Gijón unveils part of line-up
The 47th Gijón International Film Festival, which as usual champions bold and contemporary films, is warming up.
Although there is still over a month before the start of the event, to be held from November 19-28, several titles in the Official Selection have already been revealed. These include Soul Kitchen [+see also:
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Moreover, the Asturian festival has organised a series of retrospectives devoted to Harmony Korine, Aleksey Balabanov and Matthias Müller; a section focusing on new farce in cinema (“Post Burlesque”); and an analysis of the impact of popular subcultures on UK films (“This is England”).
(Translated from Spanish)
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