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Roll Out The Red Carpet
FILM-BUFFS all along the Costa are in for a treat this month as Alfaz del Pi’s famous cinema festival kicked off on Sunday.
But they will have to move quickly, since the festival will only run until Sunday, July 12.
Now in its 21st year, the festival will feature 40 films with actors from all over the world taking centre stage.
And with short films making up the numbers, the total comes to 131.
These include unseen footage, experimental film, independent and art-house cinema as well as more mainstream projections.
Among the better-known productions are Pedro Almodovar’s latest work, Los abrazos rotos (literally, ‘broken hugs’); The reader, starring Kate Winslet, and Slumdog millionaire.
Classics like A Christmas carol and the life story of Coco Chanel are also on the programme.
They are shown in Spanish in the Casa de Cultura, on an open-air screen on the beach, and the Cinema Roma.
Up-and-coming national actors make up the bulk of the star-studded guests.
Alfaz del Pi’s film festival has been given the coveted title of Event of Regional Tourist Interest.
Along the seafront esplanade, Paseo de las Estrellas (‘boulevard of the stars’), world-famous actors have left their footprints and signatures during earlier editions of the festival.
Source: http://www.euroweeklynews.com/2009070659846/news/costa-blanca/roll-out-the-red-carpet.html
Just a few months ago, an outdoor movie film festival premiered at Palma, in Mallorca, Spain. The Casal Solleric, a stunning baroque palace built in the 18th century, was transformed into an open air cinema. The outdoor films featured selections from all over the world, especially those that did not make it into the Spanish multi-plexes. The American indie “Brick”, a Sundance favorite, was one of those included. The film follows a classic film noir pattern yet placed in the unsuspecting backdrop of a modern California high-school, making for a most unusual combination. The following is a review of “Brick” from Film Journal International. You can read about the outdoor movie event in Mallorca in our original blog post 
Spend a warm summer evening in Madrid’s Parque de Bombilla watching an outdoor movie under the stars. Fescinal’s open-air cinema programme is a great chance to catch that movie you missed on the big screen the first time around.
