Six titles carefully chosen by FICX to exemplify the virtues, as well as the wide range of styles and emotions, that characterize auteur short films at the national level.
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November 4, 2024
GLORIA! BY MARGHERITA VICARIO WILL BE THE OPENING FILM OF THE 62 FICX
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...
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October 31, 2024
TWELVE TITLES REFORMULATING CLASSIC GENRES LIGHT UP THE GENERACIÓN MUTANTE OF 62 FICX
In this section, which in 2024 will have its own section outside of Esbilla, FICX offers a carefully chosen selection in which the classic genres are approached from unique and wildly heterodox artistic points of view. Four feature films will have their state premiere at Generación Mutante: Laguna Mental by...
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October 29, 2024
THE FILM INDUSTRY LANDS IN GIJÓN
Gijón will host the FICXPro industry conference and the SEMILLERU Campus and SEMILLERU Lab film project training and nutrition laboratories from 28 October to 23 November. FICXPro, the conference aimed at film sector professionals For the eighth consecutive year, the Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival (FICX), in co-production with the Asturias...
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October 17, 2024
FROM 15 TO 23 NOVEMBER, FACE TO FACE CINEMA
‘Film face to face’. This is how the Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival will become, from 15 to 23 November, an ideal meeting place for audiences and filmmakers in which the city will also take on a leading role. In this 62nd edition, FICX will screen 75 Spanish (co-)productions, which reinforces...
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October 9, 2024
PRESTIGIOUS FILMMAKERS RETURN TO FICX ALONGSIDE NEW VOICES IN INTERNATIONAL CINEMA
From 15 to 23 November, the Gijón/ Xixón International Film Festival will once again focus on quality, daring and innovative cinema. To this end, it will feature the work of renowned filmmakers such as Patricia Mazuy and Matías Piñeiro, as well as emerging directors such as Zsófia Szilágyi and Jaydon...
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October 4, 2024
ALBERT SERRA, RECENT WINNER OF THE CONCHA DE ORO IN SAN SEBASTIÁN, WILL PRESENT ‘TARDES DE SOLEDAD’ AS PART OF THE 62FICX SPECIAL SCREENINGS.
As every year, the 62nd Gijón/ Xixón International Film Festival will have its Special Screenings Section, which will bring some of the most eagerly awaited contemporary auteur films to the public. The prestigious filmmaker Albert Serra returns to FICX to present Tardes de soledad (Spain, France, Portugal), one of the...
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October 2, 2024
ENFANTS TERRIBLES, NEW LOOKS FOR CINEPHILES
The 62nd FICX will feature 16 exceptional titles in its Enfants Terribles section, especially dedicated to children and young people, including the world premiere of one of the most renowned sagas of contemporary animated cinema, Ernest & Célestine, Springtime Tales, by Aurélie Raphaël. Similarly, this section will host a total...
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September 23, 2024
THE 62ND FICX WILL INCLUDE THE LATEST FILM BY THE ASTURIAN RAMÓN LLUÍS BANDE IN ITS OFFICIAL SECTION ALBAR
Retaguardia, the latest work by the renowned Asturian filmmaker Ramón Lluís Bande, will have its international premiere at FICMonterrey this Friday and will premiere in Spain in the Albar Official Section of FICX. After winning the Special Jury Prize in 2018 with Cantares de una revolución, Ramón Lluís Bande competes...
Discover : Bird de Andrea Arnold
Bird
Section: Esbilla
Direction: Andrea Arnold
From: United Kingdom
Year: 2024
Timing: 119 min.
Twelve-year-old Bailey lives with her single father Bug and brother Hunter in a squat house in north Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his children and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure on her own.