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Blanquiazul, from director Luis Castro Serrano, is the first Peruvian wide release of 2015. It's also a documentary, a genre which has been largely neglected by local directors (and distributors), save for Javier Corcuera, whose Sigo Siendo, about our country's musicians, got a well-received, rare theatrical release in 2013.Founded in 1901, Alianza Lima is one of the most popular soccer teams in the national league. Its rabid fanbase has stuck it out with the squad through highs and lows, and this movie is intended as a simple, moving tribute to those people who put on the official colors of blue and white every week and head out to the stadium to cheer on the players.Even though the national team hasn't been to a World Cup...

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Includes world premieres of five Spanish productions and Oliver Stone’s documentary series The Untold History of the United States.Scroll down for full line-up

The Zabaltegi section at the 61st edition of the San Sebastian Festival (Sept 20-28) has been announced.

Along with the world premiere of five Spanish productions, other titles have also been programmed from countries such as Poland, South Korea and Kazakhstan, plus a 3D animated film and two documentaries to have competed at the Sundance Festival.

In addition, documentary series The Untold History of the United States, directed by Oliver Stone, will be presented in Spain for the first time as well as the new 206-minute epic Alexander: The Ultimate Cut, shot by the director in 2004.

Two Basque shorts will premiered within the section: Hotzanak, For Your Own Safety, by Izibene Oñederra, and Zela Trovke (Cutting Grass), by Asier Altuna.

Lav Diaz from the Philippines will also see the world premiere...

Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, will compete as part of the official selection of the 61st San Sebastian Film Festival (Sep 20-28).

At a press conference in Madrid today, festival director José Luis Rebordinos revealed the Spanish titles that will compete for the Golden Shell. Spanish films set to feature in other sections of the festival were also revealed.

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Villeneuve’s Enemy stars Gyllenhaal as a man who seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in a film. The co-production between Canada (Rhombus Media) and Spain (Roxbury Pics) is Villeneuve’s follow-up to the Oscar-nominated Incendies.

David Trueba (Salamina Soldiers) will introduce Vivir es Facil (Living Is Easy). Set in 1966, Javier Cámara (Talk to Her) stars as an English teacher who sets off across Spain to find John Lennon, who was taking a break from Beatlemania to feature in Richard Lester film How I Won The War.

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The Vancouver International Film Festival is my baby. In its 29th year, this is the event I look forward to every year. The lists I've kept through the year come out and I eagerly look through the list of titles in search of those little gems and every year Viff responds with a huge assortment of titles. This year's festival is no different.

Some of the titles we're most eagerly anticipating include Tsumetai Nettaigyo’s Cold Fish (trailer), Gareth Edwards’ Monsters (trailer, review), Jo Sung-Hee’s apocalyptic road movie End of Animal, Carl Bessai’s Repeaters (trailer) and Xavier Dolan's Heartbeats (trailer, review).

There's loads more so be sure to check the titles (so far) after the break. Many more to be announced in the coming days.

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A weekend getaway aboard a small plane turns deadly for a rookie pilot and four teenage friends.

• edro Almodóvar and Guillermo del Toro you can both breathe a sign of relief. Spanish cinema is rejuvenated. The split-screen/drama that was premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at last year's Cannes (I'm guilty for having fallen asleep to this one: victim of watching one too many films and not necessarily the film itself) has walked away from Spain's equivalent to the Oscar with top honors: Best Film and Best Director. Jaime Rosales' La Soledad (Solitary Fragments) (two parallel urban stories highlighting the fragility and simplicity of human existence) beat out the heavy favorite The Orphanage (the Picturehouse-released pic that investigates the power the dead have over the living, especially over children in the most imaginative and vulnerable stages). For a full list of the winners: scroll below. Picture"Solitary Fragments," Jaime Rosales ACTRESSMaribel Verdu, "Seven Billiards Tables" ACTORAlberto San Juan, "Under the Stars" DIRECTORJaime Rosales,

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Spain proved the big victor at this year's 11th annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival winning awards for best picture, best documentary, best opera prima and best screenplay at the event's closing ceremony Monday night in Hollywood.

Winning for best picture, Spain's "El Corazon de la Tierra" tells the story of mounting tensions between local Spanish workers and their British employers in an Andalusia mining town. Directed by Antonio Cuadri, the Spanish film stars Catalina Sandino Moreno.

Spanish actor Javier Bardem accepted the award for best documentary for "Invisibles", which was directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa, Javier Corcuera, Mariano Barroso, Wim Wenders and Isabel Coixet. The film marks Bardem's debut as a producer with support from the humanitarial organization Doctors Without Borders.

Other winners of the evening's event, which took place at ArcLight's Cinerama Dome, included Spain's "Ladrones" for best opera prima, Spain/Cuba's "Madrigal" for best screenplay, Paul Leduc for best director for Mexico's "El Cobrador" and from the U.S., "The Grass Grows Green: Life and Death From Behind the Recruiting Office Desk" directed by Jesus Beltran for best short.

• Ioncinema.com presents: Best of FestsTRIBECA Film Festival When: April.25 to May.6, 2007 Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('April 25, 2007'); Where: New York City, New York - United States Official Website: tribecafilmfestival.org/What: In 2002, the Tribeca Film Institute successfully launched the First Annual Tribeca Film Festival. Created by Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, the mission of the Tribeca Film Festival is to enable the international film community and the general public to experience the power of film by redefining the film festival experience. The Tribeca Film Festival was founded to celebrate New York City as a major filmmaking center and to contribute to the long-term recovery of lower Manhattan. Accreditation: Academy Award ® accreditation World Narrative Feature CompetitionBorn and Bred (Nacido y Criado) - Pablo TraperoGardener of Eden - Kevin ConnollyHalf Moon - Bahman Ghobadi Lady Chatterley - Pascale FerranThe Last Man (Atlal/Le dernier homme) -  Ghassan Salhab Lost In Beijing

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