Before this Saturday, 15 of the 75 films that won the Golden Oyster award were Spanish films, and all were directed by men; On the other hand, this figure is not particularly surprising, considering that for a long time this festival, like everyone else, had limited space for female directors, but this does not make it any less sad. When it comes to discussing San Sebastian native Jaione Camborda’s triumph tonight at the San Sebastián Festival with his second feature film, ‘O Corno,’ one must take into account the festival’s efforts to repair that statistic.
All spanish movies In the competition among this year’s films directed by women, the list of winners was compiled by a jury of mostly women, chaired by Claire Denis, a French woman who has spent most of her impeccable career enduring the reality of filmmaking. Being the only woman, or almost a woman, in a man’s world. And nothing said up to this point is, of course, intended to assert the artistic values sanctioned by the new art. Golden Shell These are not enough to be worthy of the award.
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‘O Corno’ is located in Galicia Arosa Island Accompanying a midwife in the late 60s who is forced to flee to Portugal after the death of a teenager she helped perform an abortion, and during her journey comes into contact with a number of female characters willing to help and protect her. . . In staging this manifestation of sisterhood, Camborda not only confirms her extraordinary gift for expression through the contemplation of bodies in motion – which she had already made clear in her first work ‘Arima’ – but is especially evident in the almost 10-minute overwhelming sequence: a woman giving birth opens the film ; She also displays an extraordinary ability to move fluidly between genres and tones.
After all, ‘O Corno’ is also a sampler of different genres. feminine attitudes It’s a confrontation with motherhood, a plot that truly overcomes tension, a ‘road movie’ full of ‘western’ touches and, most of all, a defense as subtle as it is resonant about women’s right to decide about their own bodies. It is set at a time when the Franco regime has ended, has been repudiated by law, and touches on a present day when those who want to eliminate it are once again aggressively trying to make their voices heard.
Claire DenisRemember, she spent years attending festivals that used to only go to films made by men, which helps explain why nearly all of the other major awards announced this Saturday are going to men. feminist fictions It is entirely or partially managed by women. The Special Jury Prize (second in terms of importance) was given to Danish Isabella Eklöf’s work titled ‘Kalak’, which shows the damage caused by patriarchal masculinity by using the portrait of a man who bears the traces of sexual abuse suffered by his father in his childhood. It harms men almost as much as it harms women; The Best Directing award went to the couple (a woman and a non-binary person) consisting of Tzu-Hui Peng and Ping-Wen Wang. Taiwanese drama ‘A Journey in Spring’ They see a man trying to repair the family ties he broke due to his sexist prejudices after the death of his wife; The very good Argentinian comedy ‘Point’, half directed by María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat, won both the Best Screenplay award and the Best Performance in a Leading Role award for Marcelo Subiotto, who shared the ‘ex aequo’ award with the film’s protagonist. ‘The Great Absence’ was the subject of female genital mutilation by legendary actor Tatsuya Fuji – in his most famous film ‘Empire of the Senses’ (1976); The Best Supporting Performance Award was given to Hovik Keuchkerian for his portrayal of a man trapped in his own masculinity in Isabel Coixet’s movie ‘Un amor’. A. feminist honorwe say, and it’s also pretty indisputable.