43rd Edition
With survival at stake and bearing the weight of being Galicia’s longest-running film festival, the Curtas Film Fest faced its most critical edition in 2015 following the decision of the Liceo Casino to sever ties with the event due to a suffocating economic crisis. In a zero-budget scenario and without institutional support, the arrival of Luis M. Rosales, then director of the Festival de Cine Fantástico de Madrid and the specialised magazine Scifiworld, proved providential in organising, in just two months, an emergency call that managed to bring together a thousand films from 25 countries and present a feature film programme that foreshadowed what was to come in subsequent years.
Despite the precariousness and the risk of disappearance, the festival preserved its artistic integrity at Salón García and the halls of the Liceo Casino, counting on the expertise of Alberto Hortas —a renowned special effects technician and member of the team behind Pan’s Labyrinth— as the sole official guest to provide a touch of professional excellence. This edition of resistance, which replaced major resources with a titanic sacrifice, not only prevented the breaking of a decades-long tradition in Vilagarcía, but also laid the foundations for the definitive internationalisation of an event that refused to let its legacy die.
The poster was created by Luis M. Rosales.
AWARDS
Best Short Film
Namnala, by Nacho Solana (Spain, 2014)
Best Animated Short Film
Alike, by Rafa Cano Méndez and Daniel Martínez Lara (Spain, 2014)
Best Galician Short Film
Koan, by Omar Rabuñal (Spain, 2014)
Best Galician Director
Restart, by Olga Osorio (Spain, 2014)
Best International Director
Scrabble, by Cristian Sulser (Switzerland, 2014)
HONORARY AWARDS
Curtas Award
Alberto Hortas
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