The Eivissa International Independent Film Festival – Ibizacinefest reaches its eighth edition from 23 February to 3 March, staying faithful to its commitment to auteur works and creative freedom. This year, the selection committee has chosen 131 national and international titles (110 short films, 20 feature films and one medium-length film) that will be screened in five municipalities on the island and will maintain their online version on the Filmin platform.

Short films will once again be the protagonist of Ibizacinefest, a qualifying event for the Goya Awards 2024 by the Film Academy. A hundred short films will be presented in the different competitive sections (National Short, International Short, Fem-Cine and Eivissa Cinema) and non-competitive (Be Blue, ¿Y ESO? CineKids and the Shortfilms On Tour programme); with the latest works by filmmakers such as Neus Ballús, Maria Abenia, Maddi Barber, Marina Rodríguez Colás, Ana Amado and Lois Patiño, Koldo Almandoz, Jiajie Yu Yan, Àlex Lora and Eneko Sagardoy.

The film Light Falls Vertical [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], by Efthymia Zymvragaki, will open this eighth edition. The ten days will include screenings of national and international titles that have never before been shown on the island, activities aimed at professionals, short film script competitions and educational activities with special screenings for students and children.

As for feature films, Ibizacinefest will have numerous premieres in its eighth edition. In its official competitive section Panorama, highlights include Radiant, Konrad Kultys’ debut, one of the most interesting emerging filmmakers in Polish cinema; Light Falls [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Phedon Papamichael
scheda film], the fifth feature film (produced between companies from Georgia, Greece, Albania and Germany) by one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed cinematographers, Phedon Papamichael; Photophobia [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol P…
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intervista: Simone Bozzelli
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Spanish cinema will have a strong presence at the Balearic film festival: Panorama will feature An Inhabited Volcano [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laura García Andreu
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scheda film], by Elena Molina, all with their directors in attendance. Out of competition and in special screenings will be the animation film The Permanent Picture [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laura Ferrés
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intervista: Isabel Herguera
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The festival’s director, Xavi Herrero, noted a few days ago during the festival’s presentation, "its growth in all aspects, such as the number of films scheduled, premieres in Spain and the number of guests", and emphasised "the complete institutional support, with five municipalities, the Ibiza Island Council and the Government of the Balearic Islands” backing the event.