Marjane Satrapi’s RADIOACTIVE will open The Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival (EMIFF)

Marjane Satrapi’s RADIOACTIVE will open the Festival and Gregory Kirchhoff’s BAUMBACHER SYNDROME will screen as the Closing Night Film later this month

European Premieres include Adrian Martinez's iGilbert (USA), Sevgi Hirschhäuser’s Toprak (Turkey), Mohamed El Badaoui’s Lalla Aïcha (Morocco) and Cam Cowan’s Opera (USA)

Founder and Festival Director Sandra Lipski today announced the full programme for the 9^th edition of the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival (EMIFF) via a press conference held this morning in the Mallorcan capital, Palma.

The Festival, which will take place from 23^rd– 29^th October, will showcase over 100 narrative feature, documentary and short films across a variety of sections.

Opening the Festival will be Marjane Satrapi’s latest feature Radioactive, starring Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley, about the renowned French scientist Marie Curie, and the Closing Night Film will be Gregory Kirchhoff’s Baumbacher Syndrome; a German comedy about a late-night talk show host who becomes an overnight success after waking up one morning with an unusually deep and magical voice. The film stars Tobias Moretti and Elit Iscan.

The Festival’s programme includes a diverse range of independent films from across the world - from homegrown Spanish talent and international filmmakers, as well as panel discussions and master classes.  And for the first time, the Festival will premiere a selection of its programme on the Spanish online streaming platform, FILMIN.

EMIFF announced last month that this year’s Centrepiece Gala Tribute and Screening will honour France-based filmmaker Marjane Satrapi. She will receive EMIFF’s Evolution Vision Award which will be presented on the Festival’s Opening Night. The award is given to an artist who consistently inspires audiences, breaks boundaries, and has shaped diverse stories that have touched international audiences. Along with Radioactive, EMIFF will screen Satrapi’s Oscar®-nominated animation feature film Persepolis. The film is an intimate portrait of a precocious and outspoken Iranian girl who grows up during the Islamic Revolution.

Additional Festival highlights this year include an array of films which will screen in the Narrative Feature (Competition) section: The European Premiere of Moroccan Director Mohamed el Badaoui’s Lalla Aïcha which premiered at the Morocco International Film Festival earlier this year. Its star, Ángela Molina, will receive the Evolution Honorary Award 2020 for her inspiring work across film and television over the past four decades; Sekuritas from Swiss director Carmen Stadler, which won the New Directors Award at the Max Ophüls Film festival in Saarbrücken, Germany; and Fernando Trueba’s El OlvidoQue Seremos (Forgotten We’ll Be), which last month screened as the Closing Night Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

EMIFF’s unique Made in Baleares section will this year present films produced and directed by the most talented filmmakers from the Balearic Islands, celebrating local filmmakers of the future. The section will feature 14 short films In Competition which highlight the themes of sexual abuse (Ann Perelló’s Control), family secrets (Marga Meliá’s Dona) and self- discovery (Jessie Folley’s Hydra).

EMIFF’s Sandra Lipski said of today’s programme announcement:“I am excited to present the 9^th edition of EMIFF.  Our international audience and filmmakers from around the world will experience stories of endurance, bravery, struggle, sacrifice and most importantly, unwavering love – on one of the most beautiful islands in the world. This line up aims to unite, inspire and smash intolerances as we continue our mission of Bridging Cultures and Bridging People.

Like many other international film festivals this year, we decided to stream part of our programme online in order to ensure that our audience can still enjoy the Festival even in these times of restricted travel. We therefore look forward to welcoming audiences virtually and physically to this year’s edition.”

For a second year in a row, Competition winners will receive a €15,000 worth of equipment hire from new Festival partner MN Studios, a Mallorca-based camera and equipment supplier to the film industry. 

FULL PROGRAMME BELOW:

PRODUCERS CLUB 

Saturday 24.10. 

Location: La Misericordia 

11:00 h - 12:00 h 

Distribution Panel - What will be the future of distribution? 

Manuel Monzón - A contracorriente 

Enrique González - Caramel Films 

Enrique Costa - Avalon 

Alex Lafuente - Bteam Pictures

12:30 h - 13:30 h 

Production Panel - International co-production and new production strategies

Paula Vaccaro - Producer and Screenwriter – Pinball London

Fabien Westerhoff - Founder, Sales Agent and Executive producer at Film Constellation 

María Zamora - Producer at Avalon, Madrid

Sunday 25.10. 

Location: La Misericordia 

11:00 h - 12:00 h 

Evolution Talk - Film Financing with Kirsty Bell Founder, CEO, Executive Producer and 

Media Financier at Goldfinch Entertainment 

12:30 h - 13:30 h 

Evolution Talk - Directing in the international film scene 

Marjane Satrapi Director of opening Night Film Radioactive

Tuesday 27.10 

Location: La Misericordia 

10:00 h - 11: 00h 

Masterclass - Film Festival Strategies

Sandra Lipski founder of TheFestivalKey.com

MASTER-CLASSES & WORKSHOPS:

October 23 & 24^th

Casting Director Master-class & Marketing Seminar with Emmy Nominated CD Nancy Bishop. All Info: https://www.evolutionfilmfestival.com/workshops

October 9^th– 11^th

For the First time EMIFF presents it’s very own 48HR Film Competition in collaboration with MANDY.com and DAISIE.com All Info: https://www.evolutionfilmfestival.com/48hr-film-competition

October 22^nd– 29^th

For a second year in a row SCENE MACHINE WORKSHOP in collaboration with Actors LAB Mallorca with Australian Acting coach Oliver Torr. All info: https://www.evolutionfilmfestival.com/scene-machine-workshop

October 21^st– 23^rd

European Casting Circle in Collaboration with I AM ACTOR Studio Mallorca brings 4 Casting Directors for 3 Days to Mallorca. All Info:

https://www.i-am.actor/schedule

EMIFF PROGRAM 2020 (TOTAL OF 104 FILMS)

Feature Film Official Competition Selection (11)

·       Baumbacher Syndrome, Gregory Kirchhoff (2019, Germany)

·       Zoro's Solo, Martin Busker (2020, Germany)

·       iGilbert, Adrian Martinez (2020, US)

·       Toprak, Sevgi Hirschhäuser (2020, Turkey)

·       Sekuritas, Carmen Stadler (2020, Switzerland)

·       It's gonna be fine, Christian Werner (2020, Germany)

·       Woman of the Photographs, Takeshi Kushida (2020, Japan)

·       The Waiter, Steve Krikris (2020, Greece)

·       Lalla Aïcha, Mohamed El Badaoui (2020, Marokko)

·       Radioactive, Marjane Satrapi (2019, UK)

·       El olvido que seremos, Fernendo Trueba (Colombia, 2020)

Documentary Feature Official Competition Selection (5)

·       Mujereando - El quejio de una Diosa, Carmen Tamayo (2020, Spain)

·       Opera, Cam Cowan (2020, US)

·       Helmut Newton The Bad and The Beautiful, Gero Von Bhoem (2020, US)

·       That Click, Luca Severi (2020, Italy)

·       Marcel Duchamp, Art of The Possible, Matthew Taylor (2020, US)

Documentary Feature MADE IN BALEARES Official Competition Selection (5)

·       Andreu Muntaner i Darder. From fossils and photographs, Ángela García & Albert Herranz

·       Doing the Americas, Pedro Salom Caldés

·       Revealing Mario, Simó Mateu

·       The most dangerous man in Europe. Otto Skorzeny's after war, Pedro de Echave García,

Pablo Azorin, Williams

·       Dorothea y el Myotragus, Nuria Abad, Marta Hierro

Port Adriano DRIVE IN CINEMA (Out of Competition) (4)

·       Presepolis, Marjane Satrapi (2007, Francia, Estados Unidos)

·       Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg

·       Trolls, Mike Mitchell

·       Notting Hill, Roger Michell

SHORT FILMS (79):

Short Film International Competition Section (30)

·       Anna, Dekel Berenson (2020, UK)

·       A Complete Woman, Ceres Machado (2020, Spain)

·       Lola, Francesca Tasini, (2020 Germany)

·       October Winds, Heinz Kobernik (2020, El Salvador)

·       Velvet, Coz Greenop (2020 US)

·       The Watchmaker, Charlie Fonville (2020 US)

·       Deux Meters, Hans Neumann, (2020 France)

·       I’m Not Margot Robbie, Johanna Falzone (2020 US)

·       Touch, Nir Berger (2020 Israel)

·       There Will Be Monsters, Carlota pereda (2020, Spain)

·       Zealandia, Bruno de Bois (2020, New Zealand)

·       They Won’t Last, Portlynn Tagavi (2020 US)

·       Nahjum, Sebastian Torres Greene, & Manuel Del Valle (2019, Mexico)

·       Summer, Zeyu Wang (2019, China)

·       Tomorrow The Birds Will Sing, Arvin Kananian (2019, Sweden)

·       I’ll End Up In Jail, Arvin Kananian, (2019, Canada)

·       They Salivate, Ariane Boukerche (2019 France)

·       The Blue Bed, Alireza Kazemipour (2019, Iran)

·       Imelda & Luis, Leonel Chee (2019 Mexico)

·       We’re Not Here, Bonnie Moir (2019 Austria)

·       Superhero, Émile V. Schlesser (2019 Germany)

·       Doubts, Pedro Rudolphi (2019 Spain)

·       Buffalo Boys, Paul Sbrizzi (2020, US)

·       Pa'Lante, David Van (2019, Czech Republic)

·       La Petite Mort, Jack Salvadori (2019 UK)

·       Acuitzermo, Miguel Angel Caballero (2019 Mexico)

·       Sin Cielo, Jianna Maarten (2019 US)

·       The Universe, Eduardo Schönenberg (2019 El Salvador)

·       Caligrafia, Ferran Masip Valls (2020 Spain)

·       Cerdita, Carlota Pereda (2019 Spain)

+ Short Films MADE IN BALEARES International Competition(4):

·       Dona, Marga Melià (2020 Spain)

·       Control, Ann Perelló (2020 Spain)

·       Red Street Mercy, Bruno Jubin (2020 Spain)

·       Those Who Should Have GonetTo Paris, Jaume Carrió (2020 Spain)

Documentary Short Films Official Competition (8)

·       The Last Stand, Martí­n D. Guevara (2020, Spain)

·       Gigi el amoroso, Sam van den Heuvel (2020, Spain)

·       Pant Hoot, Richard Reens, (2020, USA)

Only Online onFILMIN.ES:

·       Woman, Raúl de la Fuente Calle (2020, Spain)

·       Spontaneous, Lori Felker (2019, USA)

·       Letters to my Mother, Amin Maher (2019 Iran)

·       A Syrian Woman, Khawla Al Hammouri &Louis Karim Sayad DeCaprio (2020 Jordan)

·       The Lawyer, Antonio Alonso (2020, Spain)

Student Short Films (Out of Competition) (6)

·       Lioness, Alexander Conrads (2019 Germany)

·       Lupe, Marisela Campos (2020 US)

·       Dogwatch, Albin Wilder (2020 Austria)

·       Pushkin’s Pants, Lev Brodinsky (2020 Israel)

·       Pillars, Cameron Bruce Nelson (2020 US)

·       Cru, David Oesh (2020 Switzerland)

Short Films “Films for Kids” (Out of Competition) (4)

·       Dreamsheep, Lulu Vieira (2020 Colombia)

·       The Peak, Mayumi Tachikawa (2020 Japan)

·       Grandmas Secret, Lydia Bruna (2020 Germany)

·       Tree #3, Omer Ben-Shachar (2020 US)

Short Animation Offical Competition (5)

ONLY ONLINE IN FILMIN.ES:

·       Ironfin, Chris Beausire (2020 US)

·       Sad Beauty, Arjan Brentjes (2020 UK)

·       Kapaemahu, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson (2020 US)

·       The Fabric of you, Josephine Lohoar Self (2020 UK)

·       Just A Small, Na Kyung Kim (2020 Korea)

Short Experimental Film Official Competition (6)

·       Paradiso, Jan Vrhovnik (2020 UK)

·       Diary of Hidden Bodies, Joan Bosch (2020 Spain)

·       Exhalation, Al Díaz (2020 Spain)

·       Aire, Marc Lesperut, 2020 Spain)

·       Unfinished Business, Mary Dauterman (2020 US)

·       Close Quarters, Patricio Soto - Aguilar (2020 Chile)

Short Film Made In Baleares Official Competition (14)

·       408, Ismael Luna Rey (2020 Spain)

·       Hot Sauce, Aaron Dormer, (2020 Spain)

·       If It’s Not Too Late, Claudia Selby (2020 Spain)

·       Talayot, Diego Moiso (2020 Spain)

·       El Resort, Pedro Deltell-Colomer, Paula Galimberti, Gonzalo Piñan (2020 Spain)

·       Tongue with capers, David Mataró (2020 Spain)

·       Green Silk, Marina Wagner Moll (2020 Spain)

·       The legend of Oriol, Rubén Jiménez Sanz (2020 Spain)

·       Hydra, Jessie Folley (2020 Spain)

·       Discord, David Fejzuli (2020 Spain)

·       Red Street Mercy, Bruno Jubin (2020 Spain)

·       Those Who Should Have Gone to Paris, Jaume Carrió (2020 Spain)

Short Documentary MADE IN BALEARES Official Competition (3)

·       Running Home, Michelle-Andrea Girouard (2020 Spain)

·       Xuetilandia, Carme Quetglas Poncell (2020 Spain)

·       Gohsts, Carlota Bujosa (2020 Spain)

Short Student Film MADE IN BALEARES (Out of Competition) (3)

·       Vacuum 5000, Marta Martí García (2020 Spain)

·       Close Away, Miguel Ángel Cardona (2020 Spain)

Short Student Documentary Film (1)

·       La suerte no existe, Miguel Gelabert, Ester Moyá & Guillem Porcel (2020 Spain)

+ Music Videos Official Competition (8)

·       Paper Jackets: Baby Teeth, Mahala Gaylord (2020 US)

·       Complication, Pere Sala Bastardes, (2020 Spain)

·       Stay Out, Tatjana Green (2020 Canada)

·       Persuasion, Dobrivoie Kerpenisan (2020 Germany)

·       All from me, Outerspace Leo, Wang Shou Jie (Taiwan)

·       REZZ - Falling (feat. Underoath), Colin G Cooper (2020 Canada)

·       Tasha The Amazon - Forever Ting, Colin G Cooper (2020 Canada)

+ MADE IN BALEARES:

·       Silent Walker, Bella Rose, Alex Marcús (2020 Spain)

Total number of films screening in the MADE IN BALEARES programme: 25