| 69th Valladolid International Film Festival | |
| Opening: | They Will Be Dust |
| Closing: | Sing Sing |
| Location: | Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain |
| Directors: | José Luis Cienfuegos |
| Awards: | Golden Spike: Misericordia |
| Date: | 18–26 October 2024 |
| Main: | Valladolid International Film Festival |
| Previous: | 68th |
The 69th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) took place from 18 to 26 October 2024, in Valladolid, Spain.[1] They Will Be Dust opened the festival.
In June 2024, the festival announced the update of its branding image since 1984, the iconic lips by Leonese painter Manuel Sierra, with a revamped version developed by PobrelaVaca Studio's Félix Rodríguez and Ana María Hernández,[2] [3] which was included in the festival's poster for the 69th edition. On 21 August 2024, Carlos Marques-Marcet's They Will Be Dust was announced as the festival's opening picture.[4] Later in August, the festival announced an early tranche of Spanish-produced and co-produced films to be part of different festivals sections.[5] [6]
On 15 October 2024, director Sofia Exarchou, actress Aida Folch, film critic Devika Girish, director Luis López Carrasco, and producer Ingmar Frost were announced as the members of the main competition jury.[7]
The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Spike:[8] [9] [10] [11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand | ||||
| Becoming Ana | La mitad de Ana | Spain | ||
| Black Dog | 狗阵 | China | ||
| The Brutalist | ||||
| Bob Trevino Likes It | United States | |||
| Christmas Eve in Miller's Point | United States | |||
| La cocina | ||||
| En la alcoba del sultán | ||||
| Grand Tour | ||||
| Harvest | ||||
| Misericordia | ||||
| The Most Precious of Cargoes | La Plus Précieuse des marchandises | |||
| My Favourite Cake | کیک محبوب من | |||
| The Party's Over | Fin de fiesta | Elena Manrique | ||
| Salve Maria | Salve María | Spain | ||
| September Says | ||||
| Sex | Norway | |||
| Stranger Eyes | 默視錄 | |||
| Suspended Time | Hors du temps | France | ||
| They Will Be Dust | Polvo serán | |||
| Three Kilometres to the End of the World | Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii | Romania | ||
| Vermiglio | ||||
| Wild Diamond | Diamant brut | France | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rita | Spain | |||
| Sing Sing | Greg Kwedar | United States | ||
| RTVE Galas | ||||
| Verano en diciembre | Carolina África | Spain | ||
The festival's special screenings include:[12] [13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The New Years | Los años nuevos | Spain | ||
| The Wailing | El llanto | Pedro Martín-Calero | ||
| Always+Positivo | Siempre+Positivo | Nacho Solana | Spain | |
| Blackmail | United Kingdom | |||
| Colita sin filtros | Hortensia Vélez, Elisabeth Anglarill | Spain | ||
| Domar la luz | Oihan | Spain | ||
| Spain | ||||
| State of Silence | Estado de Silencio | Santiago Maza | Mexico | |
The following films were selected for the 'Meeting Point' section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Sun Palace | Constance Tsang | United States | ||
| Brief History of a Family | 家庭简史 | Lin Jianjie | ||
| Caught by the Tides | 风流一代 | China | ||
| Edge of Night | Gecenin Kıyısı | |||
| Eephus | Carson Lund | |||
| The Fable | ||||
| Familiar Touch | United States | |||
| Les Fantômes | Jonathan Millet | |||
| À son image | France | |||
| Holy Cow | Vingt dieux | France | ||
| Ivo | Germany | |||
| Mond | Austria | |||
| To Our Friends | A nuestros amigos | Adrián Orr Serrano | ||
| A Real Pain | ||||
| Scorched Earth | Verbrannte Erde | Germany | ||
| Toxic | Akiplėša | Lithuania | ||
| Universal Language | Une langue universelle | Canada | ||
| Việt and Nam | ||||
The following films were selected for the Alquimias section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adamant Girl | Kottukkaali | India | ||
| Agora | Ala Eddine Slim | |||
| Bluish | Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky | Austria | ||
| Cyborg Generation | Miguel Morillo Vega | Spain | ||
| The Great Yawn of History | Khamyazeye bozorg | Iran | ||
| Anna Cornudella Castro | Spain | |||
| Invention | Courtney Stephens | United States | ||
| The Rim | La parra | Spain | ||
| An Unfinished Film | 一部未完成的电影 | Lou Ye | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistance Box | Caja de resistencia | Alejandro Alvarado, Concha Barquero, Alejandro Alvarado Jódar, Concha Barquero Artés | ||
| The Marseillaise of the Drunkards | La marsellesa de los borrachos | Pablo Gil Rituerto | ||
| My Brother Ali | Mi hermano Ali | Paula Palacios | ||
| Turismo de guerra | Kikol Grau | Spain | ||
| Waldo | Carlos Arnaiz Escalpés, Alberto Ortega Ahumada | Spain | ||
| Hija del volcán | Jenifer de la Rosa Martín | |||
The following films were selected for the 'Memory & Utopia' section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 Cassettes | Thelyia Petraki | |||
| Bad For a Moment | Daniel Soares | Portugal | ||
| Baldilocks | Marthe Peters | Belgium | ||
| El cambio de rueda | Begoña Arostegui | Spain | ||
| El cuento de una noche de verano | María Herrera | Spain | ||
| Immaculata | Kim Lêa Sakkal | |||
| Le Loup | Theodore Ushev | Canada | ||
| Lluna de Sal | Mariona Martínez | Spain | ||
| Marion | Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine | |||
| My Senses Are All I Have to Offer | Isadora Neves Marques | Portugal | ||
| Nens | Anna Martí Domingo | Spain | ||
| O | Rúnar Rúnarsson | |||
| On the Way | Samir Karahoda | Kosovo | ||
| Pacific Vein | Ulu Braun | Germany | ||
| Percebes | Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves | |||
| Punter | Jason Adam Maselle | |||
| Vegan Mayo | Luca Tóth | Hungary | ||
| Vox Humana | Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan | |||
| White Cloud | Emmanuel Van der Auwera | Belgium | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Night We Walk Alone | Rafa Alberola | Spain | ||
| Berta | Lucía Forner Segarra | Spain | ||
| Futuro | Amanda Cots, Ángel Suárez Ávila | |||
| Made of sugar | Clàudia Cedó | Spain | ||
| Mater Benefacta | Marc Riba, Anna Solanas | Spain | ||
| The Other | Spain | |||
| The Prince | Àlex Sardà | Spain | ||
| They Send Word | Mariano Schoendorff | Spain | ||
| Una cabeza en la pared | Manuel Manrique | Spain | ||
| You were Paris | Claudia Barral Magaz | |||
The Castilla y León feature films and Castilla y León short films programmes include the following films:[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castilla y León feature films | ||||
| Devil Dog Road | Lo carga el diablo | Guillermo Polo | Spain | |
| Pastoris | Pablo Moreno | Spain | ||
| Castilla y León short films | ||||
| Arenillas | Marta Martín | Spain | ||
| DxTequiero | Sergio López, Mariola Aygües, Macarena Peri | Spain | ||
| In Between | Lo que paso entre medias (de estudiar cine) | Dacio de las Heras | Spain | |
| Only the Dead Remain | Sólo los muertos se quedan | Alejandro Renedo | Spain | |
| Panorama | Margo García | Spain | ||
| Seeds from Kivu | Semillas de Kivu | Néstor López, Carlos Valle | Spain | |
A list of awards is listed as follows:[15] [16]