The FIRE!! PRO section is intended for professionals in the film sector (directors, producers, exhibitors, distributors, actors, journalists, teachers and students of film schools, etc.), and also for any other person in our audience interested in knowing more about the world of the cinema.
FIRE !! PRO was born from the need to create spaces for reflection and creation given the low production of LGBTI-themed films in our country, compared to other countries such as France, Germany, the United States and others in Latin America.
In Spain, the cinema dedicated to affective and sexual diversity is – paradoxically – very absent. Here, the distribution relies heavily on foreign films to address the LGTBI issue. Although the LGBTI community is here particularly active, relatively well integrated into the social environment and quite visible on the media and television level, all of this is not very often reflected in local film production.
For all this, FIRE!! PRO has 3 main objectives:
To encourage discussion and training on the production and commercialization of national LGBTI-themed films.
To implement a support space for the creation and development of LGBTI-themed audio-visual works.
To support the scriptwriters, directors and audio-visual producers in the realization of their works on this subject in the initial stage of the cinematographic process.
…(directors, producers, exhibitors, distributors, actors, journalists, teachers and students of film schools, etc.), and also for any other person in our audience interested in knowing more about the world of the cinema.
FIRE !! PRO was born from the need to create spaces for reflection and creation given the low production of LGBTI-themed films in our country, compared to other countries such as France, Germany, the United States and others in Latin America.
In Spain, the cinema dedicated to affective and sexual diversity is – paradoxically – very absent. Here, the distribution relies heavily on foreign films to address the LGTBI issue. Although the LGBTI community is here particularly active, relatively well integrated into the social environment and quite visible on the media and television level, all of this is not very often reflected in local film production.
For all this, FIRE!! PRO has 3 main objectives:
To encourage discussion and training on the production and commercialization of national LGBTI-themed films. To implement a support space for the creation and development of LGBTI-themed audio-visual works. To support the scriptwriters, directors and audio-visual producers in the realization of their works on this subject in the initial stage of the cinematographic process.FIRE!! PRO 2022 consists of 4 activities or services:
Round Table
How to represent the unrepresented: LGTBI inclusion in the film script
How to represent the unrepresented: LGTBI inclusion in the film script
With Zaida Carmona, Ferran Navarro-Beltrán and Elio Colen, moderadated by Alba Laguna.
… in the audio-visual world in general and in the cinema in particular, despite the cliché according to which “gay” characters abound in films today. The ODA (Observatory of Diversity in Audiovisual Media) pointed out in its 2020 report that the presence of LGTBI characters in the analysed movies and TV series is only 7.1%, falling even to 3.8% in the case of cinema films (knowing that, worldwide, 20% of the population does not identify as strictly heterosexual). As if that were not enough, only 54% of the LGTBI characters in these films pass the “Vito Ruso” qualitative test, developed by GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), and within this underrepresentation, the situation of certain people (trans or bisexual, for example), is even worse.
Furthermore, not all parts of the LGTBI collective are represented in the same way. At this roundtable we have invited scriptwriters and filmmakers who focus their work on the least and worst represented people of the LGBTI community: lesbians, trans people, migrants, the elderly… Most of the time, they are invisible in the audio-visual field or represented in a stereotyped way. To make the diversity of LGTBIQ+ stories more visible, we have invited Zaida Carmona, Ferran Navarro-Beltrán and Elio Colen.
… in the audio-visual world in general and in the cinema in particular, despite the cliché according to which “gay” characters abound in films today. The ODA (Observatory of Diversity in Audiovisual Media) pointed out in its 2020 report that the presence of LGTBI characters in the analysed movies and TV series is only 7.1%, falling even to 3.8% in the case of cinema films (knowing that, worldwide, 20% of the population does not identify as strictly heterosexual). As if that were not enough, only 54% of the LGTBI characters in these films pass the “Vito Ruso” qualitative test, developed by GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), and within this underrepresentation, the situation of certain people (trans or bisexual, for example), is even worse.
Furthermore, not all parts of the LGTBI collective are represented in the same way. At this roundtable we have invited scriptwriters and filmmakers who focus their work on the least and worst represented people of the LGBTI community: lesbians, trans people, migrants, the elderly… Most of the time, they are invisible in the audio-visual field or represented in a stereotyped way. To make the diversity of LGTBIQ+ stories more visible, we have invited Zaida Carmona, Ferran Navarro-Beltrán and Elio Colen.
LGTBI CENTRE Wednesday, June 15 6pm Free admission Live retransmission from the LGBTI Centre of Barcelona’s YouTube Chanel
LGTBI CENTRE Wednesday, June 15 6pm Free admission Live retransmission from the LGBTI Centre of Barcelona’s YouTube Chanel
Activity organized in collaboration with:
> To attend in person, you must register in advance at inscripcions@centrelgtbibcn.org, indicating your full name, email and contact telephone number. Limited capacity. Address: C / Comte Borrell, 22.
> You can attend it online, on Wednesday 15 June at 6pm right here:
Speakers
Speakers
Zaida wanted to be a young promise but as far as “young” is concerned, she is a little late. La amiga de mi amiga is her first feature film project. Before embarking on it, she directed video clips for Monterrosa, Borque and visual pieces for Christina Rosenvinge. Her penultimate adventure is called Son ilusiones, a short film recorded in the strange spring of 2020 (which is not about the virus, it is about love, of course) and which is currently in the distribution phase. With Cristina Pastrana she presents the podcast La amiga de mi amiga (yes, it’s a title that she likes a lot and yes, it’s also a bollero (dyke) podcast). She works as a Social Media Manager at Filmin.
He studied Industrial Engineering and Design at the UPC. After working in graphic design studios, he began his career as a screenwriter and director. He has written and directed the documentary La Generación Silenciosa (2020) and a trilogy of short films: Rosa (2021), Nomeolvides (2018) and La Orquídea (2016), all on LGTBI themes and starring people over 60 years of age, with the aim to give prominence to this group, invisible in a large part of society. He usually works as a graphic artist within the art team of series and films for different movie platforms.
Elio Colen has a Master’s degree in Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) and a Master’s degree in Facial Psychomorphology. He has done multiple jobs and researched in different fields such as photography, writing, film, radio and documentary. He has written the novel No cojas ese cuaderno por favor, he is editor of Donovan magazine and producer of the queer party “Canalla”. He has made the testimonial documentaries 9Trans and Human Rights, focused on the trans and migrant community, and the series Joyas Queer. He is currently in the process of producing the second season of Joyas Queer and preparing his first photo book.
Barcelona, 1981. Journalist specialized in cinema. She has been responsible for the press of the Sitges Festival since 2014 and more recently also of other festivals such as the Most – International Wine Film Festival in Vilafranca del Penedès or the open-air film festival Sala Montjuïc in Barcelona. She is a regular contributor to the programs La Finestra Indiscreta on Catalunya Ràdio and Tot es Mou on TV3 as a film talk show host.
FIRE!! LAB 2022
2nd Laboratory for the development of LGBTI films
The FIRE!! LAB is a laboratory for the development of LGBTI-themed films, which seeks to encourage their production and commercialization in Spain. The initiative, which will take place within the framework of the FIRE!! 2022, will last 3 days, from June 13 to 15, 2022.
The scriptwriters, directors and producers of the selected projects and films will receive advice / tutorials in artistic areas such as script, direction, as well as production, by prominent professionals of the national and international audio-visual industry.
…laboratory for the development of LGTBI-themed films, which seeks to encourage their production and commercialization in Spain. The initiative, which will take place within the framework of the FIRE!! 2022, will last 3 days, from June 13 to 15, 2022.
The scriptwriters, directors and producers of the selected projects and films will receive advice / tutorials in artistic areas such as script, direction, as well as production, by prominent professionals of the national and international audio-visual industry.
Call for the FIRE!! LAB: to register, you must complete the form available on the web. If you have any questions, you can write to industria@mostrafire.com
With funding from:
Funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU:
Activity organized in collaboration with:
Selected Projects
IMÁGENES A LA DERIVA
DIRECTION
Nicolás Tabilo
PRODUCTION
Bettina Stephanie Walter
LAS NIÑAS DE CANCHAS
DIRECTION
Raul Villalba Palacin
PRODUCTION
Noor Husheri Pastrana
GOLONDRINAS
DIRECTION
Sara Bamba
PRODUCTION
Iván Martín Ruedas
UNA MUJER DE VERDAD
DIRECTION
Aurora D’Errico Prat
PRODUCTION
Javier del Álamo
OH, CARIÑO
DIRECTION
Claudia Ortega
PRODUCTION
Eva Bodas
EL CANAL DE LA MANCHA
DIRECTION
Daniel Sánchez López
PRODUCTION
Lucia Sapelli
TUTORS
(Valencia, 1981). In his film projects, he explores the limits between reality and fiction, staging real people alongside professional performers, assuming artistic practice from the analysis of their life experiences. His films are preceded by a process of close collaboration with communities, generally linked to issues of gender, migration and LGBTI groups.
Featured Filmography:
Sediments (2021) | Love Objects (2016) | Natalia Nikolaevna (Short, 2014)
ASSESSORS
Jaume Ripoll Vaquer. Co-fundador, Director editorial y de desarrollo de Filmin
Palma de Mallorca, 1977. Llicenciat en Direcció a ESCAC. Cofundador, director editorial i de desenvolupament de Filmin. Director de l’Atlàntida Film Fest, productor i guionista. El 2007 va ser un dels 3 fundadors de Filmin, portal de referència per al cinema independent a Espanya, en què exerceix de director editorial. Des de la seva creació Filmin ha obtingut nombrosos premis entre els que estan el Premi Ciutat de Barcelona, el Premi Sant Jordi o el Premi Ramon Lllull com a empresa més innovadora del país. Entre el 2012 i el 2018, va exercir la vicepresidència d’EUROVOD, primera associació europea encarregada de distribuir cinema en línia als 28 països de la UE. El 2010 va crear Atlántida Film Fest, primer festival de cinema íntegrament a Internet que s’ha expandit internacionalment amb presència a 6 països. Ha participat com a jurat als festivals de Berlín, In-Edit o Sitges i ha estat convidat a fer conferències o tallers als principals Festivals europeus. Va ser director del màster de Distribució Online a la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, a més de ser professor convidat de les Universitats UAB, UB, UPF, ESCAC, Carles III i Universitat Camilo José Cela. El 2015 va debutar a la producció amb Barcelona, nit d’hivern. En els darrers anys ha estat productor executiu de títols com les guanyadores del Festival de Màlaga (El ventre del mar i Ulls Negres), la multipremiada Samantha Hudson o Jean François i el sentit de la vida, així com de la primera sèrie original de Filmin , Doctor Portuondo. Ha participat a l’escriptura del guió Som gent honrada, llargmetratge dirigit per Alejandro Marzoa, present a la Secció Oficial del Festival de Màlaga i premiat amb 6 Mestre Mateo.
Fernanda Rossi. Autora y conferencista.
Teòrica de dramatúrgia, guionista i conferenciant internacionalment reconeguda; ha col·laborat en més de 500 guions narratius, documentals i demos, incloent-hi dos documentals nominats als Oscars, altres que han rebut fons d’ITVS i del National Film Board del Canadà. Ha ofert conferències a més de 15 països i 40 organitzacions de cinema en mercats arreu del món, com Màlaga Film Festival, Hot Docs, Sheffield Doc/Fest. Ha estat convidada com a assessora de realitzadors en programes de perfeccionament professional com Doc Campus i ESoDoc. Va ser avaluadora de sol·licituds de beques per a diferents fundacions com ara LPB (Latino Public broadcasting), ITVS (Independent TV Service) i NYSCA (The New York State Council on the Arts).
Oliver Lupiañez. Responsable de Sosteniblitat @ K is for Knowledge.
Professional de la producció audiovisual. Amb el carreg de Production Manager durant més de 15 anys en el sector, la majoria d’ells en projectes publicitaris. El 2019, i després d’haver cursat un Postgrau de Comunicació i Educació Ambiental a la Universitat de Barcelona, decideix acostar la sostenibilitat a les produccions amb la creació d’un nou servei d’ecoassistència per rodatges, Waste Management On Set, amb l’objectiu de reduir i monitorar els residus generats a una producció, i finalmente, ampliant els serveis amb l’assessorament a productores que volen introduir estratègies de sostenibilitat a les seves produccions o productores, i a través del nou projecte K is for Knowledge.
Meetings with Directors
Some directors will be present at the screening of their film; the public will have the opportunity to talk with them at the end of the screening, in the cinema or on the terrace of the French Institute.
In-person meetings with:
Meeting with Cindy L. Abel,
director of Surviving the Silence
SAT 11/06 _ 6pm
Meeting with Ferran Navarro-Beltrán,
director of Rosa
SUN 12/06 _ 8pm
Meeting with Hadi Moussally,
director of Bellydance Vogue
TUE 14/06 _ 10pm
Meeting with Miquel Missé, director of Se receta silencio, and the actress Laura Vila
THU 16/06 _ 6pm
Meeting with Gonzalo Quincoces, director of La caída del vencejo
THU 16/06 _ 10pm
Meeting with Iban Pàmies Merlo, Belén Rodríguez López and Toni Torbellino Méndez, directors of Barcelona fora de l’armari
FRI 17/06 _ 6pm
Meeting with Sarah Kaskas,
director of The Window
SAT 18/06 _ 4pm
Meeting with Adam Kalderon,
director of The Swimmer
SUN 19/06 _ 10pm
Online meetings
Meeting with Paco Ruiz and Jorge Garrido, director and producer of Desviación típica
2022
Meeting with Francisco Fríar and Juan Martín, directors of Ashurbanipal
2022
Meeting with Cecilia del Valle, director of Canela
2022
Meeting with Adrián Silvestre, director de Sedimentos
2021