As it turns 70, Spain’s Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid — the Seminci — refuses to look back.
Instead, the country’s second-oldest film festival, running Oct. 24–Nov. 1, is very much forward-facing — while reaffirming its historic humanist DNA while opening its doors to fresh voices, broader audiences and evolving industry realities.
“We didn’t want a nostalgic edition,” says Seminci’s director José Luis Cienfuegos. “It’s a luminous edition, in movement — a festival of filmmakers and for filmmakers.”
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