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Valladolid International Film Festival

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    Golden Spike

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Sweet Hereafter

      7.4 (38K)
      Atom Egoyan
    • [object Object]

      Affliction

      6.9 (21K)
      Paul Schrader
    • [object Object]

      The Mirror

      7.5 (3.4K)
      Jafar Panahi
    • [object Object]

      Career Girls

      7.1 (6.5K)
      Mike Leigh
    • [object Object]

      Chinese Box

      6.3 (3.7K)
      Wayne Wang
    • [object Object]

      Clubbed to Death (Lola)

      5.5 (575)
      Yolande Zauberman
    • [object Object]

      Things I Left in Havana

      5.9 (234)
      Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
    • [object Object]

      Life is All You Get

      7.2 (2.1K)
      Wolfgang Becker
    • [object Object]

      Private Confessions

      7.3 (500)
      Liv Ullmann
    • [object Object]

      Funny Games

      7.5 (92K)
      Michael Haneke
    • [object Object]

      Love and Death on Long Island

      6.9 (4.3K)
      Richard Kwietniowski
    • [object Object]

      Four Days in September

      7.4 (6.1K)
      Bruno Barreto
    • [object Object]

      Panna Nikt

      5.9 (527)
      Andrzej Wajda
    • [object Object]

      My Brother's Gun

      5.4 (357)
      Ray Loriga
    • [object Object]

      Por si no te vuelvo a ver

      7.5 (175)
      Juan Pablo Villaseñor
    • [object Object]

      Saving Grace

      5.8 (84)
      Costa Botes
    • [object Object]

      Suzaku

      7.3 (1.6K)
      Naomi Kawase

    Short Film

    • Winner

      The Jewish Bride

      6.0 (7)
      Maarten Koopman

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Bridges

      6.3 (341)
      Dirk Rijneke
      Mildred Van Leeuwaarden
      Rotterdam Films

    Silver Spike

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Things I Left in Havana

      5.9 (234)
      Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
      Tied with Career Girls (1997).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Career Girls

      7.1 (6.5K)
      Mike Leigh
      Tied with Things I Left in Havana (1997).

    Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Signing Off

      7.8 (103)
      Robert Sarkies

    Jury Special Prize

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    Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Adiós mamá

      7.2 (71)
      Ariel Gordon

    Best Actor

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Affliction

      6.9 (21K)
      Nick Nolte

    Best Actress

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Private Confessions

      7.3 (500)
      Pernilla August

    Best Director of Photography

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    • James Coburn and Nick Nolte in Affliction (1997)
      The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
      Winners
      • Affliction
      • The Sweet Hereafter
      Paul Sarossy

    Youth Jury Award

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    Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Sweet Hereafter

      7.4 (38K)
      Atom Egoyan

    Youth Jury Award - Special Mention

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    Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Affliction

      6.9 (21K)
      Paul Schrader
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Career Girls

      7.1 (6.5K)
      Mike Leigh

    Audience Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Por si no te vuelvo a ver

      7.5 (175)
      Juan Pablo Villaseñor

    FIPRESCI Prize

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Private Confessions

      7.3 (500)
      Liv Ullmann

    FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Perfect Circle

      8.1 (2.5K)
      Ademir Kenovic

    Pilar Miró Award

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    Best New Director

    • Wolfgang Becker
      Winner
      • Wolfgang Becker
      • Life is All You Get

    Tiempo de Historia Award

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    Best Documentary

    • Winner

      Off Season

      8.1 (20)
      Pepe Danquart
      Mirjam Quinte
    • [object Object]

      The Long Way Home

      7.6 (1.3K)
      Mark Jonathan Harris
      2nd place

    • Magnitogorsk

      Pieter Jan Smit
      2nd place

    Also known as

    • Semana Internacional Cine Religioso
    • Semana Internacional Cine Religioso y de Valores Humanes
    • Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid - Valores Religioso y Humanes
    • Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (SEMINCI)

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    Event date

    October 24, 1997 - November 1, 1997

    Event location

    Valladolid, Spain

    Event links

    • http://www.seminci.com/
    • http://www.fipresci.org/

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