The In-Edit Festival kicked off on October 29th by receiving the AUPA! Award for Best Private Initiative at BIME in Bilbao, and went on to break the attendance record set by the previous edition.
During the Closing Gala, which concluded with a screening of The Best Summer by director Tamra Davis, the winners of the official awards were announced. In the international competition, the Best Music Documentary Feature award went to Broken English by Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth, a portrait of Marianne Faithfull that defies the conventions of music documentaries and places memory at the heart of the narrative.
The jury also awarded an honorable mention to Celtic Utopia by Lars Lovén and Dennis Harvey, which revisits Ireland’s recent history through folk music, blending humor with reflection on the country’s past. In the national category, Kiro by María Yáñez took home the Best National Music Documentary Feature award. The film revives the legacy of Galician singer Ana Kiro and, through her career, explores the social, cultural, and political history of Galicia over the past sixty years.
As for the short films, Is That All There Is? by Kelli Miller won the Best International Short Film award with its look at the underground music scene and the communities keeping it alive. The national award went to El Perla by Marta Busquets López, portraying a dedicated musician who becomes an endearing antihero.
Finally, the first edition of the APOLO Award for Best Music Video, launched in collaboration with Sala Apolo, was awarded to Em torno boig by Triquell, directed by Dardo Sedante, praised for its handcrafted craft and a visual universe that draws on references as varied as Goya, Alice in Wonderland, and Ghost in the Shell.
And that’s not all! The festival goes on! From Friday, November 7th to Sunday, November 22nd, 15 titles are available on In-Edit’s online venue via the free streaming platform CaixaForum+.
