As it turns 70, Spain’s Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid — the Seminci — refuses to look back.

Instead, the country’s second-oldest film festival, running Oct. 24–Nov. 1, is very much forward-facing — while reaffirming its historic humanist DNA while opening its doors to fresh voices, broader audiences and evolving industry realities.

“We didn’t want a nostalgic edition,” says Seminci’s director José Luis Cienfuegos. “It’s a luminous edition, in movement — a festival of filmmakers and for filmmakers.”

With 225 titles and 137 premieres (including 104 Spanish, 29 world, three European and one international), the 70th Valladolid Festival, best known in Spain as the Seminci, stands as one of Europe’s most robust auteur showcases.

This year’s edition gathers global heavyweights —

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