MAY I ENTER
by KOSTANA BANOVIC - Best Photography

Throughout my oeuvre ? drawings, performances, movies ? I never hesitated to engage in rituals as a means to reduce the distance between Self and the Other, represented by the cultures encountered during my many travels. The travels have shown that the Other was to be found within, as a disturbing yet inextricable part of Self. In May I Enter I take my exploration of the relation between Self and Other a step further. Faced with a cult where Self is annihilated to allow an invasion of otherness, and inspired by this radical form of (dis)embodiment, I no longer seek to approximate Other, but to become it. This is also the reason why I appear in the film.

TRAS LOS PASOS DEL BANDOLERO
by PEDRO JAEN R. - Best Art Direction

First of all, I wish to thank the award to the festival and say that it filled me with joy and satisfaction.

The art direction recreate the primary focus and transmit the whole spirit of the traditional Spain, yet had to be in a modern world and are in tune with scenes like the nightclub and also fit in with the continuing tribute to the western in the third act.

We sought the most rural, old and traditional locations, ignoring (except in a case in point as the nightclub) all that was totally modern or current. So even in pubs, always look for those in which wood predominates in the decoration and remembered something prior to this time. For example, in the main pub which is all dark wood materials and Gothic ornaments, chandeliers ... also with that aspect of Transylvania marked the sinister world of the night and its characters. Another bar was a classic western saloon, leaving clear the continued tribute, but being always into an Andalusian universe that never denies the present time.

All the costumes of the characters is always in sync with the scenarios. I usually used earth tones and brown ranges, to accentuate the rustic, traditional, Andalusian or western.
The flamenco show sequence condenses at its best all the magic and tradition of Andalusia, with rigorous attention to detail. I chose clothing whose color scheme and style was fully agree with the scenario, using mainly shades of reds and blacks. The shirts of the actress and mine are red, which besides being in tune with the place, symbolizing passion, seduction and blood from both characters, the rest of their black clothes like the darkness of their souls and intentions.

Pedro Jaén R.