The First Night At Lanzarote Film Festival
- 09·04·2013
The comic short film The First Night (La primera noche), directed by Eduardo Moyano Fernández, is one of the shorts that have been selected for competing at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote (Canary Islands, Spain).
Yesterday, 8th April, it started in Arrecife (Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain) the 13rd Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote. Among the short films that have been selected for participating at the current edition is the short comedy The First Night (La primera noche) by Eduardo Moyano Fernández.
Specifically, The First Night by Eduardo Moyano Fernández is competing at the 2013 Best National (Spanish) Short, called the Mejor Corto Nacional 2013 in Spanish. As part of this category, The First Night is going to be screened tomorrow, 10th April.
The First Night is competing along with another 29 short films. The 30 Spanish short films that are participating in the Best National Short category are: La caída by Fran Menchón, Abastenerse agencias by Gaizka Urresti, Abril by Víctor Palacios, B. Volkov: Exp. Nº 145.382 by Javier Ruiz, Ngutu by Daniel Valledor & Felipe del Olmo, 2OS by Mario Rico, Aquel no era yo by Esteban Crespo, Green Card, Black Rice by Juan Carlos Falcón, División Azul by Sergi Martí, Monsters Do Not Exist by Paúl Urkijo, Doble Check by Paco Caballero, ¡Beeeee! by Álvaro Oliva, Desayuno con diadema by Óscar Bernàcer, The First Night by Eduardo Moyano Fernández, La boda by Marina Seresesky, Prólogo by Lucas Figueroa, Mi papá es director de cine by Germán Roda, Banda ancha by Javier Cirujeda, La buena educación by Sergio Postigo Cruz, Mr. Bear by Andrés Rosende, De viaje by Silvia González Laá, El vendedor de humo by Jaime Maestro, Biege by Triana Lorite, Anacos by Xacio Baño, Live Vest Under Your Seat by María Giráldez & Miguel Provencio, El chico del 3º B by Pablo Perera & Edgar García, Dos tomates y dos destinos by Aníbal Gómez & David Rodríguez, La cruz by Alberto Evangelio, Náufragos by Mario Rico, and Bendito Machine IV: Fuel The Machines by Jossie Malis Álvarez.
Besides of the Spanish short competition, the Festival de Lanzarote has two other competitive categories: Best Documentary Short (Mejor Corto Documental) and Best International Short (Mejor Corto Internacional). Adding these three categories, the festival has selected 76 short films in total. Out of these 76, as you mentioned above, 30 are competing in the Best Spanish Short category, 26 in the Best International Short, and 20 in the Best Documentary Short category.
Organizers have received more than 950 short films this year, beating the 780 ones that were received in 2012. Not only the number of entries has grown. Moreover, these entries have come from 44 countries, including some countries such as China which have not sent any short previously.
The thirteenth edition of the Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote is ending on coming 19th April. Nevertheless, organizers are going to announce the winning shorts on 15th April.