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Shadow Dancer and The Sale of Paradise to be released in France
February 15, 2013Shadow Dancer and The Sale of Paradise to be released in France -
The Patience Stone will be distributed in Spain
November 28, 2012The French Afghan film The Patience Stone, by Atiq Rahimi, winner of three awards at Gijon International Film Festival has been purchased by Golem to be distributed in Spain. -
Gil Parrondo:“I’ve been happy my whole life”
November 24, 2012Gil Parrondo is 91, as he proudly says on the other end of the pone line, but he is like a young kid. There are some who think that the job of a set decorator in movies benefits from their longevity “perhaps this is due to the fact that our job keeps us always active”, and he also says he has been very lucky. “I’ve been happy my whole life, I’ve had a wonderful family and job, everything has turned out very well. I’f one of those who sees the bottle full even if it’s half empty. -
About the Pink Sky, Principado de Asturias Award to the best long feature
November 24, 2012The International Jury of the 50th edition of Gijon International Film Festival, consisting of: Dmitry Glukhosvsky, Ernesto Alterio, Lola Salvador, José Salcedo and Farid Bozorgmehr has given the following awards to the long features participationg in the Official Section: -
Lee Sang-Woo or the disrupture of the American Dream
November 24, 2012Lee Sang-woo is a very happy man. He is happy to be in Gijon and has barely the time to sleep. His film, Barbie, is competing in the Official Section. And he is making his best to go see some other films from our program. When we meet with him he is very affectionate, “I’ve barely slept at all, I woke up at seven and I’ve been wandering around the city and watching the sea”, but he turns serious when we mention Barbie, one of his many new films, presented in the Official Section in Gijon.
