Gijn 59th FICX Edition Brings Back Audiences To Theaters – Variety

Spains Gijn-Xixn International Film Festival (FICX) concluded this weekend, bringing to Asturias audiences a vibrant variety of local and international films, adding recent awarded screenings of San Sebastian winner Maixabel (Icar Bollan) and CamerImage winner Cmon Cmon (Mike Mills) to the official FICX selection.

Social Hygiene, directed by Denis Cte, proved the festivals top Albar section winner, adding to the best director prize he won at the latest Berlinale Encounters for this performance-driven comedy which comment about social media today, Ct toldVariety.

The Retueyos main award was given to Zero F***s Given (Emmanuelle Marre, Julia Lecoustre) for making visible the people behind dehumanized companies, explained the jury. The story follows a young flight attendant and is a reflection on workers life.

Palestra, from Basovih Marinaro and Sofia Jallinsky, earned the Terres en Trance/Fipresci feature film award.

The Albar official selection boasted 12 films, including Cannes player The Fracture (Catherine Corsini), Berlinale standout Professor Bachmann and His Class(Maria Speth), and 18 1/2, a European premiere from U.S. director and Slamdance IFF co-founder Dan Mirvish. The Retueyos official selection held Spanish premieres for Swedens Ninjababy (Yngvild Sve Flikke), Romanias Inmaculat (Monica Stan, George Chiper-Lillemark), and U.S. comedy El Planeta (Amalia Ulman) among its 10 international films.

We try to step it up to become an place of interest for distributors, said Alejandro Diaz, the festivals director. Last year, over 30 films got distribution deals after the festival, he added.

French actress Chiara Mastroianni (Ma saison prfre, Americano) earned the FICX prize of honor, delivered by director Lisandro Alonso (Jauja). Mastroiannis joined Viggo Mortensen on Eureka, Alonsos latest project. Mastroianni and Alonso shared the stage at an open-mic event at the festival.

Aiming to become a networking hub, the festivals own FICXpro partnered with Asturias Paraso Natural Film Commission for a guided tour of Gijons landscapes. Other FICX activities included a masterclass from director Ainhoa Rodrguez and several other events.

Asturias Paraiso Natural Film Commission has participated in more than 120 shoots since 2020s pandemic restart. Shoots include Santiago Seguras A todo tren, the biggest Spanish release this year in Spain.

ALBAR BEST FEATURE FILM

Social Hygiene (Denis Cte; Canada)

ALBAR SPECIAL MENTION

ntregalde (Radu Muntean; Romania)

ALBAR SPECIAL JURY AWARD

In Front of Your Face (Hong Sang-soo; Korean Republic)

ALBAR DISTRIBUTION AWARD

The First 54 years. An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation (Avi Mograbi; France, Finland, Israel, Germany)

RETUEYOS BEST FEATURE FILM

Zero F***s Given (Emmanuelle Marre, Julie Lecoustre; Belgium, France)

RETUEYOS AISGE AWARD BEST ACTRESS

Anastasia Budiashkina (Olga; Swistzerland, France, Ukraine)

RETUEYOS AISGE AWARD BEST ACTOR

Jean Michel Lemoine (Poulet Frites; France, Belgium)

RETUEYOS DISTRIBUTION AWARD

Neptune Frost (Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman; USA, Ruanda)

TIERRES EN TRANCE/FIPRESCI BEST FEATURE FILM

Palestra (Basovih Marinaro, Sofia Jallinsky; Argentina)

TIERRES EN TRANCE/FIPRESCI AWARD BEST DIRECTOR

Mara lvarez (Las cercanas; Argentina)

ASTURIAS BEST SHORT FILM PRIZE

Train Again (Peter Tscherkassky; Austria)

ASTURIAS SHORT FILM JURY SPECIAL MENTION

Otacustas (Mercedes Gavira; Argentina, Colombia)

YOUTH JURY BEST FILM RETUEYOS SECTION

Were All Going to the Worlds Fair (Jane Schoenbrun; USA)

YOUNG JURY AWARD BEST SHORT FILM OFFICIAL SELECTION

Bato Nebo (Luzia John; Austria, Georgia)

BEST SPANISH FEATURE FILM

Una pelcula sobre parejas (Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada; Dominican Rep.)

RCservice AWARD BEST DIRECTOR SPANISH FEATURE FILM

Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada (una pelcula sobre parejas; Dominican Rep.)

ALMA AWARD BEST SCREENPLAY SPANISH FEATURE FILM

Una pelcula sobre parejas (Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada; Domincan Rep.)

DELUXE DCP AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR SPANISH FEATURE FILM

Joan Tisminetzky (DOmbres; Spain)

CIMA AWARD BEST FEATURE FILM DIRECTED BY A WOMAN

Captain Volkonogov escaped (Natasha Merkulova, Alejsey Chupoy; Rusia, Estonia, France)

RTPA AWARD BEST ASTURIAN FEATURE FILM

Shooting for Mirza (Juan Gautier; Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina)

RTPA ASTURIES CURTIUMETRAXES COMPETITION AWARD

Epokhe (Elmer Guevara; Spain)

RTPA ASTURIES CURTIUMETRAXES COMPETITION SPECIAL MENTION

Nyami Nyami (David Rodrguez; Spain)

LABORAL CINEMATECA SHORTFILM AWARD

Manual de la siega (Samuel Fernandi; Spain)

RAMBAL PRIZE

Moneyboys (C.B. Yi; Austria France Taiwan Belgium)

RAMBAL SPECIAL MENTION

La fracture (Catherine Corsini; France)

ENFANTS TERRIBLES AWARD BEST FEATURE FILM

La estrella de los simios (Linda Hambc; Norway, Sweden, Denmark)

AUDIENCE AWARD

La fracture (Catherine Corsini; France)

AUDIENCE AWARD TERREN EN TRANCE COMPETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION

Welcome to ma maison (Andrs Goteira; Spain)

YOUNG EUROPE AWARD

Ninjababy (Yngvild Sve Flikke; Norway)

MOVISTAR+ PLUS SHORTFILM PROYECT + PECERA STUDIO FREE YOUR MIND 2021 PRIZE

El pensamiento mgico (Eva Saiz)

NEW FILMMAKERS AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE PRIZE

Un verano sin pjaros (Celia Viada Caso)

PUSH PLAY WIP DCP DELUXE PRIZE

Sobre las nubes (Mara Aparicio)

OpenECAM WIP PRIZE

Puerperio (Pilar lvarez)

FICX PRO LAB OpenECAM WIP

Hablar de estas cosas (Fernando Lorenzana)

ASTURIAS PARASO NATURAL FILM COMMISION INCENTIVE

Cartografas del monte (Samuel Fernandi)

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