Fuente Obejuna closes FOCO 2026 with the awards gala this Saturday
The FOCO 2026 film festival wraps up this Saturday, October 17, three days of short films, talks and shows in Fuente Obejuna.
The FOCO 2026 Festival in Fuente Obejuna faces its final day this Saturday, October 17, after three days of short film screenings, professional meetings, talks and shows. The event is spread between the Palacete Modernista and the Teatro Lope de Vega in the municipality.
A gala to close
Saturday's programme starts at 11:00 with a show by the María Hames circus and dance company at the Palacete Modernista. At 12:00 the talk-discussion «Anatomía de un cortometraje. De la idea inicial al montaje final» takes place, with Javier Barbero and Stefilla González, sponsored by the Academia de Cine de Andalucía. At 13:00 comes the fourth short film screening at the Teatro Lope de Vega.
The closing comes in the afternoon: at 20:00 the awards gala is held, bringing the festival's three days to an end.
What the festival has left behind
The programme began on Thursday, October 15 with the opening at the Palacete Modernista at 19:30 and the first short film screening at the Teatro Lope de Vega at 20:00. This Friday, October 16, after the official inauguration at 12:15 at the Palacete Modernista, the second short film session and the presentation of the Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla were scheduled at 13:00. In the afternoon, the screening of the short film Tsunami, directed and presented by María Pulido, at 19:30, and a new short film session at 20:00.
Who backs the event
The official inauguration was attended by Francisco Ángel Martín Molina, director of the IES Lope de Vega de Fuente Obejuna; Gabriel Duque Moreno, special delegate deputy for Culture of the Diputación de Córdoba; Silvia Mellado, Andalusian parliamentarian and councillor of the Ayuntamiento de Fuente Obejuna, and Javier Goytre, representing the Brumaria collective. According to the Ayuntamiento, that presence reflects the collaboration between entities to bring cinema and culture closer to the public and to boost the municipality's cultural activity.
To attend
The activities are held at the Palacete Modernista and the Teatro Lope de Vega in Fuente Obejuna. The awards gala is set for Saturday, October 17 at 20:00.
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