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Jeremy Irons, David Puttnam Join Sevilla European Film Festival Jury (EXCLUSIVE)
The fest also announced the Puerta América Award, granted to one of 16 European Oscar-submitted films in the fest's program.
According to festival director Manuel Cristóbal, the aim of the new award is to make Sevilla “the springboard for the best European films in the Oscars and to offer a comprehensive vision of contemporary filmmaking on the Old Continent.” Among the 16 titles vying for the inaugural Puerta América Award are Latvia’s animated Annecy winner “Flow” from Gints Zilbalodis, Denmark’s “The Girl With the Needle” from Magnus von Horn, Belgium’s “Julie Keeps Quiet” from Leonardo Van Dijl, Georgia’s “The Antique” from Rusudan Glurjidze – which nearly wasn’t allowed to screen at Venice and the U.K.’s “Santosh” from Sandhya Suri. Other Oscar hopefuls at this year’s fest include Norway’s “Armand” from Ingmar Berman and Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, Czech Republic’s “Waves” from Jiří Mádl; Italy’s “Vermiglio,” which won director Maura Delpero the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival; Hungary’s “Semmelweis” from Lajos Koltai; and Spain’s own “Saturn Return” by Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez.
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