Overview

• Fernández received Spain's Premio Nacional de Cinematografía at the San Sebastián Film Festival and devoted his remarks to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
• Wearing a kufiya, he read names of children killed and labeled the violence a “genocide” and “the debacle of our century.”
• He asserted the assault proceeds “with the permission of the United States” and warned the perpetrators “will not tire of killing, systematically.”
• Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun presented the prize with Vice President Yolanda Díaz in attendance, underscoring the speech's visibility.
• Afterward he urged critics to debate him with arguments and called for unity across the cultural sector and the press, with coverage noting his recent participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla.