Editions
FICARQ 2013
The first edition of the Festival was held between July 16 and 20, 2013 in Avilés, at the Niemeyer Center and the Palacio Valdés Theater, with the primary objective of "twinning cinema and architecture", in addition to "offering a space and support in which directors, scriptwriters, producers, actors, technicians and architects can show their work and artistic ability."[5] Film series, conferences, performances, a children's workshop, a competition micro-films and a Closing Gala with a red carpet and gala ball gave shape to the first FICARQ.[6] It had as a special guest and godfather the Dutch architect and film director Jord Den Hollander"),[7] founder and director of the Rotterdam Film and Architecture Festival"), created in 1990.
The opening gala was presented by Macarena Gómez and Antonio Meléndez Peso, the closing gala was presented by Rossy de Palma and Antonio Meléndez Peso.
Three film cycles were organized: «Filmed Architectures», «Cinema that we love» and «Cinema that is coming».[8].
The first block, "Filmed Architectures", was made up of a selection of documentaries with current topics on architecture and urban planning. It included the following projections:
In the section called "Cinema we love", dedicated to film classics, the following titles were screened:
In the "Coming Cinema" Section, dedicated to films mostly unreleased in Spain or Asturias, the following films were presented:
In the first edition, several conferences and round tables were held, including the following:
The Closing Gala was held at the Palacio Valdés Theater and was attended by national artists such as Rossy de Palma, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Óscar Ladoire, Ana Otero, Macarena Gómez, Antonio Meléndez Peso") (presenter of the galas in the four editions of the Festival), Félix Sabroso, Bebe,[9] Álex O'Dogherty, Lola Marceli, José Troncoso") and Ana Turpin, among other caras known.[10].
The first edition of the Microfilm Contest, then called "Avilés in 2 minutes", had three awards, presented by Óscar Ladoire and Ana Otero. The first prize went to Valentín Lorca Valdés for My city, the second went to Let us work by Adelaida Reyero[11] and the third went to Ciudad Amurallada by Marcos Balbín, Enrique de Balbín and María Estébanez.
FICARQ 2014
The second edition of the Festival was held again in Avilés, at the Niemeyer Center and the Palacio Valdés Theater, from July 15 to 19. On this occasion, Brazil was the guest country, dedicating a cycle of screenings to this country.[12] It had film cycles, conferences, special showings, children's activities and a Closing Gala.[13].
As in the previous edition, the screening cycles were organized into the sections "Filmed Architectures", "Cinema to Come" and "Cinema We Love", and two more special sections were also added: one was dedicated to a selection of current Brazilian film production and another, called "Silent Ruptures", to the Silent Ruptures project. Intersections between architecture and cinema. Portugal 1960-74.
In the “Filmed Architectures” section, dedicated to the documentary genre, the following titles were screened:
The section dedicated to premieres (national or local), the "Cinema to come", was made up of:.
The section dedicated to film classics, the "Cinema We Love", included the following screenings:
The section dedicated to Brazil featured the following films:
Finally, a cycle was made consisting of a series of short films made within the Silent Rupture research project. Intersections between architecture and cinema. Portugal 1960-74, from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto") (FAUP). It included the following short films:
The second edition had different conferences. The first of them, by the architects Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda") (Amid.Cero9), with whom a round table was organized accompanied by the architects Rogelio Ruiz Fernández"), Maribel Alba Dorado") and Celestino G. Braña"). The second was starred by Juan Carlos Sancho Osinaga") and Sol Madridejos, with whom there was also a round table with the architect Diego Cabezudo"), the art historian Carmen Adams") and the journalist and director of the CICA (Cinema Interpretation Center in Asturias), Víctor Guillot"). The third conference was given by Richard Levene"), architect, co-founder and director of El Croquis. Afterwards, a round table was held with the architect Ester Roldán Calvo"), the architect and historian Jorge Gorostiza"), the art historian Jorge Alonso and the photographer Carlos Casariego"). Finally, a meeting with the public was held with the architect Antonio Ruiz (Cruz y Ortiz), holder of numerous awards such as the National Architecture Prize in 1993, the National Urban Planning Prize in 1981 or the Prize of the Council of Colleges of Architects of Spain in 2013.
Likewise, in this edition three Master-classes were held. The first day was attended by Maite Cantón") (Asturias International Marketing Initiative Award 2014, Green Award Berlin 2014, Founder of Equilicuá). On the second day Alfredo Álvarez and his team, pioneer of the art of Lightpainting, explained this technique, taking into account the process and its applications in the field of photography and video. In addition, interacting with the attendees, it was possible to view the first Videolightpainting carried out in Asturias. For the third day, architects Guillermo Marcos") and Carlos Modroño"), responsible for AM3 Estudio, explained the various uses of video game creation tools applied to the architectural process, as an interactive representation but also as a project tool. During this third and last Master-rclass, they connected by videoconference with Sergio Irigoyen") who, from Hong Kong, explained the capabilities of these techniques as generators of architecture and not only as useful graphics, showing us an experimental project that is currently being carried out in said Asian city.[14].
As in the first edition, the closing ceremony was attended by well-known faces on the red carpet such as Cayetana Guillén Cuervo (who served as presenter along with Antonio Meléndez Peso), Roberto Álvarez, the dancer Rafael Amargo (who starred in a performance at the gala),[15] Elena Furiase, Juncal Rivero,....[16].
For the first time, the “Bridge between the Arts” Awards were presented, aimed at those outstanding personalities whose career and interests are highly representative of the two arts, cinema and architecture. The awards were presented to the architect, co-founder and director of El Croquis, Richard Levene"), and to the theater, film and television actress, Terele Pávez.[17].
In the same way as in the first edition, in the second Microfilm Contest (organized in collaboration with Yahoo Spain[18]), aimed at audiovisual pieces of a maximum of 2 minutes in length, three prizes were awarded. The first prize went to Apuntes urbanes 960 (Daniel Buccolini, Chile), the second to People (Francisco Solana, Spain), and the third prize to Look up (Benjamín Villaverde, Spain).
FICARQ 2015
The third edition of FICARQ took place in the city of Oviedo between July 6 and 12, 2015. The capital of the Principality of Asturias made different emblematic buildings available to the Festival that would host screenings, conferences, talks, children's activities and different parallel activities that analyzed and disseminated the relationships between cinema and architecture for a week. The spaces were the Campoamor Theater, the Philharmonic Theater, the Príncipe Felipe Auditorium, the Archaeological Museum of Asturias and the Casa de la Rúa "Casa de la Rúa (Oviedo)").
It was the first time that it had Official Competition Sections,[19] following the previous categories carried out: "Coming Cinema" and "Filmed Architectures". Likewise, it had other screening cycles, called "Guest Films", "Guest Documentaries" and a small sample dedicated to Mexico as a guest country.[20].
The “Coming Cinema” Official Section, dedicated to fiction feature films and which sought to highlight different perspectives in relation to design, architecture or urban planning, was made up of:.
The Official Section "Filmed Architectures" was dedicated to documentaries on architecture or urban planning. The selection included the following titles:
The Information Section "Guest Films" was made up of:.
The Informative Section "Guest Documentaries" included:
Finally, a sample of the current Mexican film industry was held, screening the following films:
In this edition, conferences and round tables were also held, bringing together in a common space art directors, architects and personalities from the academic world who write and research on the relationships between cinema and architecture. They were the following:
The Closing Ceremony was presented by the actress Blanca Romero and the actor Antonio Meléndez Peso"). The closing of the festival featured the performance of Rafael Amargo, with the music of the Asturian pianist Julio César Picos Sol") and with the performance of the tenor Enrique Viana. In addition, various actors and actresses, filmmakers, architects and producers attended, such as Zoe Berriatúa, María Esteve, Ana Fernández, Alfonso Albacete, Tirma Ayerbe, Eva Gamallo, Cristina Pascual, Mairén Muñoz, Marta Mir and Patricia Valley.
The “Bridge between the Arts” Awards of the third edition of the Festival were awarded to the Nieto Sobejano Studio, made up of the architects Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano, and the filmmaker Andréi Konchalovski.
For the first time, the Festival had two official competition sections. The jury for this edition is made up of Javier Espada, Richard Levene, Danny Faux and Carmelo Romero. The films that made up the Palmarés were the following:
Winners of the Official Section of the “Cinema that comes” (fiction feature films):.
FICARQ 2016
The IV edition of the Festival was held in the city of Santander "Santander (Spain)") from June 28 to July 2, 2016. The spaces in which the screenings, conferences, children's workshops and other activities took place were the Caja Cantabria Social and Cultural Action Center (CASYC), the Santander Film Library, the Ricardo Lorenzo space of the Official College of Architects of Cantabria (COACAN), the Groucho and Los Cinemas. Ángeles, the Botín Foundation, the Magdalena Auditorium, as well as the Pronillo Enclave and Sardinero beach. In this edition, the Festival had "cities of the future" as its main theme, and expanded its interest towards new technologies.
The film programming included two Official Sections in competition, two Information Sections and other special showings, such as Isla Bonita by Fernando Colomo. The Sections, dedicated to the fiction and documentary genres, were directed by the filmmaker Zoe Berriatúa and the architect Richard Levene, respectively. Some of the screenings were attended by their filmmakers such as and the filmmakers who were able to attend meetings with the public after the screening of their films, such as Fernando Colomo, Miguel Llansó, Pablo Hernando, Kirill Klepalov, Eva Vizcarra, Adam Barnett or Sebastián Pasquet.
The Official Competition Section was called on this occasion "Art in the Seventh Art" and included the following fiction feature films:
Likewise, the Official Fiction Section included two more films out of competition:
The Official Competition Section of this edition, “Filmed Architectures”, was made up of the following documentaries:
The Fiction Information Section, "Building Cinema", was made up of a selection of film classics:
The Informative Section of the documentary, "Recovered Architectures", had the following screenings:
The fourth edition of the Festival also brought together art directors, architects, academics, researchers and experts in new technologies. In addition, for one day the "VR (virtual reality) Experience Hall: Panic at Heights" was held with the company inMediaStudio.
The closing ceremony of the IV FICARQ took place on Saturday, July 2 in the Magdalena Auditorium. Presented by Marián Aguilera and Antonio Meléndez Peso"), the awards ceremony also hosted the premiere of the advance of Carlos Saura's documentary about the works of the Botín Center, Renzo Piano, an architect for Santander (2016).
The “Bridge between the Arts” Awards were awarded to the filmmaker Carlos Saura and the architect Emilio Tuñón.
The Jury was made up of the director Fernando Colomo (president), the director Juan Sebastián Bollaín, the screenwriter Lola Salvador and the architect Ángel Borrego. The films that made up the Palmarés were the following:
FICARQ 2017
The V edition, The International Film and Architecture Festival (FICARQ), is dedicated to exploring the intersections between architectural language and film language, recognized as one of the most outstanding internationally. This fifth edition is held in Santander between July 4 and 8 and has Norway as the guest country, with the assistance of two architects from the Snohetta studio.
FICARQ has a double official section, dedicated to international fiction film production and documentary film, in which it tries to explore the links between architecture, urbanism and cinema. The official section, the informative section and the special passes add up to a program of around fifty titles and which is completed with a cycle of conferences in which more than twenty architects and as many art directors, filmmakers and specialists in new technologies from all over the world will attend. AC/E supports the participation of the Spanish designer who lives in Milan Patricia Urquiola to be part of the professional program and workshops of the festival.
The official sections in competition are divided into two calls: ''Art in the Seventh Art'' in relation to fiction feature films; and “Filmed Architectures” corresponding to documentaries.
The award-winning fiction feature films “Art in the Seventh Art” are:
Best fiction feature film for "Kollektivet" (The Commune), by Thomas Wintemberg (Denmark)
and
Best art direction for Antonio Virgilio, for "Seconda Primavera" by Francesco Calogero, (Italy).
Also in this call, a special mention from the jury for best actress "Art in the Seventh Art" is awarded to Laia Costa, for "Victoria" by Sebastián Schipper (Germany).
In the second call,
The award for best documentary film ‘Arquitecturas Filmadas’ goes to “Sin Manual” by Francisco González (Mexico), a cinematographic story about the construction process of the International Baroque Museum by Toyo Ito. Unlike other explanatory videos about the construction of a building, such as timelapses, “Sin Manual” shows us the most human part of the construction process, puts us in tension and excites us through the stories of the workers themselves. The director himself was able to see first-hand the reaction of the spectators during the screening of the documentary in Santander.
Due to the great variety and quality of titles presented, the jury wanted to highlight with a special mention the following documentary films in the “Filmed Architectures” section: "Matta Viel" by Christian Vidal (Chile), "Terramotouriesm" by Colectivo Left Hand Rotation (Spain + Portugal), "Francis Keré An Architect Between" by Daniel Swartz (Germany + Switzerland) and "Te Novgorod Spaceship" Andrei Rozen (United States United States/Russia).
On the other hand, Movistar+ also awards Special Awards for Microfilms.
The award for best short film 2017 is “Images in a Storm”, by Manuel Olmedo Redondo: “For its ability to synthesize the ephemerality of the medium, go beyond the screen, explore new film architecture and give verisimilitude to a story through the setting.” Special mention to the microfilms goes to “In memoriam”, PRODITEX Research Group (UEMC) and “Mirrors in time”, Sergi Pitarch Garrido.
FICARQ 2018
Sixth edition of the International Film and Architecture Festival (FICARQ), dedicated to exploring the intersections between architectural language and film language and recognized as one of the most prominent internationally.
The festival, organized by Producciones Dímelo A Mí, once again had a double official section, dedicated to international fiction film production and documentary film, trying to explore in both cases the links with architecture, urban planning and art direction. The official section, the informative section and the special passes are completed with a cycle of conferences attended by architects, art directors, filmmakers and specialists in new technologies.
All conferences and screenings are free access until capacity is reached.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 / Lodge (3rd floor).
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Official documentary section:
· Brasilia: Life After Design (88 min · 2017 · Canada)
6:00 p.m.-7:45 p.m. Official fiction section:
· Life Guidance (1 hour 45 minutes)
8:00 p.m. Inauguration - "Bridge between the arts" Awards (José Luis Cuerda and Fundación Arquia).
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 / Auditorium (2nd floor).
4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Official fiction section:
· Aerotropolis (1 h 15 min · 2017 · Taiwan)
6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Official documentary section:
· The Divine Way (2018 · Germany)
· Alberdi, the neighborhood I live in no longer exists (2018 · Argentina)
8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Official fiction section:
· Dave Made A Maze (1 h 20 min · 2017 · USA).
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 / Auditorium (2nd floor).
4:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Official fiction section:
· Columbus (1 h 44 min · 2017 · USA)
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Official documentary section:
· Bicycle Builder (4:50 min · 2017 · Spain)
· Enjil (6:23 min · 2018 · Morocco)
· Primeiro de Novembro (6:36 min · 2017 · Portugal)
· Landscape for a person (8:06 min · 2016 · Argentina)
· Sen Adam Misin (Are you a man) (15 min · 2018 · Turkey)
· The Wound (19:49 min · 2018 · India)
7:30 p.m.-9:15 p.m. Official fiction section:
· Black Hollow Cage (1 h 45 min · 2017 · Spain)
9:15 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Colloquium with the director: Sadrac González-Perellón.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 / Auditorium (2nd floor).
4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Briefing short films:
CGI ARQA selection of video creation and spots with digital architecture
4:45 p.m.-5:50 p.m. Official fiction section:
· Alone (1 h 4 min · 2017 · Kazakhstan)
FICARQ 2021
The vice dean of COAM, Pablo Olalquiaga, attended the presentation of the awards for this initiative dedicated to exploring the intersections between architectural language and cinematographic language, and which has the collaboration of the College of Architects of Madrid.
On this occasion and due to pandemic reasons, the prizes of the VII, VIII and IX edition of the International Film and Architecture Festival were awarded in an event that took place at the Roca Madrid Gallery and was attended by personalities from the field of film and architecture.
FICARQ is an international project, a pioneer in Spain that involves filmmakers, architects, urban planners, construction companies, institutions and companies related to the entire world of architecture.
The objective is to explore the possibilities of expression within architecture, urban planning, industrial design or even in the archeology of created architectures and how all of this can become a means of communication through mechanisms that send us messages, sensations, emotions and human feelings and their relationship with real or imagined environments.
FICARQ 2022
On July 7, 2022 we attended the FICARQ awards ceremony, the International Film and Architecture Festival of Spain. These awards are designed to respond to an international project, pioneering in Spain that, as the title indicates, involves filmmakers, architects, urban planners, builders, institutions and companies related to the entire world of architecture as a universal transmission vessel. Stories that reach us all to make us reflect on the human condition.
Every year, FICARQ opens its doors to an excellent spectrum of fiction and documentary films. On this occasion and due to pandemic reasons, the awards for the VII, VIII and IX edition were awarded. You will understand that this was an excellent opportunity for us, at Visión Media Magazine, to put on our best clothes and move around to talk to you about what, between human and divine.
For seven days, FICARQ takes place in a city of great cultural interest as an ideal setting for debates, conferences, screenings and activities generated around cinema and architecture, with the attendance of a large international audience and illustrious guests from cultural disciplines to explore the intersections between architectural language and film language, showing the way in which a human being speaks creatively about his or her environment or describes the construction or modification of real or imagined worlds.
At FICARQ they sincerely believe in the transformative power of art and culture in our society and thus, to be a bridge between generations, they give way to many points of view of creation in freedom. For this reason, they dedicate a special mention to those proposals that come to the festival made by people under twenty-five years of age and over fifty.
FICARQ AWARDS
During the presentation of this edition, Ana María Álvarez Muriel, in addition to being a filmmaker, also founder and director of FICARQ, defined this project as a window open to all concerns, whether conventional through the urban, rural or archaeological landscape, as well as for other ways of relating to their environment. Among them, as forms of expression of people within an architectural environment, contemporary urban dance, streetdance, breakdance, parkour movement, etc. stood out.
As in previous editions, once again the event was presented by the Sevillian actor Antonio Meléndez Peso, a couple of years ago candidate for the Goya Award nomination as supporting actor for his role in Rosalinda, a film directed by Ramón Luque Cozar. How can we not applaud with laughter his good sense of humor, when he turned some inconveniences that arose - diplomas that did not arrive on time and awards that were not available - into a stage act of a family nature.
A tireless worker, he is currently supporting the recently released film Hotel Colón, by Miguel Martí, with Macarena Gómez and Salva Reina, among others. He is also rehearsing We Will Be a Family, Even if That Kills Us, Chus Guterrez's debut film, while he is preparing to shoot Intersex in Seville, along with Mónica Bardén, Charo Reina and Antonio Huesos, nephew of Antonio Banderas.