The Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival has unveiled the identities of the features that will take part in the international Albar and Retueyos competitions of its 64th edition, which will unspool in the Asturian city from 13-21 November. They make a total of 33 titles that pair key figures of contemporary cinema with emerging filmmakers.

Thus, Albar welcomes Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude, who will return to the gathering with The Diary of a Chambermaid, unveiled in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight; Hungary’s László Nemes, likewise back with Moulin, which premiered at the French festival, but in competition; Germany’s Valeska Grisebach, with The Dreamed Adventure, the Jury Prize winner in the same section; France’s Jeanne Herry with Another Day, which also vied for the Palme d’Or and which stars Adèle Exarchopoulos; fellow French helmer Félix de Givry, whose debut feature, Goodbye Cruel World, screened in the Critics’ Week; and the UK’s Clio Barnard, taking part with I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning, first presented in the Directors’ Fortnight. The section will also screen Everybody Digs Bill Evans, with which British documentarian Grant Gee switched to fiction, bagging the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlinale. Also from that line-up comes My Wife Cries by Germany’s Angela Schanelec, and from its Panorama strand will come Mouse by US duo Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson.

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Rocking up from Venice is France's Nicolas Pariser, bringing his fourth feature, One Minute to Midnight, out of competition, as well as the Swiss-Spanish co-production Les Indes by Pauline Julier and Nicolas Chapoulier, and from Locarno will arrive Donkey Princess by Chilean helmers Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña, and Nowhere to Lay My Eyes by Korean master Hong Sangsoo, a regular at the festival. Also on the bill is Mads Mengel with the drama The Guest, after scooping two trophies at Karlovy Vary; Shame and Money by Visar Morina, a Sundance winner; and From Dawn to Dawn by Chinese-Spanish filmmaker Xisi Sofia Ye Chen, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Visions du Réel. Rounding off the section are the US title The Only Living Pickpocket in New York by Noah Segan, which premiered at Sundance before stopping off at the Berlinale, and Fujiko by Japan’s Taichi Kimura.

For its part, Retueyos opens with Flesh and Fuel, the debut feature by Pierre Le Gall, which premiered in the Cannes Critics’ Week. Joining it will be Dua by Blerta Basholli and I’ll Be Gone in June by Katharina Rivilis, both selected at Cannes, and from Venice will come Diane in the Loop, the new movie by duo Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, which scooped the Orizzonti Award, and I Plant My Hand in the Garden, the debut feature by Hoda Taheri and Boris Hadžija. The section showcases Europe’s young talents with Women as Lovers, the debut feature by Koxi, and A Family by Mees Peijnenburg, both unveiled at the Berlinale; Objet a by Ann Oren and Brave New Love by Maria Bäck, both presented at Locarno; Supporting Role by Ana Urushadze, a prizewinner at IFFR; and Meanwhile in Namibia by Jonas Spriestersbach, rewarded at DOK.fest Munich.

Rounding off the section are Honey Bunny, the Pula Film Festival victor by Igor Jelinović, and the Japanese title Memorizu by Miiku Sakanishi, plus The Convulsions by Spaniard David Gutiérrez Camps and The Mantises, a Spanish-Argentinian co-production by Dídac Gimeno.

Lastly, two Spanish fiction titles will have their world premieres at the event, in its Premiere section: one is Girl and Wolf, the feature debut by illustrator Roc Espinet, while Miguel Ángel Blanca (who is launching the series Second Season this month) will return with Margen de maniobra.