Ibiza will have a festival of international cinema in 2007
The promoters try to attract to the island of Ibiza well-known European actors and of Hollywood and expects the price ofering in the months of May and June. "We want to involve all the island and that is a celebration for every one".
A group of promoters tries to organize a international festival of cinema of character in Ibiza as of the next year, according to confirmed one of them, Xavier Benlloch, person in charge of the producer of Naturetoons animation yesterday. The festival would be celebrated in the previous months to the tourist season, between May and June - just after the one of Cannes- and the organizers hope to attract to the island of Ibiza well-known actors of Hollywood, European and Spanish. "first thing that worried him was - Benlloch- explained is of the possibility of bringing actors and films. We have an office in Los Angeles, because we have worked there several years, with good contacts. We have talked several well-known actors and it has seemed they liked the idea, although we have still not closed the names. Also we have spoken with European actors and the reception of the idea has been good. Now we are working in the Spanish market ". Benlloch assured that the idea arose a year ago and means and take dedicating itself to it since then: "We have been studying the possibilities and the infrastructures that we have and we are not far away from the cities that organize good festivales. As far as capacity we even are over Venice and at the level of Cannes, although our sights are, at the moment, more modest. In Ibiza there are hotels and there are good communications in summer and the previous months, which is indispensable ". The promoters also have elaborated a complete report on the cinemas of the island and other rooms that can lodge projections and calculate that they could arrive to offer almost 4,000 armchairs and to attract between 160,000 and 200,000 spectators, bases similar to the Festival of San Sebastián. "There are several cinemas of sufficient quality and about the future it would be possible to be thought about places like the new audience of Santa Eulària, or the Pereyra theater, although this would be long term and depends on the commitment of the different administrations", explained Benlloch. At the moment, they have contacted with possible private patrocinadores and now insulares and the premises want to present the project to the administrations. "We want to involve all because we try that the festival arrives at all the municipalities of the island. Also we are going to ask for the support of all the people of the island that, of a form or another one, is dedicated to the cinema. That it is a celebration for all ", assured Benlloch. "I know - it continued - that in Ibiza have been several crashes in the organization of festivales. The main stumbling block usually is the sponsorship, but we are going it to try to solve in an intelligent way ". The festival will have several sections, among them one on cinema done in Ibiza, dedicated to different cinematographies, "so that the great productions with the films of countries with less means do not compete. That there is equality of opportunities, although will be a competition by the main prize ", finished Benlloch.
If you are interested in this festival you should look for accomodation in the largest hotel selection on the island. We will also keep up to date with the news, weather , maps and much more.
A group of promoters tries to organize a international festival of cinema of character in Ibiza as of the next year, according to confirmed one of them, Xavier Benlloch, person in charge of the producer of Naturetoons animation yesterday. The festival would be celebrated in the previous months to the tourist season, between May and June - just after the one of Cannes- and the organizers hope to attract to the island of Ibiza well-known actors of Hollywood, European and Spanish. "first thing that worried him was - Benlloch- explained is of the possibility of bringing actors and films. We have an office in Los Angeles, because we have worked there several years, with good contacts. We have talked several well-known actors and it has seemed they liked the idea, although we have still not closed the names. Also we have spoken with European actors and the reception of the idea has been good. Now we are working in the Spanish market ". Benlloch assured that the idea arose a year ago and means and take dedicating itself to it since then: "We have been studying the possibilities and the infrastructures that we have and we are not far away from the cities that organize good festivales. As far as capacity we even are over Venice and at the level of Cannes, although our sights are, at the moment, more modest. In Ibiza there are hotels and there are good communications in summer and the previous months, which is indispensable ". The promoters also have elaborated a complete report on the cinemas of the island and other rooms that can lodge projections and calculate that they could arrive to offer almost 4,000 armchairs and to attract between 160,000 and 200,000 spectators, bases similar to the Festival of San Sebastián. "There are several cinemas of sufficient quality and about the future it would be possible to be thought about places like the new audience of Santa Eulària, or the Pereyra theater, although this would be long term and depends on the commitment of the different administrations", explained Benlloch. At the moment, they have contacted with possible private patrocinadores and now insulares and the premises want to present the project to the administrations. "We want to involve all because we try that the festival arrives at all the municipalities of the island. Also we are going to ask for the support of all the people of the island that, of a form or another one, is dedicated to the cinema. That it is a celebration for all ", assured Benlloch. "I know - it continued - that in Ibiza have been several crashes in the organization of festivales. The main stumbling block usually is the sponsorship, but we are going it to try to solve in an intelligent way ". The festival will have several sections, among them one on cinema done in Ibiza, dedicated to different cinematographies, "so that the great productions with the films of countries with less means do not compete. That there is equality of opportunities, although will be a competition by the main prize ", finished Benlloch.
If you are interested in this festival you should look for accomodation in the largest hotel selection on the island. We will also keep up to date with the news, weather , maps and much more.
