15th edition of Punto de Vista starts today

The fifteenth edition of the Punto de Vista Festival is all set to get under way and turn Pamplona into the international epicentre of non-fiction film for 6 days. This year the festival is bringing together filmmakers and artists who take a different look at reality through their work both on-site and online.

The festival will see films by directors such as C.W. Winter, Ute Aurand, Ana Vaz, Pedro G. Romero, Da Hee Kimm, Mike Hoolboom, Pablo Marín and Miranda Pennell. A selection of films will also be screened as part of the retrospectives focusing on the curator Amos Voguel and artist Nancy Holt, and the festival is organising activities to complement the screenings, like conversations between artists, dance performances, music and conferences.

Punto de Vista 2021 in figures:

• More than 50 activities and screenings throughout the festival.
• Around 370 people accredited to attend in person, including professionals, press and students. And more than 180 people accredited to access the festival’s online platform.
• More than 100 films to be screened in the different programmes making up the Official selection, Retrospectives, Paisaia, X Films, Artists in focus and Educational programme.
• More than 20 nationalities represented during the week through films from the United States, Libya, Brazil, France, India, Colombia, Germany and India.
• Of the 32 films in the Official selection, 5 will be having their world premieres at the festival, including Dardara by Navarrese filmmaker Marina Lameiro.
• 8 venues to host Punto Vista activities: Baluarte, La Plaza, Navarra Film Library, Pamplona Planetarium, Civivox Condestable, Teatro Gayarre, Oteiza Museum and the University of Navarra Museum, MUN.

From 15 to 20 March, Punto de Vista is the place for documentary film and all its realities to meet up.