THE MUIXERANGA, A HUMAN TOWER

TONIGHT 29 JUNE
The Muixeranga Valencia have organized a tribute to the Feast of Our Lady of Algemesí on the occasion of it's newly acquired status as UNESCO's Intangible Humanity Heritage.
The Human Tower demonstration takes place today, Friday 29 June at 19:30, at  the Rambleta, the cultural heart of the neighborhood of Saint Marcellin in Valencia.
There will be a presentation of the book  "I was muixeranguera" Enric Lluch, part of the New Muixeranga Algemesíof. The performance will also include  muixeranguer storytelling, performances and drums of Algemesí widgets, the Red Benimaclet Estrela, and many more surprises.

Time to close the bridge again.

Formula One is back in town, The Valencia Street Circuit is being put back together again for this year's Spanish Grand Prix. In a few days the bridge that completes the circuit and blocks the Marina will swing across for what may be the last Formula One Grand Prix in this fair city of ours. There are strong rumours that we will not, after all, be alternating with Barcelona in the coming years. But I suppose we'll just have to see.

The Night of San Juan in Valencia

If you're here for the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix at the Valencia Street Circuit. Make sure you get down to the beach on Saturday night. It is Noche de San Juan - you could be fooled into thinking that the entire population of Valencia is on the beach burning their old furniture. This is the shortest night of the year and to celebrate, a huge beach party takes place, the bonfires are used to cook food, a lot of drink is consumed, adn then, at midnight everyone runs to the sea to jump nine waves (for Luck! What else?) and then they run back to their fires where the proceed to jump them and throw bits of paper into the flames. The paper has written on it the things that were bad in the previous 12 months and good wishes for the coming year. It's also a jolly good way of drying off, if you're careful!
The party and the fires fizzle out in the early hours, and by morning, you wouldn't know there had been a party, so well have the beaches been cleaned.
San Juan takes place on beaches all over the Mediterranean.

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE CINE DE VALENCIA CINEMA JOVE

  15 - 22 June 2012. Various locations around the city

The Cinema Jove International Film Festival embarks on a new era and includes in its new name the city that proudly hosts it; hence we have: Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove. However, the spirit which has characterised the 26 preceding festivals is still very much alive and continues to stimulate the festival content. This spirit has forged a place for the festival among the most important specialised festivals in Spain (in a country that runs over 200 film festivals) and it has become a reference European festival that is known the world over. Cinema Jove has a consolidated identity and has maintained coherence throughout its history; so much so, that it is clearly recognised by a considerable part of the general public and the media and has earned for itself the approval of both. The Festival is still envisaged as a meeting point for filmmakers from all corners of the globe; at the same time it is a platform for new talent and a laboratory for the plethora of new trends in the international film scene.
Cinema Jove is recognised by the International Federation of Associations of Film Producers (FIAPF) as a specialised film festival with an international ranking that is geared towards film professionals, and which is always in search of new and brilliant filmmakers. Today, in the saturated world film festival scene, (in Europe alone, there are over 7,000), the FIAPF accreditation represents a hallmark of quality; it lets professionals from around the globe know that it meets the quality requisites through which FIAPF regulates this abundance of festivals. Cinema Jove has had this accreditation for more than a decade. Cinema Jove has, over its last 26 editions, served as a platform to launch new filmmakers. A huge number of directors with a myriad of nationalities have taken part and many of their names shine among the most important and prestigious in today’s film industry. Many of these were discovered by participating in Cinema Jove; either they were competing in the official categories (both in the feature film and short film categories), or they were the object of retrospective screenings. These creators would often find themselves, in a relatively short time, winning prestigious prizes at the world’s top festivals: Cannes, Berlin, Venice, as well as at the top film events: The Goya awards, The European Film Academy Prizes and the American Independent Spirit Awards, and… even at the Oscars.
The Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove takes place from 15 - 22 June at various locations around the city of Valencia and the program follows below.

The Festival Programme 

ACTIVITIES : THURSDAY, 15 OF JUNE 

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Luis García Berlanga 

11:00 OPENING FILM 

THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS Teona Strugar Mitevska. Alemania,Bélgica,Eslovenia,Macedonia. 2012. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 43'

16:00 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG 

KAJS FØDSELSDAG Lone Scherfig. Dinamarca. 1990. DVD. color. 1 h. 34'

18:00 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG 

ITALIENSK FOR BEGYNDERE Lone Scherfig. Dinamarca. 2000. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 49' 

20:15LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG 

HJEMVE Lone Scherfig. Dinamarca. 2007. Betacam Digital. color. 1 h. 37'


22:30LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG 

AN EDUCATION Lone Scherfig. Reino Unido. 2009. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 42'

LOCATION - Teatro Principal 

22:00 OPENING NIGHT 

Presentation of the Festival Programme and screening of the inaugural film The Woman Who Brushed off her Tears.


THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS Teona Strugar Mitevska. Alemania, Bélgica, Eslovenia, Macedonia. 2012. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 43' 

LOCATION - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) 

18:00 JUAN ESCUDERO: PASSION FOR THE SHORT FILM 

Mokhtar. Halima Ouardiri. Canadá. 2010. 16'
 Premio especial del jurado 2011
El Empleo. Santiago ‘Bou’ Grasso. 2008. Argentina. 06'30'
 Premio internacional Canal+ 2009
Lampa cu caciula. Radu Jude. Rumania. 2006. 23'30'
 Luna de valencia de oro 2007
Ejercicio. Raúl Pérez. 2010. España. 7'13"

 20:00 SHOOTING ON CAMPUS III 

Presentation by the directors
ENTRE TÚ Y UNA DAMA Omar Bermúdez. España. 2011. DVD. color. 17' 30" SÍNDROME Alberto Evangelio. España. 2011. DVD. color. 8'
ICTHYO Luis Belda García. España. 2012. DVD. color. 13' 21"
MADRID VALENCIA 90' Joaquín Talaya . España. 2011. DVD. color. 15'
RECORDA MORIR Andrés Zaragoza. España. 2012. DVD. color. 9' 25"

LOCATION - Instituto Francés de Valencia: Auditorium 

18:00 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES 

EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS Juan José Campanella. Argentina,España. 2009. 35 mm. color. 2 h. 9'
20:30 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES
BLACKTHORN Mateo Gil. Bolivia,España,Francia. 2010. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 38'

LOCATION - Jardines de Viveros 

22:30 SHOOTING NOTES: NACHO VIGALONDO 

 07:35 DE LA MAÑANA 

NACHO VIGALONDO. España. 2003. 35 mm. BN. 8'
LOS CRONOCRÍMENES Nacho Vigalondo. España. 2007. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 30'

ACTIVITIES : FRIDAY, 16 OF JUNE   

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Luis García Berlanga 

11:30 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

LE VENDEUR Sebastien Pilote. Canadá. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 47'

16:00 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

SOLNECHNYE DNI Nariman Turebayev. Kazajstán. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 41' 10" 

18:00 SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

Atocha 70 presentation by the director, Irlanda Tambascio Programa 1. 103'57''
ATOCHA 70 Irlanda Tambascio 12'
Deux Inconnus Radcliff Christoper, Wolkstein Lauren 14' 36"
Salón Royale Sabrina Campos 13' 54"
Los asesinos Rodrigo Dimaté 25'
Tatin Ponos Dinko Draganovic 23' 33"
Les filles du samedi Emilie Cherpitel 14' 54"

20:15 UN FUTURO DE CINE AWARD: JOSÉ MOTA 

Presentation by José Mota
LA CHISPA DE LA VIDA Álex de la Iglesia. España, Francia. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 35' 

22:30 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

Presentation by the director Teona Strugar Mitevska
THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS Teona Strugar Mitevska. Alemania,Bélgica,Eslovenia,Macedonia. 2012. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 43'

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Rialto 

 Session with José Mota Un Futuro de Cine Award and main character in La chispa de la vida, by Álex de la Iglesia.

LOCATION - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) 

18:00 JIRÍ TRNKA CENTENARY, CZECH PUPPET ANIMATION PIONEER.

PROGRAM 1 Presentation with the presence of Vera Zatopkova, director of the Czech Centre of Madrid
ZASADIL DEREK REPU Jirí Trnka. Checa, Rep.. 1945. 35 mm. color. 10'
PÉRÁK A SS Jirí Trnka. Checa, Rep.. 1946. 35 mm. BN. 13'
STARÉ POVĚSTI CĚSKÉ Jirí Trnka. Checa, Rep.. 1953. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 20'
VÁŠEŇ Jirí Trnka. Checa, Rep.. 1961. 35 mm. color. 9'

20:00 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: PRIIT PÄRN. 

PROGRAM 3
HOTELL E Priit Pärn. Estonia. 1992. 35 mm. color. 30'
ELU ILMA GABRIELLA FERRITA Priit Pärn,Olga Marchenko. Estonia. 2008. 35 mm. color. 44'
TUUKRID VIHMAS Priit Pärn,Olga Pärn. Estonia. 2010. 35 mm. color. 23'
MA KUKLAS TUNNEN Priit Pärn,Olga Marchenko. Estonia. 2007. DVD. color. 2' REMIX Priit Pärn. Estonia. 2000. DVD. color. 0' 40"
OIVA Priit Pärn. Estonia. 2001. DVD. color. 0' 40"

LOCATION - Instituto Francés de Valencia: Auditorium 

 18:00 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES 

LA CAJA 507 Enrique Urbizu. España. 2002. 35mm. color. 1 h. 44'

 20:30 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES 

EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS Juan José Campanella. Argentina,España. 2009. 35 mm. color. 2 h. 9'

LOCATION - Salón de Actos (MuVIM) 

17:00 AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Program 1. Category B. 43' 

18:00 AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Programa 2. Category A. 39' 18:55 

AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Programa 3. Category C. 37'6'' 

Pešak (Peó) Joan Andreu Quiles i Rodas 2' 5"
Las mil mentiras Victoria Martínez Alonso 10'
Sserts Arnau Ruiz Vidal 2' 55"
Quimera Miguel Ángel Durán 8'
Ciencia Ficción. La creatividad de un artista. Pablo Riquelme Cuartero 15'

LOCATION - Jardines de Viveros 

 22:30SHOOTING NOTES: NACHO VIGALONDO  

THE WICKER MAN Robin Hardy. Reino Unido. 1973. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 42'
THE TWO FACES OF DOCTOR JEKYLL Terence Fisher. Reino Unido. 1960. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 28'

LOCATION - Room Service Lounge Bar - Ayre Hotel Astoria Palace 

19:00 MAKING-OF SESSION 

With the director and main characters of [Rec]³Génesis: Paco Plaza, Leticia Dolera and Diego Martín.  

ACTIVITIES : SATURDAY, 17 OF JUNE 

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Luis García Berlanga 

11:30FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

DOLLHOUSE Kirsten Sheridan. Irlanda. 2012. color. 1 h. 35'

16:00SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION Programa 1. 103'57'' 

ATOCHA 70 Irlanda Tambascio 12'
Deux Inconnus Radcliff Christoper, Wolkstein Lauren 14' 36"
Salón Royale Sabrina Campos 13' 54"
Los asesinos Rodrigo Dimaté 25'
Tatin Ponos Dinko Draganovic 23' 33"
Les filles du samedi Emilie Cherpitel 14' 54"

18:00 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG 

Presentation by the director
AN EDUCATION Lone Scherfig. Reino Unido. 2009. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 42'

 20:15 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION

LE VENDEUR Sebastien Pilote. Canadá. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 47'

 22:30 SPECIALS SCREENING: CINE-CONCERT 

Live musical accompaniment by the Arsénio Martins Ensemble. NOSFERATU, EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS F.W. Murnau. Alemania. 1922. 35 mm. BN. 1 h. 34'

LOCATION - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) 

18:00 JIRÍ TRNKA CENTENARY, CZECH PUPPET ANIMATION PIONEER.

PROGRAM 2 ROMÁN S BASOU Jirí Trnka. Checa, Rep.. 1949. 35 mm. color. 13'
SEN NOCI SVATOJANSKÉ Jirí Trnka. Checa, Rep.. 1959. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 13'
KYBERNETICKÁ BABIČKA Jirí Trnka. Checa, Rep.. 1962. 35 mm. color. 28'

20:00 ACTORS BEHIND THE CAMERA 

5ºB ESCALERA DCHA. María Adánez. España. 2012. 35 mm. color. 18'
LA COSA EN LA ESQUINA Zoe Berriatúa. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 9'
EL PARAÍSO Rubén Ochandiano. España. 2010. DVD. color. 27'
DANZANTES Liz Lobato. España. 2011. DVD. BN. 13'
AUNQUE TODO VAYA MAL Cristina Alcázar. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 18' 20"
FUMANDO ESPERO Eduardo Casanova. España. 2012. DVD. color. 6' 36"

LOCATION - Instituto Francés de Valencia: Auditorium 

18:00 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES 

BLACKTHORN Mateo Gil. Bolivia,España,Francia. 2010. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 38'

20:30 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES 

LA CAJA 507 Enrique Urbizu. España. 2002. 35mm. color. 1 h. 44'

LOCATION - Salón de Actos (MuVIM) 

10:00 AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Programa 4. Category B. 48' 11:00 

AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Programa 5. Category B. 48'4'' 13:00 

AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Programa 6. Category A. 33' 16:30 

AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Programa 7. Category C. 44' 

Crueltat Mental Marta Galindo Sotos, Arnau Ruiz Vidal 2' 46"
EL VUELO DEL PINGÜINO Alicia Teba 8'
The Cineforum Marta Portalés Oliva 15' 35mm
Marino Darés Zapatero 15' Algo Ha Ocurrido Paloma Mas Pellicer, Joecar Hanna Zhang 3' 50"

18:15 AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Programa 8. Categoría B. 42'5'' 

Dentro dos muros Miguel García Anetlo, Miugel Gendre 10'

LOCATION - Jardines de Viveros 

22:30 SHOOTING NOTES: NACHO VIGALONDO

DEAD AND BURIED Gary Sherman. EE. UU.. 1981. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 34'

LOCATION - Room Service Lounge Bar - Ayre Hotel Astoria Palace 

19:00 MAKING-OF SESSION 

With Enrique Urbizu, Rodolfo Sancho, Helena Miquel and Michel Gaztambide, director, actors and the screenplay writer of the film No habrá paz para los malvados, winner of 6 Goya Awards.

 

ACTIVITIES : SUNDAY, 18 OF JUNE 

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Luis García Berlanga 

11:30 FEATURES FILM OFFICIAL SECTION 

SPANIEN Anja Salomonovitz. Austria. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 42' 

16:00 SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

Program 2. 100'04''
The Voorman Problem Mark Gill 12' 18"
Juku Kiro Russo 18'
Längs Vägen Jerry Carlsson, Anette Gunnarsson 7' 23"
Los Galgos Gabriel Azorín Belda 18'
Rolling on the floor laughing Russell Harbaugh 19' 7"
The Man That Got Away Trevor Anderson 25' 16"

 18:00 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION  

DOLLHOUSE Kirsten Sheridan. Irlanda. 2012. color. 1 h. 35' 

20:00 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

SOLNECHNYE DNI Nariman Turebayev. Kazajstán. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 41' 10" 

22:30 SPECIALS SCREENING: CINE-CONCERT 

Live musical accompaniment by the Arsénio Martins Ensemble. NOSFERATU, EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS F.W. Murnau. Alemania. 1922. 35 mm. BN. 1 h. 34'

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Rialto 

18:00 VALENCIAN PANORAMA Short Films Program. 65'31''
AU REVOIR TONI BARRENA. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 12'
AUNQUE TODO VAYA MAL Cristina Alcázar. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 18' 20" Fisio Vicente Seva. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 10'
LA MANADA Mario Fernández Alonso. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 15'
"A te Federico" Rafael Viguer Cebrià. Francia. 2012. 35 mm. color. 10' 11"

20:00 SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

Program 3. 107'10''
Don Sabás Juan Manuel Zúñiga 17' 20"
La Garde-barrière Hugo Frassetto 12'
Les enfants de la nuit Caroline Deruas 26'
Rastanak 2 Irena Skoric 22'
Ausgleich Matthias Zuder 9' 50"
Agnieszka Izabela Bartosik-Burkhardt 10'
Voice Over Martín Rosete 10'

 22:30 SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

Program 4. 97'51''
Quando Morremos a Noite Eduardo Morotó 20'
Là où meurent les chiens Svetlana Filippova 12'
Dimanches Valery Rosier 15' 54"
Skadi Borkur Sigthorsson 17' 55"
El vendedor de humo Jaime Maestro 6' 22"
La Règle de trois Louis Garrel 17' 40"
Angustia León Rechy 8'

LOCATION - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) 

 18:00 JIRÍ TRNKA CENTENARY, CZECH PUPPET ANIMATION PIONEER. 

PROGRAM 3
CÍSAŘUV SLAVÍK Jirí Trnka. Checa, Rep.. 1949. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 10'
ARCHANDĚL GABRIEL A PANÍ HUSA Jirí Trnka. Checa, Rep.. 1964. 35 mm. color. 29'
RUKA Jirí Trnka. Checa, Rep.. 1965. 35 mm. color. 18'

 20:00 SHORT SHOOTING AT CIUDAD DE LA LUZ 

UN DÍA ES UN DÍA Fábio Veríssimo. España. 2011. DVD. color. 10'
EL COLOR DEL MAR Guillermo Rodríguez Cartagena. España. 2011. DVD. color. 10'
CONSCIENCIA Aína Gallardo. España. 2011. DVD. color. 2'
REINA DE CORAZONES Mario Hernández. España. 2011. DVD. color. 10'
UNDER MY SKIN Ángel Gómez Hernández. España. 2011. DVD. color. 3'
SIN MIRAR ATRÁS Zoilo Carrillo. España. 2011. DVD. color. 12'
MADRE Alex Trever . España. 2011. DVD. color. 12'
TOP MANTA Lucas Sempere . España. 2011. DVD. color. 9'

LOCATION - Instituto Francés de Valencia: Auditorium 18:00 

CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES  

EL ORFANATO Juan Antonio Bayona. México,España. 2007. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 45' 20:30 

CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES 

LAS ACACIAS Pablo Giorgelli. Argentina,España. 2010. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 25'

LOCATION - Salón de Actos (MuVIM) 

16:10 SYMPOSIUM ON THE VALENCIAN AUDIOVISUAL CLUSTER 

Seminar with the participation of the audiovisual industry, including workshops and speeches, on June 18, 19 from 16h10 to 19h10 and on June 20, from 12h10 to 19h10.

LOCATION - Jardines de Viveros 

22:30 SHOOTING NOTES: NACHO VIGALONDO 

THE TRAIN John Frankenheimer. EE. UU.. 1964. 35 mm. color. 2 h. 13'

LOCATION - Room Service Lounge Bar - Ayre Hotel Astoria Palace 

19:00 MAKING-OF SESSION 

With the actors Zoe Bierriatúa, Rubén Ochandiano, Toni Acosta, Liz Lobato, Cristina Alcázar y Eduardo Casanova who will be speaking about the short films they have directed.

ACTIVITIES : MONDAY, 19 OF JUNE 

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Luis García Berlanga 

11:30 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

SILENT YOUTH Diemo Kemmesies. Alemania. 2012. color. 1 h. 13'

16:00 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

TOATA LUMEA DIN FAMILIA NOASTRA Radu Jude. Rumania. 2012. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 48' 18:00

SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

Program 2. 100'04''
The Voorman Problem Mark Gill 12' 18"
Juku Kiro Russo 18'
Längs Vägen Jerry Carlsson, Anette Gunnarsson 7' 23"
Los Galgos Gabriel Azorín Belda 18'
Rolling on the floor laughing Russell Harbaugh 19' 7"
The Man That Got Away Trevor Anderson 25' 16"

 20:00 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG  

ITALIENSK FOR BEGYNDERE Lone Scherfig. Dinamarca. 2000. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 49' 

22:30 SPECIALS SCREENINGS 

Presentation with the actors Jaroslaw Bielski and Álex Angulo, and the director, Michael Aguiló.
ÁREA DE DESCANSO Michael Aguiló. España. 2011. color. 1 h. 37' 40"

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Rialto 

18:00 UN FUTURO DE CINE AWARD: JOSÉ MOTA 

LA CHISPA DE LA VIDA Álex de la Iglesia. España,Francia. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 35' 

20:00 SHORT FILMS OFFICAL SECTION 

Program 5. 105'32''
AY PENA ELISA CEPEDAL 19'
Bigshot Maurice Huvelin 4' 44"
Weekend la mare Razvan Tache 30' 50"
I have a boat Nathan Nill 14' 5"
Le vivier Guillet Sylvia 18' 30"
Kjøttsår Lisa Marie Gamlem 11'
Borderline Dustin Rees 7' 23"

 22:30 SHORT FILMS OFFICAL SECTION 

Program 6. 94'22''
Sidewalk Binevsa Berivan 17'
Le Monstre de Nix Rosto Rosto 30'
Taboulé Richard García Vázquez 3' 59"
Assunto de família Caru Alves de Souza 12' 34"
Toothbrushes Nikos Branidis, Yiannis Bougioukas 4' 49"
Simulacro Nicolás Torchinsky 15'
Hope Pedro Pires 11'

LOCATION - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) 

18:00 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: PRIIT PÄRN. 

PROGRAM 1
KAS MAAKERA ON ÜMMARGUNE? Priit Pärn. Estonia. 1977. 35 mm. color. 10'
...JA TEEB TRIKKE Priit Pärn. Estonia. 1978. 35 mm. color. 10'
HARJUTUSI ISESEISVAKS ELUKS Priit Pärn . Estonia. 1980. 35 mm. color. 10'
KOLMNURK Priit Pärn . Estonia. 1982. 35 mm. color. 15' AEG MAHA Priit Pärn . Estonia. 1984. 35 mm. color. 10'
EINE MURUL Priit Pärn . Estonia. 1987. 35 mm. color. 25'
1895 Priit Pärn ,Janno Põldma. Estonia. 1995. color. 30'

 20:00 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: PRIIT PÄRN. 

PROGRAM 2
PORGANDITE ÖÖ Priit Pärn. Estonia. 1998. 35 mm. color. 30'
KARL JA MARILYN Priit Pärn . Estonia. 2003. 35 mm. color. 24'
FRANK AND WENDY Priit Tender,Ülo Pikkov,Kaspar Jancis. Estonia. 2005. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 15'

LOCATION - Instituto Francés de Valencia: Auditorium 

18:00 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES 

LA MUJER SIN PIANO Javier Rebollo. España,Francia. 2010. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 33' 

20:30 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES 

EL ORFANATO Juan Antonio Bayona. México,España. 2007. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 45'

LOCATION - Salón de Actos (MuVIM) 

18:10 SYMPOSIUM ON THE VALENCIAN AUDIOVISUAL CLUSTER 

Presentation of the animated short film Blink, by Diego Latorre, based on his own comic with the presence of the director and the actor Eduardo Casanova.

LOCATION - Jardines de Viveros 

22:30SHOOTING NOTES: NACHO VIGALONDO 

PETULIA Richard Lester. Reino Unido. 1968. 1 h. 45'

LOCATION - Room Service Lounge Bar - Ayre Hotel Astoria Palace 

19:00 MAKING-OF SESSION 

The screenplay writer seen by the director, with Paco Plaza, (director of El segundo nombre, Romasanta, Cuento de Navidad, REC, REC 2, REC 3 Génesis) and presented by Rafa Ferrero (EDAV)

ACTIVITIES : TUESDAY, 20 OF JUNE 

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Luis García Berlanga 

11:30 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

DE BON MATIN Jean-Marc Moutout. Bélgica,Francia. 2011. color. 1 h. 31' 16:00

FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

MARILIVIT TETRI Keti Machavariani. Georgia. 2011. Betacam Digital. color. 1 h. 20' 

18:00 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

SPANIEN Anja Salomonovitz. Austria. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 42'

 20:00 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

Presentation by the director Diemo Kemmesies SILENT YOUTH Diemo Kemmesies. Alemania. 2012. color. 1 h. 13'

22:30 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG 

NÅR MOR KOMMER HJEM Lone Scherfig. Dinamarca. 1998. Betacam Digital. color. 1 h. 13'

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Rialto 

18:00 SHORT FILMS OFFICAL SECTION 

Program 7. 96'44''
Bien loin d’ici Lucas Delangle 16' 55"
Nasa mala tajna Sanja Zivkovic 16' 30"
Chase Adriaan Lokman 12'
Blue Line Alain Sauma 20'
Bon Voyage Fabio Friedli 6' 18"
Muy cerca Iván Caso 16' 21"
Trotteur Arnaud Brisebois, Francis Leclerc 8' 40"
 20:00 SHORT FILMS OFFICAL SECTION
Program 4. 97'51''
Quando Morremos a Noite Eduardo Morotó 20'
Là où meurent les chiens Svetlana Filippova 12'
Dimanches Valery Rosier 15' 54"
Skadi Borkur Sigthorsson 17' 55"
El vendedor de humo Jaime Maestro 6' 22"
La Règle de trois Louis Garrel 17' 40"
Angustia León Rechy 8'

 22:30 SHORT FILMS OFFICAL SECTION 

Program 8. 91'18''
Nostalgia Gustavo Rondón Córdova 30'
Groove Your Life Vincent Burgevin, Franck Lebon 6' 38"
O Sapateiro David Doutel, Vasco Sá 12'
Tania Giovanni Sportiello 20' 20"
Los aviones que se caen Mario Piredda 12'
Stillstand Benjamin Teske 10' 20"
LOCATION - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM)

18:00 LIGHT CONE SELECTION IV. 

PROGRAM 1
Emmanuel Lefrant presents a selection of experimental film from the Light Cone Foundation.
FREE RADICALS Len Lye. Nueva Zelanda. 1958. 16mm. BN. 5'
BLACK IS Aldo Tambellini. EE. UU.. 1965. 16mm. BN. 4'
SARABAN Emmanuel Lefrant. Francia. 2002. 16mm. color. 6'
ABSTRACT FILM EN COULEURS Cécile Fontaine. Francia. 1991. 16mm. color. 2' 50"
ORBITING THE ATOM Ian Heliwell. Reino Unido. DVD. color. 4' 50"
ENCRE 08/02/97 Marcelle Thirache. Francia. 1997. 16mm. color. 4'
CHARTRES SERIES Stan Brakhage. EE. UU.. 1994. 16mm. color. 9'
BRU HA HA! Steven Woloshen. Canadá. 2002. 35 mm. color y BN. 2' 8"

20:00 LIGHT CONE SELECTION IV. 

PROGRAM 2
PAIR OF Volker Schreiner. Austria. 2011. DVD. BN. 4' 38"
REMAKE Christophe Guérin. Francia. 2007. DVD. BN. 8'
REMOVED Naomi Uman. EE. UU.. 1999. 16mm. color. 7'
WAITING FOR COMMERCIALS Nam June Paik. EE. UU.. 1972. 16mm. color. 7'
A COMMERCIAL SHOOTING Miles Mckane. Francia. 1996. 16mm. color. 2' 30"
LUMIERE Al Razutis. EE. UU.. 1979. 16mm. BN. 7' 30"
ALONE. LIFE WASTES ANDY HARDY Martin Arnold. Austria. 1998. 16mm. BN. 14'

LOCATION - Instituto Francés de Valencia: Auditorium

18:00 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES 

LAS ACACIAS Pablo Giorgelli. Argentina,España. 2010. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 25'

20:30 CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: FILM GENRES 

LA MUJER SIN PIANO Javier Rebollo. España,Francia. 2010. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 33'

21:45 PRESENTATION OF MULTIPLATFORM PRODUCTIONS 

Presided over by the IVAC Director, Nuria Cidoncha, and Germà Arroyo, Multimedia Subdirector at RTVV.

LOCATION - Salón de Actos (MuVIM) 

12:10SYMPOSIUM ON THE VALENCIAN AUDIOVISUAL CLUSTER Workshops and speeches

LOCATION - Jardines de Viveros 

22:30 SHOOTING NOTES: NACHO VIGALONDO 

HEAVEN'S GATE Michael Cimino. EE. UU.. 1980. 35 mm. color. 2 h. 29'

LOCATION - Room Service Lounge Bar - Ayre Hotel Astoria Palace 17:00SHOOTING NOTES 

Get-together with the director Nacho Vigalondo, the focus of the latest issue of Shooting notes, who will be speaking about his favourite films. 

19:00MAKING-OF SESSION 

With Michael Aguiló, director of Área de descanso, and the key actors: Jaroslaw Bielski, Álex Angulo and Juan Sanz who will be discussing the film.

ACTIVITIES : WEDNESDAY, 21 OF JUNE   

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Luis García Berlanga 

11:30 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

DE LEUR VIVANT Géraldine Doignon. Bélgica. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 28'

16:00 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG 

NÅR MOR KOMMER HJEM Lone Scherfig. Dinamarca. 1998. Betacam Digital. color. 1 h. 13'

18:00 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

Presentation by the director Jean-Marc Moutout.  At 20:00 at the Ateneo Mercantil, talk on the film, forming part of the series Europa apesar de todo, organised by the group 'Comunicadores por Europa' fromthe COSO Foundation; with the presence of  Vicente Pallardó and the film’s director.

DE BON MATIN Jean-Marc Moutout. Bélgica,Francia. 2011. color. 1 h. 31'

20:00 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

TOATA LUMEA DIN FAMILIA NOASTRA Radu Jude. Rumania. 2012. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 48'
22:30 UN FUTURO DE CINE AWARD: MICHELLE JENNER
Presentation by Michelle Jenner.
NO TENGAS MIEDO Montxo Armendáriz. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 30'

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Rialto
18:00 SHORT FILMS OFFICAL SECTION 

Program 3. 107'10''
Don Sabás Juan Manuel Zúñiga 17' 20"
La Garde-barrière Hugo Frassetto 12'
Les enfants de la nuit Caroline Deruas 26'
Rastanak 2 Irena Skoric 22'
Ausgleich Matthias Zuder 9' 50"
Agnieszka Izabela Bartosik-Burkhardt 10'
Voice Over Martín Rosete 10'

 20:00 SHORT FILMS OFFICAL SECTION 

Program 6. 94'22''
Sidewalk Binevsa Berivan 17'
Le Monstre de Nix Rosto Rosto 30'
Taboulé Richard García Vázquez 3' 59"
Assunto de família Caru Alves de Souza 12' 34"
Toothbrushes Nikos Branidis, Yiannis Bougioukas 4' 49"
Simulacro Nicolás Torchinsky 15' Hope Pedro Pires 11'

22:30 SHORT FILMS OFFICAL SECTION 

Program 5. 105'32''
AY PENA ELISA CEPEDAL 19'
Bigshot Maurice Huvelin 4' 44" Weekend la mare Razvan Tache 30' 50"
I have a boat Nathan Nill 14' 5"
Le vivier Guillet Sylvia 18' 30"
Kjøttsår Lisa Marie Gamlem 11'
Borderline Dustin Rees 7' 23"

LOCATION - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) 

18:00 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: PRIIT PÄRN
Session with Priit Pärn

LOCATION - IVAM - Salón de Actos LOCATION - Jardines de Viveros 

22:30 SHOOTING NOTES: NACHO VIGALONDO
THE TWO FACES OF DOCTOR JEKYLL Terence Fisher. Reino Unido. 1960. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 28'
DEAD AND BURIED Gary Sherman. EE. UU.. 1981. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 34'

LOCATION - Ateneo Mercantil
20:00 COMUNICADORES POR EUROPA 

Talk on the film De bon matin, forming part of the series Europa a pesar de todo, organised by the group 'Comunicadores por Europa' from the COSO Foundation. With Vicente Pallardó, Lucio Latorre, Vicens Vidal and the film's director, Jean-Marc Moutout.

LOCATION - Room Service Lounge Bar - Ayre Hotel Astoria Palace
19:00MAKING-OF SESSION 

With Michelle Jenner, Un Futuro de Cine Award, with the presence of the director Nacho Vigalondo who has directed her in Extraterrestre. 

 22:30CLOSING OF THE WORKSHOP OPERA PRIMA 

Presentation of the short film Enredados 2.0. Talk-concert:
Un chien andalou (1929, Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí) by Jorge Gavaldá and Luis Ivars.

ACTIVITIES : THURSDAY, 22 OF JUNE 

 LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Luis García Berlanga 

11:00 CLOSING FILM 

TORPEDO Matthieu Donck . Bélgica,Francia. 2012. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 29'

16:00 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG 

ONE DAY Lone Scherfig. EE. UU.. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 48'

 18:15 FEATURES FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION MARILIVIT TETRI 

Keti Machavariani. Georgia. 2011. Betacam Digital. color. 1 h. 20'

20:00 FEATURE FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION 

Presentation by the director Géraldine Doignon
DE LEUR VIVANT Géraldine Doignon. Bélgica. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 28'

22:30 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG  

WILBUR WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF Lone Scherfig. Dinamarca. 2002. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 46'

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Rialto 

 18:00 SHORT FILMS OFFICAL SECTION 

Program 8. 91'18''
Nostalgia Gustavo Rondón Córdova 30'
Groove Your Life Vincent Burgevin, Franck Lebon 6' 38"
O Sapateiro David Doutel, Vasco Sá 12'
Tania Giovanni Sportiello 20' 20"
Los aviones que se caen Mario Piredda 12'
Stillstand Benjamin Teske 10' 20"

 20:00 VALENCIAN PANORAMA 

Short Films Program. 65'31''
AU REVOIR TONI BARRENA. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 12'
AUNQUE TODO VAYA MAL Cristina Alcázar. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 18' 20"
Fisio Vicente Seva. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 10'
LA MANADA Mario Fernández Alonso. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 15'
"A te Federico" Rafael Viguer Cebrià. Francia. 2012. 35 mm. color. 10' 11"

 22:30 SHORT FILMS OFFICAL SECTION 

Program 7. 96'44''
Bien loin d’ici Lucas Delangle 16' 55"
Nasa mala tajna Sanja Zivkovic 16' 30"
Chase Adriaan Lokman 12'
Blue Line Alain Sauma 20'
Bon Voyage Fabio Friedli 6' 18"
Muy cerca Iván Caso 16' 21"
Trotteur Arnaud Brisebois, Francis Leclerc 8' 40"

LOCATION - Teatro Principal 

22:00 CLOSING NIGHT 

Closing Ceremony and awarding of prizes. Screening of the closing film Torpedo. TORPEDO Matthieu Donck . Bélgica,Francia. 2012. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 29' 

  LOCATION - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) 

 18:00 LIGHT CONE SELECTION IV. PROGRAM 1 

FREE RADICALS Len Lye. Nueva Zelanda. 1958. 16mm. BN. 5'
BLACK IS Aldo Tambellini. EE. UU.. 1965. 16mm.
BN. 4'
SARABAN Emmanuel Lefrant. Francia. 2002. 16mm. color. 6'
ABSTRACT FILM EN COULEURS Cécile Fontaine. Francia. 1991. 16mm. color. 2' 50"
ORBITING THE ATOM Ian Heliwell. Reino Unido. DVD. color. 4' 50" ENCRE 08/02/97 Marcelle Thirache. Francia. 1997. 16mm. color. 4'
CHARTRES SERIES Stan Brakhage. EE. UU.. 1994. 16mm. color. 9'
BRU HA HA! Steven Woloshen. Canadá. 2002. 35 mm. color y BN. 2' 8"
 20:00 LIGHT CONE SELECTION IV. PROGRAM 2
PAIR OF Volker Schreiner. Austria. 2011. DVD. BN. 4' 38"
 REMAKE Christophe Guérin. Francia. 2007. DVD. BN. 8'
REMOVED Naomi Uman. EE. UU.. 1999. 16mm. color. 7'
WAITING FOR COMMERCIALS Nam June Paik. EE. UU.. 1972. 16mm. color. 7'
A COMMERCIAL SHOOTING Miles Mckane. Francia. 1996. 16mm. color. 2' 30"
LUMIERE Al Razutis. EE. UU.. 1979. 16mm. BN. 7' 30"
ALONE. LIFE WASTES ANDY HARDY Martin Arnold. Austria. 1998. 16mm. BN. 14'

LOCATION - Jardines de Viveros 

22:30 SHOOTING NOTES: NACHO VIGALONDO 

CHOQUE Nacho Vigalondo. España. 2005. color. 10' 34"
EXTRATERRESTRE Nacho Vigalondo. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 30'

ACTIVITIES : FRIDAY, 23 OF JUNE 

LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Luis García Berlanga 

18:00 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG 

ONE DAY Lone Scherfig. EE. UU.. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 48' 20:15

LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG 

WILBUR WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF Lone Scherfig. Dinamarca. 2002. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 46'

 22:30 LUNA DE VALENCIA AWARD: LONE SCHERFIG 

HJEMVE Lone Scherfig. Dinamarca. 2007. Betacam Digital. color. 1 h. 37' LOCATION - Edificio Rialto: Sala Rialto

18:00 SHOOTING NOTES: NACHO VIGALONDO 

EXTRATERRESTRE Nacho Vigalondo. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 30'

20:00 VALENCIAN PANORAMA

 Short Films Program. 65'31''
AU REVOIR TONI BARRENA. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 12'
AUNQUE TODO VAYA MAL Cristina Alcázar. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 18' 20"
Fisio Vicente Seva. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 10' LA MANADA Mario Fernández Alonso. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 15'
"A te Federico" Rafael Viguer Cebrià. Francia. 2012. 35 mm. color. 10' 11"

 22:30 UN FUTURO DE CINE AWARD: MICHELLE JENNER 

NO TENGAS MIEDO Montxo Armendáriz. España. 2011. 35 mm. color. 1 h. 30'

CORPUS CHRISTI IN VALENCIA - PLAZA DE LA VIRGÉN

Celebrations take place this weekend in Plaza de la Virgen, Valencia, of an ancient rite, namely Corpus Christi. Giants and floats, some of them dating back several centuries will be part of a weekend of performance and procession. The momas will perform plays and there will be music too. Pictured here are images from the 2007 Corpus Celebrations in the Plaza. It is unlikely that this year you will see some of the 'ethnic' giants, as there is some argument between the Town Hall and the private owners of the giants over funding.

HAVING WORDS IN THE BEDROOM

Who chooses the words for products and furniture that display words on them - surely someone must check the appropriateness of words?

SPAIN IN CRISIS 1: BARCELONA AIRPORT.

One of the Thisisvalencia team had to fly to Barcelona from France on Tuesday - this is what terminal T1 looked like. It seems that after the successful strike in Terminal T2 Barcelona-El Prat airport last week, the cleaners did it again, moving the action this time to Terminal T1. About 280 workers were protesting against the change in working conditions in Vareser the company responsible for the cleaning of Barcelona Airport. Specific claims by the staff include non-payment of public holidays,holiday shifts working conditions not applying to new hires, and wages.

HELLO AGAIN!!

Wow! It's been a long time since this has been updated! But we're back now and we are going to try to update very regularly - the plan is at for least three updates a week! If you have a photo or a story or an event you think we should mention on these pages please mail us on info(at) thisisvalencia (dot) com.

What a difference a caption makes

When my friend M sent me the newspaper cutting here, I was reminded yesterday of one of my first jobs in design.
The job was a new timetable for an airline I was working for. It was years before the days of computer aided design, so I worked with a pot of Cow Gum and a spreader, pasting little bits of paper with flights, times and destinations onto art-boards. A very tedious job.
A week later the printed timetables arrived and, to my horror, I realised I had pasted the incoming flights onto the outgoing pages and the outgoing on the incoming. Thanks to a very understanding printer, who allowed me to return the bad copies and reprinted the job correctly overnight, no one was any the wiser!
The designer of daily free newspaper ADN (Monday's edition) won't have been so lucky - as the paper hit the street with this wrongly captioned photo. (caption reads The Prince and Princess, with their daughter Leonor on 7 June last year in Madrid)
The Spanish Royal family can be very touchy in matters such as these!

Jasper Johns at IVAM

A Major retrospective of the works of Jasper Johns, many on public display for the first time, are on show at IVAM, Valencia's trailblazing modern art museum. About a hundred works, consisting of pieces that span fifty years of one of the most enthralling and hallowed careers in the world of contemporary art. It includes paintings from American and European museums (National Gallery of Art, Washington; MFAH, Houston; Whitney Museum, New York; The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica; Milwaukee Art Museum; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Tate, London, among others), and from private collections which show the evolution of an exceptional oeuvre. The presence of these works is completed by a substantial loan from the artist which includes, among other pieces, the largest sculpture that he has made, created in 2007 and never previously exhibited.
Many of the works – a mixture of all techniques – which feature in this exhibition focus on the numbers and letters that have appeared recurrently in his work during more than half a century. Symbols of non-verbal communication are present in his paintings, prints and sculptures. In a process based on repetition, the artist shows the importance of the constant development of thematic registers.
Jasper Johns was born in 1930, in Allendale, South Carolina. He is unquestionably one of the foremost artists in the world of contemporary art. He is a tireless searcher who from the outset reacted against Lyrical Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism and remained faithful to a kind of aestheticism, drawing his inspiration from the history of art. Driving back the limits of art, he has included his own roots and those of humanity in his work, together with his knowledge and his fondness for the past. To quote a reflection made by an art historian, he is one of the last American painters who has retained “the aroma of the old Europe”. Jasper Johns is recognised now as an indisputable, emblematic figure of art, and his work, which played a decisive role in the birth of Pop Art and its consequences, also lies at the origin of many other innovations in the world of art.
Well worth a visit.

TP 52 Worlds 2010

photos ©2010 Tim Birch

Valencia, 9 October 2010

Watching the crew line-up for the TP52 Worlds was a bit like reporting on the America’s Cup, so many names and faces were familiar. And of course, the America’s Cup Port venue and the waters off Valencia played their part in supporting this feeling.

Paul Cayard was sailing aboard Artemis, the Swedish yacht helmed (yes, helmed) by businessman Torbjorn Tornquist. Jochen Schueman, the German Olympic sailor (and former skipper of Team Alinghi) was steering Audi/All4ONE, whilst Terry Hutchinson, tactician aboard Team New Zealand, took the helm of US entry Quantum Racing.

Thanks to a Franco/German alliance, no less than 8 nations were featured in the championship which, due to an unfortunate earlier incident, left host nation Spain without a representative. Their yacht Bribon was severely damaged in a collision with Audi/All4ONE and could not be repaired in time for the start of the regatta. Nevertheless, Valencia provided a welcome mix of weather conditions which saw Argentina’s yacht Matador going into the last day just 3.5 points behind Quantum Racing.

After a two-hour delay, a 6 – 8 knot easterly set in and racing got under way.
The Russian yacht Synergy, steered by Eugeni Neugodnikov showed good speed off the line heading left. Artemis had a fine start and headed right. When these two crossed, Synergy had to duck behind Artemis. Meanwhile Bigamist, the Portguese entry steered by Afonso Domingos, continued out to the right and crossed the fleet coming into the top mark. Matador was over the line early and had to tack back, giving Quantum Racing the perfect opportunity to watch their every move. Their aggressive covering held Matador down in seventh place going into the first downwind leg and only some tactical sailing allowed them to reel in the American yacht before they rounded the bottom mark. During the final beat, Quantum racing carried Matador far out to the right “almost to Ibiza” quipped one of the cameramen. They rounded the top mark eighth and ninth, both carrying protest flags and followed closely by the on-water judges.

Bigamist led the fleet home to claim her first win of the regatta, followed by Audi/All4ONE, Cristabella (the first British yacht), Artemis and Synergy.
As Quantum Racing crossed the line just behind Matador, Terry Hutchinson ordered the removal of their protest flag and the Argentines generously applauded their well-deserved victory. Just 2 points separated these boats after nine races. Just 1 point separated the next four yachts but Synergy had done enough to hold onto her 3rd overall.

1 Quantum Racing USA 31.5
2 Matador ARG 33.5
3 Synergy RUS 41
4 Artemis SWE 41
5 Audi/All4ONE GER/FRA 41.5
6 Cristabella GBR 42
7 Bigamist POR 51.5
8 Pace GBR 72
9 Weapon of Choice GBR 76.5

Mike O’Neill

Kasabian

Kasabian, originally uploaded by beadyeye.

Anita Darling and partner in crime PJ are at Heineken FIB Benicassim, reporting live with great pictures at flickr and tumblr and they're also tweeting live

What a weekend in Valencia

It has been quite a weekend here in Valencia - The F1 Grand prix took place on the Valencia Street Circuit- loathed by aficionados but pronounced a triumph by Bernie Eccleston. It was a warm weekend, Sunday was a particularly hot day, apparently 3º hotter than last year and that was August!
Gay Pride had their annual parade in the city on Saturday night followed by a concert featuring mainly drag acts. We got to see the parade but after a day's sight seeing with visitors from the UK, a quiet dinner at home was the favoured choice, friends who did go said the concert was good but the atmosphere was great!
We met up with friends at the Guinness House to watch the England/Germany match - one of the friend's we were meeting texted ahead to say that Hamilton and Button had come second and third in the Grand Prix, a good omen- but I pointed out that a German had taken first place- not such a good omen.
We are just putting the finishing touches to two other big events this summer Fib Heineken Benicàssim - Our own Anita Darling will be there, this year in the company of ace photographer Pj; they'll be reporting on a daily basis on thisisvalencia and on thisisfib.tumblrand they'll be twittering too - so don't forget to follow!
La Tomatina takes place on the last wednesday August whis this year is the 25th, we ran a great luxury bus tour to this whacky food fight and we're taking bookings now clock on the headline for more info.

An Air show above the beach at Malvarossa, Valencia

Valencia hosts on 12th and 13th June, the VII City of Valencia International Air Show, a festival that, over the years, has gained a great reputation thanks to the skill of the participants and the setting over the beautiful Playa de la Malvarrosa beach.
At the six previous editions, some of the most representative figures from the world of national and international aeronautics in its different forms have taken part in this event. This latest edition features new spectacles for spectators and fans of aerial acrobatics.
Last year's show was a great hit with sailing aficionados, and this year boats will be allowed to moor at sea to enjoy the City of Valencia Air Show. Sailing enthusiasts will find the mooring plans from the Valencia's Royal Air Club webpage. http://www.realaeroclubvalencia.es

WNBR at Puente de Flores in Valencia

P6052393, originally uploaded by beadyeye.

June 06, 2010 — World Naked Bike Ride in Valencia June 05 2010.
They left from the Festival Alternativa in the river park Turia and cycled around the city protesting about not only the traffic but Rita Barbera's plans for Cabanyal.
Here we see them getting ready

WNBR World Naked Bike Ride Valencia2010

June 06, 2010 — World Naked Bike Ride in Valencia June 05 2010.
They left from the Festival Alternativa in the river park Turia and cycled around the city protesting about not only the traffic but Rita Barbera's plans for Cabanyal.
Here we see them coming out of the Plaza Ayuntamiento past the Plaza de Toros where, coincidentally a Ninja Flashmob is about to start.

WNBR World Naked Bike Ride - start

The start of the World Naked Bike ride in Valencia yesterday - It left from the Festival Alternativa in the Rio Turia Park and took a route around the city past the Ayuntamiento (town hall) and the Station, where, coincidentally a Ninja Flash Mob was just about to take place - check out that video too!

Ninja Flashmob Valencia 2010

Not quite the expected 700 participants but good fun all the same!

Valencia - What's on in the coming days

With Easter on our doorstep and spring (and high pollen count) in the air, there is a wealth of things to do in Valencia this month and next.
The solemn marches and processions of Semana Santa take place over the next few weeks in Cabanyal, the maritine suburb of the city, down by the port. They are quite moving to watch and these are the biggest outside of Seville. There are also processions in Sagunto if you want to make a day of it and take in the Magnificent Roman Castle too.
Also down at the beach from the 9-11 April is the wonderfully colourful 13th edition of the annual Kite Festival - Great fun for all the family and free!
A few euros buys you vouchers that not only get you in to the Mostra de Vinos by the Calatrava Bridge in the Park Rio Turia, but also entitle you to wine tastings and food sampling. A very inexpensive way to try some of the great wines (and Foods) of the region of Valencia, just don't go down, like we did last year, at lunchtime, because all of the food stalls were closed!! And we'd gone for lunch!
Dance and Ballet fans should check the press from now until early May for some wonderful performances and artists appearing for the International Dansa Valencia - check thisisvalencia.com for full listings.
The lights go out for the night in Valencia as part of the Global initiative,Earth Hour at 20:00h on Saturday 27th March.
Finally, Cirque du Soleil Fans will not want to miss Saltimbanco at the Velodrome from 14-18 April.