Ficarq 2017: Santander combines new cinema and architecture at a unique festival

In this edition, which will take place from July 4 to 8, the “Bridge between Las Artes” 2017 Award will be received by Patricia Urquiola and Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón.

The V International Film and Architecture Festival (Ficarq) repeats headquarters in Santander from July 4 to 8.

Ficarq 2017, for the fifth consecutive year, seeks to deepen the connection between architectural and audiovisual discourse from an artistic, rigorous and creative field. The architecture relies on the cinema as a basis for its creations, while the cinema uses the architecture so that the director plays at will with a space, a time and a movement.

The Organizing Committee of the Festival has resolved to grant the “Bridge between Las Artes” 2017 to Patricia Urquiola and Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. These awards that Ficarq delivers annually, rewards the trajectory of those creators who, from the architectural or the audiovisual, have managed to transcend their own languages, thus making a significant contribution to the world of culture and arts.

Urquiola will receive the prize for his excellent works in the fields of design, architecture and creative direction, which have placed him at the top of the international ladder. For its part, the festival stands out from Gutiérrez Aragón his impeccable work as a screenwriter and writer and the role that his figure in Spain's audiovisual history represents.

The delivery of these awards, as well as that of the different awards of the official sections, will take place in the closing ceremony that will take place in the Paraninfo and Palacio de la Magdalena, on Saturday, July 8.

Ficarq will have in its programming with a total of 40 projections between fiction and documentary to competition and out of competition, from more than 20 countries.

The Official Section at competition in its two calls: Art in the seventh art, official competition section of fiction feature films, and filmed architectures, official documentary competition section, offers a selection of the best works presented, with a total of 29 films at competition.

The Festival will take place in several emblematic spaces of Santander for its history and tradition, in which the bulk of the cinematographic exhibitions, presentations and inauguration and closing galas will be held: Ricardo Lorenzo space of the Official College of Architects (Coacan), as the main headquarters, the amphitheater of the Botín Center (Renzo Piano Building), with night projections, the Higher Technical School of Nautics Groucho and the Paraninfo and Palacio de la Magdalena.