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‘Peite nature’, by Samuel Theis, narrates the day-to-day life of a boy who takes care of his little brother and handles challenges intelligently.
The Festival D’A of Barcelona has its main dishes in the section ‘directions’in which he presents the creamiest of international cinema of the last year. But where the prizes are cooked and new creators are stimulated in economic terms, it is in the ‘Talents’ section, whose award is endowed with 10,000 euros.
The jury made up of critics Desiree of Fez –collaborator of EL PERIÓDICO–, the actress Bruna Cusi and the director of the Gijón film festival, Alexander Diazawarded the prize ‘Talents’ of this twelfth edition to the French production ‘Petite nature’an inspired ‘coming of age’ from Samuel Theis. It is the story of a pre-adolescent who has learned to take care of his little brother and takes the separation from his parents with insulting maturity. What the jury has highlighted is its ability to enter naturally into the lights and shadows of the preadolescent world, also adding a critical view of the socioeconomic differences in Europe today.
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The other most important section of the D’A is ‘A collective impulse’, a good showcase of independent Spanish cinema and even ‘underground’ in the most radical sense of the word. The jury they have formed Chema Garcia Ibarra (director of ‘Sacred Spirit’), Gloria Vilches (Coordinator of the CCCB’s Xcéntric programming) and carla (delegate producer of ‘Alcarràs’), has awarded ‘My friend’s friend’, the debut feature of Zaida Carmona. Interpreted by the director herself, this comedy about vital dazedness and sexual identity, with an eminently ‘Rohmerian’ title, has been one of the great successes of this year’s edition. The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros. ‘My emptiness and I’, from Adrian Silvestrealso focused on identity and difference based on the story of a young man who considers changing his sex, has received a special mention from the jury.
The ‘Filmin Emergents’ prize, endowed with the same amount, and which focuses on the films screened online during the contest, has gone to ‘Our Happiest Days’ by Sol Berruezo Pigeon-Rivièrewhile the ACCEC critics’ award went to the vigorous ‘Atlántide’, by Yuri Ancarani.