Gijón International Film Festival focuses particularly on alternative and auteur cinema. The fact that it started out as a festival for children and young people explains the special interest it has shown in younger audiences. For example, the section entitled Enfants Terribles is geared to young people, enabling them to discover quality films and develop their critical capacity. There are also competition sections for feature-length, short, animated and documentary films made by talented up-and-coming directors.
In 2015 the festival is celebrating its 53rd edition, which is aimed at bringing filmmakers closer to audiences through the usual sessions, press conferences and coffee meetings and by focusing more on masterclasses, workshop courses and professional workshops taught by various film professionals and targeted at the general public as well as younger audiences.
This year Gijón Film Festival is paying tribute to the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a key name in the thriving Asian film industry who has also been hailed as one of the most original filmmakers in contemporary audio-visual production. Apart from the programmes of the various sections, the festival also features courses, roundtables, meetings with directors and daily concerts, as well as celebrations with live music.
AC/E is collaborating by supporting the participation of international influencers in these activities in order to familiarise them with the emerging film scene in Spain. The guest visitors are Tom Davia, a US film consultant who is also a jury member this year; Giona Nazzaro (Visions Duréel, Switzerland); and Christophe Mercier (vice-president of 20th Century Fox for Europe).
In 2015 the festival is celebrating its 53rd edition, which is aimed at bringing filmmakers closer to audiences through the usual sessions, press conferences and coffee meetings and by focusing more on masterclasses, workshop courses and professional workshops taught by various film professionals and targeted at the general public as well as younger audiences.
This year Gijón Film Festival is paying tribute to the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a key name in the thriving Asian film industry who has also been hailed as one of the most original filmmakers in contemporary audio-visual production. Apart from the programmes of the various sections, the festival also features courses, roundtables, meetings with directors and daily concerts, as well as celebrations with live music.
AC/E is collaborating by supporting the participation of international influencers in these activities in order to familiarise them with the emerging film scene in Spain. The guest visitors are Tom Davia, a US film consultant who is also a jury member this year; Giona Nazzaro (Visions Duréel, Switzerland); and Christophe Mercier (vice-president of 20th Century Fox for Europe).