Official Section

ForadCamp 2022 Festival Awards

Can Gardell

«Can Gardell», by Sílvia Subirós and Florencia Aliberti.

 

The XI edition of ForadCamp Nature and Film Festival took place in Figaró-Montmany on September 17 and 18. In addition to the Official Competitive Section, other outdoor spaces and activities related to cinema have been offered, at the foot of the Montseny Natural Park. A total of two hundred people have enjoyed high quality and personal cinema in which nature is the protagonist, context or reason for reflection.

A solid and diverse Official Section has shown a dozen works from the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Germany, co-productions from South Africa and France, Hungary and Belgium, and a wide presence of shorts from the Spanish territory.

The jury for this edition, composed by Cloe Masotta, Rubén Margalló and Federico Delpero, has awarded the Best Short Film Award (awarded the ForadCamp Rain Trophy and €300 in cash), for «Can Gardell», by Sílvia Subirós and Florencia Aliberti, “for the projection of a critical gaze, full of irony, to a rural world presented as a neoliberal fetish.” The jury has also awarded a special mention to «The day they blew up the mountain», by Alba Bresolí Aliberch, “for showing the capacity of cinema to preserve the vestiges of a reality in extinction. »

The Distribution Award, sponsored by Festhome and awarded by the INDOC Association, went to «Some Kind of intimacy» by Toby Bull, «for being an honest portrait in which the director, with minimal brushstrokes, depicts the relationship between human beings and nature, between life and death”.

The Special Mention granted by the Granollers Cultural Association, has been ‘ex aequo’ to the films: «Memory», by Nerea Barros and «The day that They blew up the mountain», by Alba Bresolí Aliberch. The mention has been granted in recognition of the work and good use of narration, photography and montage.

And, finally, the Audience Award has gone to «The day they blew up the mountain», by Alba Bresolí Aliberch.

We thank the great team of people who have made this edition possible. We look forward to seeing you next year!

Awardees and team of ForadCamp 2022

Submissions open for ForadCamp 2022

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Film submissions for ForadCamp 2022 – 11th Nature and Cinema Exhibition are now open.

Films must be non fiction, under 30 minutes, and nature should have a prominent place within the short film.

The screening of works selected will take place in Figaró-Montmany town, September 17 and 18, 2022.

The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2022. Films may be submitted through the internet platform Festhome.com or filling the submission form in our website.

Read the rules and guidelines and submit your film now!

Submissions open for ForadCamp 2021

Logo FDC general Film submissions for ForadCamp 2021 – 10th Nature and Cinema Exhibition are now open.

Films must be non fiction, under 30 minutes, and nature should have a prominent place within the short film.

The screening of works selected will take place in Figaró-Montmany town, September 25-26, 2021.

The deadline for submissions is May 23, 2021. Films may be submitted through the internet platform Festhome.com or filling the submission form in our website.

Read the rules and guidelines and submit your film now!

ForadCamp 2020 will be a non competitive exhibition

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Due to the Covid-19 crisis and the uncertainty of not knowing if in October 2020 we will be able to celebrate the festival at Figaró-Montmany, we have decided not to open the call to receive short films for this year’s edition.

We are designing ForadCamp 2020 as a non-competitive exhibition with materials selected by our team. We hope the evolution of this pandemic let us make public screenings in October. Thanks for your patience! We will keep you updated.

2019 Award Winners

FORADCAMP 2019 AWARD LIST

These are the award winners of ForadCamp 2019, 8th Nature and Cinema Exhibition.

Lotus, by Mohammadreza Vatandoust (Iran, 2018, 14’)

«Lotus», by Mohammadreza Vatandoust, obtained the Best Documentary Jury Award 2019.

  • The Jury, composed of Ricardo Íscar, Núria Campabadal and Maria Alcázar, awarded the Jury Prize for Best Documentary, to «Lotus», by Mohammadreza Vatandoust. The Jury awarded it «for making a portrait of a person and a landscape, for the human and political dimensions of history, and for its great cinematic quality«.
  • Also, the Jury granted a Special Mention to «Floureja», by Pablo Heuson, «for the high quality of its formal and stylistic approach to the subject of the film«.
  • The Audience Award went to «All inclusive«, by Corina Schwingruber Ilić.
All Inclusive.

«All Inclusive», by Corina Schwingruber Ilić, Foradcamp 2019 Audience Award.

  • Distribution Prize sponsored by Festhome and awarded by INDOC, was for the short «Los rugidos que alejan la tormenta», by Santiago Reale, «for portraying with sincerity and simplicity the life of a boy who has decided to live in nature, finding there his place in the world, and as a plea for the absolute freedom of human beings to lead their lives«.
  • Granollers Cultural Association Mention was for «Lotus«, «for the excellent cinematic treatment, for the clarity of the message and for the emotiveness of his footage«.
    «Peix al forn», by Guillem Miró, obtained the Children’s Jury Price ForadCamp Kids 2019. 
  • Children’s Jury Prize, chosen by a Jury made up of five children under 12 years old, was awarded to «Peix al forn», by Guillem Miró because «the film teaches us that if we do not take care of nature, we will end up with the fishes of the sea and will have to eat plastic«.

We thank you all for your support, we’ll see each other next year!

Films selected for ForadCamp 2019

We already know the list of the 17 short films selected for the Official Section of ForadCamp 2019. There will be shorts from Argentina, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Iran, Netherlands, Romania, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland, and also a co-production Switzerland-Spain.

These are the 17 films selected:

      • All inclusive, by Corina Schwingruber Ilić (Switzerland, 2018, 10’)
      • Becoming, by Jan van Ijken (Netherlands, 2018, 6’)
      • Dead Sea dying, by Katharina Rabl & Rebecca Zehr (Germany, 2019, 29’)
      • Estereotipia, by Inés Espinosa (Spain, 2019, 15’)
      • Floureja, by Pablo Heuson (Belgium, 2017, 12’)
      • Ionas dreams of rain, by Dragoș Hanciu (Romania, 2017, 28’)
      • Laatash, by Elena Molina (Spain, 2019, 14’)
      • Lionel, by Juan Renau (Argentina, 2018, 14’)
      • Los que desean, by Elena López Riera (Switzerland, Spain, 2018, 24’)
      • Los rugidos que alejan la tormenta, by Santiago Reale (Argentina, 2019, 15’)
      • Lotus, by Mohammadreza Vatandoust (Iran, 2018, 14’)
      • Plágan, by Koldo Almandoz (Spain, 2017, 10’)
      • Shadows, by Noemi Sjöberg (Spain, 2018, 3’)
      • Sisyphe, by Driss Aroussi (France, 2018, 12’)
      • Sub terrae, by Nayra Sanz Fuentes (Spain, 2017, 7’)
      • Vlnění (Waves), by Vojtěch Domlátil (Czech Republic, 2017, 3’)

The screening of the selected short films will be held in the village of Figaró-Montmany on October 19 and 20, 2019. The full program of the Exhibition will be available by the end of September on our website.

Submissions open for ForadCamp 2019

Logo FDC general Film submissions for ForadCamp 2019 – 8th Nature and Cinema Exhibition are now open.

Films must be non fiction, under 30 minutes, and nature should have a prominent place within the short film.

The screening of works selected will take place in Figaró-Montmany town, October 19-20, 2019.

The deadline for submissions is June 16, 2019. Films may be submitted through the internet platform Festhome.com or filling the submission form in our website.

Read the rules and guidelines and submit your film now!

2018 Award Winners

FORADCAMP 2018 AWARD LIST

These are the award winners of ForadCamp 2018, 7th Nature and Cinema Exhibition.

Zirdzin, hallo! (Hello, horse!), (by Laila Pakalnina, 2017)

«Zirdzin, hallo!», by Laila Pakalnina, obtained the Best Documentary Jury Award 2018.

  • The Jury, composed of Mercedes Álvarez, Sara Xiol and Raül Ruiz, awarded the Jury Prize for Best Documentary, to «Zirdzin, hallo!», by Laila Pakalnina. The Jury awarded it «for the original look of the director, which allows us to discover a new reading of the landscape, with the intermediation of the elements created by man, that stand between the viewer and nature. A very suggestive vision with a great planning and assembly work, in short, a minimalist short film that is at the same time very expressive«.
  • Also, the Jury granted a Special Mention to «Cucli», by Xavier Marrades, because, «from a small story of a character that is very close, and of his intimate relationship with a bird, he offers us his particular vision of universal themes such as mourning, death, the meaning of life, and acceptance of the positive and negative aspects of existence, showing love for the protagonists without falling into the melodramatic excess «.
  • The Audience Award also went to «Cucli«.
"Cucli", by Xavier Marrades, 2017.

«Cucli», by Xavier Marrades, Foradcamp 2018 Audience Award.

  • Distribution Prize sponsored by Festhome and awarded by INDOC, was for the short «Ligne Noire», by Mark Olexa and Francesca Scalisi, «for the narrative consistency, for the risky photography, for the careful work of sound and, above all, for portraying a clear and condensed way, with a memorable sequence plane, a deep conflict in the relationship between human beings and nature «.
  • Finally, Granollers Cultural Association Mention was for «Two ºC-New York City«, by Maxime Contour, «for its photography, framing, color and montage work, which provides an original look at New York«

Films selected for ForadCamp 2018

We already know the list of the 15 short films selected for the Official Section of ForadCamp 2018. There will be three Spanish films and shorts from Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, the United States, France, Latvia, Switzerland, and also two co-productions, Argentina-United Kingdom and United States-Spain.

These are the 15 films selected:

  • After/Life, by Puck Lo (USA, 2017, 15’)
  • Cerúlia i negra, by Macià Florit Campins (Spain, 2018, 5’)
  • Cucli, by Xavier Marrades (Spain, 2016, 16’)
  • El mar inmóvil, by Macu Machín (Spain, 2018, 11’)
  • Ins Holz (In the woods), by Corina Schwingruber Ilić & Thomas Horat (Switzerland, 2017, 13’)
  • La dernière meute, by Morgane Thibaut (Belgium, 2017, 19’)
  • La flor de la lengua de vaca, de Germán Reyes Ruiz (Colombia, 2018, 23’)
  • Ligne noire, by Mark Olexa & Francesca Scalisi (Switzerland, 2017, 11’)
  • Maregrave, by Justine Cappelle (Belgium, 2017, 25’)
  • The Mauritania railway: backbone of the Sahara, by MacGregor (USA, Spain, 2017, 12’)
  • Tierra del viento, by Laura Belinky (Argentina, United Kingdom, 2017, 18’)
  • Two°C – New-York City, by Maxime Contour (France, 2017, 4’)
  • White trash, by Sunčica Ana Veldić (Croatia, 2017, 11’)
  • Wind should be heard not seen, by Claire Sanford (Canada, 2018, 13’)
  • Zirdzin, hallo! (Hello, horse!), by Laila Pakalnina (Latvia, 2017, 24’)

The screening of the selected short films will be held in the village of Figaró-Montmany on October 20 and 21, 2018. The full program of the Exhibition will be available by the end of September on our website.

ForadCamp 2017 award winners

Sunday night we knew the award winners of ForadCamp 2017, 6th Nature and Cinema Exhibition.

Nature: all rights reserved, de Sebas Mulder

«Nature: all rights reserved», by Sebas Mulder, Foradcamp 2017 Best Documentary Jury Award.

      • The Jury, composed of Eulàlia Iglesias, Jorge Caballero and Arturo Redín, awarded the Best Documentary Jury Award, endowed with € 300, to the short «Nature: all rights reserved» by Sebastian Mulder. The Jury awarded the film «For offering the audience an space to re-examine the relationship we humans have with nature, in a postmodern society, from a self reflective and ironic consciousness.»
      • Besides, the Jury gave a Special Mention to «Ur Artean», by Íñigo Jiménez and Jesús María Palacios. The Jury valued the film’s desire to «reconstruct the history of fascinating and mysterious figures, through a story about the loneliness of the human being in the midst of nature.«
      • The Audience Award went to Sebastian Mulder’s «Nature: all rights reserved.»
      • The Festhome Distribution Prize, consisting of bonus for the international distribution of the short, was for «E.B.C. 5,300 m«, by Léonard Kohli. INDOC, the association which gave the award, has valued the short film’s ability to «portray life in a critical and beautiful way at Everest Base Camp, showing with subtlety and proximity the tourist massification of adventure.«
      • Granollers Cultural Association Mention has been for «My cat in me«, by Katinka Baehr and Stefanie Visjager. The Jury highlighted «the good experimental work, the aesthetic originality and the density of the script«.

We want to thank the participation and collaboration of the jury, audience, technical and politic staff of Figaró-Montmany and our sponsors. See you next year!