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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...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Section: La Noche del Corto Español
Direction: Carmen Jiménez
From: Spain
Year: 2023
Timing: 18 min.
After her parents’ divorce, Berta travels with her baby sister and mother to her grandmother´s country house for the summer. After lunch, while the adults are napping, her cousin Jorge offers to teach Berta how to ride a bike. Berta is very happy to spend time with him, but doesn´t realize he has other intentions.