Short films claim their relevance at the Goya 2023

Neither minor format nor platform for feature films: the winners for the best fiction, documentary and animated short films of the Goya 2023 They defend the format's own entity, demanding more opportunities and visibility in the different distribution windows.

Emotional Architecture 1959, directed by Leon Siminiani With the production of Ainhoa Ramírez, María Herrera and the Cantabrian filmmaker himself, it has won the Goya for best short fiction.

The film seeks to put in the foreground those places “that we pass by every day and that mark our lives, sometimes without knowing it.” In his acceptance speech, Siminiani has remembered all the salas that have closed in recent years. Subsequently, without less appreciating the route and value of the short film, has reflected his hope that the award can open “more doors for a feature film project” that highlights the same theme of the short film.”

For its part, Maria Herrera has thanked platforms such as Movistar Plus+, Filmin o RTVE for giving a voice to short films, although he considers that it is necessary to “change the mentality that it is a springboard” to claim that it is “a format in itself”: “The duration is not a barrier, quite the opposite.”

The best documentary short film he has taken it Maldita. A Love Song to Sarajevo, a production of Ivan Zahinos directed by Amaia Remirez García y Raul de la Fuente, who already won the Goya for best documentary short film for Mining in 2014, and the 2019 Goya Award for best animated feature film for One more day alive.

Finally, the best animated short film has been Loop, directed by Pablo Polledri under production Ivan Miñambres, which also won the Goya for Best Animated Feature Film for Unicorn Wars. Polledri, who has publicly thanked Movistar for “believing in short films and believing in cinema,” hopes that this recognition will help him produce his next project, be it “long or short.” Loop, which tells the story of a couple who wants to break an eternal loop, has been made with the digital 2D technique using the software package Adobe, with some 3D scenes to solve different challenges in the footage.