Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón

The Gijón festival began in 1963 as a children's film festival and turned, from the 1990s, into one of Spain's more serious showcases for independent and auteur cinema — the counterweight to San Sebastián's industry scale, with a programming reputation built on first and second features.

No attendance figure is recorded here in this pass.

The month is November. The festival runs occasional winter and spring strands under its own branding, which is why it sometimes appears in January listings; the main competitive edition is autumn.

Gijón is an Atlantic industrial city on the Asturian coast, which in November means rain and a local audience rather than a travelling one — and the cider houses are a substantial part of why the festival's regulars return.

PlanningNovember, not January — the winter programme is a separate strand, which causes the confusion.