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.

Submissions open

Logo FDC general Film submissions for ForadCamp 2018 – 7th 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 20-21, 2018.

The deadline for submissions is June 17, 2018. 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!