Gijón prepares for wave of films
by Vitor Pinto
Everything is ready for the 46th Gijón International Film Festival (November 20-29), in which a wave of European titles and co-productions is expected to hit the Asturian coastal city.
The competition line-up features a total 21 films, most of them previously seen at Cannes, Locarno and Venice, and now shown for the first time in Spain.
The titles vying for the €25,000 prize include Bouli Lanners' Eldorado [+see also:
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The sidebar sections also have impressive titles in store. Una parte del cielo: Directoras europeas en el Nuevo Milenio will focus on the work of female directors. Without a common theme apart from the fact that selected films may reveal a potentially common female perspective on reality, Gijón selected Angelina Maccarone's Hounded [+see also:
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Austrian avant-garde filmmaker Peter Tscherkassky will be the subject of a retrospective that will include some of his recent titles, such as Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine.
The programme is rounded out by the competitive section Enfants Terribles, of children films, and with a series of concerts in the Casino of Asturias.
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