It is the reference children’s film festival in Galicia and brings to the youngest public a very wide and careful selection of high quality international works whose access would be especially difficult for this type of viewers, with special attention to the productions of filmmakers and schools from Galicia. The response of this public is always faithful and enthusiastic, and every year they fill up the rooms that are installed within the museum facilities to host this event.
The contents, divided into three age groups (+0, +3, +7) through the Vagalumes, Miñocas and Fanecas sections, are intended not only to facilitate the enjoyment of their always surprising, fascinating and educational content, but also the training of viewers with a critical spirit, capable of discovering and demanding languages, forms, expressions, cultures, sensitivities and alternative views to those usually offered in the nearest commercial channels.
In PequeFilmes, these young spectators are the only jurors, who with their votes and evaluations award the prizes that the festival awards each year.
Along with the competitive sections, the festival is completed with a varied and constantly moving program, articulated around national cinematographies, retrospectives of filmmakers, thematic axes and collaborations with other festivals, organizations, groups and institutions.
Every year, PequeFilmes also organizes different Obradoiros (workshops), where hundreds of boys and girls participate in educational activities related to cinema, animation and audiovisual language.
PequeFilmes. Children’s Film Festival in Santiago de Compostela is organized by the Xunta de Galicia through the Gaiás Museum Centre of the Cidade da Cultura in Santiago de Compostela, with the collaboration of Cinética.
Miñocas (+3 years old) Audience Award: 1000 €
Fanecas (+7 years old) Audience Award: 1000 €