Gijon International Film Festival

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Gijon, Spain November 2013, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: September 2013, TBA
ENFANTS TERRIBLES section: August 26th. 2011
Festival Data:
- Established: 1963
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 56000
- Media Attendance: 278
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 587
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 669
- Total Number of Films Screened: 701
- Total Screenings: 202
- # of Shorts Screened: 508
- # of Features Screened: 163
- Accreditations: AMPAS, FIAPF, FIPRESCI
- Competitive
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
www.gijonfilmfestival.com
Festival Description:

THE GIJON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL aims to present the newest trends of young cinema worldwide. The purpose is to show films featuring youngsters and their concerns in the lives they are living. Creative, innovative and independent films made under non-conventional rules by or for young people are screened in competitive categories which include:

The OFFICIAL SECTION- An International Jury formed by professionals of the film industry will award the following prizes:

"PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS" Prize to the best feature film (cash 20.000 Euros), “PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS” Prize to the best short film (cash 6.000 Euros), Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Script, Prize GIL PARRONDO to the "BEST ART DIRECTION” and Special Jury Prize.

A Jury of 50 young people aged between 17 and 26 years old will award the following prizes: Prize Cajastur of the Young Jury to the best feature film (cash 10.000 Euros) Prize Cajastur of the Young Jury to the best short film (cash 6.000 Euros).

The audience will vote each film and the one that gets the highest score will be awarded the prize of its category:

10.000 Euros for the category of audience aged 6 to 12 years-old and 10.000 Euros for the category of audience aged 13 to 18 years-old.

AWARD FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON FICTION FILM. With the collaboration of Karma Films, the festivals committee will award a prize of 10.000 Euros.

**THERE IS NO FEE TO SUBMIT TO THIS FESTIVAL**
Film Submissions:
- Submission formats: 35mm, Other
- Call for Entry: http:/ / en.fic.gijon.es/ page/ 10054-rules-and-regulations

Email:	info(at)gijonfilmfestival.com
Phone:	(34) 985 182 940
Fax:	(34) 985 182 944
Mailing Address:	Festival Internacional de Cine para la, Juventud de Gijón, Paseo de Begona, 24-Ent Gijon 33201 Spain

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DEC 12, 2007 12:02PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

GIJON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD LIST FOR THE 45TH. EDITION

The International Jury of the 45th. edition of Gijón International Film Festival, formed by: Verónica Sánchez, Roser Aguilar, Hal Hartley and Martin Rejtman, has awarded the following prizes to the films participating in the Official Section:

PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM: "Bang Bang Wo Ai Shen (Help me Eros)"
by Lee Kang-Sheng (Taiwan)

PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM: "Liudi iz kamnya (Stone People)"
by Leonid Rybakov (Russia)

BEST DIRECTOR AWARD: Aleksey Balabanov for "Gruz 200" (Cargo 200) (Russia)

BEST ACTOR AWARD: Mathieu Amalric for "La question humaine" (France)

BEST ACTRESS AWARD: Marie-Christine Friedrich for "Tout est pardonné" (France)

BEST SCRIP AWARD: Ariel Rotter for "El Otro" (Argentina/France/Germany)

"GIL PARRONDO" AWARD FOR BEST ART DIRECTION: Antoine Platteau for "La question humaine" (France)

SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE JURY: "El Silencio antes de Bach" by Pere Portabella (Spain)

FIPRESCI AWARD

The Jury formed by Dennis West, Nil Baskard and Violeta Kovacsics has awarded the "FIPRESCI" prize to the film:
"Cochochi" de Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas (México)

The Young Jury of the 45th. Edition of Gijón International Film Festival, formed by 50 young people, aged 17 to 25 years old, has awarded the following prizes:

CAJASTUR PRIZE AWARDED BY THE YOUNG JURY FOR THE BEST FEATURE FILM: "Juno"
by Jason Reitman (USA)

CAJASTUR PRIZE AWARDED BY THE YOUNG JURY FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM: "Le Mozart des pickpockets"
by Philippe Pollet-Villard (France)

The Young audience of the "Enfants Terribles" section has voted to award the following prizes:

ENFANTS TERRIBLES AWARD FOR THE BEST FILM IN THE 6-12 CATEGORY: "Förortsungar (Kidz in da Hood)" by Catti Edfeldt and Ylva Gustavson (Sweden)

ENFANTS TERRIBLES AWARD FOR BEST FILM IN THE 13 AND UP CATEGORY: "This is England"
by Shane Meadows (United Kingdom)

The Jury of the "Día D'Asturies" section, formed by Ruth Pombo, Víctor Guillot and José Ramón Pérez Ornia, has awarded the "DÍA D'ASTURIES" prize to the short film: "De Alpargates y Orbayando" by Iñaki Ibisate

The Jury formed by Miguel Angel Pérez, Angel Quintana and Michael Thornton, has awarded the "NON-FICTION / DOCUMENTARY" prize to the film: "A Very British Gangster" by Donald MacIntyre (United Kingdom)

The Jury of the Nuevos Realizadores del Principado de Asturias Prize, has awarded the two prizes to the following projects:

FIRST PRIZE: "La Presa"
by Jorge Rivero

SECOND PRIZE: "Casa"
by Diego Llorente
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