VÍCTOR ERICE
LUIS BUÑUEL AWARD
VÍCTOR ERICE
SCREENING “CERRAR LOS OJOS”
WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE · 10 PM · OLIMPIA THEATER
Presentation of the Luis Buñuel Award to VÍCTOR ERICE.
Feature film CERRAR LOS OJOS, Víctor Erice. Spain. 169′
CERRAR LOS OJOS
CERRAR LOS OJOS
CLOSE YOUR EYES
Spain. 2023. 169’. Fiction
Director: Víctor Erice. Script: Víctor Erice, Michel Gaztambide. Producer: Cristina Zumárraga, Pablo E. Bossi, Víctor Erice, Jose Alba, Odile Antonio-Baez, Agustín Bossi, Pol Bossi, Maximiliano Lasansky. Executive producer: Cristina Zumárraga. Edition: Ascen Marchena (AMAE). Art: Curru Garabal. Photo: Valentín Álvarez (AEC). Original music: Federico Jusid. Sound: Iván Marín. Dress: Helena Sanchis. Cast: Manolo Solo, José Coronado, Ana Torrent, Petra Martínez, María León, Mario Pardo, Helena Miquel, Antonio Dechent.
A renowned Spanish actor, Julio Arenas, vanishes during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he must have met with an accident by the sea. Many years later, this unsolved mystery resurfaces on a television program that aims to commemorate the actor’s life, offering as a scoop images of his last scenes, shot by his close friend, director Miguel Garay.
VÍCTOR ERICE
He graduated in Film Directing from the Official School of Cinematography in Madrid in 1963. He worked as a screenwriter and director of commercials, and in 1969 he made his directorial debut with one of the three episodes of Los desafíos, which won the Silver Shell at the 1969 San Sebastian Film Festival. He won the Golden Shell at the 1973 San Sebastian Film Festival for his first feature film The Spirit of the Beehive; the Golden Hugo at the Chicago Film Festival for El Sur; and later, both the Jury Prize and the International Critics Prize at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for Dream of Light. Among his numerous awards are the National Film Award in 1993; the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts in 1995; the Honorary Leopard at the 2014 Locarno Film Festival; and the Donostia Award at the 2023 San Sebastian Film Festival. Close Your Eyes is his fourth feature film.