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budget’. The programmer of Guadalajara Festival finds it interesting to see the surprising themes being explored in response to the crisis. ‘I hope Spanish films manage to attract spectators again, which I have no doubt they will, as it’s other factors that have put people off going to the cinema’, Trujillo laments. Nevertheless, they are both clear about which films they would like to include in their festivals. Iván Trujillo believes that the selection of films from the Basque Country this year has been outstanding. ‘We’ve already invited Loreak and Los tontos y los estúpidos and we’ll probably include El Negociador. Other Spanish films we’re considering are La isla minima and Paco de Lucía’, he adds. There is always a Spanish film at the Karlovy Vary Festival, too. Och comments that every year they find something interesting to take to the Czech Republic and this year it is the turn of No todo es vigilia, ‘no doubt one of the most appealing’, he concludes. But that is not all: San Sebastián International Film Festival is an event that gives you a preview of theEuropean film scene.The Europe New Trends programme ‘gives Mexican film lovers an idea of what is emergingin the Old Continent and a broader international outlook’, Trujillo states: an overview of what’s new in European cinema provided by the curatorship of San Sebastián and the enthusiasm of its director, José Luis Rebordinos.Cinema170Results ‘14