Julio Medeem, honored at the 22nd Alicante Festival

The main theater of Alicante has hosted the opening gala of the 22nd edition of the Alicante International Film Festival, in which he has honored director Julio Medem and actresses Ana Fernández and Adriana Ugarte.

The presenter Luis Larrodera has welcomed the event for another year and to this contest that will fill the city of Alicante of short films, feature films, meetings, forums and presentations. The gala has had as high moments the distinctions of the night, which have begun with the City of Alicante award awarded to Adriana Ugarte from the hands of the theater actress Petra Martínez. The actress has praised Martínez who has described as "team symbol, partner, something essential in this profession. Sometimes we forget the importance of linking, unite, we transform, of not only pursuing a product. In filming this is essential."

The Honor Award of the 22nd Alicante Film Festival has been for the Sevillian actress winning a Goya for Solas, Ana Fernández. The actor Pedro Casablanc has been the one who has given this recognition to a great career in the world of cinema. "Thanks to all the teams, directors who have entrusted the characters that I have been able to do throughout my life. And thanks to this festival and thanks for betting on the shorts that are a wonderful quarry," explained Ana Fernández after collecting his prize. The actress has finished her speech asking that the world of culture "support the Palestinian cause, which is living a real genocide."

Finally, the Ciudad de la Luz Award, which distinguishes Spanish directors, has been for the laureate director Julio Measure. He has received it from the director of Ciudad de la Luz, Fermín Crespo. “I want to confess that I receive this award as the Alicante mood, because I need it. Following is increasingly difficult, it has cost me a lot to lift 8, my last movie. But I shot forward and this mood is very good and I need it, so I appreciate it very much, ”said Medem, who has told that this award will serve as a boost to do new projects.“ And hopefully one of those projects is to be able to roll the story of Aspasia, that of my novel, and I would do it here, in the city of the light, ”said Julio Medem.

The Alicante International Film Festival, to be held from May 17 to 24, cuenta con el apoyo de la Universidad de Alicante, Diputación Provincial de Alicante, el Ayuntamiento de Alicante, Alicante City & Beach, Instituto Valenciano de Cultura, À Punt Media y otras empresas colaboradoras.