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That was a nice gesture by Vigo Mortensen.
Zinemaldia
55th Edition of the Zinemaldia
10 days of cinema kick off in Donostia
09/21/2007
The Kursaal was the place where Thursday night the inauguration of the Festival took place. There David Cronemberg praised the festival and Vigo Mortensen say a few words in Basque, "ondo pasa" (enjoy).
The Zinemaldia invited Thursday, in its inauguration, to enjoy the ten days of gestures, emotions and people looking at the 228 films that will be showed in this 55th edition. The edition opened with Eastern Promises, the new violence story by David Cronenberg.
On the stage of the Kursaal and with the sound of the Txalaparta by Oreka TX on the background, the Cayetana Guillén Cuervo and the journalist Edurne Ormazabal guided the audience towards the different sections of the festival, that presented Spanish and International actors and actresses.
This edition will also be a special edition for the Basque cinema, because the Day Of the Basque Cinema celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Paul Auster loves the Cinema
The jury was left for the end, and the president, the North American writer Paul Auster, said he was in Donostia-San Sebastián because he loves films. His last film Martin Frost’s inner life, will be presented in the Official Section out of the competition.
David Cronenberg and Vigo Mortensen, the main character of Promesas del este (Promises of the East), which was then showed to the audience, closed the ceremony.
That was a nice gesture by Vigo Mortensen.
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