Basque Docs Scene Spotlight: A Look at ‘Los Williams’
variety.comCallum McLennan In July, José Luis Rebordinos, director of the San Sebastián Film Festival, highlighted the growing prominence of documentaries at this year’s event.
Among the notable examples he cited were Albert Serra’s “Afternoons of Solitude,” and the New Directors opener “La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés,” the directorial debut of Antón Álvarez, better known to date as singer-songwriter C.
Tangana. “Genre auteur cinema has been around for some time, but there’s ever more of it, and non-fiction cinema is increasingly normal,” Rebordinos observed.
These selections highlight Spain’s expanding presence in the documentary realm. Basque cinema is not lagging behind. A prime example is “Los Williams,” which arrives at the festival bolstered by the celebrity of its subjects, soccer superstar siblings Iñaki and Nico Williams.
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