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Desde hace ya cinco años, Madrid cuenta con un Festival Internacional de Documentales que atrae a un gran número de espectadores y es, a la vez, foro y lugar de encuentro para los profesionales del género. Un género, el cine de no ficción, que abarca una enorme variedad de propuestas, desde las puramente estéticas e innovadoras, hasta las que promueven enfoques de mayor calado, que evidencian las más variadas realidades sociales, culturales, artísticas o medioambientales. 6 En su edición de 2008, y como ya es habitual, Documenta tiene su principal foco de interés en su Sección Oficial. En ella, junto a las proyecciones de películas en sus dos formatos, corto y largometraje, en los que prima la originalidad, habrá un concurso de reportajes, que valorará especialmente el tratamiento y la presencia de la actualidad. Pero, además, el festival se nutrirá de sus siempre enriquecedoras secciones informativas. En ellas, destaca el homenaje a la figura de Michelangelo Antonioni, el enigmático cineasta, escritor y pintor italiano, célebre autor de la trilogía La aventura, La noche y El eclipse, que tanto dio que hablar a los cinéfilos españoles a comienzos de los sesenta, y sorprendente creador, más tarde, de Blow-up. Antonioni fue un gran innovador del cine y cultivó el género documental, a pesar de que su obra en este campo es prácticamente desconocida. Para tratar de rescatar del olvido esta valiosa faceta, se proyectarán algunos de sus trabajos. Muy vinculado a la mejor etapa de Antonioni, se ha programado también otro ciclo retrospectivo, Recuerdos del 68, con películas que evocarán los movimientos sociales y políticos del período, así como los sucesos de Mayo del 68 en París, coincidiendo con su 40 aniversario. Por otro lado, el realizador, crítico y teórico Harun Farocki, un autor que reflexiona sobre el hecho de hacer cine, denunciando sus problemas y las limitaciones impuestas por el poder y por la propia sociedad, tendrá su espacio en el Instituto Goethe, donde se podrán ver algunos de sus títulos. La historia del cine también estará presente en el festival, a través del ciclo Elegías íntimas, que trazará su crónica, evolución e inquietudes, incluyendo un apartado dedicado a quienes se inclinaron por la experimentación. Documenta Madrid tampoco olvidará el siempre sugerente mundo de los viajes y la aventura. Las expediciones a tierras vírgenes que vivieron osados directores-exploradores formarán parte del certamen, de la mano de los documentales que rodó el matrimonio Martin y Osa Johnson en tierras africanas y del Pacífico, durante la década de los treinta. En cuanto al panorama documental contemporáneo, y en colaboración con el Instituto Francés de Madrid, el festival ofrecerá un recorrido por la obra de uno de sus autores más interesantes, Nicolas Philibert. Y, además, habrá una sección dedicada a Iberoamérica y los países árabes, que podrá seguirse en la Casa de América y la flamante Casa Árabe, que acogerán las respectivas proyecciones. Documenta 08 promoverá encuentros y visionados en escuelas infantiles, proyecciones de largometrajes en Distrito Artes –ciclo que diseñamos desde el Área de Las Artes y 7 que también aproxima el documental a los distritos de Madrid–, películas familiares en Super 8, proyección del palmarés del festival, sesiones de las obras realizadas por diferentes miembros del jurado, etc. Todo ello da idea de la extraordinaria variedad del certamen, que se completará, al igual que en ediciones anteriores, con un amplio programa de actividades paralelas a las sesiones de proyección. Mesas redondas, cine fórum (centrados en temas como la pobreza o el medio ambiente), talleres y exposiciones conformarán esta sección, dedicada a profesionales y a todo tipo de públicos. El atractivo que suscita el séptimo arte ha contagiado, incluso, al género de no ficción, mucho más minoritario en el universo cinematográfico y que, en la actualidad, es percibido con atenta curiosidad por espectadores de todo el mundo y está cada día más presente en los medios de comunicación. La ciudad de Madrid no es ajena a este fenómeno y, por ello, el Ayuntamiento apoya e impulsa su divulgación, a través de su propio Festival Internacional de Documentales. Quiero agradecer a su director, Antonio Delgado, y a todos sus colaboradores su empeño e implicación para mostrarnos la belleza del mundo, pero también sus injusticias y crueldad, a través de la certera y descarnada mirada que proporciona el documental. Sólo me resta animar a todos los madrileños a visitar el festival y degustar las delicias cinematográficas que tiene preparadas para nosotros. Les deseo un propicio Documenta Madrid 08. Pasen y vean. Alicia Moreno Delegada de Las Artes For five years now, Madrid has hosted the International Documentary Festival, which attracts a large number of spectators and at the same time serves as a meeting place and forum for professionals in the genre. The genre, that of non-fiction, encompasses an enormous variety of work, from the purely aesthetic and innovative ones to those taking on a broader scope and bearing witness to the more diverse social, cultural, artistic and environmental situations in the world. 8 At this year's festival, as is usually does, Documenta’s main focus of interest is its Official Section. In it, along with the screenings of films in both short and full-length formats and where originality takes precedence, there will be a competition in reporting, which will value the treatment and presence of current events in particular. But in addition, the festival will benefit from its always enriching informative sections. They notably include a tribute to the figure of Michelangelo Antonioni, the enigmatic Italian filmmaker, writer and painter, and the celebrated author of the trilogy The Fling, The Night and The Eclipse, which was so talked about by Spanish film lovers in the early sixties, and the surprising creator behind the later Blow-up. Antonioni was a great innovator in cinema and he cultivated the documentary genre despite the fact his work in this field is virtually unknown. To try and save this valuable facet of his work from oblivion, some of it will be screened here. Very related to Antonioni’s finest period is another retrospective series Memories of 68, with films depicting the social and political movements of the time, as well as the events in Paris May 68, which coincides with its 40th anniversary. In addition, the Goethe Institute will host an area for watching work by Harun Farocki, the director, critic and theorist who reflects on the act of making film by denouncing its problems and the limitations imposed by power and society itself. Film history will also be present at the festival through the series Intimate Elegies, which will trace its history, evolution and concerns, including a section dedicated to those who opted for experimentation. Documenta Madrid will also not forget the always thought-provoking world of travel and adventure. Expeditions to unknown lands taken by daring director/explorers will be shown at the festival in the form of documentaries shot by the married couple Martin and Osa Johnson in Africa and the Pacific in the 1930s. As far as contemporary documentary film is concerned, and in collaboration with the French Institute of Madrid, the festival will offer a look at the work of one of its most interesting artists, Nicolas Philibert. And moreover, there will be a section dedicated to Iber-America and Arabic countries, which will be held in the Casa de América and the brand new Casa Árabe, which will host the their respective screenings. Documenta 08 will promote meetings and viewings at schools for children, screenings of full-length films in Distrito Artes, a series we have designed at the Department of the 9 Arts, one that brings documentaries to the different neighborhoods of Madrid, along with home movies on Super 8, a screening of the festival awards ceremony, and showing of films by the different jury members, etc. All this gives us an idea of the competition’s extraordinary variety, which will be complemented as it does every year by a broad program of parallel activities. Round tables, film forums (focused on issues such as poverty and the environment), workshops, and exhibitions are what make up this section, meant for professionals as well as the general public. Film's growing appeal has even spread to the genre of non-fiction, which has been much less popular in the film world and which is nowadays seen with attentive curiosity by spectators all over the world and gaining much more coverage every day in the media. The city of Madrid is aware of this phenomenon and for this reason, it supports and promotes spreading it through its own International Documentary Festival. I want to thank its director, Antonio Delgado, and all those collaborating for their efforts and involvement in showing us the beauty of the world, as well as its injustices and cruelty, through the accurate and raw vision that documentary film provides. All I have left now is to encourage everyone in Madrid to visit the festival and enjoy the film treats that have been prepared for us. I wish you an enjoyable Documenta Madrid 08. Come and see. Alicia Moreno Delegate of the Arts No miento cuando digo que me cuesta muchísimo escribir textos. Cada vez que se avecina el momento en que tengo que plantearme comenzar a redactar la introducción para el catálogo del festival o para el libro que publicamos cada año en la colección Textos Documenta, me pongo a temblar. Ahora mismo, mientras escribo estas líneas, debería estar sufriendo eso que los escritores llaman el miedo a la hoja en blanco… , que es pavoroso. Pero he de reconocer que en esta ocasión eso no me afecta, ya que este año lo tengo 11 mucho más fácil.
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