Review Film

News: SEMINCI 2023: All awards + our reviews


Official selection
Golden Spike Feature Film
La imatge permanent / La imagen permanente By Laura Ferres (Spain, France)

Silver Spike Feature Film
Illusion / Illusion By Alice Roroacher (Italy, France, Switzerland)

Ribeira del Duero Award for Best Director
Angela Chanellick Music / Music (Germany, France, Serbia)

Pilar Miró Award for Best New Director
Molly Manning Walker’s How to have sex (UK, Greece, Belgium)

Best Actor Award
Dave Torn L El Vigo ruble / old oakBy Ken Loach (UK, France and Belgium)

Best Actress Award
Leah Siddo La Pestia / La Pitt / MonsterBertrand Bonello (France, Canada)

Best Cinematography Award
Ivan Markovic L Music / Music (Germany, France, Serbia)

Miguel Delipz Award for Best Screenplay
Marco Bellocchio and Susana Niccarelli L The euphoria of rapture/the euphoria of rapture/the rapture.By Marco Bellocchio (Italy, France, Germany)

José Salcedo Award for Best Editing
Gesa Jäger by Sala de profesores / Teachers LoungeBy Elker Chattak (Germany)

Golden Spike Short Film
Wander in wonderBy Nina Gantz (Netherlands, Belgium, France, United Kingdom)

Silver Spike Short Film
AitanaBy Marina Alberti (Spain)

Short Film Candidate for EFA Valladolid 2024
Other excitedBy Alice Brigou (France)

Meeting point of competition

Best Feature Film Award
Rainbow gasolineBy Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross (USA)

Special Jury Prize
Arthur and Diana By Sarah Soma (Germany)

Special Disclaimer
animalBy Sofia Exarchu (Greece, Austria, Romania)

Best Foreign Short Film Award
Night Burgerby Rima Maya (India, USA)

Male foreign short film
Hartbreak HotelBy Emma Axelrod Bernard, Tojour Panthair (France)

Spanish Short Film Night Award
meteorBy Victor Moreno (Spain)

Date Time Contest

First prize
Between revolutions / revolutionBy Vlad Petri (Romania, Croatia, Qatar, Iran)

Second prize
Ghost photosKleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil)

Short Film Award
usMorgan Freund (Switzerland)

Chemistry Competition

Recoletas Award for Best Feature Film
FemmeBy Sam H. Freeman, Ng Chunping (United Kingdom)

Duc Prize Spain

ZinzindurrunkarratzBy Oscar Allegria (Spain)

Castilla and León Short Film Award

King of the WeekDavid Pérez Sanudo (Spain)

Green Spike Award

MuirisBy Marta Lallana (Spain)

Special Disclaimer: Trink DalbaBy Ana Larges (Spain)

International Critics Award of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI)

Especially at nightBy Victor Iriarte (Spain, France, Portugal)

Fundus Prize

Batalha da Rua Maria AntoniaBy Vera Ijito (Brazil)

Audience Awards

Official selection
El Vigo ruble / old oakBy Ken Loach (UK, France and Belgium)

Meeting point
MuirisBy Marta Lallana (Spain)

Time of history
The mother of all liesBy Asma Al-Madar (Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt)

Semensey Youth Award

Film CounterBy Lon Schirvig (Spain, France and Chile)

Young Jury Prize

Official Choice Award
How to have sexBy Molly Manning Walker (UK, Greece and Belgium)

Meeting Point Award
Last EveningLucas Nathrath (Germany)

Mention the meeting point
Hello Darkby Jerk Soda (Australia)

Rainbow Spike Award

unknownby Andrew Haigh (UK, US)

Male: On the go, by Maria Giselle Royo, Julia de Castro (Spain)

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Charlotte Rampling (Image above) received from Julio Medim, who directedha in Anarchist Anna (2007), Spike of Honor during a closing ceremony in which he recalls his stay in Spain, where he left “with a broken heart” for the love of a young man, as he joked. The legendary performer, who left memorable roles with directors such as Lucino Visconti (The fall of the gods) or Liliana Cavani (Night porter) and the hero of the closing film, juniper, by Matthew J. Saville, and thus receives the latest recognition of an edition that also paid tribute to actresses Natalie Bay, Blanca Portillo and Kitty Manver.


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