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The Closing Gala of the Madrid Films by Women Festival took place on November 9th at the Palacio de la Prensa in Madrid. The Best International Film and Best Spanish Film Awards Ceremony were held, and attended by numerous actresses, film directors and prominent authorities. The feature film Las chicas de la estación by Juana Macías was premiered.
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The Madrid Films by Women Festival wishes to express our deepest condolences to all those who have lost a loved one or their homes in the tragic days of the DANA that has devastated Spain.
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2024 CLOSING GALA AND AWARDS
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The 2024 Award for Best Spanish Film at the Madrid Films by Women Festival was presented. This award -which consists of €3,000 in discounts on the rental of film equipment courtesy of RC Service and on the latest model of Xiaomi 14T mobile phone, courtesy of Xiaomi Iberia- was granted by three critics members of the Blogos de Oro Awards Association. Mar de Vicente, General Deputy of Equality between Women and Men, General Directorate of Equality of the Department of Family, Youth and Social Affairs of the Comunidad de Madrid, presented it to the winning director.
The award went to the film:
- "La infiltrada" by Arantxa Echevarría (Spain), produced by María Luisa Gutierrez and Mercedes Gamero: "For performances whose emotional charge and containment put us squarely in a brave thriller with a perfect narrative rhythm, which serves to talk about an uncomfortable subject, but which needs to be known by the younger generations."
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Afterwards, the 2024 Best International Film Award of the Madrid Films by Women Festival was presented by Annamaria Muchnik, Director of the Women and Cinema Festival, which has been held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for 35 years. The award consists of the 4K color correction of the winning director's next feature film, with Free Your Mind's digital cinema available for 3 weeks at the Místika theatre, valued at €30,000; in the creation of a DCP in original version subtitled in Spanish by the company Subtitula'm, valued at €1,000; and on the latest Xiaomi 14T mobile phone model, courtesy of Xiaomi Iberia. The jury of the International Competition, made up of producer Mariela Besuievski (Spain-Uruguay), Spanish director and actress Marta Nieto and writer and television presenter, Boris Izaguirre (Venezuela-Spain), issued the following opinion: Special mention ex aequo to the films L'homme d'argile, by the French director Anaïs Tellenne and the film Horia, by the Romanian director Ana-Maria Comănescu.
- L'homme d'argile, by Anaïs Tellenne, France: "Because it is an exciting debut film on the classic theme of the creator-model relationship... and how they connect with each other. A well-rounded and lyrical script that has resulted in a beautiful film."
- Horia, by Ana Maria Comanescu, from Romania, by the well-known producers Carla Fotea and Ada Solomon: "Debut film in the form of a road movie that tells the story of an initiation journey and a search for identity. In hard times, like those we are going through, their tenderness and wit are appreciated."
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- The 2024 Best International Film Award at the Films by Women Festival has been awarded to the feature film: MOND (Moon), by the Austrian, Iraqi-born director Kurdwin Ayub, and produced by director and producer Ulrich Seidl, "For being an outstanding film, with a tight, coherent and electrifying script that tells a story in an original way, both in its visual approach and in its plot: the experience of a European woman marginalized from her own society who discovers that she can help in freeing other women from subjugation. A character magnificently played by Florentina Holzinger."
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After the awards ceremony, the feature film Las chicas de la estación, selected at the San Sebastian Festival, premiered in Madrid with the presence of its director Juana Macías. Inspired by true events, Las chicas de la estación tells the story of Jara, Álex and Miranda, three girls grown up in a juvenile centre without knowing what unconditional love is. Step by step, and believing they are in control, they will get trapped by a minors prostitution network. The multiple rape of one of them will end up turning everything around.
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7Th Edition Provisional DataA falta de las 4 proyecciones de hoy día 10 de noviembre, los resultados provisionales de la VII edición demuestran, una vez más, la importancia de la visibilización del cine dirigido por mujeres y el interés que suscitan iniciativas como ésta. Hasta el viernes 8 de noviembre hemos conseguido llenar un gran número de salas, con un total provisional de 5.967 asistentes presenciales: 5.515 espectadores en las proyecciones -16 Sold Outs- y 320 asistentes presenciales a las actividades profesionales y formativas, 70 en la rueda de prensa y 62 en los encuentros de networking. A los cuales se añaden los 51.000 espectadores de 8MadridTV. Por lo tanto, de momento, en este 2024, hemos reunido a 56.967 espectadores, entre los asistentes presenciales y la audiencia online. The 7th Edition’s provisional results, as per November 10th, demonstrate, once again, the importance of the visibility of cinema directed by women and the interest aroused by initiatives like this one. Until Friday, November 8th, we have managed to fill many theatres, with a total of 5.967 face-to-face attendees: 5.515 spectators at the screenings -16 Sold Outs- and 320 in person attendees at the professional and training activities, 70 at the press conference and 62 at the networking meetings. In addition to the 51,000 viewers on 8MadridTV, we have currently gathered 56,967 viewers in 2024, including both in-person attendees and the online audience. The most notable thing is that at the Berlanga Room, where the 10 sessions of the Spanish Competition and two sessions of the series *Querer* by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa were screened, 11 out of 12 sessions were sold out.
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