Opening With Ethan Hawke’s ‘Blue Moon,’ Spain’s Gijón Festival Delivers Its Hallmark Mix of International and Spanish Emerging Talent

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Set in Spain’s green mountainous north and boasting record ticket sales and a lineup which mixes big fest winners and Spanish world premieres, Spain’s Gijón Film Festival (FICX) opens this Friday with Richard Linklater’s Berlin Silver Bear winner “Blue Moon,” starring Ethan Hawke as Richard Rodger’s highly troubled songwriter. Unspooling Nov. 14-22, Gijón will offer up Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague, its favourite son Hong Sangsoo, already a triple winner, this time round with “What Does that