'30 of the Greats': the Axion Cinemas premiere a Cordovan western

 CORDOPOLIS/IO

July 13, 2022

[Angela Cosano (NEVADA) with Manuel Membrilla (BILL), stars of '30 de los grandes'.]

The Cordovan director Víctor Castro, together with Miguel Calvo, from Jaén, premiere their short film, recorded in Tabernas

The Axion Cinemas of Córdoba will premiere next July 15, 30 of the Greats, a short film directed by Víctor Castro, from Córdoba, together with Miguel Calvo, from Jaén, filmed in the desert of Tabernas, and whose actors include personalities such as Manuel Salas and with Antonio Meliveo as musical producer.

30 de los grandes can be seen on the big screen until July 21 at the Axion cinemas in Córdoba. The preview will take place in Navas de San Juan, hometown of Miguel Calvo, cinematographer and partner of Víctor Castro, screenwriter and director. They were classmates at the University of Malaga for 4 years and, for their final degree project, they decided to produce a short western film.

The film has not only been a success at the university, where they stated that it was not a final project, it was a project "from another league", but it also promises to be a success for the public and for festivals. to which it has registered as the Almería Western Film Festival, the Malaga Film Festival , Cortogenial , ImagenArte or Cortogenial , as well as in the Andalusian Film Academy. 

They began recording in March 2022 in Tabernas and in Almería's Minihollywood, with a specialized technical team, which traveled there together with the actors and extras, some from the drama school. Among them, the personality of Manuel Salas stands out, an actor with a long career in Spanish cinema and president of the Andalusian film academy; and Antonio Meliveo, musical producer and composer three times nominated for the Goya awards and winner of an IRIS award.

The protagonist of the short, Nevada (played by Ángela Cosano), a farmer worried about protecting her land and her family, due to the greed of the wealthy Ringo Santana (played by Manuel Salas), runs into Bill (played by Manuel Membrilla), a young gambling addict who will be the perfect target to achieve his goals, since he owes Ringo $30,000. 

The strong point of this project, according to the director, Víctor Castro, is that the setting capacity, the costumes, the narrative and the photography of the short are of a very high level for the tiny budget that was available, he indicates in a statement.

 The short film has been conceived and produced in Malaga, it has been recorded in Almería and it has been managed in Córdoba. “We say that the project is made in Andalusia because all the members of the team are Andalusian; for example, Víctor and Ángela are from Cordoba, Miguel and Manuel Salas are from Jaén, Manuel Membrilla is from Granada and Antonio Meliveo is from Malaga” according to the words of Amalia Calvo, cultural manager of the short film. 

These young filmmakers and their team are heading to continue with audiovisual production, venturing out with a feature film for their next project, which they are already starting to work on.