The Pancho Lasso School has hosted the thirteenth edition of the Crayón film festival, a forum for meeting, projecting and enjoying the visual creations of the students and alumni of the Pancho Lasso School of Art. An event that has had the rigor of a professional external jury; all in a relaxed atmosphere, which is the hallmark of the School of Art.
It should be noted that this festival prioritizes the spirit of collaboration, in which there is no shortage of enthusiasm from the Photocall, the original designs of the posters in the style of the most memorable Hollywood, or the distinguished red carpet for the laureates. Therefore, the Crayón Awards are a showcase for emerging talent on the island and a platform to boost the careers of future filmmakers. These awards are much more than a film festival. So much so that a selection of them, along with short films from recent festivals in the Archipelago, will be screened at the Almacén, within the project 'The short is cinema', organized by the Cineclub Lanzarote, next Saturday, May 25 at 5:00 p.m. A real luxury.
In case it were a peccata minuta, as a culmination, the Pancho Lasso School of Art exhibits the 'Collection of programs' by Pedro Gómez Cabrera, curated by his son and school teacher, Pedro Nicolás Gómez.
It is worth highlighting the exceptional nature of the exhibited collection: for almost a century, the programs were the advertising used by production, distribution and projection room companies to attract the viewer. Its maximum popularity coincides with the splendor of the seventh art between the thirties and sixties. Cinema was popularly equated with “elitist” shows, cultured theater and opera, so owning a program became a ceremonial and sometimes almost mysterious act.
Papers, textures and colors that make us travel in time and evoke the magic that in its day surrounded the fiction projected on the screens. An "endearing" exhibition that cinema lovers "should not miss". It will be open until May 29 in the hall of the E.A. Pancho Lasso, from Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and free admission, according to the school.
In short, Lanzarote and the Pancho Lasso School of Art, as always, of cinema.