Dao Wins Golden Spike at 71st Valladolid Film Festival

Alain Gomis' Dao won the Golden Spike for best film at the 71st Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci), according to Variety. Marine Atlan's La Gradiva took the Silver Spike, and also collected the José Salcedo editing prize for Guillaume Lillo and the Rainbow Spike.

Lisandro Alonso won the Ribera del Duero best director award for Double Freedom. The acting awards went to Alba Rohrwacher for Stéphane Brizé's A Good Little Soldier and Swann Arlaud for Emmanuel Marre's A Man of His Time, with Olivier Boonjing taking the cinematography award for the same film.

Sandra Wollner won the Miguel Delibes screenplay prize for Everytime, and the jury gave a special mention to Tiago Guedes' Aquí. Sompot Chidgasornpongse took the Meeting Point prize for 9 Temples to Heaven, while Marc Ferrer's Cinemanía received the Fundos Award and Manon Coubia won the ESCAC directing prize for Forest High.

Salen las lobas won both the Meeting Point Audience Award and the Seminci Youth Prize, and is set for a Dec. 11 Spanish theatrical release through Silencio Cinema. In the side sections, Ivan Marković's Promised Spaces took the Grand Prize in the Alchemies section, while David Baute's Benigno received a special mention and the environmental Green Spike.

Hassen Ferhani's Alea Jacarandas won the Time of History Grand Prize and Mariano Llinás' Life of Jorge Luis Borges its special award. Isabelle Stever's I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming received the FIPRESCI critics' prize, and Markus Schleinzer's Rose won the main competition Audience Award.

Edition held under interim directors

The 71st edition ran Oct. 23-31 under interim co-directors Mariona Viader and Javier H. Estrada. Organizers canceled the traditional closing gala following a deadly train accident in Toledo province.