
Abnormal, Aitor Guti rrez, and The devil on your back, of Haritz Zubillaga, winners of the International Festival of short films-Hispasat 4K A place, Iv n Fern ndez de C rdoba; The darkness keeper, of Rodrigo Ati nzar; Coves for Eva, of Ilune Diaz; and Empathy, of V ctor Claramunt, complete palmares of the contest.
The Center International of culture contemporary Tabakalera of San Sebastian hosted in the evening of this Wednesday, the gala of closing of the Festival International of short Hispasat 4 K in which is gave to know them six works award-winning in this second edition of the contest, one of them first of the world dedicated to short films entirely recorded and postproducidos in 4 K.
The jury has been integrated by: Ignacio Sanchis (Business Manager of) HISPASAT(, that acted as Chairman), the director Fernando Colomo ()The isla bonita, to the South of Granada...), the producer Adrian war ()Palm trees in the snow, Buried...), the filmmaker Paula Ortiz)The wedding, of your window to the mine(...), Jesus Ulled (producer of Cine365 Film), Yolanda Vicente (Content Expert in Samsung Spain), William child (Senior Manager of Broadcast, OTT and Home Video in Dolby), Edith Martinez Odriozola (Director of the Area of culture and society of TVE), Miguel Angel Doncel (Advisor delegate of Sgo), Daniel Perez (Product Manager for the divisions of Optical Devices, Photo Imaging and Recording Media of Fujifilm) and Javier Vald s (partner founder of Ad Hoc Studios).
Stressing the quality of the works in competition, agreed to grant the Hispasat Prize for the best short to Abnormal, of Aitor Gutierrez (Spain, 2014, 1534 "). Haritz Zubillaga is lifted up with the prize to the best director for his short Haritz Zubillaga (Spain, 2015, 516 ).
The prize Samsung of the jury was to stop to A place, Iv n Fern ndez de C rdoba (Spain, 2016, 1200 ) while in sound, The darkness keeper, of Rodrigo Ati nzar (Spain, 2016, 1841 "), won the award.
The RTVE Award for the best short film school has been to Eva coves, Ilune D az (Spain, 2016, 1420 ) while the Fujifilm/Sgo won the best cinematography award has gone to V ctor Claramunt for his work in Empathy (Spain, 2015, 430 ).
Implementation of the UHD
In the course of the gala Carlos thorns, Advisor delegate of Hispasat, stressed it quickly with which is is implementing the technology of Ultra high definition (UHD) and their excellent perspectives in a future immediate. Highlighted the advance technology that has so-called the high range dynamic (HDR), that allows play a range of luminance more wide to get a greater level of detail, more brightness, greater contrast and more color, achieving a greater realism.
Hawthorns summarized some recent reporting data: 31 million of 4K televisions were sold in 2015, and in 2016 it will reach 43 million; It is estimated that by 2020 will be sold 140 million units, of which 58 million will have HDR technology, and transmitted 200 UHD television channels, which by 2025 will reach 800 (70% of them, satellite). In fact, already there are more than 80 channels 4 K disseminated by different operators and platforms of television, and more than 1,200 series and movies available in this technology. Also on the Internet, where video traffic will be in 2020, 80% of the total, the contents distributed through platforms OTT 4 k have a massive development in the next five years.
Also, the CEO stressed that the quality of the image is a factor increasingly valued by viewers, so that about 75% of television content providers considered that consumers would be willing to pay for an increase in the price of your subscription from the 10 and 30% for service in 4 k. thorns emphasized the role of HISPASAT as a promoter of this Ultra high definition technology from its origins, and thanked the excellent reception that has had the Festival international Hispasat 4 K both between them LL as among the companies of the sector. More than 100 directors from 14 different countries have presented their works to the contest in this second edition of the contest, open to any genre works made from January 1, 2014, with a maximum duration of 25 minutes.
El Festival Internacional HISPASAT 4K se ha convertido este a o en patrocinador del Festival de San Sebasti n. Por este motivo todas sus actividades se han desarrollado en el marco de este incomparable evento cinematogr fico. Esta segunda edici n ha incorporado, adem s, dos nuevos galardones: la categor a de Mejor Direcci n, que otorga al ganador la posibilidad de dirigir un largometraje producido por Cine365 Film a lo largo de 2017, y el premio del Jurado, patrocinado por Samsung.
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