Winners Hell Chess Festival 2019 (summer session in Jerez)

The last Friday the 13th our Director gave a conference about the Theme of this session "Supernatural" and the UFO question, totally essential to understand the life we live as puppets under this world.

The five finalists were well welcome in the University of Cádiz Jerez and finally only two films got the Jury and the Audience awards:

MOONFLOWER BY  Deb Ethier------Special Audience Award

THIRTY PIECES BY James Weir------Winner Hell Chess Fest. 2019 (Jury Award)

After watching hundreds of films these are the winners and all the Selections can be specially proud of being finalists after such rigorous procedure.

Official Selection summer 2019

These are the finalists from our festival season. Hundreds of films received to reach this demanding Official Selection. The next September 13 in Jerez we will award the best film of the Hell  Chess Festival 2019.

-Una sola bala.....(Venezuela).... directed by Stuart Rivas

This film is about suicide and what we find interesting is the vision of the impossibility
of escaping from problems after killing yourself. You will be in the mental same place...

All the world is at stage...(Singapore)... directed by Hannes Rall

This brief animation film is based in Shakespeare but what we find appealing is the visual concept, with few brushes his author tells the story of the sad living of many.

Moonflower...(Canada)...directed by Deb Ethier


Moonflower is a very stylish little piece of animation. The classical good taste is what we find more interesting in a world where everything is excessive.

Meltdown...(UK)...directed by Guli Silberstein

It looks like an abstract exercise but it is not. It´s like a documentary critic of we world we live but with  tasty filters and overlapped images with a real beauty.

Thirty pieces...(Australia)...directed by James Weir

This is a film deserved to be watched several times to understand the unexpected final twist of the story and the message regarding drug addiction, religion, salvation or hell.

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Apart from these Official selected films we are going to screen out of competition (but past winners) the Sherry Wang´s movies Chess Song and Messages from beyond. These films got a special connection with the soul of our festival and will be screened in our event forever.

And of course our work as filmmaking  society.

See you soon!

        

Second Session HELL CHESS FESTIVAL 2019

The call of entries is open to the final of the Hell Chess Film Festival 2019.

The glory of cinema is here. Sometimes you forget to see far away. If you really see more beyond this is your festival.

All kind of films are permitted. All films compete in the same category. Regardless duration.
The winner got a sterling silver trophy. The rest categories got virtual diplomas. See you soon in Jerez.

First session of the Hell Chess Festival 2019

And this the video final result of the First session of the Hell Chess Festival 2019:

All of them are former winners of The Hell Chess Festival in different categories.

......... EXIT, David King, (Best Director in 2016)
......... GIRL INDIGO, Sherry Wang,  (Best Film in 2017)
......... TODO POR GALACTUS, José Araujo, Rodrigo Lamoso (Best Writer in 2018)
......... OLTRE LA FINESTRA, Francesco Testi (Lola Manzano Best Acting in 2017)
......... MOVIE PUSSIES, Carlos Martín (Music homage 2016)
......... COLLAR, Enmanuel Russel (Special Audience Award 2018)
......... EL VELORIO, Gus Arteaga (Best Film and Best Acting to M. Balderas in 2018)

Plus we screen Official Selections to 2019:

........... Todo empezó así, Jorjesús, España (out of competition)
........... Be my Rebel, Nena & Dave Stewart, Germany (Official Selection)

HELL CHESS FESTIVAL 2019

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The Hell Chess Film festival is an event celebrated in Campo de Gibraltar, Spain. This year we got a special Festival with a final venue in Madrid and/or a special venue still to be chosen. We celebrate our screening and Awards Festival. We celebrate the commemoration of the great Hell Chess film made by From the ruin to Paradise society. This is our 4th Edition . This year you´ll receive a philosophical welcoming! We invite all artists from the whole world to participate. Every year since 2013, we project our Hell Chess film and we play chess in a tournament. But this year the thing is going to be completed with your artistic works (films and photos) . So, we have a double contest to all kind of films and to photos of cinemas. Make a better place to live with the best of your souls! And be elegant to express it in here

The Winners in 2018

When the final sessión in Madrid is over you can see this video and all the winners of the Hell Chess Film Festival 2018 are:


            Best Film Winner: EL VELORIO (The Wake) by Gustavo Arteaga.
            Best Director: Nikita Diakur for UGLY.
            Best Music: Brandon Fietcher for CHESS SONG by Sherry Wang.
            Best Script: Rodrigo Lamoso for TODO POR GALACTUS by José Araujo.
            Best Acting: Miriam Balderas for EL VELORIO.
            Speechless Award: TAINTED ANGELS by The Bless Studio.
            Technical Merit: UGLY by Nikita Diakur.
            Spirit Award: Debra Hookey for MESSAGES FROM BEYOND by Sherry Wang.
            Special Audience Award: COLLAR by Enmanuel Russ.
            Audience Award: OUR WONDERFUL NATURE by Tomer Eshed.
            Photo Contest: Declared Deserted.

 

                               
 

Final schedule in Madrid

The screening at Hotel Juan Valiente in Nigüelas has been great.
A very distinguished audience has enjoyed your films.
We will go on in this cozy place during this month while we collect votes for the Audience Award.
So until January 12, 2018 we are going to debate and vote all the Hell Chess Awards*

But the final event will be in Teatro Pilar Miró (Madrid)....January 12, 2018 at 8 pm.
Our jury has decided to screen these films to the final event too in Madrid (Spain):

    * Chess Song ( U.S.A  2017) directed by Shihyun Wang

    *  Ugly ( Germany 2017) directed by Nikita Diakur

    * Todo por Galactus (Spain 2017) directed by José Araujo
  
    * Tainted Angels (U.S.A 2016) directed by Studi Bless
   
     * El Velorio (UK 2017) directed by Gustavo Arteaga


The event will be closed with the awards ceremony.

* All the Official Selections can be awarded with the "Valiente Prize" (Audience Award) even if they are not  screening finalists in Madrid.