Valladolid Film Festival Marks 70 Years With a Bold Director-Driven Focus, Including Kristen Stewart, Kelly Reichardt, Chloé Zhao

Bogdan Hofbauer

As it turns 70, Spain’s Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid — the Seminci — refuses to look back. Instead, the country’s second-oldest film festival, running Oct. 24–Nov. 1, is very much forward-facing — while reaffirming its historic humanist DNA while opening its doors to fresh voices, broader audiences and evolving industry realities. “We didn’t want a nostalgic edition,” says Seminci’s director José Luis Cienfuegos. “It’s a luminous edition, in movement — a festival of filmmakers and

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