The film 'Maspalomas' by Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi has been awarded the Sebastiane Prize awarded by Gehitu
For the jury, the film "forces the generation that has been condemned to invisibility to look it in the eye."
The film Maspalomas , directed by Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi, has been the winner of the Sebastiane Prize awarded annually by the Association of Gays, Lesbians, Transsexuals and Bisexuals of Euskal Herria gays, Lesbians, Transsexuals and Bisexuals within the SanSebastian Festival.
LGBTIQA+ aims to reward the film of any section that best reflects the values or realities of people and has been distributed for 26 years. Maspalomas also competes in the Official Section of the Festival.
The film tells the story of Vicente, a 76-year-old man who lives in Maspalomas after breaking up with his partner and making a life there that he has always wanted and who, due to an accidental accident, returns to San Sebastian, the city where his daughter lives and, when he settles in the nursing home, must return to the closet.
The jury of this edition of the Sebastiane Prize considers that the film "hasthe power to force a generation thathas been condemned to invisibility to look us in the eye "and reminds us that" we all practice and we are sex, but we cannot be reduced to our sexuality. "
The Sebastiane Prize was presented on Friday at the Bidassoa Taproom Hall in Gros, San Sebastian. The film's directors and lead actor Jose Ramon Soroiz have received it from jurors Samantha Hudson and Jorge Muriel.
The Sebastiane Latino Prize isalso awarded by Gehitu . This year themystery Laby Diego Cespedes has corresponded to the look of flamenco .
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