A Toast to St. Martirià

"Cinema should be this: making perception of time and space more intense."

The town of Banyoles, an hour and a half from Barcelona, hosts a festival every year named after its patron, Saint Martyrianus (or, in Catalan, Martirià). There are horse races, there are local delicacies and dances, and there is always someone elected to be the festival's pregoner—literally, "town cryer." This person is given the signal honor of opening the fair with a celebratory speech, and in 2022, the controversi...