Valladolid International Film Week, also known as the Seminci, has cancelled its closing gala tomorrow (October 31) as a sign of respect for the victims of this week’s train crash in Spain, which killed at least 69 people.
Valladolid International Film Week said there would be no red carpet or awards gala to close its 71st edition, which opened on October 23.
The event, led by co-directors Marina Viader and Javier H. Estrada, said the winners of this edition will be announced tomorrow morning at a press conference and the screening of the closing film, Gael García Bernal’s Hombre Al Agua, would go ahead as planned in the evening. Seminci’s remaining screenings are also going ahead as normal.
Other film events have also been cancelled in Spain, which has declared three days of national mourning after two trains collided on Wednesday (October 28) south of Madrid on the high-speed line to Seville.
South International Series Festival in Cadiz has cancelled its opening gala, which had been due to take place tonight (October 30).
Abycine, a festival for independent Spanish cinema and emerging audiovisual talent, also cancelled its closing gala last night (October 29).
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