Our Newsflashes provide daily updates on the media repercussion enjoyed by the films selected for the different Festival sections and the list of professional activities scheduled for the following day. Newsflashes are sent out to all industry professionals accredited.
“An elegant portrayal of the experience of a single middle-working class mother (…) Greta Fernández is perfect in the role of Sara” Mikel Zumeta, BERRIA
“Decisive and flawless, as determined as the leading character, ‘A Thief’s Daughter’ hooks the viewer right from the word go” Ricardo Aldarondo, DIARIO VASCO
“An endorsement for director and co-writer Belén Funes as an artist who will bring us much joy in years to come” Victor Esquirol, GARA
“Comic situations that’ll have you roaring with laughter (…) If you’re a fan of Houellebecq, don’t miss this film” Mikel Zumeta, BERRIA
“The poetry that emanates from the film achieves its purpose of guiding us across a border where faith, dreams and the ever-pressing need to communicate with one another all come together” Koldo Landaluze, GARA
“The result is beautiful, adolescent, witty. Highly subtle. Playfully erotic” Begoña del Teso, DIARIO VASCO
“It is a convincing, touching and, at certain points, infuriating depiction of what it means to be a gay man in a society dominated by a very traditional version of the Christian religion” Vladan Petkovic, CINEUROPA
“Rarely do we see a modern film with this sense of pure danger, at a time when green screen and digital compositing are the current industry preferences.” David Katz, CINEUROPA
“It’s a bold, unique and eclectic cocktail which is bewildering at times in all its peculiarities, but which proves the filmmaker’s clear talent for portraying with great accuracy the reality of the young protagonist’s African life” Fabien Lemercier, CINEUROPA
“One of the most inspired filmmakers currently on the international stage” Víctor Esquirol, GARA
“Tenacious, masterful when it comes to capturing intimate, sincere and painful emotions” Koldo Landaluze, GARA