19th edition of Punto de Vista starts today

- During the festival there will be more than 70 sessions, including screenings and other related activities.

- The programme, organised into 6 broad sections - the Official Section, In Focus, Lan, Contacts, X Films and the Mediation programme - will feature a total of 60 films.

- The Official Selection is made up of 17 films from 13 different countries: Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Ireland, the Lebanon, Palestine, South Korea, Spain and Tunisia. All of them are competing for the 5 festival awards - the Punto de Vista Grand Prize for best film, the Jean Vigo prize for best director, the prize for best short film, the special audience prize for best film and the youth prize for best film. Also, the International Jury may award up to two special commendations.

- Some 80 guests will be visiting Pamplona to present their work or reflect on different aspects of documentary film, with a range of international profiles: film-makers, heads of programming, curators and so on.

- Nearly 400 professionals, students and representatives of the press have already got passes for Punto de Vista. The deadline for online passes has already expired, but they can be requested at the box office in the Baluarte lobby during the festival.

- There have been plenty of applications to take part in the schemes aimed at young people, the Youth Jury and Young Programmers. 110 people have applied, from whom 20 young people have been chosen for the Youth Jury and 12 for Young Programmers.

- Baluarte, Cines Golem, Museo Oteiza, Civivox Condestable, Civivox Mendillorri, La Ciudadela, Filmoteca de Navarra and the bar Txintxarri will be the 8 venues where Punto de Vista is to take place.