Gijón International Film Festival
gijón international film festival asturian festival internacional de cine de xixón ficxixón annual film festival held gijón city northwest spain festival origin date back beginning initiative city council gijón cooperation caja de ahorros de asturias cajastur entity cooperate festival first organizer second sponsor first year held called certamen internacional de cine tv infantil international childrens cinema tv contest still kept name last part “childrens” substituted “for children” last part stopped appearing festival name till received name certamen internacional de cine para la infancia la juventud international cinema contest child teen although festival began put text gijón international film festival front name officially adopted name every year festival appoints young jury made teen year among request present director alejandro díaz castaño elected public tender replace nacho carballo may entidad mercantil artísticomusical teatro municipal jovellanos de gijón sa body charge organization event together city council founded changed name later divertia sa institution charge theatre running festivity department organization film festival throughout year prestigious professional independent filmmaking attended festival abbas kiarostami aki kaurismäki todd haynes pedro costa paul schrader joão césar monteiro seijun suzuki jem cohen kenneth anger ulrich seidl hal hartley lukas moodysson tsai mingliang claire denis todd solondz bertrand bonello apichatpong weerasethakul whit stillman eugène green philippe garrel among festival national international guest either member international jury presenting film various section festival john cale maria schneider monte hellman nicolas winding refn darren aronofsky víctor erice isabel coixet carla simón gijón international film festival comprises also series event course panel discussion qas daily concert well live music party since organizes series activity professional name ficx industry day festival award various prize competitive section collaborates initiative aim promote asturian filmmaking industry said award decided upon international jury made least professional different country young jury young people year age since fipresci jury since gijón international film festival granted national film award named nacho martínez people contributed significantly film industry unique sculpture made jaime herrero – juan echanove actor – gonzalo suárez director – eusebio poncela actor – assumpta serna actress costarred matador – maribel verdú actress – marisa paredes – mercedes sampietro actress – ángela molina actress – charo lópez actress – montxo armendáriz film director screenwriter – luis san narciso artistic director – carmelo gómez actor – imanol aria actor – josé sacristán actor – lluís homar actor theater director – verónica forqué actress official site