16/11/2022 - From 16 to 22 November Segovia is welcoming film-lovers to enjoy its cultural plurality with the screening of 43 acclaimed pieces

Reviving the memory of MUCES, the Segovia Film Festival (organised and sponsored by the City Council of Segovia’s Cultural Board), the event is continues its journey as SÉ_CINE, in a 16th edition that turns the spotlight onto an open, plural Europe as a meeting place. This year the festival has expanded to cover a wide range of locations and cultures, also including films from Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Under this premise, the city will be receiving fans of the Seventh Art from 16 to 22 November, bringing together spectators and professionals for a selection of 43 films intended to “forge ties and pathways with a view to understanding the reality of the human being and building an open-minded society based on dialogue and tolerance,” said mayoress Clara Martin.

The programme has been drawn up by Manuel Asín - Film Coordinator at Madrid’s Círculo de Bellas Artes - and the film director, screenwriter and critic Pablo Garcia Canga. “These are must-see films for a Segovia that is open - and connected - to the rest of the world,” explained Culture Councillor Alberto Espinar. Many of the pieces have not yet been, or a shortly due to be commercially released in Spain, endorsed by international awards and reviews.

The twenty or so titles in the International Panorama section includes the Berlin award-winner The Quiet Girl [+see also:
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interview: Colm Bairéad
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film profile] by Scottish director Charlotte Wells, the disturbing Charlotte Le Bon film Falcon Lake [+see also:
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film profile] (Canada/France); and the surreal comedy from  Omar El Zohairy, Feathers [+see also:
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There are also unique continental films on offer, such as The Blue Kaftan [+see also:
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interview: Lili Horvat
interview: Natasa Stork
film profile], by Lili Horvát; Diary of a Fleeting Affair [+see also:
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interview: Emmanuel Mouret
film profile], from French director Emmanuel Mouret; Hold me Tight [+see also:
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film profile], by French actor and director Mathieu Amalric; or Il buco [+see also:
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interview: Michelangelo Frammartino
film profile], from the Italian Michelangelo Frammartino.

Islandic Hlynur Pálmason’s third feature film Godland [+see also:
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interview: Elliott Crosset Hove
interview: Hlynur Pálmason
film profile] will also be screened in Segovia, alongside some of the latest productions from hallowed names such as Crimes of the Future [+see also:
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film profile] (Canad/UK/Greece), from the ever disconcerting David Cronenberg; EO [+see also:
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film profile], from Polish maestro Jerzy Skolimowski; and The Girl and the Spider [+see also:
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interview: Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zü…
film profile], the latest work by Swiss directors Ramon and Silvan Zürcher. Two of the three films in the running this year for the LUX Audience Award for European Cinema are also coming to Segovia: the exciting animated film Flee [+see also:
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interview: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
film profile], from Danish director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, and Quo Vadis, Aida? [+see also:
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interview: Jasmila Žbanić
film profile], by Bosnian film-maker Jasmila Žbanić.

Highlights of the Spanish Panorama section include The Sacred Spirit [+see also:
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interview: Chema García Ibarra
film profile], the feature-length debut from the unclassifiable Chema García Ibarra; Girlfriends and Girlfriends [+see also:
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interview: Zaida Carmona
film profile], starring and directed by Zaida Carmona; 918 Nights [+see also:
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film profile], by Arantza Santesteban; The Visit and a Secret Garden [+see also:
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film profile], a documentary by  Irene M. Borrego; and My Emptiness and I [+see also:
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interview: Adrián Silvestre
film profile], from Adrián Silvestre.

All details of screenings and parallel activities can be found on the Festival website.

(Translated from Spanish by Alexandra Stephens)