The fifth day of the FICC_45 has two award-winning productions at European festivals, Ma vie de courgette and Toni Erdmann, and the South Korean film Train to Busan, an authentic master class of zombie cinema awarded at the Sitges Festival.
LONG, SHORT, ANIMATION
The fifth day of screening at FICC_45 begins at the Nuevo Teatro Circo with a double session of the animated tale 'Carlitos y Snoopy: Peanuts', at 9:45 and 11:45.
The desktop is for the Spanish short film 'Sputnik', at 16:30 hours.
Nikolay is the first human sent into space, but a technical failure will make his return alive is impossible.
While he is orbiting around the Earth in his capsule, awaiting his tragic end, a chance encounter will change his life.
More information and trailers at: http://www.ficc.es/carlitos-y-snoopy
http://www.ficc.es/sputnick
After the short film, the wonderful 'Ma vie de Courgette' ( 'Mi vida como Calabacín') will be screened, an animated feature that won the Audience Award at the festivals of Annecy and San Sebastián.
It tells the story of how Courgette, a brave boy who loses his mother, has to go to a foster home with other orphaned children of his age.
In original (French) version subtitled in Spanish, tickets at 3 euros.
More information and trailer at: http://www.ficc.es/ma-vie-as-courgette
At 7 pm, the French short film 'A historic handshake', set in the agreement signed in Washington on September 13, 1993. After the short film, the awaited 'Toni Erdmann', a feature film that has just won the LUX Prize European Parliament.
Directed by Maren Ade, it is a comedy recognized as an example of the positive values ​​of European integration.
Its protagonist, Inès, works in a large German company established in Bucharest.
He has a perfectly organized life until his father Winfried arrives unexpectedly and asks "are you happy?"
German production, the FIPRESCI prize at the Cannes Film Festival and Best Film of the Year by the International Federation of Film Critics, is also nominated for the European Film Awards, the Independent Spirit Award and the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).
More information and trailer at: http://www.ficc.es/toni-erdmann
The day ends Thursday the South Korean feature 'Train to Busan', which will be presented by the C-FEM, European Fantastic Film Festival of Murcia.
At 22 hours a round table of the C_FEM entitled 'Zombies and infected' will begin.
The speakers are: Andrés Guevara, Nosferatu C-FEM 2016 Prize, and Carlos J. Lluch, author of 'Ciudad Humana'.
After the round table will begin the screening of 'Train to Busan', a fast-paced story about a disastrous virus that hits South Korea.
Passengers from one of the KTX trains from Seoul to Busan will fight for their survival.
The feature film is part of the official section of the Cannes Film Festival and has been awarded at the Sitges 2016 Film Festival, winning the Best Director Award and Best Special Effects.
More information and trailer at: http://www.ficc.es/train-to-busan
PARALLEL CYCLES
In addition to the projections at the Nuevo Teatro Circo, Thursday's programming includes other scenarios, such as the Cajamurcia Culture Hall: in the Cineístas cycle, the Spanish feature film 'Esa sentir' is presented at 7:30 pm and at the Cultural Center Ramón Alonso Luzzy will screen 'Witness of Cargo' at 10 o'clock, within the Billy Wilder Cycle, and 'Lampedusa in winter' at 19 o'clock, within the cycle Europe Doc.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena