Madrid Proyecta will celebrate Spanish Cinema Day with seven screens spread throughout the city

He 6 de octubre, coincidiendo con la celebración del Día del Cine Español, will take place primera edición de Madrid Proyecta, evento que nace con el objetivo de acercar el cine español a la ciudadanía.

El eje de esta celebración será la proyección, al aire libre y de manera gratuita, de cinco cortometrajes in siete pantallas repartidas en cuatro distritos de la capital y dos municipios de la comunidad: Centro (Plaza de Callao y Plaza Santo Domingo), Tetuán (Plaza Canal de Isabel II), Carabanchel (Porto Square), Moratalaz (Plaza de las Artes) and two other municipalities Madrid, still to be confirmed. The screening schedule will be from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. except in the Plaza de Callao (100m2 screen of the Callao Cinemas), where it will be 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m..

Los five titles that can be seen in Madrid Proyecta, selected by Luis E. Parés, filmmaker, film historian and current director of Cineteca Madrid, are The electric hotel (1908) Second of Chomón, Clarita and Peladilla go to soccer (1915) Benito Perojo, The Circus (1950) Luis García Berlanga, That rhythm (1995) Javier Fesser, y The windshield wiper (2021) by Alberto Mielgo.

Besides, Madrid Projects will be available for 21 districts of Madrid and the 179 municipalities of the Community of Madrid They can use this programming, project it and bring Spanish cinema closer to the citizens. Additionally, those teachers from the Community of Madrid who during this week of celebrations for Spanish Cinema Day want to carry out some activity in the classrooms with these short films, They will be able to do so for free by requesting it through the Department of Education of the Community of Madrid.

Each of the short film screenings will include spots of the next premieres Spanish cinema, such as: The visit and the secret garden by Irene M. Borrego, produced by 59 en conserva, Audience Award and Biznaga Plata Best Direction at the Malaga Festival and Audience Award at DocumentaMadrid; Manticore of Carlos Vermouth, produced by Aqui and There Films, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival; The beasts of Rodrigo Sorogoyen, produced by Caballo Films, premiered at the Cannes Festival, included in the Perlak Section at the Sebastian Festival and among the three finalist films to represent Spain at the Oscars; Eden of Estefanía Cortés, produced by La Caña Brothers, premiered at Seminci; Emilia of Miguel Ángel Calvo Buttini, produced by Salto de Eje, selected at Ventana CineMad 2021 and premiered at Seminci; Don't look in the eyes of Felix Viscarret, a film produced by Tornasol and inaugurated by Seminci; and between mountains of Unai Cinnamon, produced by Wanda Vision and selected at the San Sebastián Festival.

Madrid Projects this organized by AMA (Madrid Audiovisual Association), with the support of Madrid City Council and the Community of Madrid. It has the collaboration of the Spanish Film Archive y Callao City Lights.