Valladolid’s Seminci festival has opened its 71st edition with Lili Horvát’s My Notes on Mars. Running until 31 October, the Spanish festival brings together 208 films, including 30 world premieres. Mariona Viader and Javier H. Estrada lead the event after José Luis Cienfuegos’s death, while a retrospective explores the role of sound in cinema.
Spain’s Valladolid International Film Festival, known as Seminci, opened its 71st edition on 23 October. Filmmakers and performers gathered for the opening at the Teatro Calderón.[1], [2]
Lili Horvát’s My Notes on Mars, starring Mackenzie Davis, is the opening film. The programme runs until 31 October and contains 208 titles: 137 features and 71 shorts. Its 121 premieres include 30 world premieres.[1]
The main competition includes May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown and İlker Çatak’s Yellow Letters. Other contenders include Alain Gomis’s Dao, which links a wedding in France with a memorial ceremony in Guinea-Bissau, and Lisandro Alonso’s Double Freedom, returning to the world of La libertad after 25 years.[1]
A retrospective devoted to sound ranges from Fritz Lang’s M and Jacques Tati’s Playtime to Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest. An exhibition, a publication and professional encounters accompany it. Mariona Viader and Javier H. Estrada are interim co-directors following José Luis Cienfuegos’s death in December. Gael García Bernal’s Hombre al agua is the closing film. Honorary recipients include Elvira Mínguez, Valeria Sarmiento and sound mixer Willie D. Burton.[1]
