The Municipal Auditorium of Rafal is ready to host a new edition of the National Short Film and Audiovisual Festival of Rafal’Rafal en Corto ‘on the 9th and 10th of November. A contest that already accumulates seven editions, data that shows its good state of health and great power of convocation at national level. The Councilor for Cultural, Yolanda Leal and a member of the jury of this edition, Iván Martínez, were in charge of announcing this morning the program and the schedule of a festival that “increases its numbers over the years, that more and more jobs are received and the quality is exceeded edition after edition “.
This year there have been more 340 works sent, of which sixteen have been selected, which will be screened in two passes throughout the weekend. The audio-visual event, Rafal en Corto, will start on Friday at nine o’clock at night with the traditional red carpet for guests and public will pass and that will be the prelude to a short opening gala that will culminate the first pass of the short finalists. These sixteen works will be seen in each of the deliveries, which are scheduled to start at 9:30 p.m. on Friday and 8 p.m. on Saturday.
‘9 Steps’, ‘Soak’, ‘Double’, ‘Invisible’, ‘Marta does not come to dinner’, ‘Orion’, ‘Requiem’, ‘Silence please’ and ‘Zfest’ will be the shorts that are screened in the first evening Saturday will start the session will start at 12:30 with the vermouth, so it will open mouth to focus the afternoon and enjoy the second pass of shorts. ‘Muffins from Bombay’, ‘Crunch’, ‘Julia and Manuel’, ‘Macaroni with tomato’, ‘Marta’, ‘Palomitas’, ‘For yesterday’ and ‘Ryoko’ will delight the audience in the second session scheduled at 20: 00 hours and that will give way to the closing gala and awards ceremony.
Yolanda Leal has encouraged all Raphael and Raphael to attend this consolidated audiovisual event and has invited neighbors from other parts of the region and the rest of the province to approach the municipality to enjoy the quality of the finalist works. He stressed that “in the end are small doses of film with great messages that we are sure will not leave anyone indifferent and that will make clear the potential that exists in the world of cinema.” He has taken the opportunity to remember that the appointment is free until the capacity of the Rafal Municipal Auditorium is completed.
Awards
As for the categories and prizes that will be awarded in Rafal in Corto is, the Best National Short Film Award, Best National Animation Short Film Award and Best Provincial Short Film Award, all of them with 350 euros and a trophy. In addition, the spectators will also issue their verdict that will award the Special Audience Prize, whose winner will obtain a trophy.