Celluloid intuition

Light the fire and I'll show you something,
Something invisible if you don't wish to see it,
Something which cannot be heard if you don't wish to listen to its breath. *

There are films you know exist even if you haven't seen them. Films which must exist because you know they need to exist. Films you long for and which you sense in secret. (...) Sometimes you enter an unfamiliar cinema (the CCCB auditorium, say) and the name of the film or director is irrelevant - it's not the time to be thinking about that. (...) So you go in and watch. And you realise that there are people out there all over the world making all kinds of films.

— Mauricio Alvarez —

* Japanese haiku quoted by Abbas Kiarostami at the end of Ten on Ten

Meerkats* animation at the festival...

L'alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival, looks for personal, original, experimental and narrative films reflecting the world we live in today.

66 films will be screened in the official sections of the Festival, an international panorama of independent production made in the last 2 years.

The selected films will compete in 4 sections:
Short, Feature, Animation and Documentary.

SHORT FILMS

Selected Films

Un ange passeAntonin MonmartCanada 20045'45". 35mm

Before DawnBálint KenyeresHungary 200412'30". 35mm

A bras le corpsKatell QuillévéréFrance 200519'. 35mm

Broad DayAhujaIndia 200512'25". Betacam

Careless Reef PrefaceGerard HolthuisHolland 20053'20". 35mm

Definitions of ArtYuri ASwitzerland 20045'. 16mm

Defteri FisiVardis MarinakisGreece 200512'. 35mm

L'EntreprisePhilippe SontanaFrance 200421'. 35mm

EshAreg AzatyanArmenia 20049'. 16mm

FisticuffsMiranda PennellUK 200411'. 16mm

The Future is Behind YouAbigail ChildUSA 200421'. Betacam

Gone FishingNatalia BeliauskenrRussia 200514'. 35mm

Haluro de plata sobre acetatoJosep Culleré & Marcos MarínSpain 200410'50". S16mm

Heydar, Yek Afghani dar TehranBabek JalaliçIran / UK 200518'. 35mm

Hi8 ReportVerica PatrnogicSerbia & Montenegro 200417'. 16mm

Instructions for a Light and Sound MachinePeter TscherkasskyAustria 200517'. 35mm

InvulnerableAlvaro PastorSpain 200425'. 35mm

Jèsu DólarEmmanuel SagetFrance 200526'. 35mm

JinxKarel DoingHolland 20059'. Super 8

Lejos del solPablo AgüeroArgentina 200516'. 16mm

Little PickpocketAsmara BerakiCzech Republic 20058'. 16mm

Mariko's 30 PiratesTetsuya MarikoJapan 200423'. Super 8

MilkPeter Mackie-BurnsUK 200410'. Betacam

Da minha janelaPedro CaldasPortugal 20049'. 35mm

Mio fratello YangGianluca & Massimilliano de SerioItaly 200415'. 35mm

Mona LisaSotiris DounoukosAustralia 200414'. 35mm

Posie DojdyaDusan GligorovRussia 200414'. 35mm

Stratégie, geste et signePierre-Yves CruaudFrance 20046'15". Betacam

TubeChristopher SteelUK 20047'30". 16mm

What I'm Looking ForShelly SilverUSA 200415'. DV

ANIMATION

Selected Films

Abraço do ventoJosé Miguel RibeiroPortugal 20042'34. Betacam

AfterKim NoceUK 20056'30". Betacam

DentistSigne BaumaneUSA 200510'. 35mm

DuplexGoran TrbuljakCroatia 20048'. 35mm

L'éclat du mal / The Bleeding Heart of It Louise BourqueCanada 20058'. 35mm

Gjennom mine tykke brillerPjotr SapeginNorway 200413'. 35mm

KosmosThorsten FleischGermany 20045'15. 16mm

Die LiebedenJohannes HammelAustria 20047'. Betacam

MinotauromaquiaJuan Pablo EtcheverrySpain 200411'. 35mm

Morir de amorGil AlkabetzGermany 200412'40". 35mm

NovaPeter CollisUK 20046'30". 35mm

The Old CrocodileKoji YamamuraJapan 200513'. 35mm

PainMashaallah MohammadiIran 20052'20. Betacam

Social factorJuan Carlos ReySpain 20045'16". Betacam

SvetlonosVáclav SvankmajerCzech Republic 200525'. 35mm

TralalaMagali CharrierUK 20043'. Betacam

I Turn my Face to the Forest FloorThomas HicksUK 20054'40". Betacam

Vent de selAgathe ServouzeFrance 20047'45". Betacam

A VueJoshua MoselyUSA 20048'. DV

While Darwin SleepsPaul BushUK 20045'. 35mm

DOCUMENTARY

Selected Films

66 Sezón (66 Seasons) Peter Kereker
Slovakia 2004 86' 35mm

Shot over three seasons, the film manages to capture the memory of the 66 bathing seasons that tell the story of Central and Eastern Europe through different generations of narrators who have been there. The film mixes archive images, home movies and reconstructions to reveal the public baths as a place of play, sexuality and optimism. The private stories become a single universal story.

Border Laura Waddington
France / UK 2004 27' Betacam

In 2002, Laura Waddington spent months hiding in fields around the Sangatte Red Cross camp with Afghan and Iraqi refugees who where trying to cross the channel tunnel to England. Filming only at night, with the figures lit only by the distant light of the motorways, Laura Waddington offers a personal account of the refugees' plight and the police violence that followed the camp's closure.

Fabrika (Factory)
Sergei Loznitsa Russia 2004 30' 35mm

Fabrika takes us inside a Russian factory using photographically composed shots that render dialogue unnecessary. Man is presented as an extension of the machine, as his working conditions in the midst of an industrial landscape are exposed.

Kenia y su familia (Kenia and her Family) Llorenç Soler
Spain 2005 55' Betacam

Julia and Aída decided to have a child four years ago. They tried artificial insemination, but it wasn't successful. After thinking about it hard, they asked Francesc, a gay friend, if he would be willing to donate his sperm. He agreed and Julia became pregnant after the first attempt. This documentary takes us through the different stages of the pregnancy and tells how those closest to the couple experienced it.

Museum Piece John Smith
UK 2004 12' Betacam

While the Iraq war continues, a day's sightseeing and the features of a German hotel provoke a stream of thoughts about events large and small.

.nijnok (.tibbar) Leo Wentink
Holland 2004 12' Betacam

.nijnok tells the story of rabbits on a breeding farm from when they are born until they are taken away. Leo Wentink's aim was not to make a documentary as a moral defence of these animals, but rather to express his surprise at the "enormous contrast between the rabbits' soft white fur and their industrial surroundings."

Noord Korea. Een Dag uit het Leven (North Korea. A Day in the Life)
Pieter Fleury Holland 2004 48' Betacam

A day in the life of a North Korean family. Pieter Fleury had permission to film in the country, which means the documentary has passed the North Korean censors. Although apparently simply a story of daily life in the country, the film's power lies in revealing the all-pervasive control and influence of Kim Jong II and ever-present patriotism without showing the regime explicitly.

La Osa Mayor menos dos (The Big Bear Minus Two) David Reznak
Spain 2005 115' 16mm

La Osa Mayor menos dos introduces us to a mental hospital and offers us an off-stage vision of society. This documentary shows how the dreamlike can become real, and any real image can turn into an imaginary one. The events of each season were filmed over the course of a year: the cycles of the young patients, the rehabilitation of some and the decline of the old

Still Life Cynthia Madansky
USA 2004 15' Super8

This documentary photographs the strange architecture of Palestine under Israeli occupation. It is a portrait of the devastation caused by the violence of the territorial war in the region. It creates a self-reflecting dialogue and troubles the conscience about the morality and responsibility for the deeds.

Voorland (Foreland) Albert Elings and Eugenie Jansen
Holland 2004 70' 35mm

The land already existed before we were born and will still exist when we are gone. But every generation leaves its mark on it and it is precisely these traces Eugenie Jansen and Albert Elings have filmed detachedly in Super16 for seven years. This symbiosis between man and the land creates a poetic portrait formed by moving pictures, like those in the purest filmmaking.

FEATURE FILMS

Selected Films

Como pasan las horas (The Hours Go By) Inés de Oliveira Cézar
Argentina 2005 85' 35mm

Como pasan las horas is a story about three generations. Juan and his son Santiago are going to spend the day on the beach, whilst René, his wife, decides to pick her mother up from the hospital and take her out into the country. Through these routine actions, the characters come face to face with their destiny. The twelve hours of the day turn time into something almost spiritual. The sea, horizon, fields, woods and wind crossing the shots combine the narration and feel of the film in a single movement.

Detrás del mar (Behind the Sea) Raúl del Busto Maldonado
Peru 2005 99' Betacam

The twentieth of November will be a day to remember because it will affect three very different people. Their three stories have loneliness, premonition and powerlessness in the face of fate in common. Silence reins, because the sea hides a secret. Detrás del mar is one of the most interesting film exercises in recent Peruvian filmmaking. Spanish premiere.

Fugue Hakan Sahin
Canada 2005 Betacam 75'

The winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, arrives at an oil rig in the north of Canada, where the dark isolation blurs the limits of reality and the cold hard landscape fashions the people who live here. Loeffen, a worker on the rig, sets off with his dog for the town of Zama to get provisions for the crew. Zama is a town in the middle of nothing, but when Loeffen arrives, they are celebrating the longest night of the year, after which the sun will rise again. Spanish premiere.

Melegin Duçuçu (Angel's Fall) Semih Kaplanoglu
Turkey 2004 98' 35mm

Using a nonlinear narration, Kaplanoglu tells us a story full of mysticism: wide shots capture the protagonist's anguish and let the spectator feel her despair. Zeynep's works as a chambermaid in a small hotel. Her fate takes a sudden turn and with great visual sensitivity the filmmaker creates darkly beautiful images, revealing the hostile relationships which the film explores.

La Sagrada Familia (The Sacred Family) Sebastían Campos
Chile 2005 110' 35mm

A family of architects is spending their Easter holiday on the beach. The family calm is shattered by the arrival of Sofía, Marco's girlfriend. Loaded with drugs and worryingly erotic, no-one remains unchanged. To make the film, the actors got right inside the skin of the characters and the film was shot chronologically over three days, with the actors improvising variations for each situation.

Los suicidas (Suicidals) Juan Villegas
Argentina 2005 80' 35mm

Daniel, a young journalist, is investigating a suspected suicide. This case coincides with the 25th anniversary of the death of his father, who took his own life when Daniel was a young boy. He is assisted by Marcela and these two solitary people come together. Los suicidas is a reflection on the unbearable weight of the past and sees desire as a life-giving force.

 

 

The Parallel Sections of the Festival include retrospectives, tributes to forgotten filmmakers, thematic programmes, work from international film schools, creating a platform to screen and debate artistic forms and creative practices that aim to help develop a capacity for critical thinking - a vital tool for investigating and transforming our surroundings and giving free rein to our imagination.

VISIONS FROM THE SOUTH

Cine Ojo

Cine Ojo Cine Ojo was set up by Carmen Guarini and Marcelo Céspedes in 1986 to develop a new voice within the field of documentary filmmaking. It is now the leading company for making, distributing and producing documentary films in Argentina. Over the last decade, Cine Ojo has steadily forged its own take on real-life situations by making use of different stylistic and ethical options.

It has produced documentary films by filmmakers of the stature of Fernando Birri and Alberto Marquardt. Its films have been made as international co-productions or have received backing from different NGOs from all over the world and have been selected at international film festivals, including Berlin, San Sebastián, Moscow and Montreal, where they have won a number of awards.

In collaboration with the Casa América en Cataluña

Films

Los Totos (The Totos) Marcelo Céspedes 1983 28 min. 16 mm.
Por una tierra nuestra (A Land of Our Own) Marcelo Céspedes 1987 22min. 16 mm.
A los compañeros libertad (Freedom for Our Comrades)
Carmen Guarini and Marcelo Céspedes 1987 28 min. 16 mm.
Buenos Aires, crónicas villeras (Buenos Aires, Slum Stories)
Marcelo Céspedes and Carmen Guarini France / Argentina 1988 52 min. 16 mm.
La noche eterna (The Eternal Night) Marcelo Céspedes and Carmen Guarini 1991 80 min. 16 mm.
Jaime de Nevares, último viaje (The Last Journey of Jaime de Nevares)
Marcelo Céspedes and Carmen Guarini 1990- 1995 70 min. 35mm.
Tinta roja (Red Ink) Carmen Guarini and Marcelo Céspedes France / Argentina 1998 72min. 35 mm.
H.I.J.O.S. El alma en dos (H.I.J.O.S. Souls Split in Two)
Carmen Guarini and Marcelo Céspedes 2002 80 min. Betacam.

NICOLAS PHILIBERT

In Search of a Metaphor (Philibert Touch)

Philibert (Nancy, 1951) started working in film as an assistant to René Allio and Alain Tanner. Between his first and latest films, La voix de son maître and Être et avoir, respectively, he has created his own style, known as the Philibert touch.

He rejects the tendency of some people to reduce documentaries to their basic subject, e.g. the Papuans, a school or some other cliché: "Unfortunately, by describing a documentary in such simple terms, we act as if there is no story, and this limits the work's register. In all my films, I'm always looking for a story - a metaphor to help me transcend reality."

In collaboration with the French Institute

Films

La voix de son maître (His Master's Voice) 1978 100 min. 16 mm.
Le come-back de Baquet (Baquet's Comeback) 1988 24 min. 16 mm.
La ville Louvre (Louvre City) 1990 85 min. 35 mm.
Le pays des sourds (In the Land of the Deaf) 1992 89 min. 35 mm.
Un animal, des animaux (An Animal, Some Animals) 1994 59 min. 35 mm.
La moindre des choses (No Problem) 1996 100 min. 35 mm.
Qui sait? (Who Knows?) 1997 106 min. 35 mm.
Nous, sans-papiers de France (We Illegal Immigrants in France) 1997 3min. 35 mm.
Être et avoir (To Be and To Have) 2002 104 min. 35 mm.

IVAN ZULUETA

Creative Freedom

One of the most charismatic and original Spanish filmmakers, Zulueta has always been a free-thinker whose original ideas make his films impossible to pigeonhole. Zulueta (1943) was born in San Sebastián and studied at the Official Film School in Madrid. A sizeable part of this director's work, especially his short films, is now the stuff of legend.

Arrebato, his second feature film, has become a cult classic, and is one of the most absorbing and complex works in the history of Spanish cinema, delivering an ironic reflection on the vampire-like power of the film camera.

To accompany the section, L'Alternativa will also present the exhibition Zulueta's Polaroids at the CCCB.

Shortfilms Programme 1

La fortuna de los Irureta (The Iruretas' Fortune) 1964 20min. Super 8
Kinkong (Kinkón) (King Kong) 1971 6 min. Super 8
Roma-Brescia-Cannes 1974 24 min. Super 8
Aquarium 1975 14 min. Super 8
Complementos (Complements) 1976 19 min. Super 8
Frank Stein 1972 3min. 35 mm.

Shortfilms Programme 2

Fiesta (Party) 1976 12 min. Super 8
A malgam a (Almalgam) 1976 33 min. Super 8
El mensaje es facial (The Message is Facial) 1976 20 min. Super 8
Tea for Two 1978 9 min. Super 8
Masaje (Massage) 1972 3 min. 35 mm.

Shortfilms Programme 3

Mi ego está en Babia (My Ego is in Babia) 1975 Super 8
La taquillera (The Ticket Woman) 1978 12 min. Super 8
Ida y vuelta (Round Trip) 1968 42min. 35 mm.

Shortfilms Programme 4

Ágata 1966 18min. 35 mm.
Delirios de amor: Párpados (Love Deliria: Eyelids) 1989 29 min. 16 mm.
Crónicas del mal: Ritesti (Tales of Evil: Ritesti) 1992 30 min.35 mm.

Feature films

Último grito (Last Shout) 1968 80 min.
Un, dos, tres al escondite inglés (One, Two, Three... Let's Play Hide-and-Seek) 1969 90 min. 35 mm.
Arrebato (Rapture) 1979 106 min. 35 mm.

THE MEETING AND TRANSFER OF CULTURES

 

Métissage is a French word used to describe the experience of those who come to a country from another culture and in some way have to live between the two cultures. The third-generation Germans of Turkish origin are using art and other forms of popular cultural expression to reflect their way of living between two cultures: their suffering, but also their hopes and aspirations and the opportunities offered.

This new wave of Turkish-German directors have been making films since the 1990s and L'Alternativa will present films by Fatih Akin, Thomas Aíslan, Yüsksel Yavuz, amongst others.

In collaboration with the Goethe Institute in Barcelona

Films

Getürkt (Weed) Fatih Akin 1997 12 min. 35mm.
Kurz und schmerzlos (Fast and Painless) Fatih Akin 1998 100 min. 35mm.
Wir haben vergessen zurückzukehren (We Forgot to Go Back) Fatih Akin 2000 59 min. 35mm.
Im Juli (In July) Fatih Akin 2000 100 min. 35mm.
Aprilkinder (April's Children) Yüksel Yavuz 1998 85 min. 16mm.
Kleine Freiheit (A Little Bit of Freedom) Yüksel Yavuz 2002 98 min. 35mm.
Lola und Bilidikid (Lola and Billy the Kid) Kutlug Ataman 1998 93min. 35mm.
Die Auslandstournee (Tour Abroad) Ayse Polat 1998 91 min. 35mm.
Dealer Thomas Arslan 1968 74 min. 35mm.
Sevda heibt Liebe (Sevda Means Love) Sinan Akkus 2000 14 min. 35mm.
Die Liebenden vom Hotel von Osman (The Lovers of Hotel Osman) Idil Üner 2001 14 min. 35mm.

SYNERGIES OF HISTORY

Collateral Damage

As in previous years, this section will cover social and political subjects which, although of burning importance, are not very well known. We shall be searching for voices deliberately silenced to get a first-hand idea of the keys to human stories that affect us all.

Collateral damage, is an expression invented by those in power, and relayed endlessly by the media, to encompass everything and everyone damaged as a result of an attack. It is an expression that conceals people and facts which those in power wish to hide in the collective unconsciousness, far removed from its real meaning.

We shall investigate the real lives of the indigenous peoples and towns in South America, which have often been caught in the middle of conflicts and are the first victims of marching globalisation. From Iraq, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Vietnam, we shall share the legacy that conflicts have left amongst the population.

Films

Terlena, Breaking of a Nation Andre Vltcheck Indonesia 2004 Betacam. 89 min.
Les femmes du Mont Ararat (The Women of Mount Ararat)
Erwann Briand France 2004 DV. 85 min.
Nablus Alberto Arce and María Moreno Palestine / Spain 2005 Betacam. 30 min.
El Inmortal (The Inmortal) Mercedes Moncada Nicaragua / Mexico / Spain 2005 Super 16mm. 80 min.
Paralelo 36 (The 36th Parallel) José Luis Tirado Spain 2004 DV. 65 min.
Venezuela Bolivariana: Pueblo y lucha de la IV Guerra Mundial
(The Venezuelan Bolivarian: The People and Battles of the 4th World War)
Marcelo Andrade Venezuela 2004 DV. 76 min.
Invierno en Bagdad (Winter in Baghdad) Javier Corcuera Spain 2005 Betacam. 80 min.

FILM SCHOOLS OF THE WORLD

 

Once again, this section will contain a sample of work produced by film students across the world in 2004 and 2005. Our aim is to create a genuine meeting space in which young filmmakers can discover the latest trends in and different approaches to filmmaking from all over the globe.

The film school highlighted this year will be La Fémis (France), which will hopefully follow in the footsteps of the film schools in Poland and Germany selected in previous years.

Spurred on by the success of its past involvement the Casa América en Cataluña, will screen work from Latin American film schools.

In collaboration with the Casa América en Cataluña and the French Institute

Complete programme: Film Schools of the World 2005

ULRICH SEIDL

Represented Reality

Born in an Austrian village into a conservative Catholic family, Ulrich Seidl is one Austria's most renowned contemporary filmmakers. Seidl has directed a series of films that push the limits between fiction and documentary. In his words: 'Right from the beginning I was fascinated by the tension between two different processes: the process of documentation and the process of representation.'

Since 1989, he has worked exclusively on filmmaking. His feature films include Good News, Loss is to be Expected, Jesús you Know, Animal Love and Dog Days which won the Grand Jury Prize at the film festivals in Venice and at Cannes.

His filmmaking reflects cinéma verité with a tableau direction. It is uncomfortable, grim and strikingly lucid. In response to those who call his vision of the world simply negative, Seidl replies that he always tries to reflect human dignity and every ugly image hides something beautiful and worthy.

In collaboration with the Foro Cultural de Austria

Films

Good News 1989 - 1990 125min. 35 mm.
Mit Verlust ist zu rechnen (Loss is to be Expected) 1992 118 min. 35 mm.
Tierische Liebe (Animal Love) 1995 114 min. 35 mm.
Bilder einer Ausstellung (Pictures of an Exhibition) 1995 Beta SP
Der Busenfreund (The Bosom Friend) 1997 60 min. Beta SP
Models 1998 118 min. 35 mm.
Hundstage (Dog Days) 2001 121 min. 35 mm.
Jesus, Du weißt (Jesus, you Know) 2003 87 min. 35 mm.

 

 

The Parallel Activities offer workshops and round tables, and act as a meeting place where ideas can be exchanged, providing a space for filmmakers, spectators, critics and historians to share ideas and analyse, debate and consider matters related to filmmaking, cultural and artistic influences, filmmakers' social commitment, and the relationship between music and film.

ROUNDTABLE

Meeting of cultures

Europe is currently experiencing large-scale migrations of people forced to leave the land where they were born, often due to economic pressures or political persecution which destroys their dreams of the future.

This life between two cultures forces people to question both themselves and their family, which has a bearing on the second generation of this European mixture.

Consequently, we believe that now is an important time to open spaces for dialogue and debate on how immigrants view the culture they find themselves in.

We shall invite a German specialist on this subject and a representative of either the NGO SOS Racismo or a community of immigrants living in Barcelona.

Speakers: Yüksel Yavuz and Llorenç Soler
Moderator: Margarita Maguregui
Date: 15 de noviembre, 20:00 h.
Venue: Sala Mirador del CCCB

In collaboration with the Goethe Institute in Barcelona

LISTENING TO FILMS

Soundtrack masterclass 2005

The Film Music master class has become an important activity within the Festival, demonstrated by its popularity and by the composers and specialists who have accepted our invitation to participate. These have included the composers Manuel Balboa, Roque Baños, Ángel Illarramendi and the Cuban Edesio Alejandro, as well as the author and film music specialist Conrado Xalabarder.

This year's guest is the French composer Bruno Coulais, whose credits include music for Le peuple migrateur (2001), Les rivières pourpres (2000) o Les choristes (2004). Conrado Xalabarder will lead the theoretical part of the class.

The master class includes projections, auditions and practical analysis. (Simultaneous translation available)

Dates: 14-17 November 2005 (Monday -Thursday)
Venue: Sala de actos de la SGAE and Fundación Autor de Catalunya
Paseo Colón, 6 (Metro Línea 4 Barceloneta)
Time: 10am to 3pm
Cost: 150 € (SGAE members 50% discount)
Places: 50 (by order of registration)
Registration: Download the registration form here
Information: From 10th of October (Monday to Thursday, 1pm to 4pm) | Tel. +(34) 93 306 41 00

In collaboration with SGAE - Fundación Autor

ROUNDTABLE

Film music as an invisible secret univers

A roundtable on film music will be held as a parallel activity within the framework of L'Alternativa to complement the soundtrack masterclass Listening to Music. The two speakers at the masterclass, the French composer Bruno Coulais and the soundtrack specialist Conrado Xalabarder, will be on hand, together with the film critic and Catalunya Ràdio presenter Àlex Gorina, to discuss the importance of music in audiovisual works, as well as how best to promote it. Bruno Coulais will be able to offer firsthand experience as the composer of soundtracks such as those for Microcosmos (1996), Le Peuple migrateur (2001) and Les Choristes (2004).

This is an excellent opportunity for film fans to meet this acclaimed composer and put their own views forward during the debate.

Speakers: Bruno Coulais and Àlex Gorina
Moderator: Conrado Xalabarder
Date:17 of November, 20 h
Venue: Círculo de Lectores (Travessera de Gràcia 47-49)

MASTERCLASS

Screenwriting

The 12th edition of the Independent Film Festival of Barcelona includes two educational initiatives organised in collaboration with the Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers (SGAE).

Alongside the regular soundtrack masterclass Listening to Films, the renowned screenwriter Michel Gaztambide will be helping film students to develop a new perspective on this fascinating yet little-known profession that combines technical skill with a not inconsiderable dose of creativity.

In most screenwriting courses, students are presented with a set of theories garnered from different books on playwriting applied to the world of film. Here, however, the idea is to work on the basics of a screenplay from a decidedly practical and professional point of view. Perhaps more graphically, we could describe the initiative as opening the door to the screenwriter's kitchen.

In short, we hope to create a new educational opportunity for future screenwriters to develop a new approach to their profession and become familiar with a set of tools that will help them solve the problems that arise in their role as story-tellers.

PROGRAMME

Writing images. Specific characteristics of film language
What is a screenplay?. Dramatic and emotional writing
Screenplay structure. The screenplay as a working tool
Introduction to screenplay-writing methodologies
Characters and dialogue
Short films. Specific features of shorts.
Critical viewings of different short and feature films
Practical screenplay-writing exercises

Michel Gaztambide

Michel Gaztambide (Vauclause, France, 1959) is a screenwriter and director whose creativity has found an outlet in both film and television. His film work includes his involvement on the short films Hombres sin hombre, Muerto de amor and Vidas imaginarias, and the feature films Un tranvía en S.P., La vida mancha, La caja 507, Yoyes, Vacas, Chatarra and Santa Cruz, el cura guerrillero. In television, he has worked on the game shows Números rojos, Todo para un sueño and La gran oportunidad, the documentary series Una aventura muy personal and the humorous magazine Comunicando, comunicando... He has also produced advertising work, published books and given a number of screenwriting courses.

Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers

Venue: SGAE
Dates: 14 to 18 November
Time: 5pm to 9pm
Information: (+34) 93 268 90 00

MIENTRAS TANTO... ZULUETA

Exhibition

The Exhibition brings together much unseen work by Iván Zulueta, including the series Polaroids and some super 8 films made between 1971-1976.

The title of the exhibition makes reference to the parallel creation of these pieces, developed alongside the rest of his work. It also makes reference to a reoccurring sentence ("Meanwhile...") which appears in a number of the polaroids.

The Polaroid collection is a clear example of Zulueta's obsessive and excessive way of working. For many years he shut himself away in his house. During this self-imposed exile, he compulsively photographed the walls of his room, producing thousands of polaroids.

Dates: 26 October to 18 December 2005
Venue: CCCB Sala -1
Curator: Álvaro Matxinbarrena
Organisation and production: La Casa Encendida de Madrid

 

 

The l'Alternativa Hall is a living space that functions not only as a meeting place where the Festival public can hang out, but also as a giant cinema with a very original programme.

Projections of films alternate with presentations by filmmakers, distributors and curators and live performances.

4 hours of intense programming each night, especially curated programmes by L'Alternativa and guest programmers, as well as the Free screen, with uncensored, spontaneous projections of films, presented throughout the week of the festival.

FILMS

 

Dietarios Filmados

Shape Shift (Scott Stark)
Devotion (Cynthia Madansky)
Oliva Oliva (Peter Hoffmann)
My Beijing Friend (Nassiem Valamanesh)
I Told Them My Camera was On (Linda Chiu-Han Lai)
Maybe a Story (Vanessa Mueller)
Afmin (Jean Counet)
Impromptu No. 3 (Andrea Flamini)
Landslag (Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson)
13 ou 14 (Jan Peters)

Documents

Frames (Giovanni Giommi)
Quid Esperanza (Stéphane Manzone)
Spielgefährten (Ines Thomsen)
Sea Change (Joe King & Rosie Pedlow)
Vángelo Monzón (Andréas Lennartsson & Beatriz Ramírez)
La Gabi (Neus Ballús)
My Green Garden (Jon Garaño)
Bell Viatge (Raúl Cuevas)

Urban Land (E)scape

Fliegenpflicht für Quadratköpte (Stefan Flint Müller)
CPH Remix (Runar Gudnarson & Ulrik Gutkin)
Oscar (Sergio Morkin)

L'Alternativa propone... Pop Life

The Influence of Ocular Light Perception on Metabolism in Man and in Animals
(Thomas Praschan & Stella Friedrich)
Mayo (Octavi Royo)
Lightning Bolts and Man Hands (Markus Wambsgasnn)
Green Birth (Christina Della Giustina)
Pushan (Marij Pol)
Az Utlsó mondat (Anita Szucs)
Passage(s) (Arnaud Gerber)

L'Alternativa propone... All You Need...

Fräulein Gertie (Tómas Creus & Lavinia Chanello)
Tuned (Olivier Pietsch)
Prudence "A tort ou à raison" (Joris Clerté & Philippe Massonnet)
La Lupe i en Bruno (Marc Riba & Anna Solanas)
Billy (Ryan Feldman)
Laagtevrezers (Joost Bakker)
Untitled (A Different Time) (Helen Fletcher)
All you Need for a Film... (Albert Wulffers & Anja Masling)

L'Alternativa propone... Extravagance1

Ice / Sea (Vivian Ostrovsky)
Uso Justo (Coleman Miller)

L'Alternativa propone... Collective Absurdity

Collective (Rubén Santiago)
Khagh (Arsen Arakelyen)
Latent Heat (David Philips & Paul Rowley)
One Minute Interview (Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson)
Un día con Leopoldo María Panero (Jacobo Beut Cabrera)
El hombre imaginario (Marcelo Porta)
Chicken Anonymous (Dave Burns)
Vacío (Carlos Gómez & Nora Arroita)

L'Alternativa propone... Extravagance 2

Samoa (Ernesto Baca)

L'Alternativa propone... Des-vías

24 Scenes (Carlos Gómez)
Doppelganger (Tal Rosner)
Reborn (Aleix Abellanet)
Cercanías (Miguel Abad)
Supermarché (Jaume Fargas i Coll)
Cut (Till Heim)
Half Life (Matt Hulse)
La otra ciudad (Luis Rodrigo Alvarez)
Flux tendus (François Roux)
Un trou à la place du coeur (David Myriam)
A Film About Us (Pedro Lino)
Please Stop (Alex Pearl)

Guest Programmes

Pulpmovies (Medellin)
Imago Film Festival (Portugal)
Quick Flick movies
Cine Aragonés
Festival de Cine and Video de San Telmo (Argentina)
Microcinema (San Francisco)
Pantalla Libre
Vox video
Festival de Cine Animado de Sevilla

Over the course of these years, L'Alternativa has attracted an increasingly large following who are eager to play an active role in the Festival. Every year the Festival proves that it is more the sum of the films it screens or the activities it organises, and it has grown precisely because people have wanted to get involved.

The number of different sections is evidence not only of independent filmmaking's characteristically heterogeneous nature, but also of the cultural diversity that makes this festival a kind of intellectual and emotional kaleidoscopic mirror in which to find yourself.

The fact is that although those of us who have passed the forty mark cling firmly to the maxim that you're only as young as you feel so as not to envy those still in the full bloom of youth, any existentialist angst is soon dispelled during one of those evenings at the Festival that give you the idea that the organisers are hosts of an informal get-together which no-one shows the slightest inclination to leave. A gathering with film screenings thrown in as well for good measure!

The public always end up turning this festival into a huge party celebrating films for all ages and tastes – just as it should be. As the great composer Henry Mancini once said, intelligence is not incompatible with having fun and putting on a good show. He proved this through his splendid musical compositions; L'Alternativa, through its annual celebration. May it long continue.

— Conrado Xalabarder —

L'alternativa takes place in 7 different venues around the city.

CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
Montalegre, 5 (Metro L1 Universitat and L3 Catalunya)
This is the main venue of the Festival where films in the Official sections and Parallel sections are screened as well as hosting the Pantalla Hall, and some of the Parallel activities. Also where the opening and closing parties take place.

Cines Méliès
Villarroel, 102 (Metro L1 Urgell)
Screenings of films in the Official sections and Parallel sections.

FNAC El Triangle
Plaza Cataluña (Metro L1 and L3 Catalunya)
Screenings of part of the Film Schools program and Parallel section Synergies of History. Free entrance.

Instituto Francés
Moia, 8 (Metro L3 and L5 Diagonal; FGC Provença)
Screenings of the Philibert retrospective and la FEMIS monographic.

Casa América en Cataluña
Córcega, 299 (Metro L3 and L5 Diagonal; FGC Provença)
Screenings of films from Latin American Film Schools and part of the Cine Ojo section.

Sociedad General de Autores and Editores - Fundación Autor
Passeig Colom, 6 (Metro L4 Barceloneta)
Venue for the Film Music masterclass "Listening to Film"

Círculo de Lectores
Travessera de Gràcia, 47-49

Daily Program

Friday 11
Saturday 12
Sunday 13

Monday 14
Tuesday 15
Wednesday 16

Thursday 17
Friday 18
Saturday 19

La Fàbrica de Cinema Alternatiu was founded in September 1992 as a natural reaction against traditional film institutions. It was the initiative of directors, producers and other professionals from the audiovisual sector. La Fàbrica was constituted as a non profit-making association.

The main goal of La Fàbrica is to promote films which do not fit into commercial distribution channels - and to create a space for thinking and debate where subjects related to film and filmmaking can be discussed.

La Fàbrica de Cinema Alternatiu organizes different activities throughout the year: L'Alternativa, Barcelona Independent Film Festival, the internet portal IFN and L'Alternativa Takes a Trip, itinerant film programmes made up of films screened at the Festival, and shown nationally and internationally.

Directing Committee
Margarita Maguregui, Tess Renaudo, Cristina Riera, Marc Vaíllo and Elena de la Vara

General Coordination
Cristina Riera

Official Sections
Coordinación: Tess Renaudo
Programmers: Elena Ortiz de Zárate, Tess Renaudo, Margarita Maguregui and Karina Scarone

Parallel Sections and Activities
Organisation: Margarita Maguregui
Programmers: Margarita Maguregui, David Reznak, Tess Renaudo, Karina Scarone and Marc Vaíllo

Programmers
Nicholas Philibert. In Search of the Metaphor: Montserrat Capdevila and Margarita Maguregui
Mixture. Image Transfer Between Cultures: Bettina Bremme and Margarita Maguregui
Ulrich Seidl. Represented Reality Karin Cervenka and Margarita Maguregui
Iván Zulueta. Creative Freedom: Margarita Maguregui
Visions from the South. Cine Ojo: Margarita Maguregui, David Reznak and Karina Scarone
Synergies of History. Collateral Damage: Carlos Callero and Karina Scarone
Film Schools of the World: Marta Nin, Karina Scarone and Ana St Dizier
Roundtable. Film Music: Mireia Nebot and Marc Vaíllo
Soundtrack Masterclass: Mireia Nebot and Marc Vaíllo
Roundtable. Meeting of cultures: Margarita Maguregui
Screenwriting Masterclass: SGAE
Exhibition Iván Zulueta: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona and La Casa Encendida de Madrid

Hall Screen
Coordination: Ana St Dizier
Programmers: Mireia Nebot, Tess Renaudo, Ana St Dizier and Elena de la Vara
Free Screen: Stéphane Leclercq

IFN Independent Film Network
Coordination: Mireia Nebot and Marc Vaíllo

Jury
Coordination: Karina Scarone

Projections
Coordination: Óscar Eguía and Tomàs Rico
Projections: Xavi Massó (CCCB)

Production
Financial management: Mireia Nebot, Cristina Riera and Marc Vaíllo
Production co-ordinator: Marc Vaíllo
Production: Elisenda Juanola Sagué and Tomàs Rico
Production Projections: Tomàs Rico
Stage manager: Carlos Callero
Guests: Lídia Lahuerta
Transport: David Arrés

Difusion
Coordination: David Arrés, Lídia Lahuerta and Cristina Riera
Press: Sesi Bergeret
Press assistant: Neus Masferrer
Web coordination: Karina Scarone and Marc Vaíllo
Web site: Eva ƒ°
Web contents: Mireia Nebot, Karina Scarone and Telula Tom
L'Alternativa Trailer: La Selección
Coordination Trailer: Marc Vaíllo

Catalogue
Coordination: Tess Renaudo
Translation: Tim James Morris and Helena Nogue

Graphic Design
Enric Güell and Raimon Flos (GLASS MM Disseny en Multimèdia SL)

Art direction L'Alternativa Hall
Marcela Salazar

The Independent Film Network (IFN) is an Internet portal for independent filmmaking created in 1999 and launched in 2000. It is a project of La Fàbica de Cinema Alternatiu in collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona. Throughout the year the IFN brings together information on the Festival's activities (curating touring programmes, our presence at round tables, seminars) and on our members' film-related activities: festivals, awards, film premieres, workshops, etc).

The website also contains a database of people we have met in previous editions of the Festival, with links to other websites related to production, promotion, distribution, festivals, learning, seeing and listening.

There is also a mailing-list service: any professional individual or group wishing the IFN to publicise their activities can get in contact with us at this address.

During the Festival itself, the IFN offers producers, distributors, programmers and exhibitors a space to view the works being screened.

Over the years L'Alternativa has curated a number of film programmes, made up of films presented at the Festival, which have screened at film festivals, alternative venues, film clubs and independent cinemas, nationally and internationally.

The intention is to maximize the distribution of work selected and screened at the Festival, creating a network of sister organisations where films can be seen, programmes exchanged and so ensuring that the films and the Festival are active throughout the year.

During the week of the Festival we create a venue in the Pantalla Hall for screenings of programmes made by organisations, festivals, programmers and distributors we have contacted throughout the year.

We have made 5 programmes under the banner L'Alternativa Takes a Trip, as well as individually curated programmes.

If you are interested and want more information please contact Tess Renaudo

Over the years we have screened work at:

Up and Coming Film Festival, Hannover
Milano Film Festival
Imago Film festival
Muestra de Cine Independiente de Medellín
Festival de Cine y Video de San Telmo
Mostra de la Garriga
Les Inattendus, Lyon
La Enana Marrón, Madrid
Cine Club de Vic
Cinemateca Distrital de Bogotá
Ocularis, NYC
Muestra de Cine Animado de Sevilla
Festival de Jóvenes Realizadores de Granada
Muestra de Jóvenes Realizadores de Zaragoza
Mappacorto, Bolonia
Cityzooms, Bremen
Mostra de Cinema i vídeo de Palma, Mallorca
Videomundi, Chicago
Circuito Off
Mostra de Cinema de St Cugat
LUFF (Lausanne Underground Film Festival)
Cinematexas
La Mostra de Art Sonor
Sueños Cortos Argentina
Sala Imperdible, Sevilla
New European Cinema Week, Foro
Festival Chroma, Mexico

The IFN - INDEPENDENT FILM NETWORK invite Independent Film PROFESSIONALS to join l'Alternativa.

Aprox. 300 films will available to film professionals (programmers, distributors, curators, producers) to view during L'Alternativa.

The Festival provides a video à la carte service, where all film in competition (shorts, animation, documentary, feature), International Film School selections and the Pantalla Hall Section are available to view on VHS/ DVD during the week of the Festival.

Guests will also be able to view the compilation DVDs L'Alternativa has curated over the last years, highlighting the best of past editions of the Festival, programmes which have been shown internationally (Milan, Bogotá, Medellín, Ibbenbüren, Palma de Mallorca, Madrid, Bologna, Austin, Granada, Sevilla, Fundao, Buenos Aires …).

To be a part of the IFN during the festival (accreditation and video à la carte access), please send us a mail explaining your activities and your interest in our festival.

ACREDITATIONS: Send request to Mireia Nebot (Deadline: 3rd of November)

Subscribe to our mailing list and receive updates about L'Alternativa (activities, call for entries, workshops etc..)

Press accreditation

The deadline for press accreditation for L'Alternativa is November 11th. Please contact Sesi Bergeret to receive the accreditation form. You will receive confirmation via email that your petition has been accepted. Press accreditations can be picked up from 12th -18th November between 15.45h and 20.30h at the information desk of the Festival (CCCB, C/ Montalegre 5).

Press Contact

For more information or graphic material, contact Sesi Bergeret

Tel.: +(34) 93 306 41 00
Fax: +(34) 93 302 24 23

ALTERNATIVA 2005 AWARDS

L'Alternativa Short Fiction Award:
A bras le corps (With all my Might) by Katell Quillévéré (France)
Special Mention to Posie Dojdya (After the Rain) by Dusan Gligoro (Russia)

L'Alternativa Feature Film Award:
Malegin Duçuçuçu (Angel's Fall) by Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey)

L'Alternativa Animation Award:
While Darwin Sleeps by Paul Bush (UK)
Special Mention Tralala by Magali Charrier (UK)

L'Alternativa Documentary Award ex aequo:
Voorland (Foreland) by Albert Elings and Eugenie Jansen (The Netherlands)
And La Osa Mayor menos dos (The Big Bear Minus Two) by David Reznak (Spain)
Special Mention to .nijnok by Leo Wentink (The Netherlands)

KODAK Award Spanish Film Invulnerable by Álvaro Pastor (Spain)

Casablanca Kaplan Feature Film Prize La Sagrada Familia by Sebastían Campos (Chile)

Audience Award 2005 Dentist by Signe Baumane (USA)

L'alternativa will award cash prizes in each of the competitive sections

4.000 € Feature Film Prize
3.000 € Documentary Film Prize
2.000 € Short films Film Prize
2.000 € Animation Film Prize

Kodak Spain will award 7 reels of 35mm colour negative (845m) to the Best Spanish Short film or Animation shot on film.

The Casablanca-Kaplan Cinema in Barcelona will award a prize in the Feature Film section, which includes the film's commercial release at the Cinema.

12th Barcelona Independent Film Festival, L'Alternativa 2005 (11th-19th November 2005)

From 11 to 19th November the 12th Barcelona Independent Film Festival, L'Alternativa 2005 will be celebrated in 7 venues throughout the city. The Festival will once again be a meeting place for film-goers (33,000 spectators in 2004) and film professionals (200 accredited guests in 2004). The Festival will screen 400 films (Official Sections, Parallel Sections and Pantalla Hall) and will offer a Screenwriting Masterclass, a Film Music Masterclass (for the fifth time) and 2 Round Tables.

Confirmed guests include the French documentary filmmaker Nicolas Philibert, the Argentinean filmmaker Carmen Guarini, the German-Turkish filmmaker Yüksel Yavuz and the French soundtrack composer Bruno Coulais.

The Festival takes place in 7 venues: Centre for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB), Méliès Cinemes, FNAC-Triangle, French Institute, SGAE, Auditorium of the Círculo de Lectores and Casa Amèrica Catalunya.

For the first time the Festival will award cash prizes to the winning films in competition in the Official Sections: 4.000€ Feature Film prize; 3.000€ Documentary Film prize; 2.000€ Short Film prize and 2.000€ Animation prize. The Casablanca-Kaplan Cinema will award a prize in the Feature Film section: the commercial release of the winning film in the Barcelona-based cinema.

From the 1800 entries received this year, 66 films from around the world will participate in the Official Sections.

The Parallel sections of the Festival are dedicated to: Nicolas Philibert (In Search of a Metaphor); The Meeting of Cultures (Third generation German-Turkish Filmmakers); Iván Zulueta (Creative Freedom); Ulrich Seidl (Represented Reality); Synergies of History (Collatoral Damage); Visions from the South (Cine Ojo); and Films Schools of the World.

L'Alternativa will also screen a number of new films in the Pantalla Hall section; which includes especially curated programmes by the Festival, as well as guest programmes, live music and presentations.

L'Alternativa takes a trip to Madrid

From January to March 2006, 20 films from the 2005 edition of L'Alternativa will screen at the Madrid-based independent cinema La Enana Marrón. The international programme includes shorts, animation, documentaries and feature films screened in the official sections of the festival and in the Pantalla Hall section. The selection includes several of the films awarded at the Festival: MELEGIN DÜSÜSÜ (Semih Kaplanoglu), DENTIST (Signe Baumane) and LA OSA MAYOR MENOS DOS (David Reznak).

MINOTAUROMAQUIA (Juan Pablo Etcheverry Ciancio)
MOTION REPORT (Verica Patrnogic)
DENTIST (Signe Baumane)
GJENNOM MINE TYKKE BRILLER (Pjotr Sapegin)
KOSMOS (Thorsten Fleisch)
BEFORE DAWN (Bálint Kenyeres)
DUPLEX (Goran Trbuljak)
SVÉTLONÓS (Václav Svankmajer)
STILL LIFE (Cynthia Madansky)
POSLE DOJDYA (Dusan Gligorov)
CARELESS REEF: PREFACE (Gerard Holthuis)
MORIR DE AMOR (Gil Alkabetz)
UN ANGE PASSE (Antonin Monmart)
TUBE (Christopher Steel)
LA GABI (Neus Ballús)
L'ECLAT DU MAL (Louise Bourque)
MELEGIN DÜSÜSÜ (Semih Kaplanoglu)
OLIVA OLIVA (Peter Hoffmann)
66 SEZÓN (Peter Kerekes)
LA OSA MAYOR MENOS DOS (David Reznak)

From 12th January to end March 2006
La Enana Marrón | Travesía de San Mateo 8, 28004

L'Alternativa participates in the Wounds and Vision section of Up and Coming Film Festival

WOUNDS & VISIONS OF A MEGALOPOLIS is an accompanying program of the German Festival where curators from Amsterdam, Barcelona, Kuala Lumpur and Montréal will present film programs compiled exclusively for this event.

The Barcelona programme, curated by Tess Renaudo, includes the following films:

Pelayo 36 (Pelai 36) (Facundo Beraudi)
Reborn (Aleix Abellanet)
Con diva (With Diva) (Sebastian Mantilla)
Dramatis Personae (Pere Ginard & Laura Ginès)
Politicas de la repetición (Politics of repetition) (Guillermo Beluzo)
Cada día paso por aquí (I Come By Every Day) (Raúl Arroyo)

Up and coming Film Fetival | December 1 to 4. Hannover

L'Alternativa in Zaragoza

A selection of films from the International Films Schools Section and L'Alternativa Takes a Trip 5 will screen at the Festival de Jóvenes Realizadores de Zaragoza.

December, 9th | Centro Joaquín Roncal
Festival de Jóvenes Realizadores de Zaragoza

L'Alternativa continues....

For the second consecutive year L'Alternativa presents shorts and animation films from the last edition of L'Alternativa in the Film Clubs of Vic and Manresa (Spain).

Minotauromaquia (Juan Pablo Etcheverry)
Da minha janela (Pedro Caldas)
Un ange passe (Antonin Monmart)
Nova (Peter Collis)
Morir de amor (Gil Alkabetz)
Careless Reef (Gerald Holdhuis)
The Old Crocodile (Koji Yamamura)

Novembre 29 | Cineclub Vic

December 4 | Cineclub Manresa

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Centro de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona

Montalegre, 5 - 08001
Barcelona . Spain
Tel.: +(34) 93 306 41 00
Fax: +(34) 93 302 24 23