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Recently, I have written various articles for RelevantBCN, and I did an interview with Joan Gonzàlez the director of the international documentary festival DocsBarcelona, and so I felt like writing a bit more about this interesting festival of doumentaries.
DocsBarcelona is an international documentary festival created to generate a documentary culture in Catalonia and Spain. However the main focus and emphasis now is their spectators, and through the reality of their documentaries, there is something for everybody.
What is the concept of DocsBarcelona?
The concept of the festival is to make the documentaries known to the largest number of people possible. The concept is to take the books out of the monasteries and bring them down to the city, promoting documentaries.
How did the festival start?
The festival began as a festival only for professionals to learn how to produce documentaries as they were being produced in Europe in `96 /`97. This was the beginning, as it began as a training tool for professionals, a project market, and when we got to ten years we decided to start the festival for the spectator.
This is the seventeenth edition of the festival, so how has the festival changed over the years?
The main change in the festival is that it began as a festival only for professionals, and now the most important part is the audience, whilst still being an important part of the documentary industry. But it brings to the majority of citizens a documentary festival, with the specific idea that it's a festival of documentaries. It is the most important in Spain because it brings together two parts, the part of the films with their directors and spectators, and the part of the directors, producers and projects who come for funding. The transformation has resulted in a festival which is not only becomes bigger each year but also attracts more and more viewers.
The main change in the festival is that it began as a festival only for professionals, and now the most important part is the audience, whilst still being an important part of the documentary industry. But it brings to the majority of citizens a documentary festival, with the specific idea that it's a festival of documentaries. It is the most important in Spain because it brings together two parts, the part of the films with their directors and spectators, and the part of the directors, producers and projects who come for funding. The transformation has resulted in a festival which is not only becomes bigger each year but also attracts more and more viewers.
To read the rest of this inspiring interview read my article, DocsBarcelona.
This festival is a great way to delve into the documentary world and to approach subjects and themes that you may have never thought about before. This event will be running from May 26th to June 1st so check out their website or follow them on twitter to keep up to date on the daily info. Finally if your worried about the language barrier don't be, 90% of the documentaries showing will display English subtitles and the experience will be worth every cent.
Recientemente, he escrito una variedad de artículos para RelevantBCN, y hice una entrevista con Joan Gonzàlez, el director del festival internacional de documentales DocsBarcelona, y entonces quería escribir un poco más sobre este festival tan interesante de documentales.
ReplyDeleteDocsBarcelona, un festival internacional de documentales,cuando nació era contribuir a generar una cultura documental en Cataluña y en España. Sin embargo, ahora el enfoque principal del festival son los espectadores y comono hay un eje temático especifico, hay una variedad de documentales para ver,y entonces a través de la realidad, hay algo para todos.
¿Para empezar, qué es el concepto deDocsBarcelona?
El concepto es hacer cara los documentales al mayor número de ciudadanos. El concepto es sacar los libros de los monasterios y bajarlos a las ciudades, divulgar el documental.
¿Cómo empezó el festival?
El festival empezó siendo únicamente para profesionales y no siendo festival, sino siendo unos encuentros profesionales para aprender a producir documentales, como se estaban produciendo en Europa en el año 96/97. Esto fue el inicio, empezó siendo una herramienta de formación de profesionales, un mercado de proyectos, y cuando llegábamos a diez años, empezamos el festival para los espectadores.
Esto es ladecimoséptima edición, por eso ¿cómo ha cambiado el festival durante los años?
El gran cambio consiste en que empezó como un festival para profesionales y ahora la parte más importante a lo menos en los medios es para los espectadores, aun sigue teniendo una parte muy importante de la industria. Pero declara a la mayor parte de las ciudadanos un festival de cine, con la especificad que es un festival de documental, que es el más importante que hay en España, porque reúnelas dos partes, la parte de las películas con sus directores y sus espectadores y la parte de directores, productores y proyectos, que vienen a buscar finalización. La transformación ha sidoque, cada vez es un festival más grande y llega al mayor número de espectadores.
Si quieres leer más sobre este articulo: http://relevantbcn.com/index.php/eventos/featured/item/4102-docsbarcelona#espanol
Este evento llegare muy pronto, desde Mayo 26 hasta 1 Junio. Entra la pagina web o seguirles en twitter para saber mas info.