The Almería film festival schedules more than a hundred activities from November 13 to 22 and honours four audiovisual figures.
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Photo: Ayuntamiento de Almería
The Almería International Film Festival (FICAL) turns 25 and celebrates it with more than a hundred activities open to the public between Friday, November 13 and Sunday, November 22. The event includes film and television premieres, meetings with professionals and two commemorative exhibitions.
The four "Almería, tierra de cine" awards will go to producer Enrique Cerezo, who will receive it at the opening gala on Friday, November 13; to actress Emma Suárez, at the "Almería, en corto" gala on Friday, November 20; and to Paula Echevarría and American actor Tom Berenger, at the closing gala on Saturday, November 21. Each one will unveil their star on the Paseo de la Fama on the morning of the day they receive the award.
Film, series and round tables
The programme starts on Friday, November 13 at 22:00 with the screening of "Carta blanca", by Gerardo Herrero, at the Auditorio Maestro Padilla. Titles such as "Infortunio", by Manuel Olalla, on Saturday, November 14; "Un hombre en un puente", by David Martín de los Santos, on Sunday, November 15; and "Tarántula", by Tirso Calero, on Monday, November 16, will pass through the festival. On Saturday, November 21 the world premiere of "Bajo un fuego", by Martín Cuervo, is scheduled at Cines Yelmo, with its lead actor and producer William Levy. The closing gala will be handled by "El confidente", by Daniel Calparsoro.
On television, "Matar a un oso" and "Rocío Jurado, la más grande", both from Movistar Plus+, will be presented. The round tables will begin on Friday, November 13 with Santiago Segura and María Luisa Gutiérrez, moderated by Luis Alegre, and will continue with Elena Anaya, Laia Costa, Gorka Otxoa and Sergio Peris-Mencheta on Saturday, November 14. On Sunday, November 15 there will be meetings with David Trueba and with Rodrigo Cortés, and on Monday, November 16 the 60th anniversary of "El bueno, el feo y el malo" will be remembered.
The exhibitions
The Paseo de Almería will host the photography exhibition "25 años de FICAL", with images by Francisco Bonilla, Curro Vallejo, Chema Artero, Juan Sánchez, Víctor Lafuente and Juan Guerrero. At the Patio de Luces of the Diputación, "Detrás del mito. 60 años de El bueno, el feo y el malo en la mirada de Angelo Novi" can be seen, from November 9 to 22, from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 21:00.
The full programme can be consulted on the festival's official website.
The president of the Diputación Provincial, José Antonio García Alcaina, has stated that "bringing FICAL to the street is the best way to celebrate this silver anniversary with all the citizens". The mayor of Almería, María del Mar Vázquez; the delegate of the Junta Government in Almería, Francisco Góngora; and the festival director, Enrique Iznaola, also took part in the presentation, according to information from the Ayuntamiento.
