‘The Last Virgin’ by Bárbara Farré wins the XVII Ibero-American Short Film Contest Spanish Version – SGAE

'L'accident' by Marta Font Pascual and 'Marilyn Monroe wants to talk to Warhol' by Christian Flores are the other winning short films.

The SGAE Foundation and the program Spanish Television Spanish Version They handed out this Monday the awards for the XVII Ibero-American Short Film Contest Spanish Version-SGAE. The event, which took place in the Manuel de Falla Room of the SGAE, was attended by Cayetana Guilén Cuervo, presenter of Versión Española, Silvia Pérez de Pablos, institutional director of Audiovisual at the SGAE Foundation, and three members of the jury.

A jury made up of Pilar Castro, actress (Living without permission), Isabel Peña, screenwriter (Goya candidate for El Reino), Virginia Yagüe, screenwriter and vice president of CIMA, Natalia Marín, director (La casa de Julio Iglesias), and Desirée de Fez, film critic (Página Dos), has selected the winning short films from more than 620 that have participated in the call.

The winning shorts will be broadcast again this Sunday, December 23, at 10:25 p.m. on La 2 de Televisión Española.

The Spanish Version/SGAE awards have established themselves as one of the most prestigious in the world of short films. Throughout the past editions it has made known some of the great directors of current Spanish cinema, among whom are León Siminiani, Mar Coll, , J.J. Bayona, Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, Rodrigo Cortés, Álvaro Pastor, Nely Reguera, Paco R. Baños…

This season Spanish Version celebrates its 20 years on the air and does so with a luxury edition of the Spanish Version Ibero-American Short Film Contest-SGAE. The 6 award-winning works will be broadcast in the last Spanish Version program of 2018, on Sunday, December 23 at 10:25 p.m. On the set, those responsible for the award-winning works will discuss their works with the program's presenter, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo.

Honors

• First Prize: The Last Virgin by Bàrbara Farré. Shocking story of a preteen's obsession with losing her virginity due to the pressure of her environment.
• Second Prize: The accident by Marta Font Pascual. In this surprising and hyperrealistic short, reality and fiction merge in the meta-cinematic story of an accident.
• Third Prize: Marilyn Monroe wants to talk to Warhol about Christian Flores. With a dizzying montage, an imaginary telephone conversation between two myths of the 20th century, Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol, is narrated.
• Special Mention from the Jury: Lentils by Carlos Blanco Barberà. A trivial conversation between a mother and a daughter has an unexpected ending, bringing issues to the table that perhaps should not have come to light.
• AISGE Award for Best Female Performance: Nuria Herrero by Seattle by Marta Aledo. The story of the relationship of two lovers over the years is brilliantly interpreted by Nuria Herrero and her co-star, Antonio Galeano.
• AISGE Award for Best Male Performance: Francesco Carril by Sushi by Roberto Martín Maiztegui. In a long fixed shot, Francesco Carril has a conversation with his girlfriend, after which the couple's relationship will enter a new and uncertain stage.