The 12th Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest (AMFF) in Spain is reeling in a bevy of luminaries led by Neil Jordan, Isabelle Huppert and Ukraine’s Sergei Loznitsa who will be recognized with Master of Cer…
The 12th Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest in Spain is reeling in a bevy of luminaries led by Neil Jordan, Isabelle Huppert and Ukraine’s Sergei Loznitsa who will be recognized with Master of Ceremonies honors.
Launched in 2010 by leading Spanish independent film streaming platform Filmin, the festival opens July 24 with “Ramona” the debut feature of Madrid-born Andrea Bagney, shot mostly in black and white on 16mm. Fest wraps July 31 with Goya-winner Kike Maillo’s docu-feature “El Falsificador” about the Catalan artist Oswald Aulestia Bach, considered one of the greatest art forgers in history. In all, the AMFF has programmed 70 films and 12 concerts as well as panels and industry events.
“We don’t just present concerts for the sake of it,” said Jaume Ripoll, festival director and co-founder of Filmin. “By scheduling a film before or after a concert, we give people a chance to see a film they would otherwise not see,” he said, citing last year’s edition when they screened “Mogul Mowgli,” co-written and starring Riz Ahmed, about a British-Pakistani rap artist.
In presenting Loznitsa’s doc “The Natural History of Destruction,” we want to open up a discussion among experts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, for example,” he said. “This could then lead to more interest in Loznitsa and his body of work,” he noted. The festival also spotlights author Patricia Highsmith in the documentary “Loving Highsmith” by Eva Vitija, which is complemented by a round table discussion led by Oscar-winning Spanish director, Fernando Trueba.
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