The film festival and other complementary activities around the senior world, Silver Film Festival, will take place this February in Bilbao and Getxo. It will begin with the national premiere of the French film ‘A Walk with Madeleine’.
He Silver Film Festivalthe first to be held with this theme in the Basque Country and the second at the state level, has as its main objective facilitate the visibility of elderly people. The contest will take place in Bilbao from February 15 to 17 and in Getxo from February 23 to 25 and is aimed at all audiences.
French film frame ‘A walk with Madeleine’ to be shown at the Silver Film Festival
The Silver Film Festival seeks to offer a place for knowledge, reflection, entertainment, and the participation of an increasingly heterogeneous public. It should be remembered that, in Basque Country, 22.5% of the population is over 55 years of age.
A wide cultural offer focused on the senior world
Faced with this reality, the organization has scheduled a cultural offer that will begin on February 15 at 6:00 p.m. with the state premiere of the French film ‘A walk with Madeleine’by the French director Christian Caron. The opening ceremony of the festival will be presented by the actress Itziar Ituno (La Casa de Papel, Intimacy) and by the actor Ramon Ibarra (The Secret of Puente Viejo), under the baton of the theater director Pako Revueltas and script of mirou angel.
The Silver Film Festival will begin with the national premiere of the French film ‘A walk with Madeleine’
Programming also includes debates, interviews, round tables and talks with relevant people from the field of culture, the world of research and social movements, where topics such as the that women suffer. An issue that reflects, among other issues, the Swiss film titled ‘Les Dames’directed by Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond.
So, from the documentary ‘talking about trees‘by the Sudanese director Suhaib Gasmelbari or the winner of three Oscars, ‘nomad land‘from the director Chloe Zhaothe film schedule of Silver Film Festival will offer a dozen titles selected from filmographies from different countries, including several premieres, fiction feature films, documentaries and a selection of short films.
The goal of is to offer a place for knowledge, reflection, entertainment and participation. A space that seeks to contribute to the construction of a “more inclusive and egalitarian society through culture”. It has the support of the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, Bilbao and Getxo City Council, the BBK Foundation and SGAE.