XXXI Mostra collected 33,870 euros and welcomes participation of over 46,000 people.
Valencia, October 27 .- The XXXI Mostra Valencia International Film Festival Action and Adventure, has had the participation of more than 46,000 people, which is 68% more support than the last edition (27,500 people) , and has raised 33,870 euros, 225% more than in 2009 (10,401 euros).
These data were released today by the First Deputy Mayor of Valencia, Alfonso Grau, in, eve isk, a press conference with the director of the Mostra de Valencia, Salomon Castiel, to provide an assessment of the festival, held from 15 and 23 October.
Grau explained according to the official sections and the different cycles of the festival attended by 14,588 people, 57% more than in the previous year, when 9,291 spectators attended and which is "to be, star trek online gold, a fifty percent above the average last five years. "
In addition, the Mostreta has received 16,431 people, while parallel activities such as lectures director Peter Lord and designer Javier Mariscal has received an average of 300 attendees, the exhibition of comics has received 9,600 visits, roundtables Fnac , 1,200 attendees and Comic hall and workshops have had 4,000 people.
"We're in, gaia gold, the right direction, considering that it is the first year of their new venture," remarked Grau, for whom the Show "over several issues need to be consolidated."
Also, for this edition of the Mostra there were 281 accredited media, 82.5% from the previous year, with a significant increase in national media, which increased from nine to twenty-one, 2009 this, fallen earth chips, year.
"We're still far from other festivals like Sitges or Valladolid consolidated but they take many years to its format and we start a new journey, with a link to the Mediterranean but with a new model," Grau justified.
For the director of the Show, it is important that 80% of the movies that have been issued in the main sections is unprecedented in Spain.
"We have not chosen the easy path but just the opposite," he said and stressed the presence of dealers who have been "thermometer" of their work.
"The data shows that the idea was useful to a majority of the people of Valencia," Castiel said and added that his way of consolidation will be "2 or 3 years" and they need that time to "consolidate and differentiate."
For the purpose of the event Castiel still "engage citizens" and in that sense, he stressed that the parallel activities "have doubled" from previous editions.
Also, has revealed that one of the movies that project and which premiered at the Mostra, "Stoner" is currently fundraising record box office of Spanish cinema.
Alfonso Grau remarked already working in the next edition of the Show, to be held in April, the budget relies to be "at least the same" in this edition and will continue "the line marked" in this issue.