The International Short Film Week of San Roque, which came to an end on February 11th in Cadiz, awarded first prize to Mireia Giró's short film ‘Te quiero mal’ in the 35 mm category. The film, which was produced in Santiago de Compostela, won the ‘Proxecto Compostela Plató’ prize at the city's 2005 short film festival, Curtocircuito.  The jury awarded the prize after viewing...

New York's ACE awards a prize to a film shot in Santiago de Compostela, 'El Desenlace', by the Galician director Juan Pinzás, in recognition of his cinema career in the USA.  The 38th ACE Prize-Giving Ceremony will be held on May 6th, 2005, in Red Oak, Manhattan Valley Center, with the presence of the Spanish director. Pedro Almodóvar and Alejandro Amenábar are previous ACE...

Galician Radio will broadcast a weekly audiovisual programme starting from January 14th.  The programme, called A Lanterna Máxica, directed and presented by Oscar Losada, will be broadcast at 5 pm, with a duration of 60 mins. 

Antón Reixa, director of the Galician company Filmanova, is the new president of the Galician Audiovisual Cluster.   Antón Reixa highlighted the importance of new technologies and the creativity of new talent. He asked for special initiative on the part of services and multimedia businesspeople.   The previous president, Julio Fernández, was appointed honorary president.  ...

Se Estrena en Cineuropa 'Galatasaray Depor' , película rodada en parte en Compostela y que contó en el rodaje con los servicios de la Santiago de Compostela Film Commission  El film del director alemán Hannes Stöhr, ''Galatasaray-Depor'', dará comiezo a la edición 2005 del Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Ourense.  En esta décima edición...

The Independent Film Festival of Ourense, which will be held on November 12-19, 2005, presented its programme, featuring 60 short films, 10 documentaries and 10 feature films.

Luis Tosar has been awarded Santiago de Compostela´s Cineuropa 2005 Prize. The festival begins on November 2.  Tosar will receive the prize on November 15th, in the Teatro Principal. The festival´s complete programme will be presented on November 15th. 

The jury of the Brno Sixteen International Competition of Fiction Films, in the Czech Republic, awarded two of its prizes to Galician short films: A Canción de Fémerlin by the Pontevedra filmmaker Manuel Pena and Metamorfose, by Fran Estévez from Vilagarcía de Arousa.

The Galician Association of Independent Production Companies (AGAPI) will have a new Board of Directors before the end of the year. The new team will represent the interests of the association´s members during the next 2 years.

The Amal 05 Festival, which will be held in Compostela from Oct. 24-30, has the objective of becoming the first international Arab film festival held in Spain.  The festival will present a total of 21 screenings in Compostela´s Teatro Principal throughout the week.