Gijón Film Festival Opens With James Gray's Paper Tiger
The 64th FICX runs Nov. 13-20, with 21 titles in the Albar competition and Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky closing the event.
The 64th Gijón International Film Festival (FICX) opened on Nov. 13 with James Gray's Paper Tiger, screening in the Albar section, according to Variety. The festival runs through Nov. 20.
Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky closes the event on Nov. 20. The Albar main competition features 21 features competing for the top prize, while the Premiere section has expanded to 16 titles.
Gregg Araki returns to Gijón with the Sundance title I Want Your Sex, starring Cooper Hoffman and Olivia Wilde. Nicolas Pariser's One Minute to Midnight screens out of competition, and the Retueyos section opens with Pierre Le Gall's Flesh and Fuel.
Past winners and returning guests
Gijón has been a regular stop for Araki: he first visited in 1996, presenting The Living End, Totally F***ed Up and The Doom Generation, and was the subject of a retrospective in 1999.
James Gray previously opened the festival in 2022 with Armageddon Time. Hong Sang-soo has won the FICX best feature prize three times, and Radu Jude took Albar's top prize in 2023 with Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World. In 2006, Valeska Grisebach's Longing won the best feature prize.
Quick answers
When is the 64th Gijón International Film Festival?
It runs Nov. 13-20.
Which films open and close FICX?
James Gray's Paper Tiger opened the festival on Nov. 13, and Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky closes it on Nov. 20.
How many films compete in the Albar section?
21 features are competing for the top prize.