Spanish Master Victor Erice Receives Standing Ovation at Press Conference for his San Sebastián Donostia Award
variety.comLiza Foreman SAN SEBASTIAN — Legendary Spanish writer-director Victor Erice received a standing ovation from a packed press conference on Friday, ahead of receiving the festival’s Donostia Award tonight.
The award ceremony for San Sebastian’s accolade for career achievement follows on from the San Sebastian screening this morning of his first feature film in 30 years, “Close Your Eyes,” which, already pre-sold to France’s Haut et Court, world premiered in Cannes Premiere in May with the Basque director notably absent. “Close Your Eyes” sparked highly positive reviews.
30 years ago, Erice won the Cannes Jury Prize for his film “Dream of Light.” Erice fielded questions from the press on Friday before the “Close Your Eyes” team joined him on stage. “What I achieve in my work is trying to give the best of myself,” Erice told reporters. “Fate is key in an industrial art like cinema.
Fate intervenes in filmmaking, but I think fate improves what you have written. When you make a film you have a living being.
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