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<\/p>\n\u2022 Starting this Monday, April 28, ten feature films will compete for the Golden Lady Harimaguada after being recognized at other important international festivals<\/p>\n
\u2022 The fifteen short films comprising one of the most diverse sections in years will be divided into three screenings scheduled for April 30 and May 1 and 2 <\/p>\n
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Sunday, April 27, 2025.- The 24th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival begins on Monday, April 28, the screenings of the works competing for the Golden Lady Harimaguada in its Official Section. Ten feature films and fifteen short films make up this diverse, daring and alternative selection the Festival has programmed for its audience, who, once more, will be able to enjoy new auteur and independent pieces that move outside commercial theaters.<\/p>\n
The ten feature films included in the Official Section have already been screened, and recognized, at important festivals such as Rotterdam, Locarno, Venice, Berlin or Sundance. Documentaries, comedies and even thrillers make up one of the most diverse selection in years, which strengthens the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival’s prestige within the national circuit as one of the events giving visibility and support to that other kind of cinema.<\/p>\n
Tato Kotetishvili (Georgia), B\u00e1lint Szimler (Hungrary), Rohan Parashuram Kanawade (India), Murat F\u0131rato\u011flu (Turkey), Brittany Shyne (USA), Chlo\u00e9 Robichaud (Canada), Ameer Fakher Eldin (Ukraine), Julian Chou (Taiwan), Silvina Shnicer (Argentina) and Iv\u00e1n Casti\u00f1eiras Gallego (Spain) are the filmmakers competing in 2025. Programmer Jaime Pena pointed out that the \u2018contrast\u2019 between some works and the others was the best term to define their inclusion in the same section.<\/p>\n
Some of them will come to the city to present their films: Julian Chou, on Monday 28; Iv\u00e1n Casti\u00f1eiras and its producer \u00c1ngel Santos, as well as Tato Kotetishvili, on Tuesday 29; Ameer Fakher Eldin and Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, on Thursday, May 1; and Silvina Shnicer and Murat F\u0131rato\u011flu, on Friday, May 2.<\/p>\n
Overall, the selected works illustrate various ways of approaching stories from different cultures, moments and realities. Sometimes, from the harshest perspective. Some others, from the most acid and bold irony. And always under a particular auteur\u2019s gaze and their own conception of filmmaking. Thus, the Festival continues to show a certain sort of cinema its audience has learned to enjoy and recognize, considering some outstanding international filmmakers have been first shown here.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the Official Section includes fifteen short films that will be shown, divided into three different screenings, on April 30 and May 1 and 2<\/strong>. They are pieces that reflect the relevance of the format today, and on a global scale. Its programmer, Andreea Patru, explained in the catalog how most of them \u201care committed to looking\u2014or sometimes seeing. Whether they create fictional narratives or challenge genre and form as an innate characteristic of the short film, the directors seek to captivate us in a media-saturated world.\u201d Some of the filmmakers will come to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, too, to introduce their works.<\/p>\n The full program and schedule are available at this website.<\/p>\n FEATURE FILMS<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday, April 28<\/strong><\/p>\n Shi Ming<\/em> | Blind Love<\/strong> <\/em>by Julian Chou (Taiwan, 2025, 145 min.) Fekete Pont<\/em> | Lesson Learned<\/strong><\/em> by B\u00e1lint Szimler (Hungary, 2024, 119 min.) Tuesday, April 29<\/strong><\/p>\n Deuses de Pedra<\/strong> <\/em>| Gods of Stone<\/em> by \u00c1ngel Santos and Iv\u00e1n Casti\u00f1eiras Gallego (Spain, 2025, 85 min.) Holy Electricity <\/strong><\/em>by\u00a0Tato Kotetishvili (Georgia, 2024, 95 min.) Wednesday, April 30<\/strong><\/p>\n Deux femmes en Or<\/em> | Two Women <\/strong><\/em>by Chlo\u00e9 Robichaud (Canada, 2025, 100 min.) Seeds<\/strong><\/em> by Brittany Shyne (USA, 2025, 123 min.) Thursday, May 1<\/strong><\/p>\n Yunan<\/strong><\/em> by Ameer Fakher Eldin (Germany, Canada, Italy, Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, 2025, 124 min.) Sabar Bonda<\/em> | Cactus Pears<\/strong><\/em> by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade (India, United Kingdom, Canada, 2025, 112 min.) Friday, May 2<\/strong><\/p>\n La Quinta<\/strong><\/em> by Silvina Shnicer (Argentina, Spain, Chile, Brazil, 2024, 99 min.) One of Those Days When Hemme Dies<\/strong><\/em> by Murat F\u0131rato\u011flu (Turkey, 2024, 83 min.) SHORT FILMS<\/strong><\/p>\n Wednesday, April 30<\/strong><\/p>\n SCREENING 1<\/strong> Afto pou zitame apo ena agalma einai na min kineitai<\/em> | What We Ask of a Statue Is That It Doesn’t Move<\/em><\/strong> by Daphn\u00e9 H\u00e9r\u00e9takis (Greece, France, 2024, 32 min.)<\/p>\n Man Number 4<\/strong> <\/em>by Miranda Pennell (United Kingdom, 2024, 10 min.)<\/p>\n Guille, 28<\/strong><\/em> by Miguel Alcalde de la Fuente (Spain, 2025, 17 min.)<\/p>\n En hj\u00e4ltes d\u00f6d<\/em> | The Death of a Hero<\/strong><\/em> by Karin Franz K\u00f6rlof (Sweden, 2024, 14 min.)<\/p>\n Thursday, May 1<\/strong><\/p>\n SCREENING 2<\/strong> Dette er ikke en fest (det er en vinkveld)<\/em> | Sorry I\u2019m Late (But I Brought a Choir) <\/strong><\/em>by H\u00e5kon Anton Olavsen (Norway, 2024, 10 min.)<\/p>\n Ke wai huo dong<\/em> | Extracurricular Activity<\/strong><\/em> by Dean Wei, Xu Yidan (China, 2025, 22 min.)<\/p>\n Audio y el Caim\u00e1n<\/strong><\/em> | Audio & the Alligator<\/em> by Andr\u00e9s I. Estrada (Canada, Venezuela, 2024, 16 min.)<\/p>\n Friday, May 2<\/strong><\/p>\n SCREENING 3<\/strong> Dream On<\/strong><\/em> by Zhang Dalei (China, 2024, 18 min. )<\/p>\n A Black Hole Near Kent County <\/strong><\/em>by Hannah Schierbeek (USA, 2024, 15 min.)<\/p>\n Banished Love<\/strong> <\/em>by Xiwen Cong (China, 2024, 40 min.)<\/p>\n Disturbia<\/strong> <\/em>by Mira Yankova (Bulgaria, 2024, 6 min.)<\/p>\n Number 32<\/strong><\/em>. Giant Fish<\/strong><\/em> by Si Seung-hyun (South Korea, 2024, 10 min.)<\/p>\n Partners, sponsors and collaborators of the 24 FICLPGC<\/strong><\/p>\n The Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, organized by the Culture area of the Gran-Canarian capital\u2019s City Council through Promoci\u00f3n de la Ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, has received public assistance by the ICAA [Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts], the Visitors\u2019 Program for the Internationalization of Spanish Culture (PICE), of the Spanish Public Agency for Cultural Action (AC\/E), as well as public support from Promotur Turismo Islas Canarias.<\/p>\n Among the Festival\u2019s collaborators we may find Fundaci\u00f3n Auditorio Teatro, Cines Yelmo, Las Arenas Shopping Center and Hotel Cristina by Tigotan, places which also function as venues or hold activities of the film event; as well as other institutions and companies such as Sagulpa, Toyota, Royal Bliss, Fuze Tea, Coca Cola, Sholeo Lodge, Audiovisuales Canarias, Music Library &SFX, Blackout Films and International Bach Festival. Likewise, its market, MECAS, has been possible thanks to the sponsorship of the Gran Canaria Film Commission-Sociedad de Promoci\u00f3n Econ\u00f3mica de Gran Canaria and the support of Proexca.<\/p>\n The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Mid Atlantic University, Digital 104, the Audiovisual Cluster of the Canary Islands, the Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media CIMA, the Cartagena International Film Festival, the Gij\u00f3n International Film Festival, the Barcelona Independent Film Festival, the Tres Puertos Laboratory, Barcelona\u2019s ESCAC, and Very Good Script, Freak World and Fimucit\u00e9 are also collaborators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2022 Starting this Monday, April 28, ten feature films will compete for the Golden Lady Harimaguada after being recognized at other important international festivals \u2022 The fifteen short films comprising one of the most diverse sections in years will be divided into three screenings scheduled for April 30 and May 1 and 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":22449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[401],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lpafilmfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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