“The interesting thing about this piece (is) how serious the director is about ensuring the documental and fictional aspects consume one another (…) to bring meaning to the fiction, and that touch of ‘freshness’ that lets the characters talk, converse and be themselves to bring meaning to the documentary” Oti Rodriguez Marchante, ABC

“Isaki Lacuesta is back with a magnificent film which blurs all lines between fiction and documentary. He has painted a bitter and realistic picture of Spain” Gontzal Agote, BERRIA

“As authentic as the most to-the-point and spontaneous documentary and with the narrative vigour of a director who is absolutely aware of everything that’s emerging before the camera” Ricardo Aldarondo, EL DIARIO VASCO

“Lacuesta’s purity of perspective matches the exquisite camerawork which, above all, is in tune with the object being studied” Victor Esquirol, GARA

“Denis’s excessively fanciful yet attractive narrative structure is unsettling and leaves some intriguing questions hanging” Ricardo Aldarondo, EL DIARIO VASCO

“A breath of fresh air in the genre” Victor Esquirol, GARA

“There are parts that get bogged down in pitiful ideas and scenes of unquestionable beauty” Juan Zapater, NOTICIAS DE GIPUZKOA

“In its sheer weirdness and departure from anything else in the cinematic universe, this film is bound to charm” Alfonso Rivera, CINEUROPA

“What in Ruiz’s hands would in presumably have been awash with stylistic flourishes and oscillations in time (and pace) is bathed in a cool theatrical clarity in Sarmiento’s” David González, CINEUROPA

“The formidable Girl (…) is pure physicality. A work about the body, from the body” Javier Ocaña, EL PAÍS

“The outcome is so subtle of the type that only the French do well, loyal as they are to the theme of infidelity” Harkaitz Cano, EL DIARIO VASCO

“The complacency and corruption of pre-coup Argentina is laid bare in chilling, absurd style in Benjamin Naishtat's superb third feature” Jessica Kiang, VARIETY

“He returns to the festival with this stylishly mounted follow-up (…) The film’s prime assets are terrific performances from leads Nimri and Eva Llorach” Jonathan Romney, SCREEN DAILY

“These moments dedicated to music and dance profit from the advice of choreographer María Rovira, and they are by far the most spectacular, moving and genuine scenes” Alfonso Rivera, CINEUROPA

“Brillante Mendoza's seamily atmospheric drug-trade thriller covers familiar ground, but does so with a potent, purposeful stride” Guy Lodge, VARIETY

“Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s third feature-length film is prizeworthy” M.I., GARA

“Demonstrates that we, too, are witness to one of the most beautiful love stories of this 66th festival” Begoña del Teso, EL DIARIO VASCO

“Argentine drama “The Snatch Thief” is a nicely plotted, unpretentious film” Jay Weissberg, VARIETY

“La casa lobo from Chilean directors Cristobal León and Joaquin Cociña is great cinema” Mikel G. Gurpegui, EL DIARIO VASCO

“The film will be a tool for generating crucial debate. That’s no small thing” Uxue Arzelus, BERRIA

“One of the most powerful pieces of the Festival” Harkaitz Cano, EL DIARIO VASCO

“The story’s depiction of the world of dreams creates opportunities for humour without ruining the realistic feel of what is, without a doubt, Veiroj’s most existentialist film” Carlota Moseguí, CINEUROPA

“A resonating melodramatic thriller which is executed to perfection. It will unsettle many in the audience with its disarming and defiant frivolity” Koldo Landaluze, GARA

“Intriguing characters and superb performances could make 'Petra' the director’s most popular film to date” Jay Weissberg, VARIETY

“Roma will be described as a visual marvel, and it is” Mikel G. Gurpegui, EL DIARIO VASCO

“Jia Zhangke’s gangster epic is a twisting tale of love and survival in 21st-century China” Maggie Lee, VARIETY

“Zhao Tao. One of those personalities who floods the screen. Brilliant, fun and youthful” Mikel G. Gurpegui, EL DIARIO VASCO

“It has adventure, it has humour, and it reflects on life, happiness and freedom (…) I can’t think of a more appropriate pair of actors for this fraternal journey” Uxue Arzelus, BERRIA

“A monumental work from twelve film makers” Begoña del Teso, EL DIARIO VASCO

“A perfectly calibrated drama boasting exquisite attention to detail that reveals itself in the elegant visuals as much as the astonishing performances” Jay Weissberg, VARIETY

“High-end scripted content derives from high-quality scripts and creative freedom” Emiliano Granada, VARIETY