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2024 film award

2nd Akida International Film Festival
Opening film8:19
Closing filmFacies
LocationSeville, Spain
DirectorsNick Kremm
Hosted byFran Expósito
María Gandiaga
Festival date16–20 September 2024
Akida International Film Festival
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The 2nd Akida International Film Festival took place from 16 to September 20 2024, in Seville, Spain.

The projections were made at the Avenida 5 Cines while the final award ceremony took place at the Cine Cervantes on September 20 with Pablo Ardana as the guest singer.

Inclusive & cultural conference

On September 17, 2024, the festival and the COCEMFE (Federación Provincial de Asociaciones de Personas con Discapacidad Física y Orgánica de Sevilla) organized the "Inclusive & Cultural Conference" and it took place at Seville's Oficina de Turismo.

The directors and hosters talked about the inclusivity of disabled people on film and society, and they projected two short films that handled the subject matter (Cabeza y Corazón (Head and Heart) & La Vida Entre Dos Noches (The Life Between Two Nights).

Juries

  • Helena Kaittani, Spanish actress
  • Dani Sa-Lo, Spanish cinematographer
  • María Pasadas, Spanish director
  • Juan Carlos González, Spanish film critic
  • Pedro Verdún, Spanish director

Selections

The short films in competition were divided into several selections:

Drama selection

English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)
8:19 (opening film) María Guerra Spain
Scrapping Desguace David Orea Spain
Plein Air David Orea Spain
Thanks for the Cigarette Danke für die Zigarette Carlos García-Espejo Sayago Germany
Week 12 Semana 12 Isabel Delclaux Spain
Who Quien Carlos Martín Spain

Thriller selection

English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)
Carroña Elías Pérez Spain
Facies (closing film) El Semblante Raúl Cerezo & Carlos Moriana Spain
In Rage A Rabia Alberto Díaz López Spain
House of Brotherly Love Max Kane United States
The Replacement El Remplazo Alberto Ortega Spain
There Are No Ghosts No Hay Fantamas Nacho Solana Spain

Comedy selection

English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)
Anticlímax Anticlimax Néstor López & Oscár Romero Spain
In a second En un segundo Pablo Fajardo Spain
Mid-class Psycopaths Psicópatas de Clase Media Álvaro Herrero & Héctor Amado Spain
The Pure Reality La Pura Realidad Joaquín Gómez Spain
This is not Norway Esto no es Noruega Alicia Albares & Paco Cavero Spain
White Dragon Dragón Blanco Rodrigo E. Marini Valsechi & David Santamaría González Spain

Romance selection

English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)
Everything is Invented Dena Asmatuta Dago Jone Arriola Lobete Spain
I Love every Atom of your Body Amo Cada Átomo de tu Cuerpo Alejandro Lobo Spain
Bird Drone Radheya Jang Jegatheva Australia
Revelation of John Zjavenie Jana Andrej Kolencik Slovakia

Young filmmaker selection

English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)
The Calendar 日历 Leo Donovan China
Onán Diego Toussiant Ortiz Mexico
The Other El Otro Marc G. Ros Spain
Quique Pedro Tamames United States, Spain
Sockets? Enchufes? Alica Arwgar Spain
TARA Daniel Filloy & Rebeca Tella Spain

Selection of short film made by students

English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)
The Borders Never Die مرزها هرگز نمی میرند Hamidreza Arjomandi Iran
Gennady at the Phone геннадий у телефона Ilya Vladimirovich Ponomarev Russia
Hard to Swallow Mal Trago Santino Taratuto Argentina
If I Knew Ean Hzepa Piro Gjylameti Greece
Lola Scissors Lola Tijeras María Berr Spain
Trambled Zgazene Aleksandar Teokarević Serbia

Sevillian competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)
The Globe El Globo Hugo Suárez Spain
The Life Between Two Nights La Vida Entre Dos Noches Antonio Cuesta Spain
Our Girl Nuestra Niña Rebeca Márquez Spain
Projections Proyecciones Raúl Márquez Spain
Thick Vástago David Luque Spain
Uranites Marina Arenas Spain

Documentary selection

English title Original title Director(s) Production country(ies)
The Building El Bloque Fermín Gil Spain
Daida back to the Ocean Pablo Ramírez Bolaños Spain
The Last Spin El Último Giro Adrian Castro Viejo Spain
The Perfect Shot: Antarctica Quinn Halleck United States
Second II Segunda II Anita Pico Spain
Senegal: A Dream of Departure & Arrival Senegal: Un viaje de ida y vuelta Marcos Gualda Spain

Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Best Sevillian Competition Short Film
  • Uranites – Marina Arenas ‡
    • The Globe - Hugo Suárez
    • The Life Between Two Nights - Antonio Cuesta
    • Our Girl - Rebeca Márquez
    • Projections - Raúl Márquez
    • Thick - David Luque
Best Drama Short Film
  • Thanks for the Cigarette – Carlos García-Espejo Sayago ‡
    • 8:19 - María Guerra
    • Plein Air - Raúl Herrera
    • Scrapping - David Orea
    • Week 12 - Isabel Delclaux
Best Thriller Short Film
  • Carroña – Elías Pérez ‡
    • House of Brotherly Love - Max Kane
    • In Rage - Al Díaz
    • There are No Ghosts - Nacho Solana
Best Comedy Short Film
  • Anticlimax – Óscar Romero ‡
    • White Dragon - David Santamaría
    • In a Second - Pablo Fajardo
    • This is not Norway - Paco Cavero
    • The Pure Reality - Joaquín Gómez
Best Romance Short Film
  • I Love Every Atom of Your Body – Alejandro Lobo ‡
    • Bird Drone - Radheya Jegatheva
    • Everything is Invented - Jone Arriola Lobete
    • Revelation of John - Andrej Kolencik
Best Documentary Short Film
  • Second II – Anita Pico ‡
    • The Building - Fermín Gil
    • Daida Back to the Ocean - Pablo Ramírez Bolaños
    • The Perfect Shot: Antarctica - Quinn Halleck
Best Young Filmmaker Short Film
  • Sockets? – Alicia Arwgar ‡
    • Onán - Diego Toussiant Ortiz
    • The Other - Marc G. Ros
    • Quique - Pedro Tamames
Best Short Film Made by Students
  • Lola Scissors – María Berr ‡
    • The Borders Never Die - Hamidreza Arjomandi
    • Gennady at the Phone - Ilya Vladimirovich Ponomarev
    • Hard to Swallow - Santino Taratuto
    • If I Knew - Piro Gjylameti
Best Director
  • Marina Arenas – Uranites
    • Marc G. Ros - The Other
    • Antonio Cuesta - The Life Between Two Nights
    • Isabel Delclaux - Week 12
Best Actor
  • Manolo SoloAnticlimax
    • Jon Ander Urresti - Everything is Invented
    • José Manuel Poga - The Life Between Two Nights
    • Adrià Salazar - The Other
Best Actress Best Cinematography
  • Revelation of John – Michaela Klanicová ‡
    • In Rage - Miguel Ángel Viñas
    • The Perfect Shot: Antarctica - Quinn Halleck
    • Scrapping - Pablo Taín
Best Screenplay
  • Uranites – Marina Arenas ‡
    • Onán - Diego Toussiant Ortiz
    • The Other - Marc G. Ros
    • There Are No Ghosts - Jordi Farga
Public Award
  • Our Girl – Rebeca Márquez

Shorts films with multiple wins & nominations

Films with multiple nominations
Nominations Film
4 The Other
Uranites
3 The Life Between Two Nights
Scrappings
Revelation of John
2 Anticlimax
Everything is Invented
In Rage
The Perfect Shot: Antarctica
The Pure Reality
There Are No Ghosts
Onán
Week 12
Films with multiple wins
Wins Film
3 Uranites
2 Anticlimax

References

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  8. "Se conoce el jurado y el primer gran evento de Akida Film Festival". Akida Film Festival. 13 June 2024.
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  11. "Selección Oficial - Comedia". Akida Film Festival. 4 October 2024.
  12. "Selección Oficial - Romance". Akida Film Festival. 4 October 2024.
  13. "Selección Oficial - Cineasta Jóven". Akida Film Festival. 4 October 2024.
  14. "Selección Oficial - Hecho por Estudiantes". Akida Film Festival. 4 October 2024.
  15. "Selección Oficial - Competición Sevilla". Akida Film Festival. 4 October 2024.
  16. "Selección Oficial - Documental". Akida Film Festival. 4 October 2024.
  17. "2024 Awards". IMDb. 4 October 2024.

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