The Film Academy hosts in its eighth edition FESCIMED, the International Film Festival for Democratic Memory. The Secretary of State for Democratic Memory, Fernando Martínez, stressed in the presentation of the VIII Festival that "the government of Spain has been supporting FESCIMED and will continue to do so because it has become an international benchmark of Democratic Memory for young people and a magnificent showcase for the promotion and dissemination of memory."
Accompanied by the lawyer and president of the NGO “Movement for Peace, Disarmament and Freedom”, Paquita Sauquillo, Fernando Martínez has presented at the ceremony the Lola González Ruiz Award to the actor, presenter and musician José Miguel Monzón (the Greater Wyoming) for his artistic commitment to Freedom and Memory.
The Festival has been presented by its director Carlos Olalla and by Amparo Climent, president of the Association “Art and Memory” in which the organization of its activities falls.