The black sand beaches where Pedro Almodóvar filmed Broken Embraces [+lire aussi :
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This time, the age-old and local craft features in the Trasfoco section  - in addition to conferences, meetings and excursions around the island - which will offer titles such as the classic black and white Men of Aran, by the British Robert J. Flaherty; the Maltese-American production Luzzu [+lire aussi :
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The team of this event, held between 24 November and 4 December in different locations on the island, is directed by Javier Fuentes Feo and organised by the (independent) Tenique Cultural Association. They have put together an Official Section with five feature films, which will be judged by a committee at an open discussion and with the public present.

The film Anhell69 [+lire aussi :
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David Easteal will also present the Australian production The Plains, which shows the conversations and things that often take place inside car journeys. And so will the Serbian Nicola Spasic with his Christina [+lire aussi :
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The event is completed with family and other educational sessions (screening the non-fiction film Un cielo impasible [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], by David Varela) as well as the section called Cruce de Caminos, spotlighting Canarian filmmakers, where the following short films will be screened, with their teams in attendance; Bancal, by Rafael Montezuma; La Prima Cosa, by Omar Al Abdul Razzak and Shira Ukrainitz; Querido Juancar o La angustia del rey en su exilio, by Alois Sandner Díaz; Pez volador, by Nayra Sanz Fuentes, and Arrecife, museo del mar, directed by Omaira Díaz.