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 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], a queer musical by Alexis Langlois, which was shown as a special screening in the Critics’ Week; Ghost Trail [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jonathan Millet
intervista: Pauline Seigland
scheda film] by Jonathan Millet, which opened that same parallel section; and Wild Diamond [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Agathe Riedinger
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intervista: Kostis Charamountanis
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intervista: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
intervista: Renate Reinsve
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Also locking horns in this strand are the USA’s No Sleep Till [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alexandra Simpson
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intervista: Akinmuyiwa Bisola, Okechuk…
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Klaudia Reynicke
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intervista: Carlos Marqués-Marcet
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In the Vermut sessions, audiences will be able to enjoy three stand-out Spanish titles from this season: the animated flick Rock Bottom [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], the feature debut by María Trénor; the comedy Still Life with Ghosts [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Enrique Buleo
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intervista: Pilar Palomero
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Last but not least, shining bright among the festival’s special screenings are The Quiet Maid [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Miguel Faus
scheda film] by Miguel Faus; La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Antón Álvarez
scheda film], representing the leap to feature-film directing by Antón Álvarez (also known as musician C Tangana); Misericordia [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alain Guiraudie
scheda film] by France’s Alain Guiraudie (Golden Spike at the Seminci); and the hard-hitting Salve Maria [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mar Coll
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