Punto de Vista announces its mediation programme to reach out to audiences all over the city

01/11/2024

Punto de Vista has begin to release details of the programme for this year's edition, to be held in Pamplona from 11th to 16th March. The festival, promoted by the government of Navarre and organised by the public company NICDO, maintains its commitment to reach out to younger audiences through its mediation programme. Workshops, sessions and other activities that, through an open, accessible approach, seek to create a space for dialogue with families, children and young people. Some of the content has been devised to raise awareness of the importance of caring for the environment; a general current that cuts across the whole festival programme.

This will include a workshop for children from 6 to 12 years old at Civivox Mendillori where they can experience filming the effect of light, reflections and shade in nature; a recreational session at the same venue where as well as screenings of documentaries featuring different animals, a series of games will be organised based on the pictures created live by illustrator Marta Castro; another session at Baluarte to find out about the flora and fauna of the world in order to grasp the importance of protecting it; and a session will be run for primary and secondary pupils based on the film La mecánica de los fluidos [Fluid Mechanics] by the young director Gala Hernández, who will present and take part in a discussion after the screening of this film, which begins with an anonymous suicide note on the internet. Alongside all these activities, this year will see the third consecutive edition of the initiative Jóvenes Programadores Moving Cinema x Punto de Vista, aimed at giving young people aged 16 to 20 the chance to experience programming a film festival, together with the Civivox network and the Navarre Youth Institute. Enrolments are now open here.

Also with the aim of reaching out to younger members of the community, Punto de Vista has now opened applications to join the Youth Jury. A group of around twenty people aged 18 to 25, this jury will award the Youth Prize for Best Film, chosen from all the entries in the Official Selection of the festival. Following its success last year, the festival will once again be collaborating with the Navarre Youth Institute through the latter's European Youth Card in Navarre programme to enable two of its members from elsewhere in Europe to attend. Full information and free registration are available here.

 

PUNTO DE VISTA 2024 MEDIATION PROGRAMME

1. WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN AGED FROM 6 TO 12 AT CIVIVOX | FILMING LIGHT, FILMING LIFE

At this workshop, run on 15th March at Civivox Mendillorri, a group of children aged from 6 to 12 will explore the possibilities of light together with the Drac Màgic group, discovering its effects on the ecosystem and filming short scenes with twinkles, reflections or shadows hidden among the trees around us, in order to experience how they behave.

Practical information:

Friday 15th March from 5.30 to 7.00pm at Civivox Mendillorri. Aimed at children from 6 to 12 years old. Price: 2 euros. Enrolment from late January though the channels of the Civivox network.

 

2. RECREATIONAL SESSION FOR FAMILIES (FROM 5 YEARS OLD) | BIRD ISLAND: ELI AND OTHER TALES

La Isla de las Aves [Bird Island] is a programme of short films inviting a dialogue with nature from the inquisitive point of view of three girls who feel the need to overcome their fears and approach the unknown. This recreational session, also run in collaboration with Drac Màgic, will involve a game using sounds and images mixed with pictures by illustrator Marta Castro. She herself will be drawing live while the film is showing, to plunge the audience into all the vibrant, delicate richness of nature.

Practical information:

Saturday 16th March from 6.00 to 7.30pm at Civivox Mendillorri. Aimed at families with children from 5 years upwards. Price: 2 euros. Enrolment from late January though the channels of the Civivox network.

 

3. FILM SESSION FOR FAMILIES (FROM 5 YEARS OLD) | HELLO WORLD!

As it has done for several years now, on its last morning the festival will be offering a screening to be enjoyed with the family. ¡Buenos días, mundo! [Hello world!] is a nature walk to bring us up close to fauna and flora - made of paper but at the same time highly realistic. In this session run by Drac Màgic, we'll discover ten little animals of different species who live in the water and in the woods.

Practical information:

Saturday 16th March at Baluarte. Tickets on sale from late February at www.puntodevistafestival.com.

 

4. SESSION FOR STUDENTS AT THE FILMOTECA DE NAVARRA | LA MECÁNICA DE LOS FLUIDOS [FLUID MECHANNICS]

Upper and lower secondary students will once again have the chance to play an active part in the festival, thanks to the session taking place on the morning of 14th March at the Filmoteca de Navarra. This will feature the showing of La mecánica de los fluidos [Fluid Mechanics], by Murcian director Gala Hernández, who will be there with the audience for the screening of her documentary to explain how she made it. A film about the intriguing world of the internet that starts out with a suicide note from an unidentified, unidentifiable young person in an online forum, structured as if it were a detective investigation to track them down.

Practical information:

Thursday 14th March at 11.00am at the Filmoteca de Navarra. Aimed at schools, for upper and lower secondary students. Schools interested can contact produccion@puntodevistafestival.com.

 

5. PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP (16 - 20 YEARS OLD) | JÓVENES PROGRAMADORES MOVING CINEMA X PUNTO DE VISTA

Jóvenes Programadores Moving Cinema x Punto de Vista is a space for programming by young people aged 16 to 20 who will select and present a special session of the festival devoted to short films. Assisted by film maker Patxi Burillo, a group of young programmers will watch and discuss several films by directors linked to the X Films and Termitas programmes, in order to design the session, to be presented by the same group during the festival. Jóvenes Programadores x Punto de Vista is part of the European Moving Cinema project, set up and led since 2014 by A Bao A Qu and supported by the Spanish ministry of culture.

Free enrolment available until 15th February here.

 

Session open to the general public on Thursday 14th March at 7.00pm at Civivox Condestable. Tickets available from late February at www.puntodevistafestival.com.