Previous Editions

2024 Festival

Screenings and events for the 20th Anniversary took place at Ciné Lumière and Riverside Studios

Films in Competition

Core Programme

PÁJAROS

Birds Flying East

dir. Pau Durà
with Javier Gutiérrez, Luis Zahera, Teresa Saponangelo

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with the director and Fosca Films’ producer David Ciurana

Spain/Romania | 2024 | 100 min | cert. 15
In Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Hungarian and Romanian with English subtitles

TRATAMOS DEMASIADO BIEN A LAS MUJERES

We Treat Women Too Well

dir. Clara Bilbao
with Carmen Machi, Antonio de la Torre, Julián Villagrán, Isak Férriz, Oscar Ladoire, Ayax Pedrosa

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with the director and film critic and author Dr. Mar Diestro-Dópido

Spain/France | 2024 | 96 min | cert. 15
In Spanish with English subtitles

QUE NADIE DUERMA

Something Is About to Happen

dir. Antonio Méndez Esparza
with Malena Alterio, Rodrigo Poisón, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, José Luis Torrijo

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with costume designer Clara Bilbao and LSFF director Joana Granero

Spain/Romania | 2023 | 122 min
In Spanish with English subtitles

RIQUENI

dir. Francisco Bech
with Rafael Riqueni, Antonio Canales, Pepe Habichuela, Rocío Molina

UK premiere

Spain | 2023 | doc | 135 min
In Spanish with English subtitles

AMANECE

dir. Juan Francisco Viruega
with Aura Garrido, Iria del Río, Isabel Ampudia, Antonio Araque

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with the director and Prof. Peter Evans

Spain | 2023 | 90 min
In Spanish with English subtitles

ON THE GO

dir. María G. Royo, Julia de Castro
with Julia de Castro, Omar Ayuso, Manuel de Blas, Chacha Huang, Jordi Roig

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with the directors and LSFF director Joana Granero

Spain | 2023 | 72 min
In Spanish with English subtitles

LA PRIMERA MIRADA

The First Look

dir. Luis E. Parés
with Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Pedro Casablanc

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with the director and Mireia Mullor, film critic and journalist

Spain | 2023 | 74 min | doc | cert. PG
In Spanish with English subtitles

LOS PEQUENOS AMORES

Little Loves

dir. Celia Rico Clavellino
with Adriana Ozores, María Vázquez, Aimar Vega

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with the director and LSFF director Joana Granero

Spain/France | 2024 | 95 min
In Spanish with English subtitles

RIOJA, TIERRA DE LOS MIL VINOS

Rioja, Land of 1000 Wines

dir. José Luis López Linares
with Tim Atkin, Javier Arizcuren, Andrés Conde, Alvaro Palacios

Followed by a tasting of two Rioja wines

Spain | 2023 | doc | 101 min
In Spanish with English subtitles

MAPA A PANDATARIA

Map to Pandataria

dir. Javi Clarke
with Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Chevi Muraday, La Merce, Basem Nahnou, Okuda San Miguel, Elio Toffana, Gemma Cuervo, El Langui

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Chevi Muraday and LSFF director Joana Granero

Spain | 2024 | 97 min
In Spanish with English subtitles

ESTA AMBICION DESMEDIDA

This Excessive Ambition

dir. Cristina Trenas, Santos Bacana, Rogelio González
with C. Tangana

UK premiere

Spain | 2023 | doc | 125 min
In Spanish with English subtitles

15th Basque Window

With the support of:

Special Thanks:

EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA

Sultana’s Dream

dir. Isabel Herguera

Spain | 2023 | 80 min | animation
In English, Spanish, Basque and Italian with English subtitles

ARNASA BETEAN

A pulmón | A Deep Breath, Women Filmmakers

dir. Rosa Zufia, Bertha Gaztelumendi
with Ana Díez, Arantxa Echevarría, María Elorza, Ana Murugarren, Helena Taberna

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with the directors and film critic and author Dr. Mar Diestro-Dópido

Spain | 2023 | 75 min | doc | cert. PG
In Basque and Spanish with English subtitles

NEGU HURBILAK

dir. Negu Collective, Mikel Ibarguren, Ekain Albite
with Anita, Beñardo, Kitxa

Spain | 2023 | 90 min | cert. PG
In Basque and Spanish with English subtitles

16th Catalan Window

CAIDA LIBRE

Free Falling

dir. Laura Jou
with Belén Rueda, Mariia Netavrovana, Irene Escolar, Ilay Kurelovic, Manuela Vellés

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with the director

Spain | 2024 | 89 min
In Spanish with English subtitles

EL MAESTRO QUE PROMETIO EL MAR

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea

dir. Patricia Font
with Enric Auquer, Laia Costa, Luisa Gavasa

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with the director and film critic and author Dr. Mar Diestro-Dópido

Spain | 2023 | 105 min | cert. PG
In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles

Special Screenings

ALEMANIA

Germany

dir. María Zanetti
with Maite Aguilar, María Ucedo, Miranda de la Serna, Vicky Peña, Walter Jakob

UK premiere

Argentina/Spain | 2023 | 87 min | cert. 15
In Spanish with English subtitles

THE WASP

dir. Guillem Morales
with Naomie Harris, Natalie Dormer, Dominic Allburn

UK premiere
Screening courtesy of Universal Pictures

Followed by a Q&A with the director, actress Natalie Dormer and Festival director Joana Granero

US | 2024 | 96 min | In English

Letters from Galicia

JUSTICIA ARTIFICIAL

Artificial Justice

dir. Simón Casal
with Verónica Echegui, Alberto Ammann, Tamar Novas, Alba Galocha

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with the director and LSFF director Joana Granero

Spain | 2024 | 94 min
Cert. 15 | In Spanish with English subtitles

O CORNO

The Rye Horn

dir. Jaione Camborda
with Janet Novás, Siobhan Fernandes, Carla Rivas, Daniela Hernán Marchán, María Lado

Followed by a Q&A with lead actress Janet Novás and Adriana Páramo, from the Galician Film Forum

Spain/Portugal/Belgium | 2023 | 105 min
In Galician, Portuguese and Spanish with English subtitles

SALVAXE, SALVAXE

Wild, Wild

dir. Emilio Fonseca

Followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker and Adriana Páramo, from the Galician Film Forum

Spain | 2024 | doc | 86 min
In Galician with English subtitles

SHORT LETTERS FROM GALICIA

Enjoy a programme of short films fresh out of Galicia.

– Habitar
– Véxote
– To Bird Or Not To Bird
– Non Te Vexo
– Gueimar Cando Morra
– Alguén Me Chamou Serpe Negra

MEMORY AND UTOPY

In 2023, SEMINCI, Valladolid International Film Week, created “Memory and Utopy”, a section conceived to reflect on the History of Cinema, a space to rediscover important works that, for various circumstances, remain outside the canon. Presented in recently restored copies, they should help reivindicating the importance of the filmic legacy and those institutions that preserve it.

“Memory and Utopy”, made in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes, includes films that break with prejudices and show the nonconformity and the visionary quality of the cinematographic image. They also represent dreamlike and ghostly catalysts able to suggest and captivate audiences. By including the work of two pioneers, like the Spaniard Ana Mariscal and the Mexican Maite Landeta, this section questions the patriarchal perspective from which they histories of our cinemas have been written. Exactly as does Luis E. Parés’ opera prima, The First Look, about the first cinema school in Spain.

In collaboration with:

Special thanks to Mireia Mullor, film critic and journalist currently working as Deputy Movies Editor at Digital Spy (Hearst UK) and formerly at Fotogramas

EL CAMINO

The Road

dir. Ana Mariscal
with Julia Caba Alba, Maribel Martín, José Antonio Mejías, José Orjas, Asunción Balaguer

Introduced by Mireia Mullor, film critic and journalist

Spain | 1964 | 95 min
In Spanish with English subtitles

LA PRIMERA MIRADA

The First Look

dir. Luis E. Parés
with Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Pedro Casablanc

UK premiere

Followed by a Q&A with the director and Mireia Mullor, film critic and journalist

Spain | 2023 | 74 min | doc | cert. PG
In Spanish with English subtitles

TROTACALLES

Streetwalker

dir. Matilde Landeta
with Miroslava, Ernesto Alonso, Elda Peralta, Isabela Corona

Introduced by Mireia Mullor, film critic and journalist

Mexico | 1951 | 101 min | cert. 15
In Spanish with English subtitles
FILMOTECA UNAM’S COLLECTION

Family Screening

DRAGONKEEPER

dir(s). Jian-Ping Li, Salvador Simó
with Mayalinee Griffiths, Bill Nighy, Naomi Christie, Bill Bailey, Brendan Coyle

Special preview

Spain/China | 2024 | 98 mins | Cert: PG
In English

Gallery

Photos by Tomas Kazukauskas and filmmaker Raúl del Canto, led by POPklik’s Pau Ros.