Contemporary and potential new cinematic forms come together at REC Tarragona
- The gathering is holding its 24th edition from 4-8 December, placing particular emphasis on feature debuts that adopt forward-thinking perspectives on audiovisual
The REC Tarragona International Film Festival is a gathering centring on new creations and the promotion of emerging talent, which will take place from 4-8 December in the city of Tarragona, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Every year, through its internationally orientated Feature Debut competition, boasting debut works by emerging creators, as well as its parallel sections, it establishes itself as a valuable showcase for current trends in cinema.
Standing out in the main section are pictures hailing from the most recent Cannes Film Festival, such as France’s Queens of Drama [+see also:
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interview: Jonathan Millet
interview: Pauline Seigland
film profile] by Jonathan Millet, which opened that same parallel section; and Wild Diamond [+see also:
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interview: Agathe Riedinger
film profile] by Agathe Riedinger, which took part in the main competition. There’s also Greece’s Kyuka - Before Summer’s End [+see also:
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interview: Kostis Charamountanis
film profile] by Kostis Charamountanis, which bowed in ACID, and Norway’s Armand [+see also:
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interview: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
film profile] by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, which ended up scooping the Caméra d'Or.
Also locking horns in this strand are the USA’s No Sleep Till [+see also:
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interview: Alexandra Simpson
film profile] by Alexandra Simpson, which picked up a Special Mention in the most recent Venice International Film Critics’ Week; the animated flick Boys Go to Jupiter by Julian Glander; The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich; The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos [+see also:
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interview: Akinmuyiwa Bisola, Okechukw…
film profile] by Nigerian collective Agbajowo, which was presented in the Centrepiece section of Toronto; and Skin in Spring by Colombia’s Yennifer Uribe, first presented in the Horizontes Latinos section of San Sebastián.
Furthermore, standing out particularly in the festival’s programme is the section dubbed Xiuxiuejos (Shared Intimacies), hinging on the ways in which we represent ourselves when alluding to our private lives and those of the people around us. This features works by the Vigília Collective (their debut, The Imminent Age), Klaudia Reynicke (the co-production Reinas [+see also:
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interview: Klaudia Reynicke
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interview: Carlos Marqués-Marcet
film profile]), and the duo made up of Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha (their second feature, the Iranian production My Favourite Cake [+see also:
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film profile], which picked up the FIPRESCI Award in the Berlinale competition).
In the Vermut sessions, audiences will be able to enjoy three stand-out Spanish titles from this season: the animated flick Rock Bottom [+see also:
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film profile], the first film by Enrique Buleo; and Glimmers [+see also:
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interview: Pilar Palomero
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Last but not least, shining bright among the festival’s special screenings are The Quiet Maid [+see also:
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interview: Miguel Faus
film profile] by Miguel Faus; La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés [+see also:
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interview: Antón Álvarez
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interview: Alain Guiraudie
film profile] by France’s Alain Guiraudie (Golden Spike at the Seminci); and the hard-hitting Salve Maria [+see also:
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interview: Mar Coll
film profile] by Mar Coll, who is having a special focus dedicated to her.
(Translated from Spanish)
