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2023 film festival
The 69th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) took place from 18 to 26 October 2024, in Valladolid , Spain.[ 1] They Will Be Dust opened the festival.[ 2]
In June 2024, the festival announced the update of its branding image since 1984, the iconic lips by Leonese painter Manuel Sierra , with a revamped version developed by PobrelaVaca Studio's Félix Rodríguez and Ana María Hernández,[ 3] [ 4] which was included in the festival's poster for the 69th edition. On 21 August 2024, Carlos Marques-Marcet 's They Will Be Dust was announced as the festival's opening picture.[ 2] Later in August, the festival announced an early tranche of Spanish-produced and co-produced films to be part of different festivals sections.[ 5] [ 6]
On 15 October 2024, director Sofia Exarchou, actress Aida Folch , film critic Devika Girish, director Luis López Carrasco , and producer Ingmar Frost were announced as the members of the main competition jury.[ 7]
Official Section Feature Films [ edit ]
The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Spike:[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
The festival's special screenings include:[ 12] [ 13]
Meeting Point (Punto de Encuentro )[ edit ]
The following films were selected for the 'Meeting Point' section:
Alchemies (Alquimias )[ edit ]
The following films were selected for the Alquimias section:
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
The Adamant Girl
Kottukkaali
PS Vinothraj
India
Agora
Ala Eddine Slim
Tunisia France Saudi Arabia Qatar
Bluish
Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky
Austria
Cyborg Generation
Miguel Morillo Vega
Spain
The Great Yawn of History
Khamyazeye bozorg
Iran
The Human Hibernation [de ]
Anna Cornudella Castro
Spain
Invention
Courtney Stephens
United States
The Rim
La parra
Alberto Gracia [es ]
Spain
An Unfinished Film
一部未完成的电影
Lou Ye
Time of History (Tiempo de historia )[ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Resistance Box
Caja de resistencia
Alejandro Alvarado, Concha Barquero, Alejandro Alvarado Jódar, Concha Barquero Artés
The Marseillaise of the Drunkards
La marsellesa de los borrachos
Pablo Gil Rituerto
My Brother Ali
Mi hermano Ali
Paula Palacios
Turismo de guerra
Kikol Grau
Spain
Waldo (out of competition)
Carlos Arnaiz Escalpés, Alberto Ortega Ahumada
Spain
Hija del volcán (out of competition)
Jenifer de la Rosa Martín
Memory & Utopia (Memoria y Utopía )[ edit ]
The following films were selected for the 'Memory & Utopia' section:
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Portabella Constellation
Constel·lació Portabella
Claudio Zulian
Spain
International Short Film Official Section [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
400 Cassettes
Thelyia Petraki
Bad For a Moment
Daniel Soares
Portugal
Baldilocks
Marthe Peters
Belgium
El cambio de rueda
Begoña Arostegui
Spain
El cuento de una noche de verano
María Herrera
Spain
Immaculata
Kim Lêa Sakkal
Le Loup
Theodore Ushev
Canada
Lluna de Sal
Mariona Martínez
Spain
Marion
Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine
My Senses Are All I Have to Offer
Isadora Neves Marques
Portugal
Nens
Anna Martí Domingo
Spain
O
Rúnar Rúnarsson
On the Way
Samir Karahoda
Kosovo
Pacific Vein
Ulu Braun
Germany
Percebes
Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves
Punter
Jason Adam Maselle
South Africa United States
Vegan Mayo
Luca Tóth
Hungary
Vox Humana
Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Philippines United States Singapur
White Cloud
Emmanuel Van der Auwera
Belgium
Spanish Short Films Official Section [ edit ]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
At Night We Walk Alone
Rafa Alberola
Spain
Berta
Lucía Forner Segarra
Spain
Futuro
Amanda Cots, Ángel Suárez Ávila
Made of sugar
Clàudia Cedó
Spain
Mater Benefacta
Marc Riba, Anna Solanas
Spain
The Other
Eduard Fernández
Spain
The Prince
Àlex Sardà
Spain
They Send Word
Mariano Schoendorff
Spain
Una cabeza en la pared
Manuel Manrique
Spain
You were Paris
Claudia Barral Magaz
The Castilla y León feature films and Castilla y León short films programmes include the following films:[ 14]
English title
Original title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Castilla y León feature films
Devil Dog Road
Lo carga el diablo
Guillermo Polo
Spain
Pastoris
Pablo Moreno
Spain
Castilla y León short films
Arenillas
Marta Martín
Spain
DxTequiero
Sergio López, Mariola Aygües, Macarena Peri
Spain
In Between
Lo que paso entre medias (de estudiar cine)
Dacio de las Heras
Spain
Only the Dead Remain
Sólo los muertos se quedan
Alejandro Renedo
Spain
Panorama
Margo García
Spain
Seeds from Kivu
Semillas de Kivu
Néstor López, Carlos Valle
Spain
A list of awards is listed as follows:[ 15] [ 16]
Official Section — Feature Films
Other awards
'Meeting Point' award: Holy Cow
Fundos Special Award: Familiar Touch
'Alchemies' Grand Prize: The Rim ; special mention for Bluish
'Time of History' Grand Prize: Youth (Hard Times)
'Time of History' Special Award: Henry Fonda for President ; special mention for Savanna and the Mountains
'Pilar Miró' Award for Best Spanish Direction: Elena Manrique (The Party's Over )
DOC. España Award: Caja de resistencia
Young Seminci Award: Hija del volcán
Young Jury — Official Section Prize: Armand
Golden Spike for Best Short Film: Baldilocks
Silver Spike for Best Short Film: Punter & Lluna de sal
Rainbow Spike: Three Kilometres to the End of the World
FIPRESCI Award: Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
Audience Award (Official Section — Feature Films): Bob Trevino Likes It
Audience Award (Meeting Point): Holy Cow
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