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After two years without being held due to the pandemic, the Film Festival will return on May 3, 4 and 5 in its eighteenth edition, with tickets reduced to 3.50 euros, the Spanish cinema federation announced today. DATE.

The event, which seeks to promote public attendance at cinemas as a social and cultural habit, comes at a difficult time for exhibitors, with an

compared to the average from the same period between 2015 and 2019, according to data from Comscore Movies Spain.

The film festival had been held twice a year until October 2019, when the last edition prior to the restrictions implemented in March 2020 by

took place , and gathered more than 2.2 million viewers in three days.

Organized by FECE together with the federation of distributors (Fedicine) and the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), the initiative celebrated a decade since its launch in 2019.

The first edition was held in 2009 on an annual basis and

event .

In total,

: 1.82 million in May and 2.2 million in October, the second best historical edition after October 2016 (2.65 million viewers).

This new edition arrives in very different conditions with the box office very affected by the pandemic.

2021 closed with a total of 41 million viewers, 45% more than the fateful 2020, but far from the 105 million tickets sold in 2019.

To participate in the Film Festival, prior accreditation is required on the website

, except for those over 60 and under 14 who do not require it.

Advance ticket sales for the three days will begin on Monday, May 2, exclusively online, both on cinema websites and on traditional ticket sales websites.

On Tuesday, May 3, the first day of the Film Festival, tickets can also be purchased at the box office and at the kiosks located at the cinema entrances.

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