Against all odds, Seminci celebrates cinema at the close of its 65th edition
10/31 / 2020.- “It has been a different edition, given the current circumstances, but precisely because of that, it was extraordinary“. With these words, actress […]
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Teatro Calderón’s Hall of Mirrors becomes the stage for the closing gala’s green carpet ritual
10/31 / 2020.- The traditional green carpet ritual that precedes the Festival’s closing gala had an unusual feature in this 65th edition of the Valladolid […]
Lili Horvát, a clear winner at the 65th Seminci: “These awards have really surpassed my expectations
Brother tandem formed by Arab Nasser and Tarzan Nasser, the winners of the 65th Seminci’s Silver Spike, talk with the president of the International Jury […]
‘Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time’ wins the Golden Spike of the 65th Seminci
The Hungarian film also bagged the Pilar Miró award for Best New Director (Lilli Horvát) and the award for Best Actress for the movie’s protagonist […]
Ignacio Acconcia presents in DOC. España ‘El Niño de fuego’, a story of resilience
The director met Aleixo Paz seven years ago and decided to tell the story of his struggle to overcome adversity 10/30/2020.- Ignacio Acconcia’s El niño de fuego […]
Seminci’s Meeting Point hosts the screening of five short-length films in its classic programme The Spanish Short Film Night
The projects are eligible for the Best Spanish Short Film award 10/30/2020.- The 65th Valladolid International Film Festival screens today, as part of its Meeting […]
Díaz Lorenzo presents ‘The Wish List’, a “very optimistic” story of two women with cancer.
30/30/2020.- Directed by Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo, La lista de los deseos (The Wish List’) tells the story of two women with breast cancer who, together […]
Emmanuel Courcol on ‘The Big Hit’: “It takes very good actors to throw a lousy performance”
The French director will close the 65th Seminci with his second feature film, a comedy based on real events 10/30/2020.- French actor and director Emmanuel […]
‘Maragall i la Lluna’ portrays the Catalan politician as “heterodoxical and unclassifiable”
30/10/ 2020.- This Friday a special screening of the documentary Maragall i la Lluna took place in the Broadway cinemas. The film re-examines the figure […]
Miguel Ángel Jiménez brings mature love and near death closer in ‘Window to the Sea’
10/30/2020.- The fiction film Window to the sea, directed by Miguel Ángel Jiménez, was screened at the Spanish Cinema section of the 65th Valladolid International […]
Zheng Lu Xinyuan: ‘The Cloud in Her Room’ is “a contemporary story”
30/10/2020.- On the penultimate day of the 65th Seminci, Chinese filmmaker Zheng Lu Xinyuan presented her first film, The Cloud in Her Room, a “contemporary” […]
Ostrochovský offers in ‘Servants’ a new look at the relationship between the Catholic Church and communism
This is the second fiction film directed by Ostrochovský, who is more involved in the world of documentaries 10/30/2020.- Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovský presented his […]
Javier Rioyo recounts the history of the Valley of the Fallen, “Franco’s mistress”, in ‘Angels with Sword’
The filmmaker says that the monumental ensemble commissioned by dictator Francisco Franco is an interesting place for us to learn about “our history” 10/29/2020.- Angels […]
Greta Schiller’s ‘The Land Of Azaba’ promotes environmental care
29/10/2020.- The Land Of Azaba, a documentary directed by Greta Schiller, has been presented in the DOC. Spain section of the 65th Valladolid International Film Festival, […]
Víctor García León presents ‘Los Europeos’, an adaptation of Rafael Azcona’s book
The film is presented in the Spanish Cinema section, and it tries to portray Spain in the 50’s 30/10/2020.- The Broadway cinemas in Valladolid hosted […]
Lee Isaac Chung on ‘Minari’: “I wanted to leave my children the story of how I grew up as a legacy”
The director feared the response from his family more than the screening at the festival 10/30/2020.- US director Lee Isaac Chung presented this Thursday in […]
Oliver Laxe: “Quien necesite hacer una película, la hará. Si no la hace, no lo necesitaba”
29/10/2020.- After suffering a retinal detachment and only a few hours away from the corresponding surgery, Óliver Laxe faced this morning the master class scheduled […]
Seminci screens six short films scheduled in the “Castile and León For Short” section
10/29/2020.- One more year the Valladolid Film Festival renews its support for its short film sidebar “Castile and León in Short”, a showcase of some […]
Ahmad Bahrami, director of ‘The Wasteland’: “Humans tend to see things in black or white”
29/10/2020.- Iranian director Ahmad Bahrami presented this Thursday on the 65th Seminci’s Official Section his feature film The Wasteland, set in one of the thousand artisan brick […]
Jonathan Nossiter’s latest film ‘Last Words’ will be the 65th Seminci’s surprise film
The American director’s film is based on the novel Mes derniers mots, by Santiago Amigorena 29/10/2020.- The surprise film of the 65th edition of Valladolid […]
Miguel Eek presents ‘Próximamente últimos días’, a story about the cooperative project CineCiutat
CineCiutat is a cooperative film theatre, pioneering in Spain, which screens auteur cinema in its original version thanks to its 1,200 members. That is the […]
Patxi Uriz defends the value of vegetable gardens in ‘The Last of La Mejana. Rebellion and Hope’
The Cinema & Climate Change section of the 65th Seminci will screen the feature film ‘Los últimos de La Mejana, rebeldía y esperanza’, directed by […]
Hubert Sauper: “With ‘Epicentro’ I have sought to understand the psychology of empires”
On Wednesday, The Time of History section hosted the presentation of the documentary ‘Epicentro’, by Hubert Sauper, in which the Austrian director narrates the situation […]
The short film ‘The End (of something)’ wins the first prize at the 5th Rueda con Rueda Festival
‘En el aire’ (‘Up in the Air’), shot at the Finca Montepedroso winery and directed by Javier Gómez Bello, won the award for best short […]
