72nd San Sebastian Festival - 20/28 September 2023
71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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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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A Day of Basque Films
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Pedro Olea
100 min.
Navarre at the end of 17th century. The film takes place in a feudal setting. Garazi the granddaughter of a woman who was burnt and accused of being a witch, had a love affair with Iñigo, the son and heir of Don Fermín the overlord of the village. She has been initiated into the "Witches Sabbath" by a faith-healer. She is now going out with another man, Unai, one of the young men who are opposed to Don Fermín?s absolute power. Don Fermín, in order to quieten the people?s rightful protest, unleashes a cruel hunt against the so-called "witches".
Pablo Malo
105 min.
Winter 1967. Nine-year-old Laura drowns near a boarding school lost in the Pyrenees. A month later, Marco arrives from the city and moves into the attic of a lonely mountain house. The headmistress of the boarding school witnesses strange events involving Monica, the dead girl?s roommate, who is convinced that Laura is still there. Pablo Malo, director of La sombra de nadie, will sit on this year?s Altadis-New Directors Award Jury.
Egoitz Rodríguez Olea
65 min.
After an accident in space, the Betizus crash-land on an apparently uninhabited planet. But they soon realise they?re not alone... The evil Bull has taken over the desert and imprisoned all the Xanus, the pacific inhabitants of the planet, to try to find the lost treasure of Xangadu. The Betizus have to use all their ingenuity to help the Xanus rid themselves of Bull. And they also have to get their spaceship fixed so they can get off the planet again.
Aitor Arregi, Iñigo Berasategi
70 min.
The once-great empire of Meadowland sees its superiority threatened by the limitless ambition of its rival empire Dungoland. The perfidious Destruzzio, counsellor to King Pinzón II of Meadowland, proposes sponsoring a trip to prove their determination and end the competition forever: an expedition to the Moon to sculpt the face of the King on it.
Sabin Egilior
73 min.
After 70 years of silence since the Civil War, relatives of the victims have broken their silence and are beginning to talk. They want more information concerning the collective executions and disappearances which have been forgotten by the rest of society. Reconstructing the memories collected from the neighbours will offer an opportunity to speak about the Spanish Civil War and its collateral effects as a historical tragedy, leaving aside the political vision, and the pain and suffering caused. That?s when we will have arrived at the reflection of this documentary.
Alberto J. Gorritiberea
92 min.
Kepa and Martin are amateur cyclists and inseparable childhood friends. They are approaching their 40th birthdays when the company they work for is immersed in a prolonged conflict with the workers. Rumours of its imminent offshoring, just when Martin is about to become a father, throw him into a crisis leading to a confrontation with Kepa. When the real sense of their friendship is in danger, a common objective appears: taking their protests to the Tour de France with the help of a young journalist, Zuriñe, whose presence will provoke conflictive emotions.
Miguel Ángel Calvo Buttini
92 min.
This is an emotional and choral comedy set in a beautiful countryside, where the traditional and bigger family Gonzalez-Zea, salmon, frogs, and another animals... rationals and irrationals... share the environment with people from a tiny village located near the Bidasoa river. Nacho, 45 years old, is a minister of the National Government (conservative ideology) and Jaime, his older twin brother by ten minutes (progressist ideology), is one of the most important surgeons in the country. Both are going to run for the position of President of the National Government...
Pedro Aguilera
83 min.
This is the story of a disoriented and vulnerable woman, overburdened with everyday problems: her belongings are impounded, her cosmetics shop is closed, and her children are forced to go to comprehensive school. The children?s vitality draws a sharp contrast to the apathy of their mother as she slowly sinks into deep depression. The kids, aware that she lacks the necessary strength and maturity to effectively face these problems, are forced to adopt adult attitudes. Life goes on, and things change. Sometimes the changes are slow and unnoticeable, at others they are sharp and tangible.
Julio Medem
119 min.
Ana is a beautiful 18-year-old free-spirited painter living in Ibiza. She devotes her passion for life into her bohemian paintings. One day, Justine, a cosmopolitan patron of the arts, invites Ana to explore her work further by moving to Madrid, where she will live amongst a group of young artists that Justine supports and protects. This is the beginning of a journey that will send Ana to new continents, prompting her to uncover her past lives that have crossed centuries of remote myths.
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