Gijón Film Festival

Kusturica's Flying Circus

“I 'm big in Buenos Aires”, Emir Kusturica told me in Paris last April, when I met him on the set of Au bonheur des ogres, a film directed by Nicolas Bary in which he plays one of the roles together with Bérénice Bejo, the new star of French cinema. read more

A free voice

Behind a robust, bear-like appearance hides one of the most prolific contemporary European filmmakers. But besides making films, he is also a guitar player, an actor, an architect and a writer. read more

Emir Kusturica, a master of happiness

Emir Kusturica’s films placed former Yugoslavia and its cinematic tradition on the map, but they also did more than just that. They broke geographical, cultural, political and aesthetic boundaries, and in doing so created a unique mythology. read more

Animation, the land of adventure

This year, after several years in the pipeline, the Gijón International Film Festival includes for the first time an official section on animation, Animaficx. Here we showcase the most innovative, daring and creative projects in an area which is ever more central to our understanding of yesterday’s, tomorrow’s and today’s cinema. read more

Gijón International Film Festival: 50 years of history

The Gijón International Film Festival was born in 1963 as a Children’s Film-TV event and has evolved into one of the best-known and longest-running festivals in the country. Since its origins as a childhood and youth event the Festival has always paid special attention to younger audiences. read more

The founder’s energy

Full of vitality at the age of 80, Isaac del Rivero (Colunga, 1931), founder of the Festival, welcomes us into his office to explain the beginnings of this pioneering event. “Setting up a film festival in those conditions and with no money was terrible”, says the man who created the first ever festival for boys and girls in Spain. In spite of the difficulties, Del Rivero managed to create a film celebration that has stood the test of time and which this year celebrates its 50th edition. read more

A bloody revolution on the new French cinema of cruelty

The 50th edition of the Gijon InternationalFilm Festival, in the Mutant Genres section, turns its attention to the “new French cinema of cruelty”, one of the most interesting and controversial trends in cinema in the last few years. This trend has shaken fantasy and horrormovies and taken them to their riskiest and most innovative extremes. read more