69th Valladolid International Film Festival

The 69th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) took place from 18 to 26 October 2024, in Valladolid, Spain. They Will Be Dust opened the festival.

Background

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, 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. Later in August, the festival announced an early tranche of Spanish-produced and co-produced films to be part of different festivals sections.

On 15 October 2024, director , 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.

Official Section Feature Films

Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Spike:

Out of competition

Special Screenings

The festival's special screenings include:

Meeting Point (Punto de Encuentro)

The following films were selected for the 'Meeting Point' section:

Alchemies (Alquimias)

The following films were selected for the Alquimias section:

Time of History (Tiempo de historia)

Memory & Utopia (Memoria y Utopía)

The following films were selected for the 'Memory & Utopia' section:

International Short Film Official Section

Spanish Short Films Official Section

Castilla y León

The Castilla y León feature films and Castilla y León short films programmes include the following films:

Awards

A list of awards is listed as follows:

Official Section — Feature Films

• Golden Spike: Misericordia
• Silver Spike: Stranger Eyes & They Will Be Dust
• 'Ribera del Duero' Award for Best Direction: Guan Hu (Black Dog)
• Best Actress: Laura Weissmahr (Salve Maria); special mention for Ángela Molina (The Will Be Dust)
• Best Actor: Jan Gunnar Roise & Thorbjørn Harr (Sex); special mention for Alfredo Castro (They Will Be Dust)
• Best Cinematography: Weizhe Gao (Black Dog)
• 'Miguel Delibes' Award for Best Screenplay: Alain Guiraudie (Misericordia)
• 'José Salcedo' Award for Best Editing: Telmo Churro & Pedro Filipe Marques (Grand Tour)

Other awards

• 'Meeting Point' award: Holy Cow
• Fundos Special Award: Familiar Touch
• 'Alchemies' Grand Prize: The Rim; special mention for Bluish
• 'Time of History' Grand Prize: Youth (Hard Times)
• 'Time of History' Special Award: Henry Fonda for President; special mention for Savanna and the Mountains
• 'Pilar Miró' Award for Best Spanish Direction: Elena Manrique (The Party's Over)
• DOC. España Award: Resistance Reels
• Young Seminci Award: Hija del volcán
• Young Jury — Official Section Prize: Armand
• Golden Spike for Best Short Film: Baldilocks
• Silver Spike for Best Short Film: Punter & Lluna de sal
• Rainbow Spike: Three Kilometres to the End of the World
• FIPRESCI Award: Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
• Audience Award (Official Section — Feature Films): Bob Trevino Likes It
• Audience Award (Meeting Point): Holy Cow

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