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“Nothing is solitary, everything is in solidarity. Man is in solidarity with the planet, the planet is in solidarity with the sun. The sun is in solidarity with the star, the star is in solidarity with the nebula, the nebula, the stellar group, is in solidarity with infnity. Remove an element from this formula and the polynomial becomes disorganized, the equation staggers; creation loses meaning in the cosmos, and democracy loses its raison d’être on earth.” 1 -Victor Hugo These words, which were written in the 19th century, couldn’t be more valid today. On the one hand, they appear to appeal to the ecological, social and political emergency in which we are living, a subject that is also dealt with in many of the flms that you’ll be seeing in Punto de Vista. On the other hand, if we take these words to the small cultural sphere in this part of the still privileged world, they make me refect on our work. A festival must generate an emotional and intellectual fabric based on the flms and the persons convened. It is a mistake to think that the festival ends with its closing session, because that internal earth tremor produced by the collective force (that of the flms, that of the spectators affected by the flms who exchan- ge impressions with others who are also impacted by an emotion), that tremor expands in time, in space and in awareness, in a way that is very diffcult to measure. And precisely this multi-dimensional expanded current, combined with a chain of affections and recollections that are already imprinted on us, are all involved in generating the transformation that we are working for, those of us who still believe in magic, as a young man called Stan Brakhage taught us.2 I would like Punto de Vista to be something of all this, we’ve created it with this spirit very much in mind, aiming to bring works, artists and gestures that embody the values that we want for our world. Garbiñe Ortega, Punto de Vista Artistic Director 1. Victor Hugo, Proses philosophiques, (1860-1865) 2. When he was 22 years old, Stan Brakhage wrote: “This is to introduce myself: I am young and I believe in magic. I am learning how to cast spells. My profession is transforming.” Essential Brakhage: Selected Writings on Filmmaking by Stan Brakhage, edited by Bruce R. McPherson (2001) OS | OFFICIAL SELECTION The Offcial Selection brings us one of the most innovative and daring views of the Festival. The international jury will award the Punto de Vista prizes, which include the Punto de Vista First Prize for Best Film, the Jean Vigo Prize for Best Director, the Prize for Best Short Film, the Audience Prize for Best Film and the Youth Prize for Best Film. RE | RETROSPECTIVES There will be three retrospectives this year. The retrospective programme of Ute Au- rand, Helga Fanderl, Jeannette Muñoz and Renate Sami highlights the exchanges and correspondences in their work; An Oceanic Feeling, curated by the academic and critic Erika Balsom, shows how the ocean has been represented over the his- tory of cinema; and Haden Guest, director of the Harvard Film Archive, presents the American flmmaker Anne Charlotte Robertson through a sample of her work. DOKB | DOKBIZIA 2018 saw the inception of DOKBIZIA, an interdisciplinary encounter which aims to create a crossroads between languages and artists that work with and around what is real. This programme, which deals with the documentary on and off the screen, provides a tour through different formats: screenings, performative lec- tures, staged and site-specifc pieces and performances . LABS | PUNTO DE VISTA LABS Punto de Vista Labs is a space for knowledge sharing and collective creation. This year Rabih Mroué, Simon Field, Isaki Lacuesta, Xabier Erkizia, Mónica Va- lenciano, Idoia Zabaleta, Andrea Lissoni, Ricardo Matos Cabo and Aurora Fer- nández Polanco will be taking part. FO | ARTISTS IN FOCUS The contemporary focuses spotlight monographic programmes of artists who work with the moving image and that are rarely featured at non-fction festivals. The focuses this year will be on Francis Alÿs, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz and Tacita Dean’s work. SS | SPECIAL SESSIONS The special sessions aim to expand the documentary concept beyond flm screen- ings. One-off performances, exhibitions and shows which bring the image, the word and live music together. X | X FILMS Since 2009 the Festival has invited three flmmakers to submit a project for a documentary flm essay to be shot in Navarra. A jury selects the winning proposal, which then premieres at the next edition of Punto de Vista. This year the tenth flm to win X Films, Gorria by the Navarrese flmmaker Maddi Barber, will be screened; and Maider Fernández, Alberto Gracia and Laida Lertxundi have been invited as candidates for X Films 2020. Punto de Vista is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the X Films Project and is programming a special session at Civivox Condestable, where all the winning flms will be shown. EP | EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME Aimed primarily at young audiences, this programme proposes a series of ac- tivities to raise awareness and audiovisual appreciation, while offering younger members of the public tools with which to build their own critical perspective on the reality around them and become bearers of these values in their environment. The group Zazpi T’erdi, flmmaker Marina Lameiro, artist Carlos Casas and the Drac Màgic cooperative will be laying on a range of workshops. PA | PARALLEL ACTIVITIES During the Festival there will be other activities such as the recording of the Spanish Radio 3 programmes “Tres en la carretera” and “El séptimo vicio”, which will include interviews with guests and live concerts. Punto de Vista nights will offer evening sessions where different flmmakers will DJ at the Club Nicolette and El Nebula bar. Also, after the closing ceremony, there will be a cocktail party (invitation required) at the Media Luna Bar. useful information FESTIVAL VENUE Baluarte. Open to the public from: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm and from 4:00 pm to 10:30 pm (From Monday 2nd to Saturday 7th March) Email: [email protected] Phone: + 34 948 066 195 Web: www.puntodevistafestival.com TICKETS AND FESTIVAL PUBLICATION SALES Hall Baluarte. From 9:30 am to 1:30 pm and from 4:00 pm to 10:30 pm Baluarte square s/n, 31002. Box Offce from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm (from Monday to Saturday) Online: www.baluarte.com OTHER FESTIVAL VENUES PLANETARIO DE PAMPLONA Sancho Ramírez street, s/n How to get there by bus from Baluarte: bus numbers 4 and 12 FILMOTECA DE NAVARRA Antonio Pérez Goyena promenade, 3 How to get there by bus from Baluarte: bus number 12 KATAKRAK Mayor street, 54 CLUB NICOLETTE Tejería street, 32 BAR EL NEBULA San Francisco street, 24 CIVICAN Pío XII Avenue, 2 CIVIVOX CONDESTABLE Mayor street, 2 BAR MEDIA LUNA De la Media Luna street, 15 GELTOKI Former Bus Station, Av. Conde Oliveto, 6 TEATRO GAYARRE Av. Carlos III, 1 MONDAY 2 OF MARCH 10:00 h - Cámara (Baluarte) OS OFFICIAL SELECTION 1. 90’ OVERSEAS Sung-A Yoon. Belgium, France. 2019. 90’. DCP Every year, 200,000 women leave the Philippines to become household service workers in industrialized countries all over the world. Before going abroad, the women are required to attend a comprehensive training programme, validated by a National Cer- tifcate. MONDAY 2 MONDAY 12:30 h - Cámara (Baluarte) OS OFFICIAL SELECTION 2. 68’ LA ESPADA ME LA HA REGALADO Miriam Martín. Spain. 2019. 17’. DCP The Casa de Campo is one of the largest public parks in the world, a real forest. In the images, its 2019: the green of the earth shining anew for us or the children’s unexpected use of bridges and ponds. In the sounds, its 1936, the forest torn in two, the defence of Madrid. AVANT D’OUBLIER HÉLIOPOLIS Valentin Noujaïm. France, Egypt. 2019. 22’. 2K y 8mm, transfer DCP My family have begun to forget their Egyptian roots and, on as- king my grandmother Malo to recount the frst part of her life in Cairo, I am confronted by the memories of an exiled Arabic wo- man, lost in a troubled sea of memories. PLAYBACK. ENSAYO DE UNA DESPEDIDA Agustina Comedi. Argentina. 2019. 14’. DCP Memories woven through unique footage were the actresses of Kalas Group resist to trans genocide using the stage as a place of resistance. EARLY YEARS Sung-A Yoon. Belgium, France. 2019. 90’. DCP Morgan Quaintance. UK. 2019. 15’. 16mm, transfer DCP Early Years is a portrait of Jamaican-born artistic polymath Barba- ra Samuels. It features an account of her frst generation, diasporic experience in London, and her discovery of the liberatory possibili- ties for self-actualisation offered by an early entry into creative life. *With Miriam Martín, Valentin Noujaïm and Agustina Comedi in attendance 16:30 h - Cámara (Baluarte) SS TRIBUTE TO BARBARA HAMMER. 74’ Barbara Hammer has helped to write the history of feminist cinema. She was an experi- mental pioneer who put lesbian life on screen, and proposed new ways of telling about sexuality and the body. One year after her death, Punto de Vista pays tribute to this essential artist. AUDIENCE Barbara Hammer. USA. 1982. 33’. 16mm, transfer DCP. B&W The artist flms the audiences at screenings of her flms in San Fran- cisco, during the Gay Pride Week. DYKETACTICS Barbara Hammer. USA. 1974. 4’. 16mm, transfer DCP. B&W A celebration of lesbian sensuality and sexuality. A popular les- bian “commercial,” 110 images of sensual touching montages in A, B, C, D rolls of “kinaesthetic” editing.