The CortoEspaña short film festival returns to Salamanca for another year
The CortoEspaña Traveling Festival will be held on Thursdays from May 31 to June 28 on El Granero street, in the West Quarter, at 10:10 PM.
Spectators will be able to enjoy the best selection of short films from the Spanish audiovisual scene for free
Next Thursday, May 31st, a new edition of the Salamanca Short Film Festival will begin, an event in which Salamanca Film Commission and the itinerant short film festival CortoEspaña collaborate. It will screen the twenty-eight short films that have been selected for CortoEspaña's competition section, and which can be voted on by the attending public.
On Thursdays, May 31st, June 7th, 21st, and 28th, starting at 10:10 PM, spectators will be able to enjoy the best selection of short films from the Spanish audiovisual scene for free, outdoors (Granero street, in the Oeste neighborhood). Among the selected short films are works that have participated in some of the most prestigious festivals in the world and short films nominated for or winners of Goya Awards, such as the shorts “Madre” or “Woody&Woody” (winners of the 2018 Goya for Best Fiction Short Film and Best Animation Short Film, respectively).
In previous editions, the Salamanca Short Film Festival recorded over a thousand public votes per year, and it is expected that during this special edition, once again alongside CortoEspaña, the attendance will be repeated.
This event is part of a new edition of regular film screenings organized by bar Granero and filmmaker Javier Díez (Javier Díez), which have been held since 2007 and have the collaboration of the Salamanca City Council through its film promotion office Film Commission, the ZOES neighborhood association, and the sponsorship of the Mahou and Coca Cola brands.
CortoEspaña has received more than 800 short films for its national selection of shorts that subsequently participate in different screenings throughout Spain, and it has over 3,500 euros in prizes thanks to the votes of attendees at the various screenings held in Spanish territory.
It is an initiative launched for the exhibition and promotion of short films in our country, whose objective is to ensure that the short format occupies the relevant position it deserves within the Spanish audiovisual landscape. CortoEspaña organizes more than 150 events a year, including festivals and thematic cycles, bringing short films across the entire Spanish geography. One of the peculiarities of the Festival is the enormous weight given to the collective of spectators attending the circuit's festivals. All public votes will be compiled in their entirety to determine which works are, on average, the favorites of attendees, and thus receive the first, second, third, or fourth audience award, endowed with 2,000, 1,000, 500, and 250 euros respectively.