film profile] more than five years ago, a debut effort by a film student had never bewitched – or astonished – him quite so much. It’s true that educational institutions such as the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, ECAM in Madrid and ESCAC in Catalonia now have us accustomed to receiving invigorating surprises, but in the case of
Ovella – directed by a group of students from the 22
nd intake of the latter school,
Marc Puig Biel,
Daria Molteni and
Sergi Rubio González – this journalist’s levels of amazement have been taken to incredibly enjoyable new heights.
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film profile], which gets a cheeky nod in the Spanish-Argentinian-German-Brazilian film
Blood, which took part in the Transicions sidebar of this same festival) â feted it âfor offering a compelling plunge into a stifling reality through meticulous storytelling, convincing performances and masterful directingâ.
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This film revolving around a closeted gay policeman previously won the Best Actor Award (for the fabulous
Conrad Mericoffer) at the most recent Gijón and Turin Film Festivals, after it was first shown at Tallinn Black Nights. The same DâA 2021 jury handed a Special Mention to the Italian flick