The last three days of the Riurau Film Festival took place this past weekend in Xàbia (days 11 and 12) and in Pedreguer (Sunday 13), the latter being the host town for the first time of the show. With a capacity subject to the Covid protocols, they were nevertheless almost completely veiled.
The festival will be ten years old in 2021, with the intention of celebrating it with special news and continuing to grow.
The awards ceremony also took place during these screening sessions. The star award of the festival was awarded in Xàbia to the Macedonian film 'STICKER' by Georgi M. Ukovski, deservedly awarded as Best Fiction Short Film. José María Fraguas de Pablo, jury of the festival for his long career in film and television as a writer, director, director and screenwriter was in charge of announcing it.
Completing the festival's record, the Oceanogràfic Foundation's Environment and Sea Award was also awarded, which went to the film 'uNpACKAGING' by the Canarian filmmaker ziREjA. 'A-1606' by Ricard Peitx received the award for Best Sound and an exaequo Best Editing went to Mónica Mateo for 'You Can't Come Back Never'.
In Pedreguer, the last day of the festival, the Best Short Film in the Valencian / Catalan Language was taken by 'Els que Callen' by Albert Folk and by the audience 'Ca Nostra' by Majorcan Laia Foquet.
L'Escola de Cinema Riurau, which begins classes again now in October, presented, as every year, the students' short films and this year distributed the award between two students, Manu Font and Jordi Dominguis, from the Xàbia school and Dénia respectively.
Complete list of winners of the IX edition of the RIURAU Film Festival 2020
- Best Fiction Short Film Villa de Xàbia Award: STICKER by Georgi M. Unkovski
- Best Short Film Direction City of Dénia Award: Max Lemke by BEST SELLER
- Best Dance Film: TRACES by Alex Murrull
- Best LGTBI Short Film EATIM Award from Jesús Pobre: LEO AND ALEX IN THE FULL XXI CENTURY by Eva Libertad and Nuria Muñoz
- Best Short Film in the Valencian-Catalan Language Vila de Pedreguer Award: ELS QUE CALLEN by Albert Folk
- Best Social Fiction Short Film The Other, Same or Different: CUBAN HEEL SHOES; by Julio More Alcaraz
- Best Short Film for the ENVIRONMENT AND THE SEA Oceanogràfic Foundation: uNpACKAGING, by ziREjA
- Best Performer: Koldo Olabarri for THREE TIMES by Paco Ruiz
- Best Cinematography: Vadim Alsayed PIPO ET L'AMOUR AVEUGLE by Hugo Le Gourrrierec
- Best Art Direction: Nacho Escribano for SONRISAS by Javier Chavanel Fraile
- Best Screenplay: Álvaro Carmona for THE TREATMENT
- Best Mounting: Xavi. G. Pereiro for POLTER by Álvaro Vicario (exaequo) Mónica Mateo for You will never be able to return (exaequo)
- Better Sound: Tolo Prats, Miquel LLinàs and Rubén Pérez by A-1606.
- Special Mention of the Jury to the social values of films: ES EL PROGRESO, ESTUPIDA, by Patricia de Luna and BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE by Mads Koudal
- Best Short Film RIURAU Express: Jordi Dominguis for Un LLoc per Tornar.
- Short Film Express Award from the Public Fundació Baleària: Jordi Dominguis for Un Lloc per Tornar
- Audience Award for the Valencian film: Ca Nostra by Laia Foquet
- Escola de Cinema Riurau Award: Jordi Dominguis for Destí (exaequo) and Manuel Font for TIC-TAC (exaequo)
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