will be screened between September 23th and 28th. For this year’s call, FIMUCINEMA has received 1,261 entries (908 short films, 213 documentaries and 140 feature films). The majority of entries are from Spain, United States, Iran, India, Italy, Brazil, United Kingdom and France.
FIMUCINEMA will open on September 23rd at Multicines Tenerife with the screening of the feature film ‘Oltre la Linea Gialla’. A selection of animation works will also be shown, including the Iranian film ‘Release from Heaven’ that inaugurated last year's Cannes Festival - Animation Day. TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes will play host to the remaining screenings from September 25th - 28th at 17:00 pm; admission is free and invitations for the screenings can be collected at the box office.
FIMUCINEMA remains true in its commitment to Canarian productions, represented this year by the short films ‘Nouvelle Cuisine’, by Manuel Reyes García (Gran Canaria); ‘El Mal Amor’ with music by Fernando Ortí (Tenerife); ‘Sirena Negra’ and the documentary ‘The Mistery of the King of Kinema’, both directed by Elio Quiroga. The director will close the screenings on September 28th with a talk with the audience at TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes.
Two Italian films have been nominated to win the Alex Noth Award for best feature film: ‘La Porta Rossa’ (a RAI production) and ‘Oltre la Linea Gialla’, a musical feature film inspired in the novel ‘High Fidelity’ by Nick Homby, and crowd-financed. ‘Rebellious Flower’ is an Indian production based on the life of guru Osho Rajneesh; ‘Release from Heaven’ is an Iranian animation film about war destruction and the importance of tales. Finally, ‘You Go To My Head’ is the debut feature of filmmaker Dimitri de Clercq, well-known for his work as a producer for Mathieu Kassovitz, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Raúl Ruiz and Ray Müller.
The fifth edition of FIMUCINEMA includes a selection of 5 feature films, 5 documentaries and 20 short films. The poster for this edition has been designed by Daniel Fumero (Limbo Kids Studio).
The Tenerife International Film Music Festival (FIMUCITÉ), which is directed by the prestigious Tenerife-born composer and conductor Diego Navarro, will be holding its 11th edition from September 22nd – 30th, 2017 thanks to the support and sponsorship of the Cabildo de Tenerife, the Canary Islands Government, Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council, Arona City Council, and La Laguna City Council.
Official Spot of FIMUCITE’s XI edition: https://youtu.be/qDI01M9ADBU