- Source: 68th Valladolid International Film Festival
The 68th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) took place from 21 to 28 October 2023, in Valladolid, Spain. The Movie Teller, an adaptation of the Hernán Rivera Letelier's novel, directed by Lone Scherfig, opened the festival.
Background
The festival will be directed by José Luis Cienfuegos for the first time, takes over after Javier Angulo, who served as the festival's director from 2009 to 2022. Cienfuegos had previously taken the same role for the Seville European Film Festival and the Gijón International Film Festival.
A new competitive section named Alquimias was introduced, destined to "welcome stories set in distant latitudes, tales that define a time and a place, while portraying the passions inherent in the human condition and highlighting the possibilities of cinema as a shared mirror of world events". A €10,000 award will be presented to the winner, sponsored by Grupo Recoletas Red Hospitalaria.
Later in October, actresses Charlotte Rampling, Nathalie Baye, and Kiti Mánver were announced as the recipients of Honorary Spikes. Actress Blanca Portillo and the European Film Academy completed the set of recipients of Honorary Spikes. Meritxell Colell, Mike Goodridge, Pan Nalin, Jara Yáñez, and Iván Granovsky were announced of jury members of the official selection.
Sections
The films selected for each section are as follows:
= Official competition
=The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Spike:
Feature-Length Films
Highlighted title indicates Golden Spike winner.
Short Films
= Punto de Encuentro
=The following films were selected for the Punto de Encuentro section:
Feature-Length Films
Short Films
= Tiempo de Historia
=The following films were selected for the Tiempo de Historia section, dedicated to non-fiction films:
Feature-Length Films
Short Films
= Alquimias
=The following films were selected for the Alquimias section:
= Memoria y Utopía
=The following films were selected for the Memoria y Utopía section, dedicated to restored films:
= EFA (European Film Academy)
=The following films were selected for the EFA section, for European films chosen by the European Film Academy:
= Educación
=The following films were selected for the Educación section, consisting of Miniminci and Seminci Joven, for films intended for young audiences:
= Cine Gourmet
=The following films were selected for the Cine Gourmet section, consisting of films that see gastronomy through the eyes of cinema:
= Cine de Castilla y León
=The following films are productions made in Castile and León:
Awards
Some of the festival award winners are listed as follows:
= Official section
=Golden Spike: The Permanent Picture by Laura Ferrés
Silver Spike: La chimera by Alice Rohrwacher
Best Director: Angela Schanelec for Music
Best Screenplay: Marco Bellocchio and Susanna Nicchiarelli for Kidnapped
Best Actress: Léa Seydoux for The Beast
Best Actor: Dave Turner for The Old Oak
Best New Director: Molly Manning Walker for How to Have Sex
Best Cinematography: Ivan Marković for Music
Best Editing: Gesa Jäger for The Teachers' Lounge
Golden Spike for Best Short Film: Wander to Wonder by Nina Gantz
Silver Spike for Best Short Film: Aitana by Marina Alberti
= Meeting Point
=Best Film: Gasoline Rainbow by Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
Special Jury Prize: Arthur&Diana by Sara Summa
Special Mention: Animal by Sofia Exarchou
Best Foreign Short: Nocturnal Burger by Reema Maya
Special Mention for Best Foreign Short: Heartbreak Hotel by Emma Axelroud Bernard, Toujours Panthère
The Night of Spanish Shorts Award: Meteoro by Víctor Moreno
= Tiempo de Historia
=First Prize: Between Revolutions by Vlad Petri
Second Prize: Pictures of Ghosts by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Prize to the Best Short Documentary: Ours by Morgane Frund
= Alquimias
=Recoletas Award for Best Feature Film: Femme by Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping
Special Mention: Critical Zone by Ali Ahmadzadeh
= Other awards
=Doc Spain Award: Zinzindurrunkarratz by Oskar Alegria
Castilla y León Short Film Award: The King of the Week by David Pérez Sañudo
Green Spike: Muyeres by Marta Lallana
Special Mention: Crack of Dawn by Anna Llargués
FIPRESCI Award: Foremost by Night by Víctor Iriarte
Fundos Award: The Battle by Vera Gito
Audience Award Official Section: The Old Oak by Ken Loach
Audience Award Meeting Point: Muyeres by Marta Lallana
Audience Award Time of History: The Mother of All Lies by Asmae El Moudir
Young SEMINCI Award: The Movie Teller by Lone Scherfig
Young Jury Prize Official Section: How to Have Sex by Molly Manning Walker
Meeting Point Youth Jury Award: One Last Evening by Lukas Nathrath
Youth Jury Mention Meeting Point: Hello Darkness by Soda Jerk
Rainbow Spike: All of Us Strangers by Andrew Haigh
Special Mention: On the Go by María Giséle Royo, Julia De Castro
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 68th Valladolid International Film Festival
- Valladolid International Film Festival
- 69th Valladolid International Film Festival
- All of Us Strangers
- The Beast (2023 film)
- Music (2023 film)
- The Shadowless Tower
- The Permanent Picture
- Memento mori (TV series)
- Sweet Dreams (2023 film)
