FESTIVAL OF NEW ANDALUCIAN CINEMA GETS UNDERWAY

Members of the ayuntamiento and the organisers of the Festival of New Andalusian Cinema met the provincial government this week to release details of the program to the press. The second festival runs from Monday, June 8th until June 13th. As a prelude two photographic exhibitions opened today - Almeria de Cine and Homejane a Jose Val de Omar. One is exhibition of landscapes in Algeria that were used in spaghetti westerns and the other is a homage to the director from Granada Jose Val de Omar. During the festival there will be two screenings per day, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Next Friday there will be a concert Pablo Carbonell at Casares disco from 11.30 pm. The festival closes on Saturday 13th with a gala perfomance and prizegivings.

SECOND FESTIVAL OF NEW ANDALUSIAN CINEMA NEXT MONTH

The second Festival of New Andalucian Cinema takes place in Casares from June 8th until 13th. The festival office will be located at the Blas Infante Cultural Centre where two photo exhibitions will also be held from the beginning of next month celebrating the work of Granada film maker Jose Val de Omar. The festival itself starts with screenings on Monday, June 8th. Each film will be introduced by a member of the film team and afterwards there will be a discussion. A script writing course will be held from June 8th to 10th hosted by Rafael Cobos, a well known scriptwriter on many films. There will be a free concert by actor and musician Pablo Carbonell on Friday, June 12th at Casares disco from 11.30 pm. The Festival concludes on Saturday, June 13th with a Gala performance introduced by scriptwriter Ester Lara and Santiago Ruiz. Prizes will be awarded for short films. The Festival is organised by the ayuntamiento and EcoTourCasares.

AWARD WINNING FILM MAKER TO ATTEND CASARES FILM FESTIVAL

An award winning film maker will attend this year’s Festival of New Andalusian Cinema in Casares. Rafael Cobos who won this year’s Goya for best original screenplay for “La Isla Perdida” will give a workshop at the festival where he will teach budding screenwriters on how to prepare a screenplay. Born In Seville in 1973 Rafael Cobos career has included working as a playwright, a television writer and then in cinema. His work includes films such as Seven Virgins, After and Group Seven. Rafael’s workshop titled Introduction to the Screenplay: From idea to argument. The Creative Porcess will be held from Wednesday June 10th to Friday June 12th. The fee for the course is 100 Euro and accommodation is available. The film festival runs from June 8th until 13th.

A FLAMENCO FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT THE BLAS INFANTE CULTURAL CENTRE

Tomorrow evening starting at eight o’ clock. It will feature Bonela Hilo, one of the most outstanding local flamenco artists and all proceeds will go to help the charity, Rehabilitated Alcoholics of Estepona.

CASARES IS TO HOLD THE SECOND FESTIVAL OF NEW ANDALUCIAN CINEMA IN JUNE

Casares is to hold the second Festival of New Andalusian Cinema in the town in June. A press conference next week will announce the program for the festival which aims to promote the work of young film makers in Andalucia. The festival will be held from June 8th to 13th at different locations. This year will also see double projection sessions and the closing ceremony on the Saturday will be attended by a famous character from cinema.