FICX joins the promotion of Spanish talent by including in its opening the short film La causa del accidente que provocó el incendio (Spain) directed by Lope Serrano for the production company CANADA. The Audiovisual from Spain (ICEX) campaign entitled ‘Spain, Where Talent Ignites’ is based around this work and aims to promote the visibility of Spanish audiovisual quality abroad in all its aspects. The short film features a luxury cast made up of Bárbara Lennie, Berta Prieto and Omar Ayuso and includes cameos by directors Albert Serra and J.A. Bayona.

_{La causa del accidente que provocó el incendio by Lope Serrano}

The piece will give way to ¡Gloria! (Italy), a musical feature film premiered at the Berlinale in which the Italian actress and singer-songwriter Margherita Vicario makes her directorial debut and vindicates the memory of women composers throughout history. It does so in the context of Venice at the dawn of the 19th century, where a young maid at the orphanage and conservatory of San Ignacio will make a discovery that will lead to a great vital and artistic revolution. The Festival will screen the opening film, which has been acquired by Surtsey Films for distribution in Spain, in collaboration with the Directorate General for Equality of Women and Men of Gijón City Council.

_{¡Gloria! by Margherita Vicario}

For its part, Silent Trilogy (Finland) by Juho Kuosmanen will be the closing film of this 62nd edition. It consists of three interconnected stories in which its director (winner of awards at Cannes, Locarno, Tampere and the European Film Awards, and author of the famous Compartment No. 6, nominated for a Golden Globe) takes up the path of his compatriot and friend Aki Kaurismäki to pay tribute to silent cinema, while inviting us to rethink our relationship with the image beyond the word. Premiered at the famous and fundamental Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, Silent Trilogy is a true cinephile feast to close the 62nd FICX.

_{Silent Trilogy by Juho Kuosmanen}