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choose the best ones, but the fact that they are in the official section is already a triumph not only for them, but for Alzheimer’s research and for society as a whole”.
To share ideas regarding this interesting meeting, Dr. Miguel Medina, CIBERNED Deputy Scientific Director, and the film director and screenwriter Alfonso Albac- ete, participated in the “Alzheimer’s on the big screen” colloquium, in which they discussed the different ways to bring science and a social reality like Alzheim- er’s disease to the movies. The spokesperson for the Pasqual Maragall Foun- dation, Cristina Maragall, and the film and television director David Ulloa, who presented his short film “Naturales”, also spoke about the impact of the disease on the lives of patients and their families.
This first edition of the Festival wanted to include among the members of the jury prominent personalities from both the scientific and cinematographic fields. Thus, the jury was chaired by Raquel Yotti, director of the Carlos III Institute of Health. Other members included : José Luis Nogueira, Secretary of the Queen Sofia Foundation; Alfonso Albacete, film director; Javier Elorrieta, film director, composer and screenwriter; Carmen Utrilla, casting director; Miguel Ángel Vale- ro, actor who gave life to the mythical Piranha from the series ‘Verano Azul’; Ma Isabel González Ingelmo, managing director of CRE Alzheimer-Imserso (State Reference Center for care and intervention for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and their families); Begoña Cortés, general director of At- tention to the Elderly and to the Dependency of the CAM; Cheles Cantabrana, president of the Spanish Alzheimer’s Confederation (CEAFA); Ma Luisa San José, actress; and Milagros Martín-Lucas, communication consultant and writer..
Rock Memory Series
Last November, Hard Rock Café Madrid presented the “Hard Rock Memory Series”, in which 25 great musicians joined the fight against Alzheimer’s through a charity auction.
7. Dissemination activities
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