The 68th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) took place from 21 to 28 October 2023, in

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. '' 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

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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

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, and Kiti Mánver were announced as the recipients of Honorary Spikes. Actress

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and the European Film Academy completed the set of recipients of Honorary Spikes.> Meritxell Colell, Mike Goodridge,

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, 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 intented 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

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Awards

Some of the festival award winners are listed as follows:

Official section

* Golden Spike: '' The Permanent Picture'' by * Silver Spike: '' La chimera'' by Alice Rohrwacher * Best Director:

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for ''

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'' * Best Screenplay: Marco Bellocchio and

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for ''

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'' * 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: for ''

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'' * 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: ''

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'' by Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping * Special Mention: ''

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'' by Ali Ahmadzadeh

Other awards

* Doc Spain Award: ''Zinzindurrunkarratz'' by Oskar Alegria * Castilla y León Short Film Award: ''The King of the Week'' by * Green Spike: ''Muyeres'' by ** Special Mention: ''Crack of Dawn'' by Anna Llargués * FIPRESCI Award: ''

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'' by * Fundos Award: ''The Battle'' by Vera Gito * Audience Award Official Section: '' The Old Oak'' by Ken Loach * Audience Award Meeting Point: ''Muyeres'' by * 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: ''

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'' by

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** Special Mention: ''On the Go'' by María Giséle Royo, Julia De Castro

References

External links

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