Spain’s Valladolid Festival Honors Berenice Bejo, Charlotte Rampling, Broadens Its Spanish Cinema Range, Bets on International Growth
20.10.2023 - 19:15
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Emiliano De Pablos One of Spain’s biggest and oldest movie events, the Valladolid Intl. Film Festival, known as the Seminci in Spain, is broadening its range of Spanish films and aims to strengthen its position as an international platform for art films. Running Oct.
21-28 in Valladolid, the capital city of Spanish region Castilla-Leon, the Seminci’s 68th edition marks the first under new director José Luis Cienfuegos, named last April. With an illustrious near 30-year career as a festival director, at the helm of the Seville European Film Festival (2012-2023) and prior to that at the Gijon Intl. Film Festival (1995-2011), Cienfuegos has arrived to Valladolid at a time when a new generation of Spanish film auteurs, often women, is booming, making waves at the international festivals circuit.
“Valladolid is a city absolutely dedicated to the festival that demands and needs to open the doors to a new generation of filmmakers,” Cienfuegos argues. Alongside lending a larger visibility to cutting-edge auteurist and radical voices from Spain, this year’s Seminci will expand the range of its local films promoting commercial plays – with world premieres of Joaquín Mazón’s Spanish-Mexican comedy “The Night My Dad Saved Christmas,” and Prime Video-Zebra’s Valladolid-set thriller series “Memento Mori,” both special screenings, a formula Cienfuegos already successfully practiced in Seville. The festival’s new direction team also aims to leverage its experience to boost Valladolid’s international reach, consolidating its stars as a benchmark even for auteurist titles.
The Seminci holds a long tradition of commitment to Spanish cinema. This year, Spain’s weighty presence encompasses 15 features playing in competitive sections. Among
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