The short film L de libertad, co-directed by Javier Hernández & Marc Guanyabens, is going to be screened soon in Calgary (Alberta, Canada) because of its nomination at the 2017 Picture this...film festival.
The 2017 Picture this...film festival (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is opening its screenings today, Wednesday 15th March. Among these screenings, they have included the exhibition of L de libertad. The documentary short L de Libertad, directed by Javier Hernández & Marc Guanyabens, has been selected for taking part in the sixteenth edition of this film event.
The screening of the documentary short L de Libertad by Javier Hernández & Marc Guanyabens has been scheduled tomorrow, Thursday 16th March. The show will take place at the Calgary SCOPE Society, a venue based downtown Calgary. The session will began at 09:30 hours.
The documentary short L de libertad by Javier Hernández & Marc Guanyabens is one of the 69 films nominated for participating at the 2017 Picture this...film festival. Additionally, L de libertad is one of the 34 competing documentaries. It should be noted that L de libertad by Javier Hernández & Marc Guanyabens is one of the two Spanish documentary short films selected at this Canadian festival. In fact, just five Spanish films, including L de libertad, will be present at this film competition.
The list of the 69 films that have been nominated by the 2017 Picture this...film festival is composed by the following titles: 4 Wheel Bob by Tal Skloot (USA), Alarm: Red by Don Cunningham & Jay Pennington (USA), Andre the Anti-Giant by Kim Saltarski (Canada), At Eye Level by Evi Goldbrunner & Joachim Dollopf (Germany), Babylon by Sergey Grek (Ukraine), Mon corps a dos by Gaelle Hannebicque (Canada), The Barber of Augusta by Michele Hozer (Canada), Becoming Superhuman by Julia Roberts & The Feds Australia Pty Ltd. (Australia), The Big Shock by Russell Highsmith & Film Oxford (United Kingdom), Blasted by Elsa O'Toole (United Kingdom), Blue Pen by Julie McNamara & Caglar Kimyoncu (United Kingdom), Bond by Sahera Khan (United Kingdom), Boxed Out by Cory Reeder (USA), Christea by Anastasia Tessa-Doulkeri (Greece), Clawing The Sky by Seyed Mohammad Ali Hami (Iran), Cold Blood by Hadi Maasum'doost (Iran), Coming Home by Annick Janson (New Zealand), Construction and Destruction in Didcot by Lucy Skuce & Film Oxford (United Kingdom), Cross The Line by Sean Wirz (Switzerland), Dan and Margot by Chloe Sosa-Sims (Canada), Dance To Live by Sergey Kutsevalov (Russia), Dreamsville by Tom Breach, Mark Hemsworth, Russell Highsmith, Richard Hunt, Lucy Skuce & Danny Smith (United Kingdom), Dress Well by Pryscila Cromeyer (United Kingdom), Drumming Is Like Thunder by Alyx Duncan, Catherine Chappell & Duncan Armstrong (New Zealand), Dymphna by Janna Eunice Ocleasa (Philippines), Epilepsy Awareness by Patrick Nowry (Canada), Finding Ourselves by Luis de Estores (Canada), FLAK - ODSP and Social Exclusion by Rod Radford (Canada), The Forgotten by Alexander Korolev (Russia), Four Solos in the Wild by Graham Busby, Andrew Kelly, Erika Juniper, Mervyn Bradley & Ray Jacobs (United Kingdom), Grounded by Luk Wissell (Australia), I'm Rowwing A Boat by Zelenov Pavel (Russia), In The Same Bota by Halla Mia Olafsdottir (Iceland), Inclusion: Fit Into Normaliy by Ganna Shkarupa, Vadim Ilkov & Olga Kiriluk (Ukraine), Just Like Us by Adam Benavides (USA), Just This Once by Mohammad Hassan Shahmohammadi (Iran), Ku'te by Ronaldo Bertubin (Philippines), L de libertad by Javier Hernández & Marc Guanyabens (Spain), Landscapes by Tom Breach, Mark Hemsworth, Russell Highsmith, Richard Hunt, Lucy Skuce & Danny Smith (United Kingdom), Life Outside The Box by Alan O'Callaghan & Corina Duyn (Ireland), Light From My Crystal by Danny Smith & Film Oxford (United Kingdom), Love by Waddah Alfahed (Syria / Russia), Love At Second Sight by David Roche, Marlena Blavin & Jo Streit (Canada), Luree by Mani Raj Aryal (Nepal), The Making Of A Dream by Merrill Matthews (Canada), Mala's Cello by Kelly Stoner (Australia), Moods & Seasons by Mark Hemsworth & Film Oxford (United Kingdom), Mother Tongue by Reza Golchin & Alborz Poursayad (Iran), Motxila 21 live!!! by Iñaki Alforja (Spain), A Normal Life by Alex Herz (USA), Of The Community by Jerry Smith (USA), Overcoming: Sky Challenge by Konstantin Kolodyazhny (Russia), Papa by Siddharth Chauhan (India), Passengers by Dickie Hearts (USA), Richard Hunt Amazing Art by Richard Hunt & Film Oxford (United Kingdom), Rolling Strong by Marianela Vega (Spain), Piel suave, ojos violentos by Marc Nadal (Spain), Somewhere Out There by Richard Diraddo & Robby Reis (Canada), Souls Dead by Victor Krasovskly (Belarus), Cuerdas by Pedro Solís García (Spain), Swim Team by Lara Stolman (USA), A Talk In The Park: Mental Health Perspectives by Suzanne Feldman (Canada), Unlikely Temptations by Cory Reeder (USA), Vasilii Eroshenko: Way To the Sun by Ekaterina Dorofeeva (Russia), Il rumore della vittoria by Ilaria Galbusera & Antonino Guzzardi (Italy), Way Home by Maksim Smirnov (Russia), Wheels of Fortune by Simone Tunbridge (Australia), Who Am I To Stop It by Cheryl Green & Cynthia Lopez (USA), and Wojtek by Bartek Tryzna & Monika Stpiczynska (Poland).
Despite most films having come mostly from English-speaking countries (United Kingdom, Canada, USA, New Zealand, and Ireland), the 2017 Picture this...film festival is a worldwide festival with films coming from countries less frequent at international film festivals (for instance, Syria, Nepal, or Philippines). In deed, by countries of origin, the selected films have been produced in United Kingdom (12), Canada (11), USA (10), Russia (7, including one co-production), Spain (5), Australia (4), Iran (4), Philippines (2), New Zealand (2), Ukraine (2), Germany (1), Belarus (1), Greece (1), India (1), Ireland (1), Iceland (1), Italy (1), Nepal (1), Poland (1), Switzerland (1), and Syria (one co-production).
This year's festival selection has been divided into four categories: Documentary, Drama, Education, Animation, and Performance.
The running edition will finish coming Friday 17th March, after three days of screenings.
Curiously, the 2017 Picture this...film festival has already announced the winners of the current edition. The list of winners of this year has been as follows:
- Best of Festival Award: At Eye Level by Evi Goldbrunner & Joachim Dollopf (Germany),
- Dodie Spittal Award: The Barber of Augusta by Michele Hozer (Canada),
- Documentary Under 10 Minutes Award: Wojtek by Bartek Tryzna & Monika Stpiczynska (Poland),
- Documentary Under 10 Minutes Consolation Award: Mala’s Cello by Kelly Stoner (Australia),
- Documentary 10 - 30 Minutes Award: The Barber of Augusta by Michele Hozer (Canada),
- Documentary 10 - 30 Minutes Consolation Award: Love by Waddah Alfahed (Syria / Russia),
- Documentary 30 - 60 Minutes Award: Becoming Superhuman by Julia Roberts & The Feds Australia Pty Ltd. (Australia),
- Documentary 30 - 60 Minutes Consolation Award: Sky Challenge by Konstantin Kolodyazhny (Russia),
- Documentary Over 60 Minutes Award: Swim Team by Lara Stolman (USA),
- Animation Award: Cuerdas by Pedro Solís (Spain),
- Drama Under 10 Minutes Award: Unlikely Temptations by Cory Reeder (USA),
- Drama 10 - 30 Minutes Award: The Forgotten by Alexander Korolev (Russia),
- Drama Over 30 Minutes Award: At Eye Level by Evi Goldbrunner & Joachim Dollopf (Germany),
- Education Award: Love At Second Sight by David Roche, Marlena Blavin & Jo Streit (Canada),
- Education Consolation Award: Wheels of Fortune by Simone Tunbridge (Australia),
- Performance Award: Blue Pen by Julie McNamara & Caglar Kimyoncu (United Kingdom), and
- Performance Consolation Award: Four Solos In The Wild by Graham Busby, Andrew Kelly, Erika Juniper, Mervyn Bradley & Ray Jacobs (United Kingdom).