30/10/2007

The Gijón International Film Festival, in the Spanish region of Asturias, has recently unveiled portions of the main programme of its 45th edition, which runs from November 22-December 1.

The official section includes 20 titles, seen in major international showcases earlier this year but screening in Spain for the very first time. European talent is represented by 13 productions or co-productions.

Part of the contingent comes straight from the Croisette: Austrian competition entry Import/Export [+see also:
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film profile] by Ulrich Seidl (see news) and three French productions shown in Cannes' sidebar sections – Serge Bozon's France [+see also:
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film profile] (see news), Nicolas Klotz's Heartbeat Detector [+see also:
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film profile] and Mia Hansen-Löve's debut All is Forgiven [+see also:
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interview: David Thion
interview: Mia Hansen-Löve
film profile] (see Focus).

Ben X [+see also:
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interview: Nic Balthazar
interview: Peter Bouckaert
film profile] by Nic Balthazar (see interview with producer Peter Bouckaert) and Ex Drummer [+see also:
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film profile] by Koen Mortier (see news) are the two Belgian Flemish-speaking films on the slate, which continues with Irish/UK documentary Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten [+see also:
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film profile] by Julien Temple (news), the UK's Hallam Foe [+see also:
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film profile] by David Mackenzie (see news), Denmark's Ghosts of Cité Soleil by Asger Leth, Argentinean/French/German title El Otro [+see also:
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film profile] by Ariel Rotter (see news) and Mexican/UK/Canadian co-production Cochochi by Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán.

Spanish cinema is represented by Pere Portabella’s The Silence Before Bach, recently shown in Venice (see news), and Unas fotos en la ciudad de Sylvia by José Luis Guerín (interview), an experimental photo-documentary whose concept and narrative are, despite its title, separate from his recent film feature En la ciudad de Sylvia [+see also:
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film profile]. Screening out of competition, the film is vying for the Non-Fiction and Documentary Award.

Parallel to the official section, Gijón has also programmed three retrospectives on the works of talented young directors Pawel Pawlikowski, Danielle Arbid and Carlos Reygadas. Local audiences can now (re)discover, among others films, My Summer of Love [+see also:
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interview: Jean-Paul Rougier
interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
interview: Tanya Seghatchian
film profile], A Lost Man [+see also:
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film profile] (see news) and Silent Light [+see also:
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film profile] (Cannes Jury Prize winner, see news).