“‘Sangferatu’, de Joan de Matos Pascual, gana el Certamen de Vídeo ‘Ho duc a la Sang’; ‘Tu què faries?’ obtiene el segundo premio”

The Balearic Youth Institute (IBJOVE), through the Carnet Jove programme, together with the Balearic Blood and Tissue Bank Foundation, presented today the first prize of the “Ho duc a la Sang” Video Contest to the short film “Sangferatu”, created by Joan de Matos Pascual. The piece received 87.80 points, making it the highest-rated work by the evaluation committee. The award includes a €1,000 prize.

The ceremony took place at the IBJOVE headquarters and was attended by Catalina Isern, Director General for Families, Childhood, Youth, Diversity and Equality; Tomàs Amer, Director of IBJOVE; and Rosa Maria Tarragó, Managing Director of the Blood and Tissue Bank Foundation.

Joan de Matos Pascual

This contest, which this year also featured a special edition for educational centres, aims to encourage creativity among young people and promote blood donation within this age group. Through this initiative, IBJOVE and the Blood Bank strengthen their commitment to youth participation and the promotion of solidarity.

Joan de Matos, trained at the Centre for Photographic Studies (CEF), is an audiovisual creator, camera operator, director and screenwriter with experience in fiction, animation and documentary projects. He currently lives in the Netherlands.

The second prize, worth €500, was awarded to “Tu què faries?”, created by Laia Cardona Palerm and Irene Riera Gómez.