The 15th edition of IBAFF places Murcia on the cinema map

He XV International Murcia Film Festival (IBAFF) will claim creation as a “compass” and cinematographic diversity as a “refuge” from October 10 to 18 through a wide catalog of feature films and short films.

The festival maintains its Official Section, with two competitive axes such as Best Feature Film (10.000 €) y Best Short Film (€6,000), in addition to Murcia Panorama, a section created to make regional talent visible and encourage their arrival in theaters. The feature film jury will be made up of Joaquín Vallet Rodrigo, film critic and historian; Beatriz Herzog Ruiz of Joy, screenwriter and development executive linked to productions such as The Money Heist, y Paco Saez, animator and storyboard director awarded with a Goya for Madrid 2120.

In short films, the jury is made up of Gonzalo Ballester, a renowned Murcian documentary filmmaker; Juliana Arana, programmer at MIDBO (Bogotá), and Cecilia Ibanez, director and producer with extensive experience in all film processes. The festival reinforces its participatory dimension with the Popular Jury, made up of up to 30 people over 18 years of age who will watch and rate all the films in competition.

Murcia, absolute axis of programming

The opening of the event will be part of the program Murcia Focus, dedicated to the creators of the Region, and will offer a cartography of Murcian views with titles such as This is the not so secret diary, by Raquel Agea; The bonfire, by Carlos Saiz; I know a place, by Emilio Hupe and Antonio Conesa, and Odors, by Alba Esquinas, all of them representatives of the creative and personal pulse of a generation of local filmmakers with national and international projection.

Within the sections of the contest, Panorama Murcia 1200 consolidates its role as a competitive section for short films made in the Region or signed by Murcian creators, with titles such as Perseids, by Cristina Ruiz, awarded the Audience Award at Universae Film Lab. The program IBAFF Young will turn the room into a living classroom, with students from institutes in the Region who will serve as a jury while they learn to look at, argue and deliberate on the selected works, culminating with the presentation of the IBAFF Young Award.

He IBAFF Infantil will maintain its vocation for discovery with free workshops such as “From Muybridge to GIF: 150 years of moving images” and “Drone piloting for boys and girls”, while the training space will expand its offer with seminars and round tables dedicated to artificial intelligence applied to audiovisuals. The festival will also incorporate a IBAFF Gastronomic, with tastings and the “Catametries” that will be pairings of short films and De Nariz wines, guided by sommelier Pedro Martínez. Furthermore, the slope IBAFF Solidarity will take cinema to spaces such as the Campos del Río Penitentiary Center and the Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital, continuing the social work of the event in its commitment to access to culture.

Faithful to their pedagogy of care, Snatch Awards y Honorific They will be announced throughout the festival, as a gesture of respect towards the time of creation. The 15th edition of IBAFF is integrated into Ágora Tech – Audiovisual Hub of Murcia, una plataforma dedicada a visibilizar el talento local y a fortalecer la conexión con la industria y la formación, en colaboración con el Instituto de las Industrias Culturales y las Artes (ICA).