The Mecal, the Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges i Animació de Barcelona, (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) has chosen the award-winning short film Don't Leave Me (No me quites), directed by Laura Jou and co-produced by film companies Corte y Confección de Películas and Películas La Trini.
Don't Leave Me (No me quites), the short directed by Laura Jou and co-produced by Corte y Confección de Películas & Películas La Trini, is going to the Mecal - 19è Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges i Animació de Barcelona from today, Wednesday 14th March. The city of Barcelona is hosting this short and animation film festival until coming 2nd April.
The short Don't Leave Me by Laura Jou has been included in the international fiction short film competition of the Mecal Pro 2017. Because of this nomination, Don't Leave Me is going to be screened on Saturday 25th March at 20:30 hours at the Arts Santa Mònica, main venue of this film event.
The competing international fictions are 34 films in total, if we have counted well. The nominees are: Chasse Royale (France), L'enfance d’un chef (France), The Lake (Australia), Bitchboy (Sweden), The Good Mother (United Kingdom), Fox (Greece), Auf Überlandfahrt (Germany), Mare Nostrum (France), Role (Spain), La fin du dragon (France), Mamma vet bäst (Sweden), Home (United Kingdom), Le gout du Vietnam (Canada), Halko (Finland), Pedro (Portugal), Les Tubes (Belgium), Max is So Tired (Canada), Samedi Cinema (Senegal), Firmamentum Continuitas (Germany / Russia), Freeze (Singapore), Napoleón y yo (Spain), Cul-de-sac (USA), Don't Leave Me by Spain de Laura Jou (Spain), Disco Shines (Turkey / Spain), Millimeterle (Switzerland), Houvast (Netherlands), Il silenzio (Italy), Campingliv (Norway), M.A.M.O.N. (Monitor Against Mexicans Over Nationwide) (Uruguay), Anna (Israel), Après Suzanne (France), Léchez-nous, Miaou, Miaou! (Switzerland), Here Nor There (Canada), and Estribillo (Spain). These shorts have been produced in Germany, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Spain, USA, Finland, France, Greece, Netherlands, Israel, Italy, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and Uruguay.
Besides of this competition, the MecalBCN 2017 also has more competitions (animation and documentary contests), several parallel sections, and more events about short films.