The Festival de Cine de Alcala de Henares/Comunidad de Madrid [Alcala de Henares/Region of Madrid Film Festival] will be held for the 37th year in 2007, making it one of the longest-running film festivals in the region and one of the most important cultural events for then city of Alcala de Henares. This year’s festival will take place from 9th to 17th November, nine days in which a whole series of activities related to cinema are organized. The two most important sections of this 37th edition of the festival are the Certamen Nacional de Cortometrajes [National Short Film Contest] and the Certamen Europeo de Cortometrajes [European Short Film Contest]. Two other featured sections will be El dia de Irlanda [Ireland Day], with film screenings, music and social gatherings, and Voces del tiempo [“Contemporary Voices”], an ambitious project presenting a publication, film series and exhibition of the emerging movers of Spanish cinema. In addition, other sections in the Festival’s schedule include: “Open Screen for New Filmmakers”, Toy Story (a series of short films involving toys), “Cutting Close to the Bone” (a new section devoted to hot current events), Sonica 07 (music from films performed live on the nights of the festival), “The Night is Short”, “Europe in Short Films”, Short Cuts, “Commercials”, “Shorts a la carte”, “Movies 4 Teens”, “Not Intended for Grown-Ups”, “No Budget” (workshops on low-budget film production), “The Night is Short” and Pinchacortos [“Film Jockey”].