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00:00 The Pelicula Spanish Film Festival returns to showcase the latest and critically acclaimed

00:05 movies from Spain.

00:07 Javier Galvan, director of Instituto Cervantes de Manila, and Samantha Betia from Acciona

00:13 Philippines joins us now live in the studio.

00:18 How are you both?

00:19 Good evening.

00:20 Good evening.

00:21 Very good.

00:22 Good evening.

00:23 Good evening.

00:24 Buenas noches.

00:25 Buenas noches, señor and señorita.

00:26 So Javier, let me start off with you.

00:27 What do you hope to achieve in this year's 22nd edition of Pelicula?

00:32 Well, what we want to achieve is to maintain the interest of the Filipino audience after

00:37 22 years.

00:41 Every year we are surprised at how Filipinos love cinema and love cinema in Spanish.

00:48 And first of all, to maintain this interest.

00:50 And then we have created new sections as Pelicula en Verde.

00:55 This is the novelty for this year, and that's why we have the pleasure to have some with

01:01 us.

01:02 That's right.

01:03 We will talk about Acciona later and its initiative within Pelicula.

01:05 And how many films will be screened?

01:07 And are these films dubbed into English or just English subtitles?

01:13 English subtitles.

01:14 All of them are 27 movies.

01:17 26 are in Spanish with English subtitles.

01:21 Then also we have a Filipino short movie, Inagdal, that of course the Philippines is

01:28 our host, our friends.

01:29 We must have something from, some touch from the Filipino culture.

01:34 That's right.

01:35 And I understand a little bit of Spanish.

01:36 I haven't taken it in high school and college.

01:39 So well, I offer you a scholarship.

01:42 That's right.

01:43 I might take you up on that.

01:46 Please join us.

01:47 So Sam, headlining this year's program is the Pelicula en Verde, an environmental initiative.

01:53 Tell us more about it.

01:54 Yes.

01:55 So this Pelicula en Verde is in partnership with Instituto Cervantes and Harry Bond Foundation.

01:59 So it's a new segment.

02:00 That's why we're excited to launch it this year.

02:01 So it's a first for Pelicula.

02:04 This is a new segment which is focused on the ecological films that we have in the selection.

02:09 So we have seven green films that we will be showcasing.

02:12 So these eco films are mostly on sustainability and showcasing the beauty of nature of Spain.

02:19 And of course to encourage people to be able to support initiatives and culture and the

02:23 arts and of course sustainability.

02:26 And with ACCIONA, the company that I represent, we are a Spanish company of course.

02:31 Our South East Asian...

02:32 An infrastructure company.

02:33 Yes, we are.

02:34 And our South East Asian headquarters is actually here in the Philippines.

02:37 And of course you know how Philippines is.

02:39 It's very open to all of these arts and films and the culture that we have.

02:44 So if viewers will go to the Shangri-La Plaza and watch these seven films under the Pelicula

02:49 en Verde, what does the environment hope to gain here?

02:53 Yes, so again this is in partnership with Harry Bond Foundation.

02:56 And the reason why we're doing it is because we wanted to support Harry Bond Foundation's

03:00 Forest for Life project.

03:02 So these green films that is in tandem with their project which is propagation and tree

03:07 planting initiative in Tanay Rizal.

03:10 So this is in line with our corporate DNA which is mostly for regenerative solutions.

03:16 And again championing for sustainability, especially here in the Philippines.

03:19 And we've also seen the sustainability of Pelicula for 22 years now.

03:23 For every watcher to a movie of the Pelicula en Verde, ACCIONA will fund the planting of

03:29 a tree.

03:30 There you go.

03:31 Yes.

03:32 So going crowd, so we will have a lot of trees planted there in Tanay Rizal.

03:35 What are the basic themes of this year's films, Javier?

03:41 Well I mean it's all kind of things because one of the feature of Pelicula as you know

03:45 is the very recent movies.

03:47 Most of the movies were filmed in 2022, 2021.

03:52 So as I used to say, if you want to have an idea of what's going on in movies in Spanish,

03:58 it's better to come to the Philippines than to stay in Spain because you cannot see in

04:02 10 days an array of films like that, recent films.

04:05 And you'll also be paying tribute to one of Spain's acclaimed filmmakers, Carlos Saura.

04:11 Yes, definitely.

04:12 Carlos Saura is one of the great filmmakers in Spain, maybe the first after Buñuel that

04:18 became international.

04:20 And so he passed away only this year.

04:22 And so we want to pay tribute to him.

04:25 So there will be a number of films, some of them classical films already.

04:29 And even a film that was produced only a few years back that was the latest Carlos Saura

04:37 film that is a co-production with Mexico.

04:40 So it's another ingredient of our festival to have Latin American or Ibero-American countries,

04:46 Spanish speaking countries that are part of the festival, of course.

04:50 That's right.

04:51 That includes like Mexico, Chile and other countries.

04:54 Argentina and Colombia.

04:55 Argentina and Colombia.

04:56 Exactly.

04:57 All right.

04:58 Seven films included in this Pelicula en Verde.

05:01 So Sam, how influential is the film industry in educating and promoting sustainability

05:07 in the environment?

05:08 Definitely.

05:09 I mean, with green films such as this, it exposes people to how the culture, the arts

05:14 and sustainability like merge.

05:16 I mean, we're talking about backgrounds, not just the beauty of Spain again.

05:20 And again, it's more of like solar energy.

05:22 We have a lot of themes here that delve into that.

05:25 So you can put like romance and at the same time be able to raise awareness to people

05:29 about the ongoing climate crisis that we're all facing.

05:32 So are we seeing now more films being produced, focusing on the environment or is it still

05:38 lacking?

05:39 I still think that there should still be a push with more sustainable films, but it's

05:43 great that we have already been starting with this kind of initiative.

05:46 So there should be more.

05:48 I think we're expecting more of these filmmakers delving into this theme.

05:53 And of course, Javier, you mentioned about Spanish films and Iberico-American films.

06:00 Are we now seeing more collaboration between the Spanish and the Argentinians, the Chileans

06:05 and the Mexicans in terms of putting together epic films?

06:10 Yeah, this is very natural, we might say, because the relation between Spain and Ibero-American,

06:16 Latin American countries is very strong, is very tight.

06:20 So for instance, there are many co-productions between Spain and Argentina, for instance,

06:27 in the last decades.

06:29 And that continues because of language, because of family links.

06:32 We hope that also that happens with the Philippines.

06:35 Actually, I...

06:36 Oh yes, Philippines and Spain.

06:38 Yeah.

06:39 I watch a lot of teleseries, Spanish teleseries.

06:43 But even they told me...

06:44 Streaming services.

06:45 There was a film that was recently filmed in Spain, in Galicia, the title is Por Que,

06:53 in Spanish.

06:55 And it's a Filipino production, film in Spain.

06:59 So I hope that we will be able to foster this collaboration, co-production.

07:04 And this film festival will be from October 5 to the 15th at the Shangri-La Plaza.

07:09 And it's free of charge.

07:10 Exactly.

07:11 Free of charge.

07:12 Oh wow, that's what Filipinos love.

07:13 That's a great way to raise awareness.

07:14 Free of charge.

07:15 So before we end this chat, what would be the top three films that you will be watching

07:20 in Pelicula?

07:21 We're putting you on the spot, Javier.

07:22 Yeah, yeah.

07:23 Top three.

07:24 It's difficult to me because the other filmmakers will be angry against me.

07:27 We have to make sure the green film is number one.

07:30 Our opening night, we have Asbestos.

07:32 Yeah, okay, Asbestos.

07:33 Okay.

07:34 But I would say also, well, I don't know.

07:37 I cannot tell you.

07:38 Asbestos.

07:39 A French couple living in a Galician village.

07:43 So it's increasing tension with their neighbors due to their opposition to a wind farm project.

07:47 So there's a way to infuse that sustainability.

07:51 Come on, Javier.

07:52 What would be your top two films?

07:55 You know, I will-

07:56 You have to play favorites.

07:57 I will say something.

07:58 You can follow the program and even the synopsis of every film in Pelicula.org.

08:09 So you can see there the synopsis, all the movies.

08:14 So you choose your favorite movie.

08:16 That's it.

08:17 And they are tagged in colors.

08:18 So the ones in green are the films.

08:20 And of course, you can also view them on your smartphone because of the QR code.

08:27 Absolutely, absolutely.

08:28 Looking forward to this upcoming Spanish film festival, Pelicula.

08:33 Thank you so much.

08:34 And if you allow me to add something, it's an online section also.

08:38 So anyone out of Manila can follow some of the movies.

08:44 And also, we reach Australia and Singapore.

08:47 Javier Galvan and Samantha Betia, thank you so much.

08:51 And good luck with the Pelicula Spanish Film Festival.

08:54 Muchas gracias.

08:55 Muchas gracias, señor and señorita.

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