69th Valladolid International Film Festival
 Official poster of the 69th Seminci | |
| Opening film | They Will Be Dust |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Sing Sing |
| Location | Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain |
| Awards | Golden Spike: Misericordia |
| Directors | José Luis Cienfuegos |
| Festival date | 18–26 October 2024 |
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]
Background
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
Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Spike:[8][9][10][11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armand | Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel |
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| Becoming Ana | La mitad de Ana | Marta Nieto | Spain |
| Black Dog | 狗阵 | Guan Hu | China |
| The Brutalist | Brady Corbet |
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| Bob Trevino Likes It | Tracie Laymon | United States | |
| Christmas Eve in Miller's Point | Tyler Taormina | United States | |
| La cocina | Alonso Ruizpalacios |
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| Close to the Sultan | En la alcoba del sultán | Javier Rebollo |
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| Grand Tour | Miguel Gomes |
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| Harvest | Athina Rachel Tsangari |
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| Misericordia | Alain Guiraudie |
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| The Most Precious of Cargoes | La Plus Précieuse des marchandises | Michel Hazanavicius |
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| My Favourite Cake | کیک محبوب من | Maryam Moqadam, Behtash Sanaeeha |
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| The Party's Over | Fin de fiesta | Elena Manrique |
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| Salve Maria | Salve María | Mar Coll | Spain |
| September Says | Ariane Labed |
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| Sex | Dag Johan Haugerud | Norway | |
| Stranger Eyes | 默視錄 | Yeo Siew Hua |
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| Suspended Time | Hors du temps | Olivier Assayas | France |
| They Will Be Dust | Polvo serán | Carlos Marques-Marcet |
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| Three Kilometres to the End of the World | Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii | Emanuel Pârvu | Romania |
| Vermiglio | Maura Delpero |
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| Wild Diamond | Diamant brut | Agathe Riedinger | France |
Out of competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rita | Paz Vega | Spain | |
| Sing Sing | Greg Kwedar | United States | |
| RTVE Galas | |||
| Verano en diciembre | Carolina África | Spain | |
Special Screenings
The festival's special screenings include:[12][13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Years (TV series) | Los años nuevos | Sandra Romero, David Martín de los Santos, Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Spain |
| The Wailing | El llanto | Pedro Martín-Calero |
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| Always+Positivo | Siempre+Positivo | Nacho Solana | Spain |
| Blackmail | Alfred Hitchcock | United Kingdom | |
| Colita sin filtros | Hortensia Vélez, Elisabeth Anglarill | Spain | |
| Domar la luz | Oihan | Spain | |
| The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés | La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés | Antón Álvarez | Spain |
| State of Silence | Estado de Silencio | Santiago Maza | Mexico |
Meeting Point (Punto de Encuentro)
The following films were selected for the 'Meeting Point' section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Sun Palace | Constance Tsang | United States | |
| Brief History of a Family | 家庭简史 | Lin Jianjie |
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| Caught by the Tides | 风流一代 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| Edge of Night | Gecenin Kıyısı | Türker Süer |
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| Eephus | Carson Lund |
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| The Fable | Raam Reddy |
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| Familiar Touch | Sarah Friedland | United States | |
| Ghost Trail | Les Fantômes | Jonathan Millet |
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| In His Own Image | À son image | Thierry de Peretti | France |
| Holy Cow | Vingt dieux | Louise Courvoisier | France |
| Ivo | Eva Trobisch | Germany | |
| Moon | Mond | Kurdwin Ayub | Austria |
| To Our Friends | A nuestros amigos | Adrián Orr Serrano |
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| A Real Pain | Jesse Eisenberg |
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| Scorched Earth | Verbrannte Erde | Thomas Arslan | Germany |
| Toxic | Akiplėša | Saulė Bliuvaitė | Lithuania |
| Universal Language | Une langue universelle | Matthew Rankin | Canada |
| Việt and Nam | Minh Quý Trương |
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Alchemies (Alquimias)
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 |
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| Bluish | Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky | Austria | |
| Cyborg Generation | Miguel Morillo Vega | Spain | |
| The Great Yawn of History | Khamyazeye bozorg | Iran | |
| The Human Hibernation | Anna Cornudella Castro | Spain | |
| Invention | Courtney Stephens | United States | |
| The Rim | La parra | Alberto Gracia | Spain |
| An Unfinished Film | 一部未完成的电影 | Lou Ye |
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Time of History (Tiempo de historia)
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resistance Box | Caja de resistencia | Alejandro Alvarado, Concha Barquero, Alejandro Alvarado Jódar, Concha Barquero Artés |
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| The Marseillaise of the Drunkards | La marsellesa de los borrachos | Pablo Gil Rituerto |
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| My Brother Ali | Mi hermano Ali | Paula Palacios |
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| 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 |
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Memory & Utopia (Memoria y Utopía)
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
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 Cassettes | Thelyia Petraki |
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| 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 |
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| Le Loup | Theodore Ushev | Canada | |
| Lluna de Sal | Mariona Martínez | Spain | |
| Marion | Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine |
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| My Senses Are All I Have to Offer | Isadora Neves Marques | Portugal | |
| Nens | Anna Martí Domingo | Spain | |
| O | Rúnar Rúnarsson |
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| On the Way | Samir Karahoda | Kosovo | |
| Pacific Vein | Ulu Braun | Germany | |
| Percebes | Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves |
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| Punter | Jason Adam Maselle |
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| Vegan Mayo | Luca Tóth | Hungary | |
| Vox Humana | Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan |
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| White Cloud | Emmanuel Van der Auwera | Belgium | |
Spanish Short Films Official Section
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Castilla y León
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 |
Awards
A list of awards is listed as follows:[15][16]
- Official Section — Feature Films
- Golden Spike: Misericordia
- Silver Spike: Stranger Eyes & They Will Be Dust
- 'Ribera del Duero' Award for Best Direction: Guan Hu (Black Dog)
- Best Actress: Laura Weissmahr (Salve Maria); special mention for Ángela Molina (The Will Be Dust)
- Best Actor: Jan Gunnar Roise & Thorbjørn Harr (Sex); special mention for Alfredo Castro (They Will Be Dust)
- Best Cinematography: Weizhe Gao (Black Dog)
- 'Miguel Delibes' Award for Best Screenplay: Alain Guiraudie (Misericordia)
- 'José Salcedo' Award for Best Editing: Telmo Churro & Pedro Filipe Marques (Grand Tour)
- 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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- ^ "La película 'Sing Sing', de Greg Kwedar, cerrará la 69 edición de Seminci". Europa Press. 1 October 2024.
- ^ "La 69 Seminci proyectará 'Los años nuevos', la serie escrita y dirigida por Rodrigo Sorogoyen". Tribuna de Valladolid. 10 September 2024.
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- ^ "'Misericordia', de Alain Guiraudie, se alza con la Espiga de Oro de la 69 Seminci". Público. 26 October 2024.