Almería International Western Film will have tributes to
Giuliano Gemma and Leone
This festival is celebrated on September 11, 12 and 13 at
the Apollo Theater Admission to the film screenings will be totally free
El Almeria
D. Martínez
9/2/2014
The Alemria Western International Film Festival will be
held on September 11, 12 and 13 at the Apollo Theater in Almería where a
tribute to Giuliano Gemma, the actor who filmed several movies in Almería and
died last year in a car accident and also Sergio Leone, the Italian director
who directed the Dollar Trilogy with Clint Eastwood in Almeria in the
mid-1960s.
Major international premieres of some westerns, many shot
in Almería, will have the presence of important actors, directors, and national
and international producers, a perfectly qualified jury in this business and
some surprises.
One of the main objectives for which four years ago was
born the genuine Festival apart from celebrating and promoting the western
film, was to help recover the cinema industry of Almeria and put the name of
this province back on the world map.
On Thursday, September 11 at 12p.m. is projected American
short film “The Gunfighter by Eric Kissack. Next will be the “Forajidos de la
Patagonia” a movie by director Damien Leibovich. In the afternoon will be
screened “Dead in Tombstone” by filmmaker Roel Reine and then “Exit Humanity”
by the Canadian John Geddes.
On Friday morning at 12 o'clock is projected the short
film “San La Muerte” by Adrian Šperky and then the American film “The Retrieval”
by Chris Eska. In the afternoon the film “The Virginian” by Thomas Makowski and
then the Spanish film “La Flor de Lis”, whose shooting was filmed in various
places in Almeria will be projected. It is directed by Joaquín Ortega.
On Saturday, September 13 at the Apollo Theatre at 12
noon the Spanish short “Once Upon a Time on the Border” will be screened in the
Border of Álvaro Hernández Blanco and then continue “Prey For Death” by Rene
Perez. In the afternoon the short “Shadow (Death Comes at Dawn)” by José
Enrique Martinez Moya will be screened. “Six Bullets to Hell” directed by
Tanner Beard and Russell Cummings will be shown.
The jury of the Festival is comprised of leading
personalities from the world of cinema. Rafael Romero Marchent, is a renowned
Spanish director and screenwriter who pioneered the first spaghetti westerns
with big titles under his belt as a gunman “Ocasa de un pistolero”, “¿Quién
grita venganza?” and “Garringo”. He also directed classic television series as
‘Curro Jimenez’ and ‘Cañas y barro’.
Enrique Escudero Vera is a well-known professional in the
film industry and has worked as a supporting actor and in twenty feature films,
more than forty television series and fifty theater shows. They highlight their
work in the 1990s in such series as ‘Los ladrones van a la oficina’, ‘Manos a
la obra’, ‘Calle nueva y Farmacia de Guardia’.
Another member of the jury is Mischa Müller-Thyssen, a great
in the professional film industry who has worked as an assistant director with
the likes of Mario Camus, Luis G. Berlanga, Antonio J. Betancor, Paul
Verhoeven, Fernando Colomo, among other . He has also taught workshops on
Introduction to Theater Almería, La Laguna, El Paso, Fuerteventura and Las
Palmas.
Finally, the fourth member of the jury is the Almerian
Jorge Nunez. Actor, teacher and founder of the school of actors Study Group 9
Film and Television, which opened in 1998 in Madrid and in 2000 in Almería and
who have taught some of the best players in the province in recent generations.
Jorge Nuñez presenter previously performed work this year and shares a chair at
the prestigious jury.
It is presumed that this year's Festival in the capital
will be well-attended since admission is free.
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