Curt – «LA GRAN AVENTURA DE MANEL Y LOS PALILLOS MÁGICOS» / 2015-09

Curt final de 3r curs de l’ECIB (Escola de Cine de Barcelona) de Xavier Pijuan. Va se un dels tres projectes escollits per a realitzar-se com a projecte grupal final d’estudis de la seva promoció. Va ser realitzat amb l’ajut dels companys de la seva promoció i està protagonitzat per l’Unai Mayo.

Manel, un nen consentit rep com a regal d’aniversari una miserable caixa d’escuradents en comptes de la desitjada PS4. El que, a priori, sembla una presa de pèl, acaba convertint-se en el millor regal que ha rebut mai.

El curt ha estat premiat en aquests festivals:

BEST SHORT FILM (Formación Audiovisual category) FCZ 2015 (Festival de Cine de Zaragoza), Zaragoza, Spain (2015/11)
CHILDREN’S CHOICE AWARD (for Films For Ages 7 & Up) BAICFF (Bay Area international Children’s Film Festival), San Francisco, USA (2016/01)
GOLD REMI AWARD (Family/Children category) WORLDFEST HOUSTON, Texas, USA (2016/04)
THIRD POSITION (International Fiction category) INONU University 9th International Short Film Festival, Turquía (2016/04)
BEST SHORT FILM (children category) NNF (Near Nazareth Festival), Afula, Israel (2016/06)
MENCIÓN ESPECIAL en el festival OJO AL PIOJO, Rosario, Argentina (2016/07)
BEST COMEDY in LILLIPUTIAN Film Festival, St.Charles, Missouri, USA (2016/08)
BEST FAMILY-CHILDREN FILM (November edition), CICFF Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, Kolkata, India (2016/11)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, Wular Lake International Short-Film Festival, Srinagar, India (2017/05)

I ha estat seleccionat en més de 60 festivals internacionals:

AKFF (Adelaide Kids Film Festival) Adelaide, Australia (2015/10)
PUBLICYSTYKA 2015, Poland (2015/10)
FCZ Festival de Cine de Zaragoza (Formación Audiovisual), Zaragoza, Spain (2015/11)
CFFS (Children’s Film Festival Seattle), Seattle, USA (2016/01)
BAICFF (Bay Area international Children’s Film Festival), San Francisco, USA (2016/01)
CINI (Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños), Perú (2016/02)
MICE (Mostra Internacional Cinema Educatiu), Valencia, Spain (2016/02)
CAPE COD Family & Youth Film Festival, Massaschusetts, USA (2016/02)
REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA (2016/04)
CMS Children’s International Film Festival, Lucknow, India (2016/04)
PAINTED BIRDS, Madrid, España (2016/04)
WORLDFEST Houston, Texas, USA (2016/04)
INONU University 9th International Short Film Festival, Malatya, Turquía (2016/04)
GENERK Fest, New York, USA (2016/05)
NNF Near Nazareth Festival, Afula, Israel (2016/05)
KINOLUB, Kraków, Poland (2016/06)
Festival PREVIEW, El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain (2016/07)
Festival OJO AL PIOJO, Rosario, Argentina (2016/07)
Festival Internacional para niños OJO DE PESCADO, Valparaíso, Chile (2016/08)
LILLIPUTIAN Film Festival, St.Charles, Missouri, USA (2016/08)
VII Festival Internacional de cinema de CERDANYA, Puigcerdà, Spain (2016/08)
SAN DIEGO International Kids’ Film Festival, San Diego, USA (2016/08)
XIX Mostra de Curtmetratges SANT BARTOMEU, Ibiza, Spain (2016/08)
Festival de Cine: Infancia y Adolescencia “CIUDAD DE BOGOTÁ” 2016, Bogotá, Colombia (2016/09)
8th Int. Children TV Festival “DYTIATKO”, Kharkiv, Ukraine (2016/09)
IBIZA CINE FEST, Online Festival (2016/09)
A-TARSITO Muestra Internacional de cine para niños, Mexicali, México (2016/09)
FESTICINEKIDS, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (2016/09)
Second Asia International (Wenzhou) Youth Short-Film Exhibition, Beijing, China (2016/10)
3LITTLE WOLVES Film Festival, Ljubljana, Eslovenia (2016/11)
LAHORE International Children’s Film Festival, Lahore, Pakistan (2016/11)
CHICAGO International Children’s Film Festival, Chicago, USA (2016/11)
KARELIAN International Film For Youth Festival, Petrozavodsk, Karelian Republic, Rusia (2016/11)
BOSTON International Kids Film Festival, Boston, USA (2016/11)
NORTH CAROLINA Family Film Festival, Murfreesboro, North Carolina, USA (2016/11)
Festival de Cine Infantil de Ciudad GUAYANA, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela (2016/11)
SIFFCY (Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth), New Delhi, India (2016/12)
Cine KASIMANWA: Western Visayas Film Festival, Iliolo, Philippines (2016/12)
CICFF Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, Kolkata, India (2016/12)
MI PRIMER FESTIVAL, Lima, Perú (2017/01)
FILM FEST 52, Bethel, Connecticut, USA (2017/01)
10th International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2017/01)
NEW HAVEN International Film Festival, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (2017/03)
MONTANA International Children’s Film Festival, Missoula, Montana, USA (2017/03)
The VICTORIA TX Independent Film Festival, Victoria, Texas, USA (2017/04)
GARDENCITY International Film Festival, Bangalore, India (2017/04)
WULAR LAKE International Short-Film Festival, Srinagar, India (2017/05)
CIFF, Children’s International Film Festival, Dubai, UAE (2017/05)
CUTTING ROOM Film Fest, Tucker, USA (2017/05)
BEST FILM Fest, USA (2017/05)
FICAIJ, Mérida, Venezuela (2017/05)
SAINTS & SINNERS Film Festival, Orlando, USA (2017/05)
SHORT FILM BREAKS, Bucharest, Romania (2017/06)
DIVERCINE, Montevideo, Uruguay (2017/07)
ZINETXIKI, Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain (2017/10)
MINIKINO Film week, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia (2017/10)
ROSELLE Park Shorts! Film Festival, New Jersey, USA (2017/09)
RICHARD HARRIS International Film Festival, Limerick, Ireland (2017/10)
Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil y Juvenil CALIBELULA, Cali, Colombia (2017/10)
NPS International Children’s Film Festival, Guwahati, Assam, India (2017/11)
POCHATOK Film Festival, Shidny Kvartal, Ukraine (2018/06)