The short film Identidad, directed by Juan Carlevaris, has won a very important award. The short has been recognized at the Certamen de Cortometrajes de Castilla-La Mancha, which has just announced the results of the 2017 edition.
One more awards has gone to Identidad, the short film directed by filmmaker Juan Carlevaris. Identidad has become the winner of one of the three First Prizes of the 2nd Certamen de Cortometrajes de Castilla-La Mancha (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain), held by the Gobierno Regional de Castilla-La Mancha —regional government of Spanish autonomous community Castilla-La Mancha.
The First Prize of the Certamen de Cortometrajes de Castilla-La Mancha (Castilla-La Mancha Short Film Contest) given to Identidad by Juan Carlevaris consists of a € 6,000 cash-prize. In addition, Identidad is going to be included in a special DVD titled "Hecho en Castilla-La Mancha" (Made in Castilla-La Mancha). This DVD will collect the last year's best short films from Castilla-La Mancha.
Thanks to this award, Identidad has earned a place in the Brigadoon section of the next Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya Sitges (Catalonia, Spain) and will also go to the Clermont-Ferrand Festival (France). That is a great achievement for Identidad and for filmmaker Juan Carlevaris.
28 short films produced in Castilla-La Mancha, made by directors from Castilla-La Mancha, or related to the culture or history of this Spanish region have competed at this 2nd Certamen de Cortometrajes de Castilla-La Mancha.
As planned, the Jury has announced three First Prizes, consisting in € 6,000 each. One of these awards has been given to Identidad by Juan Carlevaris. Equally, two € 2,000 second prizes and two third prizes —consisting of € 1,500 each— were given.
The list of the winners of this film contest, held and supported by the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha, will be soon published in the official bulletin of this autonomous community. Nonetheless, the awardees of the year 2017 have already been unveiled:
- First Prize: Identidad by Juan Carlevaris.
- First Prize: Campeón by Hugo de la Riva.
- First Prize: Horror vacui by Dani Chamorro.
- Second Prize: Allen y Tom by Rafael Álvarez.
- Second Prize: Andrómena by Luis Reneo.
- Third Prize: La silla de la vida by Carlos Valle.
- Third Prize: Maelstrom by Carlos Gómez Trigo.
Congratulations to all winners, specially to Juan Carlevaris and to all who have worked with him to produce the short film Identidad.