- The taste left by the palmarés of the 62 edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival has a lot to do with the predictions that all the participants bear the red lines of what they can expect by painting on the front. It’s not the same to think you’ve got right into the Official Section or you’re considered a triumph.
There is one achievement: The film LOREAK has already written history. But if something more had been taken from this edition than applause, there would have been merecido.De
the seven grand prizes, four have been for the Spanish cinema, which has received numerous awards. Who said the concession? This festival is situated in an important framework for the Spanish industry. And for that reason, I am sure, some productions pass as before the sleeper, which, although well done as masterpieces, would pass through Berlin, Venice or Cannes.
Magical girl and The Minimum Island have brought novelties, more than formally, in the political reading of films. The elements that appear in both films indicate that the Culture of the Spanish Transition, as a narrative that systematically excluded some topics, is reaching its fin.El Basque film will have to wait for it to approach the Zinemaldia with more expectation, until the authorities bet on
a strong audiovisual industry here, so that later that industry can win something at the festival. For the moment, we only have the peace of mind that we have nothing to lose. The nerves of who has to win something are the same.