RTVE has maintained a very close relationship with the cinema since its origins. As well as broadcasting it, RTVE backs cinema by financing films, documentaries and TV movies. The productions delivered by what’s known as the dream factory have always had their space on the small screen, on which its big brother has always prolonged the life of its feature films. In keeping with this special relationship, RTVE participates in the San Sebastian Festival, a cinematic event enjoying national and international prestige of which it has been the official sponsor since 2005 and to which it gives widespread coverage. The opening and closing galas, the Donostia Awards and everything that happens at the Festival is profusely reported in its TV and radio channels, as well as in its digital space. Furthermore, RTVE takes series and films of its own or shared production to the Festival and presents them at a special gala, for which an entire day is set aside. It completes its participation in the San Sebastian Festival with presentation of the “Otra Mirada” Award, created by RTVE to encourage films on themes related to the world of women. RTVE and cinema, ALWAYS hand in hand.

Movistar+ is the leading platform for entertainment of the Telefonica group. Its offer includes the best premium contents on sports, cinema, serial, documentary and programs that users can enjoy where, when and how they want.

Since September 2017, Movistar+ has set up an strategy on original serial production, releasing a fiction each month (‘Velvet Colección’, ‘Vergüenza’, ‘La Zona’, ‘La Peste’, ‘Mira lo que has hecho’, ‘Félix’, ‘Matar al padre’, ‘El día de mañana’, ‘Virtual Hero’, ‘SKAM España’, ‘Gigantes’,  ‘Arde Madrid’, ‘El Embarcadero’, ‘Justo antes de Cristo’, ‘Instinto’,  ‘Hierro’). Furthermore, in 2018 Movistar+ starts a new production line focused on cinema with the film ‘Mientras dure la guerra’ directed by Alejandro Amenabar.

In addition, Movistar+ is an Official Sponsor of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, establishing a close collaboration with the filming event in which Movistar+ has premiered  ‘La Peste’, ‘Vergüenza’, ‘Gigantes’ and ‘Arde Madrid’.

With more than 120 years’ experience under its belt, today Audi is a world reference as a manufacturer of high-end vehicles. With the motto ‘At the vanguard of technique’, the brand of the four-ring emblem is famous not only for being a model to keep an eye on for its technology, but also for the high quality, elegance and sporting comfort of its models. 

This DNA now provides the basis for the new era of electrification in which Audi is immersed. In Spain the brand is already commercialising two 100% electric models (e-tron quattro and e-trono Sportback), and recently launched an offensive of plug-in hybrids, called TFSIe, carrying the Zero environmental sticker (A6, A7, A8, Q5 and Q7). This offer completes a range with a variety of options for their bodywork and propulsion (with petrol, diesel and GNC engines), adapting to any need. 

Audi’s promise to provide quality to its customers is firm, as is the brand’s connection with culture. This is visible for instance in its collaboration with the San Sebastian Festival, where Audi has accumulated nine years as an Official Collaborator and Official Vehicle, having organised the Think Tank, a space for reflection and discussion with personalities from the Spanish film industry, for six of them.

Kutxabank is the biggest financial institution in the Basque Country, a bank committed to people and to the economic and social development of the territories in which it goes about its activities.

It emerged in 2012 as a result of the merger between the three Basque savings banks, the Group’s only shareholders. Kutxabank is a benchmark institution. In fact, it is one of the most solid banks in Europe. 

With an intense agenda of sponsoring cultural and sports activities, the institution has had a strong links with Zinemaldia for decades.

Thanks to this support, Kutxabank can offer its clients numerous advantages.

Amenabar, a family company created more than 37 years ago and today one of Spain’s leading property developers, joins us this year as an Official Collaborator of the San Sebastian Festival and Sponsor of Movies for Kids section thanks to its Welcome to the Family! campaign.

Identification with the tradition of Zinemaldia, and very especially with the selection of children’s films, corresponds to the values and spirit of the family and community who make up Amenabar’s essence.

Beer from Donostia since 1890. The spirit and love of Basque gastronomy can be tasted in every gulp of KELER beer.

The KELER flavour is recognised all over the world and stands out at the leading international beer fests. It has bagged more than 25 prizes in the last decade alone.

Sponsor of the San Sebastian Festival since 2015, KELER maintains its engagement not only with culture, but with the city too.

Nespresso is a pioneer and world reference in the finest high-quality portioned coffee market. The company works with more than 100,000 coffee growers in 13 countries through its AAA Sustainable Quality™ Programme for applying sustainable practices to plantations and their environment. The Programme, launched in 2003 in collaboration with the Rainforest Alliance, helps to improve production and harvest quality, guaranteeing a sustainable supply of high-quality coffee as well as better living conditions for its coffee growers and their communities.

Nespresso’s connections to the San Sebastian Festival began more than ten years ago. As well as being the Official Festival Coffee, since 2015 Nespresso has been the Sponsor of the Culinary Zinema section, combining cinema, gastronomy and food-related activities in the fields of education, science and agriculture. Furthermore, last year it also became the Sponsor of the Nespresso VIP space in the Kursaal, a meeting point reserved for Festival guests, among whom are the lead characters of films in the Official Selection and winners of the Donostia Award. 

Mar de Frades is a pioneering, avant-garde and innovative winery. Brave by definition and always unique, it represents the most deeply rooted winemaking tradition of the Salnés Valley, the historic capital of Albariño. It is here where the legent of this variety began and where the most sophisticated and suggestive white wines are produced. A brand with Atlantic spirit, unconquerable, daring, and trendsetter, which makes the link with the world of glamor and cinema its main flag, thus becoming the most desired white of Spain.

Official Sponsor of the San Sebastian Film Festival for the second year, Mar de Frades will become, once again, the star of the Opening of the Festival, one of the most emblematic moments of the event.

The DIARIO VASCO newspaper is the doyen of press publications in Gipuzkoa and a model of modern and deep-rooted journalism.

Event sponsorship is one of the areas taken greatest care of by the DV with a view to building a brand image associated to its close links with the interests of Gipuzkoan society in all its areas. 

It therefore develops widespread initiatives in support of numerous events, outstanding among which is the San Sebastian International Film Festival for being one of the world-famous gatherings on the cultural calendar of Gipuzkoa, with which it has maintained connections for more than two decades.

Orona is a company with its headquarters in Hernani (Gipuzkoa), launched in 1964 with the constitution of Orona S. Coop, founded by some twenty people. In these 55 years, Orona has grown into a group with 5,300 employees, with presence in 11 countries, exporting to more than 100 countries from its factories in Hernani and Vitoria-Gasteiz, both of them in the Basque Country. Its turnover amounts to €m741 ($m822). It is ranked one of the top ten companies in the sector worldwide and is the fifth in Europe. 

ORONA is a social-business project focussed on commitment, trust, confidence, flexibility and   agility as its core values. These values, together with the cooperative principles, provide the basis for the relationship we maintain with the area around us. In this context, Orona Fundazioa plays an essential role, given that from it we provide a service to society, as well as to the people who are part of our Project. Orona Fundazioa represents support for training and development projects and for different cultural and social initiatives, in the context of opening up to its environment that characterises Orona Ideo. It is in this space that we have been working with the San Sebastian Festival since 2014 to develop ZINETEK, the project turning the spotlight on young people. Orono sponsors the award given by Nest Film Students, the international film students meeting which, every year, sees an increase in the number of filmmakers coming from countries all over the world.  

The Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) is a research centre of international vocation, whose main objective is to generate innovative knowledge in physics and similar disciplines. It is a Basque Government Centre of Excellence. The DIPC is firmly committed to spreading scientific knowledge and culture. It therefore develops powerful scientific communication programmes, often in collaboration with other cultural agents, among them the San Sebastian Film Festival.

TCM is a pay-TV network which offers a selection of the greatest movies of all time. It is available on the leading pay-TV platforms. TCM also produces documentaries on film-related themes which have won numerous international awards, such as Nostromo: David Lean’s Impossible Dream and El último adiós de Bette Davis / When Bette Davis Bid Farewell. With ties to the San Sebastian Festival for more than two decades, TCM formerly sponsored the Audience Award and the Zinemaldia Get-togethers. At this 2019 edition, it sponsors the TCM Youth Award.

TCM is a brand belonging to the WarnerMedia group.

Irizar is a business group with international presence which concentrates its activity in the passenger transport, e-mobility, electronics, electric motors and generators, connectivity and energy sectors.

Made up of seven brands who carry out their production activity in 13 plants, Irizar has its own R&D centre and maintains a strong pledge to the brand, technology and sustainability.  

Thanks to our engagement with the Zinemaldia, in recent years our path has run parallel to that of Basque films; creating, imagining and producing stories that deserve to be told to the world. As a reflection of that engagement, since 2013 Irizar has been promoting the Irizar Basque Film Award, going to the best Basque film at the Festival

The Maison CHANEL has signed an exclusive agreement with the Festival as its Official Makeup provider, therefore becoming a Sponsor of the San Sebastian Festival for its 67th edition, to run from 20-28 September 2019. 

This year, at the San Sebastian Festival, CHANEL will be the host of the Glamroom situated in the iconic María Cristina Hotel. There, a team of Makeup Artists from the house will provide the makeup for the actresses and actors prior to the photo sessions, the red carpets and the press conferences.

As well as the Glamroom, CHANEL will have a space in the Plaza Okendo, dedicated to Rouge Coco Flash, the house “prêt-à-porter” lipstick: this modern, dynamic and interactive space will offer all women the chance to enjoy a different experience, discovering all of the secrets of this lipstick with professionals of the brand.

In conjunction with Jamones Ibéricos de España and the European Union, the Ham Passion Tour sponsors the San Sebastian Festival.

The Asociación Interprofesional del Cerdo Ibérico (ASICI), Sponsors of Zinemaldia since 2015, fosters the passion for Ibérico Ham, unfolding all of the flavour and quality that make it the Passion of Europe.

Prestige, tradition and global reach are values shared by Jamones Ibéricos de España and the San Sebastian Festival.

Ramiro Mata was born inheriting the vision of Francisco Mata, founder of one of Spain’s first hairdressing academies in 1970. Today, almost 50 years later, Ramiro Mata is a reference in the fashion and trends of the hairdressing world, collaborating in film festivals such as San Sebastian (since 2013), the Goya and Feroz awards, fashion catwalks, television and cinema. Ramiro Mata enjoys international prestige as a school of hairdressing; the artistic team produces shows, presentations and masterclasses all over the world.

La Perla Thalassotherapy Centre is one of the remaining symbols of San Sebastian’s Belle Époque period. More than a century ago, Queen María Cristina decides to spend her summers in the city. Here she enjoys bathing in the sea in a privileged setting, La Concha bay. 

Today this is one of Europe’s biggest urban spa centres, centrally located in the middle of La Concha bay. A place where water is the medium for obtaining the very best of soothing therapy and fitness treatments. An integral wellness centre offering physical-sports, therapeutic, relaxing, health and beauty programmes, all with excellent and lasting effects. 

La Perla is an experience not to be missed by all those wishing to discover the reality and benefits of the city of San Sebastian.  

La Perla starts its collaboration with the San Sebastian Festival in 2020.