Great success for the fourth edition of the “BCN SPORTS FILM FESTIVAL – BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL FICTS FESTIVAL” ended with the delivery of the Awards to the winners at the Auditorium Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch in Barcelona.
“PURA VIDA” (directed by Pablo Iraburu and Igor Otxoa), the documentary that reconstructs in detail the attempted rescue operation of Iñaki Ochoa met at Anapurna some of the best climbers of the world, is the winner of the 2013 edition of “BCN SPORTS FILM FESTIVAL”. Dr Maite Fandos, President of the “Fundació Barcelona Olímpica” and Deputy Mayor for Quality of Life, Equality and Sports, gave the “Ánfora Ciudad de Barcelona” to the production.
Maite Fandos, President of the “Fundació Barcelona Olímpica” and Deputy Mayor for Quality of Life, Equality and Sports gave the “Ánfora Ciudad de Barcelona” to the production.
The “Special Award of the Jury” composed by Isabel Bosch, journalist and member of the Office of Management TV3 Television of Catalonia; Mayuko Fujiki bronze medal at the American Cup and the Olympic Games in Atlanta ’96 head coach of the U.S. team at the 2012 London Olympic Games and current coach of the Spanish synchronized swimming team; José M. Montero ex-basketball player of the Peña, FC Barcelona, the Limoges and the Atlanta Hawks; Roland Nguyen consultant-movie, best world specialist short, linked for more than 20 years the group France Televisions and Member of the Academy Awards-Cesar and Fernando Trullols filmmaker, has worked with Luis Garcia Berlanga, J.A. Bayona, Isabel Coixet and Jose Luis Cuerda among others. Winner of the 2012 Goya for best short fiction with El Barco Pirata – went to the movie “A Fine line” (France) directed by Seb Montaza and Kilian Jornet. Pick award Oriol Cortacans, distributor.
The “Special Award” of the Jury (in the picture) went to the movie “A Fine line” (France)
Eduardo Admetlla (in the picture below), with 89 years old, a pioneer and a leader in the world of scuba diving filming, received the “Honor Award” of the fourth edition of the “BCN Sports Film Festival – Barcelona International FICTS Festival.
The winners of “BCN Sports Film Festival” went to:
- Best Production of Catalonia
“CAMÍ A ALASKA” by Gerard Mills (Catalonia). Jordi Sans athletic director and public relations UFEC gave the award to Gerard Mills, Tanit Fernandez and Álvaro Bayona (in the picture below).
- Best Documentary production
“PLAY” by Manuel Herrero (France).
- Best Fiction
“BALANCE” by Mark Ram (Netherlands). Teresa Agulló the Barcelona Olympic Foundation gave the award to Mark Ram (in the picture below).
- Best short film
“FREESTILE LIFE” by Adam Palencia (Poland). Esther Marquès, director of production “Filmets Badalona Film Festival” gave the award to Bibiana Schönhöffer, actress, director and meditate Film Festival Ciutadella de Menorca (in the picture below).
- Best Animated Film
“OBEN” by Bah Thuierno, Pierre Leda Martins and Noah David Giuliani (France). Microgestió, business partner of the Festival, gave the award to Alvaro Yebra, distributor of audiovisuals contents (in the picture below).
- Best Adventure Sports film
“NEXT STOP GREENLAND” by Lara Izaguirre (Basque Country). Antonio Urano gave the award to the director Izaguirre Lara and Alvaro Bultó (in the picture below).
- Best film about “Solidarity and Sport”
“LES REBELLES DU FOOT” by Gill Perez and co-directed by Gill Rof, produced by Canto Bross, Jean-Marie Cantona, Eric Cantona and Joel Cantona, a coproduction of Bosnia, Brazil, France, Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Chile. Barbara Destefanis gave the award to Gill Pérez and Gill Roff (in the picture below).
- Best Report
“TOWN OF RUNNERS” by Jerry Rothwell (UK). Julio Pernas, Director of the “Barcelona Olympic Foundation”, gave the award to the director Jerry Rothwell (in the picture below).
- Best Photograpy Casanova Photo
“SUNSHINE THE OLYMPICS 2012” by Jens Lind (Sweden). The award was given to Esther Calatayud responsible procurement ESPN Classic EMEA (in the picture below).
- Award “Filmets Badalona Film Festival” – “Human Values and Sports”
“DREAM RACER”, coproduction of Australia, Chile and Argentina. Jordi Viladoms gave the award to Juan Fernandez, deputy mayor of Badalona, in representation of the author (in the picture below).
