The Festival de Málaga pays tribute to Guillermo Jiménez Smerdou with the premiere of El inventor del cine invisible
His son, Carlos Smerdeu, received a Biznaga de Honor in a ceremony attended by the Mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre
The Festival de Málaga, organised by Malaga City Council through Malaga Procultura, has paid tribute to the journalist and film critic Guillermo Jiménez Smerdou, on the occasion of the premiere of the documentary El inventor del cine invisible (The inventor of invisible cinema), directed by Manuel Jiménez Núñez. The event, held in the Christine Ruiz-Picasso Auditorium, included the posthumous awarding of a Biznaga de Honor in recognition of the career of the man who was a key figure in cultural and film journalism in Malaga and Spain.
The event was attended by the Mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre; Carlos Smerdou, son of the honoree; the director of the film, Manuel Jiménez Núñez; the expert in the history of Malaga cinema, María Pepa Lara García; the researcher and film expert, José Moreno Portales, a personal friend of Jiménez Smerdou, and the director of the Festival de Málaga, Juan Antonio Vigar.
During the tribute, Guillermo Jiménez Smerdou was honoured as Spain's longest-serving journalist and a reference in cultural journalism for decades. Throughout his extensive career, he published thousands of articles and over 8,000 film reviews, collaborated with numerous media outlets and, for more than three decades, ran a radio programme dedicated to the seventh art, making a decisive contribution to the dissemination and knowledge of cinema among several generations of readers and listeners.
The premiere of El inventor del cine invisible
The tribute was focused on the premiere of the documentary El inventor del cine invisible, by Manuel Jiménez Núñez and produced by Yolaperdono. With a script by journalist Agustín Rivera, the film reconstructs Jiménez Smerdou's professional and life trajectory through interviews, archive material and testimonies of people who shared with him different stages of his career.
The film also includes the participation of the main character himself, who was able to collaborate in the project before his death, providing valuable testimony about his experience as a chronicler of Malaga's cinema and cultural life for more than half a century.
The documentary brings together the interventions of prominent voices in journalism and culture linked to his career, including Teresa Santos, Joaquín Palmerola, Mari Luz Aguilar-Galindo, Manuel Castillo Casermeiro, Alfonso Vázquez, Paco García, Mari Pepa Lara, Juan Tomás Luengo, Carlos Smerdou, Antonio Roche, Hilda Jiménez Smerdou, Elena Blanco and Rafael Esteve.
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