From 11 to 16 December, the city of Pontevedra will host the third edition of the Novos Cinemas film festival. Founded in 2015 by producer and screenwriter Daniel Froiz (The Wild Season [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ángel Santos
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Among those competing in a decisively European Official Selection are nine first or second features, all of which premiered this year at Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno or elsewhere on the festival circuit. Thirty Souls [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Diana Toucedo
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intervista: Ivan Salatić
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intervista: Virgil Vernier
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Meanwhile, the second competitive section, entitled Heartbeats (Latexos, in Galician), will present five films by the youngest directors on today’s film scene. Arriving at Novos Cinemas after screenings at the Seville European Film Festival and Black Nights in Tallinn is Letters to Paul Morrissey [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Armand Rovira
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The Galician festival will also be paying tribute to Portuguese filmmaker Teresa Villaverde, with a retrospective on her work. Eight of the Lisbon-born director’s best films will be shown over the course of the festival, including her most recent productions Galileo’s Thermometer [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Teresa Villaverde
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intervista: Eloy Domínguez Serén
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