74th San Sebastian Festival - 18/26 September 2026
74SSIFF - 18/26 September 2026
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Z365" or "Festival all year round" is the new strategic point of the Festival in which converge investigation, accompaniment and development of new talents (Ikusmira Berriak, Nest); training and cinematic knowledge transfer (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Zinemaldia + Plus, Filmmakers' dialogue); and investigation, disclosure and cinematic thought (Z70 project, Thought and Discussion and Research and publications).
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Basque Film Competition
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José Luis Revuelta Echevarría
Spain
30 min.
Short film
A German soldier receives his baptism of fire in the first skirmishes in El Sarre (French-German border) at the beginning of the Second World War. Unconsciously, he gradually becomes a killing machine.
Agustín Goenaga, Anton Txintxurrieta
Spain
28 min.
Short film
Struggles and misadventures of Lope de Aguirre, with his enormous ambition at the forefront, in search of El Dorado.For more than twenty years, Lope de Aguirre had been fighting and conquering for a king (Philip II) whom he did not even know when he joined the expedition organised by Ursúa. The aim of this adventure was to discover the country of El Dorado, which was supposed to be located at an unknown point on the Marañón River, now known as the Amazon. Ursúa's carelessness in governing the expedition, as well as other weaknesses, led Aguirre to seize power after Ursúa's death. The expedition was abandoned and Aguirre, appointed the new general, set out to return to Peru after disembarking at sea.
Juan A. Gómez Borrego
Spain
3 min.
Short film
Game, illusion, fantasy, love, seen through the dream of a child.
José Felipe Santos
Spain
38 min.
Medium-length film
Tour of Artxanda, one of the most beautiful spots in Bilbao, discussing its funicular railway, its green areas, its buildings, its farmhouses, its people, but above all its famous San Roque chapel, which, after the damage caused by the civil war, has been lovingly restored by the residents of Artxanda. After commissioning a new sculpture of San Roque from the sculptor Francisco Javier Santos (we attended the process of its creation at his studio in Madrid), it was inaugurated with all honours. The reopening was attended by the authorities of Bilbao and Sondica, and the celebration ended with a fellowship meal.
José Zamarreño
Spain
12 min.
Short film
The first songs of Ilia and Nagore, aged three and four, in search of a better world (panoramic views of San Sebastián).
Miguel Ángel Quintana, Ángel Bernal
Spain
16 min.
Short film
Appreciated for millennia as a delicacy, the snail remains a biologically little-known animal, to the extent that it is still debated whether it has sight, whether it reproduces once or several times a year, or whether a single mating is sufficient to make it fertile for life.The documentary chronicles the curious life of this skeletonless, hermaphroditic mollusc that is so abundant in our lands.
Iñaki Aizpuru
Spain
10 min.
Short film
In 1970, at Martutene prison, a new prisoner is welcomed by his fellow inmates in a rather unusual way.
María Jesús Fombellida Cortázar
Espainia
12 min.
Short film
Documentary. Charcoal production narrated by the artisans themselves. Filmed in the mountains of Oyarzun.
Juan Bernardo Heinink
Spain
11 min.
Short film
An experimental film of a conceptual nature, revolving around ideas related to the words "Love" and "War", deduced from the process of transforming the composition of a single shot, describing a trajectory of approach from its design to the complete staging of that dream.
Agustín Arenas Eizagirre
Spain
20 min.
Short film
This film presents us with a series from a supposed television channel. It ridicules all kinds of awards that are commonly given in the world of cinema. The presenter tells us about the latest award-winning productions: the sketches "Bonbolioaren miraria", "Eulalia" and "Alguazilaren txapela".
Javier González Purroy
Spain
23 min.
Short film
The phenomenon of transhumance is also evident in various areas of the Basque Country. Since time immemorial, shepherds from the Salazar and Roncal valleys have brought their flocks down to Bardena every autumn, where they spend the winter. Transhumance is an attempt to preserve this way of life for posterity, highlighting its close communion with nature, its most ancient elements as opposed to those of modern incorporation, and the human drama of the shepherds.
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