- Gas Natural Fenosa renews its backing of the San Sebastian Festival and announces Proyecto Tiempo (Time Project), a feature film directed by Isabel Coixet and produced by the energy company as part of its Cinergía initiative aimed at expanding commitment to energy savings and efficiency.
- The film consists of four pieces, conceived as short films, the first of which will have its premiere at this year's San Sebastian Festival.
This morning the Managing Director of Communication and Institutional Relations at GAS NATURAL FENOSA, Jordi Garcia Tabernero, announced renewal of the energy company's agreement to back the San Sebastian Festival for the sixth year running. He signed the agreement with the Festival Director, José Luis Rebordinos, revealing that this year's Festival will be the framework for presenting the first part of the Cinergía production on which it is working with the director Isabel Coixet, aimed at expanding commitment to energy savings and efficiency among the general public.
During the event, the energy company announced the details of its second production, Time Project, a film directed by Isabel Coixet, the Spanish female filmmaker to have landed most Goya Awards (5), and starring Pablo Rivero, who was present at the event.
Jordi Garcia Tabernero confirmed that "we are proud to be able to announce renewal of our promotion of the San Sebastian Festival, the most prestigious in Spain and an international reference, and to announce the details of the fourth edition of Cinergía, our most emblematic project in the field of cinema, which was precisely granted five Suns a few days ago at the Ibero-American Advertising Festival".
Time Project, directed by Barcelona's Isabel Coixet, comprises four parts linked to one another, each one self-standing in its own right. The first of the four will be released in September, at the San Sebastian Festival. At this edition, which will once again enjoy the collaboration of the El Terrat production company and the Arena Media agency, we must mention that the public has played a leading part, having been able to personalise certain key details of the filming by means of the company's film-related social media.
The feature film was shot in and around Barcelona with, on the cast, Carmen Machi, Lluís Homar, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Charlotte Vega, Óscar Casas, Laia Manzanares, Pablo Rivero, Belén Cuesta, Cristina Castaño, Adrià Collado, Hiba Abouk, Úrsula Corberó, Aitor Luna, Joel Bramona, Brays Efe and Mariona Terés.
Time Project with the Coixet stamp
Time Project is set in the future to portray an evolved society aware of the importance of energy efficiency while looking at the two faces of medium-term technological progress. In this evolved society a biochip is implanted in the brain of every new-born baby coming into the world, representing the most innovative technology of the year 2069. The man leading the initiative, the scientist Pablo Andrade, has an obsessive dream contaminated by a series of dark family secrets which will be gradually revealed to us over half a century of existence.
Time Project. Part I: The Key is the first instalment of the film to be presented at the San Sebastian Festival (September 22-30), starring Úrsula Corberó, Aitor Luna, Joel Bramona and Brays Efe. The little Pablo Andrade has come with his family to an escape room, guided by a peculiar character, Captain Level 7. To escape from time, they must find clues and solve puzzles related to energy efficiency. But Alma will finally change the rules of the game.
A leap forward in time and we find ourselves in Time Project. Part II: The Cure, starring Carmen Machi, Pablo Rivero, Belén Cuesta and Hiba Abouk. Pablo Andrade is a jobless but promising scientist obsessed with finding a way to cure the brain of his mother, Alma, after a stroke. Not only does the cure return the brain to its former state, it actually enhances it. And when Hugo is born, Alma has no doubts about what she has to do...
In Time Project. Part III: The Game, with Carmen Machi, Lluís Homar, Óscar Casas, Laia Manzanares, Cristina Castaño and Adrià Collado, Hugo Andrade is a teenager who constantly plays an augmented reality game going by the name of Final Game thanks to which he can capture the negative energy of crimes committed in the past and re-channel it through the device called Energyplay. One day, Hugo adjusts the settings to make the game more sensitive, a move that leads him to discover a crime he wasn't prepared for.
The last part, Time Project. Part IV: Brainstart, has the participation of Carmen Machi, Lluís Homar, Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Charlotte Vega and Mariona Terés. In 2069 the brains of all new-born babies are implanted with Brainstart, a biochip providing access to universal knowledge. Its inventor, Pablo Andrade, tested the system on his own child, Hugo, known all over the world as The Pioneer. Years later, Hugo is about to become a father for the first time; but his wife, Eva, refuses to have Brainstart implanted in her baby. The last Part of Cinergía IV promises to keep us on the edge of our seats until the very end, with an outcome that will reveal the whole truth about the Andrade family.
Global recognition of CINERGÍA
The first three editions have harvested a distinction that reflects the success of the initiative to date: more than 53 million TV and Internet viewings (of these, 32 million are due to the record number of viewings recorded in the third edition), a rise of 23.5% in conversations on energy efficiency, and around 80,000 social media followers.
Cinergía has also received the backing of the communication and marketing industry. Among the latest awards received are five Suns at the last Ibero-American Advertising Festival and the golds in Branded Content and Transmedia Campaigns at the IAB Inspirational Awards. It also landed a Silver and a Bronze award for Effectiveness in the media from the Spanish Association of Advertisers and the CultHunting Award for best corporate project linked to art and innovation.
GAS NATURAL FENOSA: sponsor of Spanish cinema
Seen as the leading sponsor of cinema in Spain according to the 2016 Millward Brown Survey, GAS NATURAL FENOSA has been linked to the film industry since 2008 thanks to supporting the country's biggest festivals and cinemas. Among others, it sponsors the San Sebastian Festival, the Sitges Film Festival, Madrid Premiere Week, Malaga Spanish Film Festival, the FEROZ® Critics Awards and the Cartagena International Film Festival, while more than 40 cinemas in Spain's Cinesa network bear the name of GAS NATURAL FENOSA. Together with the Spanish Film Academy, the company also fosters access to culture with its Gas Natural Fenosa Travelling Cinema Seasons.
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