Section: Otras Secciones, Pases Especiales
Direction: Lois Patiño
Year: 2025
Timing: 105 min. (01:45)
An actress travels to the Azores to perform in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, but upon arrival she finds neither company nor theatre. After meeting Ariel, she discovers that the play has already begun: the entire island is a theatre and its inhabitants are characters.
Injertos: Roma de Paco Cao
La Libertad de Lisandro Alonso
Back Home de Tsai Ming-liang
From Hilde, With Love de Andreas Dresen
Magallanes de Lav Díaz
Father Mother Sister Brother de Jim Jarmusch
Ebullición de Diego García-VegaJaime Dezcallar
Savoy, 35 años y una noche de José Riveiro
El maquinista de La General de Buster KeatonClyde Bruckman
Teniente corrupto de Abel Ferrara
Dracula de Radu Jude
cuartu 207_ de Tito Montero
Atasco de Rodrigo Sopeña
Ariel de Lois Patiño
La terra negra de Alberto Morais
Aro berria de Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe
La furia de Gemma Blasco
June 1, 2026
The Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival (FICX) is now accepting submissions of feature films and short films for its 64th edition, to be held from November 13 to 21, 2026. The festival aims to bring together a broad and diverse selection of auteur cinema from around the world, with a special...
October 31, 2025
The Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival (FICX) celebrates its 63rd edition from November 14 to 22. Under the slogan “Truly independent cinema” and the hashtag #Nolodejesescapar, the festival reaffirms its commitment as an essential platform for the most daring, innovative, and personal voices in global cinema. Over the course of nine...
October 31, 2025
Gijón will host the SEMILLERU industry conference of the Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival (FICX) between November 17 and 21, 2025. Organized in co-production with Asturias Paraíso Natural Film Commission and with the support of the Government of the Principality of Asturias, SEMILLERU has established itself as a space for nurturing...
October 29, 2025
The 63rd Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival (FICX) today unveils the complete program for its Special Screenings section, a key space that stands out for offering a privileged meeting point between the public, some of the essential works of auteur cinema, and direct dialogue with their creators. In addition, the complete...
October 27, 2025
The Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival (FICX) unveils the programme for its Esbilla section. True to the meaning of its name in Asturian, which refers to the action of separating the grain during the harvest, Esbilla presents itself as an exquisite, non-competitive selection, a space for encountering the essential works and...
October 20, 2025
Welcome to the laboratory of the Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival. In Mutant Generation, classic film genres undergo a process of radical transformation. Here, the rules of horror, science fiction, westerns, and thrillers are just a starting point for filmmakers with a unique vision to combine, hybridize, and take them into...
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The Gijón/Xixón International Film Festival (FICX) has unveiled the complete programme for its Official Section - International Short Film Competition, a carefully curated selection that reaffirms the festival's commitment to the short film format as a space for risk-taking, innovation and the discovery of filmmakers from around the world. This...
October 10, 2025
Divertia Gijón S.A. is now accepting applications for SEMILLERU Lab Modality | (Post)Production, the film laboratory programme that will take place in Xixón in person from 17 to 21 November. SEMILLERU Lab Modality | (Post)Production is part of SEMILLERU, a space for nurturing and caring for film projects with the...
