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SEMINCI 2021

De grands noms du cinéma mondial se donnent rendez-vous à la Seminci

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- La 66e édition de la Semaine internationale du cinéma de Valladolid va présenter les nouveaux films de Robert Guédiguian, Paul Schrader et Carlos Saura, sans oublier les nouveaux talents

De grands noms du cinéma mondial se donnent rendez-vous à la Seminci
Twist à Bamako de Robert Guédiguian

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French director Robert Guédiguian and US helmer Paul Schrader will be competing for the Golden Spike with their latest features – Mali Twist [+lire aussi :
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 (France/Canada/Senegal/Italy) and The Card Counter [+lire aussi :
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(USA/UK/China), respectively – in the Official Section of the 66th Valladolid International Film Festival, which will unspool between 23 and 30 October in the Castilian city, with actress Emma Suárez serving as its “godmother” and with Argentina featured as its guest country.

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The festival’s main competitive section will boast 23 films, three of which are showing out of competition: Journey to Somewhere [+lire aussi :
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by Helena de Llanos, about the highly private figure of her grandfather, Fernando Fernán Gómez; The King of All the World [+lire aussi :
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 by the tireless Carlos Saura; and Funny Boy (Canada/India/USA/Sri Lanka) by Deepa Mehta, who is a regular visitor to the Seminci, is this year’s jury chair and has been entrusted with the responsibility of closing – out of competition, obviously – this 66th edition of the gathering.

Other films in this, the premier league of the Valladolid-based gathering, include the Spanish outings The Odd-Job Men [+lire aussi :
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by Neus Ballús and Libertad [+lire aussi :
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by Clara Roquet, the opening title of the 2021 Seminci, produced by Spain and Belgium. Clara sola [+lire aussi :
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(Sweden/Costa Rica/Belgium/Germany), the feature debut by Costa Rica’s Nathalie Álvarez Mesén, will be the first film of this particular nationality to compete in Valladolid, and Iranian cinema will once again enjoy a strong presence. Indeed, as well as highly acclaimed director Asghar Farhadi, with his A Hero [+lire aussi :
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(Iran/France), there will be two more titles by first-time directors: Hit the Road, the feature debut by Panah Panahi, the son of Jafar Panahi; and Ballad of a White Cow [+lire aussi :
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(Iran/France) by duo Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam.

Also locking horns for the top prize are the French production A Tale of Love and Desire [+lire aussi :
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, the second feature by Tunisia’s Leyla Bouzid; the feature The Girl and the Spider [+lire aussi :
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by Swiss filmmakers Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher; Hive [+lire aussi :
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(Kosovo/Switzerland/Albania/North Macedonia) by Kosovo’s Blerta Basholli, the winner of the Grand Jury Prize, the Award for Best Director and the Audience Award in the World Dramatic Competition section of the Sundance Film Festival; Compartment No. 6 [+lire aussi :
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(Finland/Germany/Estonia/Russia) by Finland’s Juho Kuosmanen; and Happening [+lire aussi :
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by France’s Audrey Diwan, which is getting an airing in Valladolid after scooping the Golden Lion at the most recent Venice Film Festival.

Edwin will be taking part with Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash [+lire aussi :
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(Indonesia/Singapore/Germany), the winner of the Golden Leopard at Locarno, while the ever-fascinating Danish filmmaker Joachim Trier will partake in the Official Section for the first time with The Worst Person in the World [+lire aussi :
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(Norway/France/Sweden/Denmark). Argentina’s Paula Hernández will be duking it out with The Siamese Bond, the title selected to represent her country in the Best Latin American Film category of the upcoming Goya Awards.

The menu of the Official Section will also include Last Film Show (India/France), the fifth fiction feature by Pan Nalin, the auteur behind the multi-award-winning Samsara (2001); Huda’s Salon [+lire aussi :
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(Palestine/Egypt/Netherlands/Qatar/USA) by Hany Abu-Assad, the esteemed director of Paradise Now [+lire aussi :
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 (2005); I’m Your Man [+lire aussi :
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, the invigorating third feature-length directorial effort by German actress Maria Schrader, for which Maren Eggert picked up the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance at Berlin; and The Fam [+lire aussi :
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, the third film by Switzerland’s Fred Baillif.

Finally, away from the Official Section, audiences will be able to enjoy the world premieres of the latest film by Benito Zambrano, Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake [+lire aussi :
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, and the freshest offering from Fernando Colomo, the comedy Cuidado con lo que deseas [+lire aussi :
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Details of all of the films, sections, tributes and activities of the 66th Seminci in Valladolid can be found here.

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