The Benalmádena International Film Festival (FICCAB) has closed its 25th edition with a gala at the Casa de la Cultura de Arroyo de la Miel at which the Official Section awards were presented and the careers of Kira Miró and Víctor Clavijo were recognised.
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Photo: Ayuntamiento de Benalmádena
The Benalmádena International Film Festival (FICCAB) closed its 25th edition this Saturday, October 17, with a gala hosted by Laura Ríos at the Casa de la Cultura in Arroyo de la Miel. At the event, the awards of the Official Section were announced and the career of the performers Kira Miró and Víctor Clavijo was recognized, who receive the Ciudad de Benalmádena Performance Award.
The edition's list of winners
The award for Best Short Film has gone to «A escala», by Delia Márquez and Leonor Jiménez. The second prize has been for «Montecarlo 67», by Rubén Guindo. Ekaterina Chopenko has been awarded for the direction of «Vulnerability» and Javier Gómez Bello has obtained the award for best screenplay for «16 plantas / 1 ascensor», a title that has also won the Award for Best Malaga Short Film, sponsored by the Cine Club Más Madera.
In acting, Ramón Barea has received the award for Best Performance of the Official Section for «Pordentro», while Roshni Batria Narwani has obtained a special mention for her work in «Roshni», by Rakesh Narwani. This short film has also added the CSRTV Award for Best Andalusian Audiovisual Creation.
Thanks about the craft
Kira Miró has compared the profession to sailing: «you face storms, sometimes the sea is too calm, other times you have to surf the waves, sometimes you get knocked around on the shore, but you have to keep sailing». Trained at the Cristina Rota school, she has worked on titles such as «Crimen ferpecto», «Los abrazos rotos» and «Que se mueran los feos», and on series such as «La que se avecina» and «Machos alfa».
Víctor Clavijo, who has received the award from the councillor for Culture, Jésica Trujillo, has stated that «cinema is our heritage, since my brother and I have made it our profession». The performer became known with the series «Al salir de clase» and has taken part in films such as «La vida que te espera» and «La infiltrada», and in series such as «El Ministerio del Tiempo» and «Hernán».
A quarter of a century of festival
The gala has brought to an end a week in which the event has recognized figures such as the director Asghar Farhadi, the filmmaker Gracia Querejeta, the Malaga director Pedro Temboury and the comedian and actor Leo Harlem. Jaime Noguera and José Ramón Martínez have received respective recognitions from the Ayuntamiento de Benalmádena, the Ateneo de Málaga and the Cine Club Más Madera.
The mayor, Juan Antonio Lara, has described the week as «spectacular» and has stated that the Casa de la Cultura «has been the meeting point for all of us who love cinema».
Full list of winners
—Ciudad de Benalmádena Performance Award: Víctor Clavijo and Kira Miró
—Best Short Film: «A escala», by Delia Márquez and Leonor Jiménez
—Second Prize: «Montecarlo 67», by Rubén Guindo
—CSRTV Award for Best Andalusian Audiovisual Creation: «Roshni», by Rakesh Narwani
—Best Malaga Short Film: «16 plantas / 1 ascensor», by Javier Gómez Bello
—Best Performance: Ramón Barea for «Pordentro»
—Special Mention for Performance: Roshni Batria Narwani for «Roshni»
—Best Direction: Ekaterina Chopenko for «Vulnerability»
—Best Screenplay: Javier Gómez Bello for «16 plantas / 1 ascensor»
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