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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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The films of Luis Buñuel inaugurate the 2021 programming on the screen at Tabakalera
The new Nosferatu cycle will be dedicated to the Aragonese filmmaker on the 120th anniversary of his birth: the 32 films that he directed will be screened, and the Buñuel + PLUS programme will complete the offer with 13 sessions in which 18 titles related to his life and work in various ways will also be shown
The San Sebastian International Film Festival is strengthening its concept as a year-round festival by becoming a stable part of the shared screen programming with the Zinemaldia + PLUS Programme
The screen is being consolidated as a space for the development of talent and as a meeting point between the public and filmmakers
Screenings at San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition were attended by more than 66,000 people
Eduardo Crespo, Mina Fitzpatrick, Manuel Muñoz Rivas, Magdalena Orellana and Marina Palacio will carry out their new film projects in the residencies of Ikusmira Berriak
More than 400 projects, 220% more than last year, have been registered for the seventh edition of the programme
San Sebastian Festival's complicated relationship with censorship under Franco is the theme of the second public programme of 'Zinemaldia 70. All possible stories'
The project developed by the Festival and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola and sponsored by Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, with the collaboration of Tabakalera, the Filmoteca Vasca and Kutxa Fundazioa, will show the conclusions of the research work carried out in the last year on December 4 at the Tabakalera cinema
Proyecta 2020 will host the presentation of 17 projects in search of co-production
Organised by Ventana Sur and San Sebastian Festival, the activity will run online on December 1, 2 and 3
Short films by the winning female directors at the 68th edition of San Sebastian Festival will screen on Tabakalera’s Shared Screen
Several works by the female winners of the Golden Shell and New Directors, Horizontes Latinos and Zabaltegi-Tabakalera awards will screen on October 30th and November 12th
'Dasatskisi / Beginning' bags the Golden Shell at San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition
The French-Georgian co-production also wins the Best Director, Best Actress and Best Screenplay awards
Abel Ferrara will show in San Sebastian the surprise film of the Festival’s 68th edition: ‘Sportin’ Life’
“Life is a gift”
Viggo Mortensen collects the Donostia Award at San Sebastian Festival from the filmmaker Agustín Díaz Yanes Before introducing ‘Falling’, his directorial debut, the actor received greetings from the producer Jeremy Thomas, the footballer Beto Acosta and the director David Cronenberg
“It’s time to return to the cinema”
José Luis Rebordinos, at the opening gala of San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition, said: “We have an unequivocal engagement to show films before a physical audience in film theatres” Thierry Frémaux: “Cinema will never die” Woody Allen: “I hope you like the film as much as we liked living and shooting it in San Sebastian”
Five films compete for the Cooperación Española Award given by AECID
Lucía Chicote, Fernando San Martín and Cristina Ubani form the jury of the award in recognition of the Ibero-American film making the best contribution to development The Award will be presented on September 26 during the closing gala of San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition
Johnny Depp, Matt Dillon, Viggo Mortensen and Gina Gershon will attend San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition
British actor Joe Alwyn completes the official jury chaired by Luca Guadagnino Elena Anaya, Candela Peña, Blanca Suárez, Paz Vega, Raúl Arévalo, Alejandro Sanz, Javier Cámara, Irene Escolar, Bárbara Lennie and Roberto Álamo are some of the Spanish cinema stars attendees currently confirmed
The concept of distance and the need to return to film theatres at the centre of the Festival opening gala
Jon Maya and Harkaitz Cano direct and write the opening and closing galas, as well as the Donostia Award and Basque Cinema galas
San Sebastian Festival will host the showing of the documentary ‘OSO’ looking at the hundred years of history of the Tous jewellery brand
The Tous gala will take place in the Victoria Eugenia Theatre on Friday 25th
Sustainability joins the San Sebastian Festival in the shape of 21 Basque fashion companies
Blanca Suárez, Javier Rey, Pablo Molinero, María Pedraza, Carlos Cuevas, Guiomar Puerta and Alejandro Sanz will attend the showing of ‘El verano que vivimos’
Half of the seats at the Charity Gala will be reserved for the groups on the front line of the struggle against Covid-19 The other tickets will go on sale at the price of 25 euros and the producers will complete the takings up to the sum of 10,000 euros, which will go to DYA Gipuzkoa
The City Council consolidates its support for the San Sebastian Festival as the sponsor of the Audience Award
Tickets for San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition go on sale this Sunday
On the 13th, tickets can be purchased online for the first three days of the event
Aaron Sorkin, Francisco Ramos, Ted Hope and Marc Orts, leading figures of the Conversations and Master classes at San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition
Thought and Discussion, the Festival’s new area dedicated to promoting discussion on the cinema, will also include the European Film Forum, conferences and round tables All of the activities will be broadcast in streaming mode on sansebastianfestival.com
Belodromoa ikastetxeetan will take the magic of cinema and science into the classroom
Hundreds of schoolchildren in Gipuzkoa will enjoy the film ‘Harrapatu bandera (Capture the Flag)’, presented by NASA physicist Eneko Axpe
San Sebastián welcomes Cannes
The San Sebastian Festival has included seventeen titles from the Cannes 2020 selection in its different sections Danielle Arbid, Šarūnas Bartas, Naomi Kawase, Dea Kulumbegashvili, François Ozon and Thomas Vinterberg will compete in the Official Selection ‘El olvido que seremos / Forgotten We’ll Be’ by Fernando Trueba will close the Festival
Sara Bilbatua will receive the Zinemira Award at the San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition
The casting director from Eibar will collect the award at the Basque Cinema Gala on September 22
The company Amenabar will sponsor the surprise movie
The chosen title, to be screened on the 26th at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre, will be announced shortly
The Artium Museum in Vitoria-Gasteiz opens the exhibition on the 1977 Festival
Audiovisual materials, letters, photographs and documents, many of them unpublished, recreate an edition that represented a radical change in its history The Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1977 and its management was transferred to San Sebastián for the first time The exhibition presents the film 'Expediente', winner of the Concha de Oro for best short film, restored and digitised by Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola
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The screening schedule of all the films in all sections, will be available on Wednesday September 9 both on the Festival website and in the App
Fernando Trueba will close the Festival’s 68th edition with the film ‘El olvido que seremos / Forgotten We'll Be’
The Spanish director’s Colombian production is part of the Cannes 2020 Official Selection
Puxika Gorria / El Globo Rojo seeks to improve the work-life balance of accredited guests at the Festival thanks to an online service
European Film Forum Online Beyond Covid-19: Revitalising the European audiovisual industry
Open and streaming broadcast www.sansebastianfestival.com
Luca Guadagnino will chair the official jury of San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition
The Italian filmmaker will be accompanied by Marisa Fernández Armenteros, Michel Franco and Lena Mossum ‘The World to Come’ and ‘Nomadland’ close the list of Perlak
Reduction in capacity and films, online and staggered sale of numbered tickets: The San Sebastian Festival in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic
Seven feature films and the first episode of a series make up Made in Spain
The selection combines names of experienced filmmakers such as Icíar Bollaín and Santiago Segura with novices like Pilar Palomero and Nuria Giménez
The company Amenabar renews its commitment to young audiences at the Festival
The youngest among us will be able to enjoy six films offered by the Festival’s Official Collaborator
The film ‘Las mil y una / One in a Thousand’, directed by Clarisa Navas, will receive the eighth Sebastiane Latino Award
The award given by Gehitu recognises the Latin film that best represents sexual and gender diversity
The University of the Basque Country’s (UPV/EHU) Summer Course ‘Miradas críticas sobre los festivales de cine’ will take place this coming week
All places have now been taken for the physical attendance format of the course organised by the San Sebastian Festival, the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola and the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa. However, spaces are still available for enrolment to follow the course in the live online model
Thirteen Festival titles will compete for the Irizar Basque Film Award
A total of fourteen feature films, three short films, two series, one medium-length movie and a film at the production stage make up the Basque participation spread over different sections
Kiyoshi Kurosawa to open Perlak with ‘Wife of a Spy'
Maite Alberdi, Michel Franco, Eliza Hittman, Phyllida Lloyd, Maïwenn and Susanna Nicchiarelli join others to compete for the City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award Perlak will also screen the debut films by Yoon Dan-bi and Florian Zeller Among the nine titles in the section are works selected by festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Deauville and Sundance
The Movistar+ Gala will present at the San Sebastian Festival the international production ‘Dime quién soy’
Based on the book of the same name by Julia Navarro, the series stars Irene Escolar and is directed by Eduard Cortés
‘ARZAK Since 1897’ to open Culinary Zinema
The other world premieres in the section are ‘Camí lliure / Free Way (Vía libre)’ and ‘La receta del equilibrio’ The Festival will host the international premiere of ‘The Truffle Hunters’, screened at Sundance and included in the Cannes 2020 official selection Twelve renowned chiefs will participate in the themed dinners, which will take place at the Basque Culinary Center
San Sebastian Festival to present the world premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s ‘We Are Who We Are’
The HBO and Sky co-production relates the experiences of two adolescents on an American military base in Italy Produced by Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment and Mario Gianani for Wildside, both Fremantle companies, with Small Forward
Ziyang Zhou closes the Official Selection competition with ‘Wuhai’
‘Spagat / Grand Écart’, by Christian Johannes Koch, is the last addition to New Directors Zabaltegi-Tabakalera is completed with the feature film ‘Simon Chama / Simon Calls’, by Marta Sousa Ribeiro
Nine productions from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico to participate in Horizontes Latinos
Amongst the candidates for the Horizontes Award are two world premieres and the same number of titles resulting from the Europe-Latin American Co-Production Forum and Films in Progress
Philippe Garrel, Tsai Ming-Liang, Hong Sang-soo and Peter Strickland, among other filmmakers, to compete for the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award
The section will also host the premieres of the latest feature film by Juan Cavestany, as well as those of the shorts by Carla Simón and Dominga Sotomayor, Marina Palacio and Laida Lertxundi
The Festival will host the presentation of ‘Sentimental / The People Upstairs’, ‘Explota explota / My Heart Goes Boom!' and ‘Inés del alma mía’, productions with the participation of TVE
The latest film from Cesc Gay ('Sentimental / The People Upstairs') and the debut film from Nacho Álvarez ('Explota explota / My Heart Goes Boom!') will have their world premiere at San Sebastian
Thirteen short films will participate in Nest, in a competition maintaining its format of physical attendance
The selection has been made from amongst the 348 works submitted by 165 film schools in 49 countries
Lucía Garibaldi, Alexandra Latishev, Marcelo Martinessi, Celina Murga, Benjamín Naishtat, György Pálfi, Martín Rejtman and Nele Wohlatz, among others, will present their new projects at the IX Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum
The Forum, to take place online from September 19-21, will include eighteen projects from Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, Hungary, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain and Uruguay
Kutxa Fundazioa to collaborate in the San Sebastian Festival's archive project
Five productions from Georgia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey to participate in WIP Europa
The San Sebastian Festival's new Work in Progress, an evolution of Glocal in Progress, will run online and physically on September 22, 23 and 24
Zurich Market Provides Opportunity for Indie Film Sales with Zurich Screenings
San Sebastian Film Festival will collaborate with the film market of the Zurich Film Festival
WIP Latam to present six films from Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay
The San Sebastian Festival's new work in progress, which replaces the pioneering Films in Progress, will run online and physically on September 22, 23 and 24
The new films from Danielle Arbid, Eduardo Crespo, Harry Macqueen and Julien Temple to compete in the Official Selection
Also featuring in the Festival selection is the Special Screening (out of competition) of Matt Dillon’s second film as a director
Five projects on artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain and mobile apps to compete in the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge
The selected proposals, coming from Spain, the UK, Norway and Germany, will compete for an award of 10,000 euros, free access during the first year to an incubation space at one of the Business Innovation Centers (BICs) belonging to the Basque Country Technology Park Network and access to funding of up to 500,000 euros Zinemaldia & Technology will be held online on Friday, September 25, and will include the presentations of the five finalist projects and a masterclass
Eleven productions from Brazil, China, France, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Russia, the United Kingdom and Vietnam to compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award
Among the selected movies are several from the Festival’s work in progress projects
‘Akelarre’, by Pablo Agüero, and ‘Courtroom 3H’ (‘Sala de Juzgado 3H’), by Antonio Méndez Esparza, to compete for the Golden Shell at the Festival’s 68th edition
Rodrigo Sorogoyen will participate out of competition in the Official Selection with the complete screening of the series ‘Antidisturbios’ The series ‘Patria’, created by Aitor Gabilondo, can be seen as a special screening
The Festival will combine onsite and online formats in its industry activities
The new WIP Latam and WIP Europa sections will be held with a mixed formula and the other activities will be exclusively online
Willem Dafoe to feature on the poster of the San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition
The poster was created by the San Sebastian studio Patio based on an image by the photographer Martin Schoeller
Gipuzkoa Coopera promotes cinema workshops to give a voice to students at risk of social exclusion
Almost 250 students from Argentina have participated since 2017 in this project promoted by the San Sebastian Festival and Gipuzkoa Provincial Council
The Festival Film Library invites the submission of films
Submission deadline: Monday, September 7th, 2020
An exhibition in Artium will recall the 1977 edition of the San Sebastian Festival
Letters, photographs, documents and audiovisual material will reconstruct an edition that brought about a radical change The show will run from september 9 until december 8
Sharunas Bartas, Naomi Kawase, François Ozon and Thomas Vinterberg to compete in the San Sebastian Festival’s Official Selection
The debut by Dea Kulumbegashvili and the second film from Takuma Sato will also contend for the Golden Shell at the 68th edition
Ikusmira Berriak opens the seventh call for its residencies
The programme registration deadline is August 31
Five films to compete for the VIII Sebastiane Latino Award
The accolade presented by GEHITU recognises the film which best represents sexual and gender diversity
The world premiere of ‘Rifkin’s Festival’, Woody Allen’s new film, will open the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Festival
The romantic comedy, shot in San Sebastian, stars Elena Anaya, Louis Garrel, Gina Gershon, Sergi López, Wallace Shawn and Christoph Waltz
Viggo Mortensen to receive a Donostia Award in recognition of his career
The North American actor will present ‘Falling’, his directorial debut, at the Festival’s 68th edition
Applications to sit on the Youth Jury at the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Festival are now being accepted
75 young people between the ages of 18 and 25 will decide the TCM Youth Award from among the films in the New Directors and Horizontes Latinos sections
The San Sebastian Festival extends the film submission deadline until June 30
The San Sebastian Festival is now receiving submissions for WIP Europa
The deadline for submissions for the new work in progress emerging as an evolution of Global in Progress is July 1
The San Sebastian Festival is now receiving submissions for WIP Latam
The deadline for submissions for the new work in progress replacing Films in Progress is July 1
Nest opens its call for submissions
The 19th edition of the international short film competition for film students will run from September 21-23, 2020 The deadline for submissions is July 1 The section will have a prize of 10,000 euros sponsored by Orona Fundazioa
We Are One: A Global Film Festival announces the first-ever co-curated programming lineup featuring 21 of the most prolific film festivals in the world
10-Day Digital Festival, Produced and Organized by Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube, will Feature Programming from Festivals including Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and San Sebastian International Film Festival
Highlights Include Online Premiere of ‘Ricky Powell’ featuring Natasha Lyonne and LL Cool J, Global Premiere of Third Eye Blind’s ‘Motorcycle Drive By’, Talks Including Francis Ford Coppola with Steven Soderbergh, Song Kang-ho with Bong Joon-ho, and Jackie Chan and a DJ set by Questlove
WIP Latam and WIP Europa, the San Sebastian Festival’s new works in progress, are born
Films in Progress and Glocal in Progress give way to two new programmes for films in post-production from Latin America and Europe respectively
WIP Latam will have an award of 30,000 euros sponsored by EGEDA
The San Sebastian Festival, the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola and Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa organise the University of the Basque Country Summer Course ‘Critical approaches to film festivals’
The course will run from September 1-3 and registration can be formalised on the website www.uik.eus
Films for the XVI Documentary Co-Production forum Lau Haizetara can now be submitted
The deadline for the registration of projects is 10 July
The San Sebastian Festival opens the call for submissions for the second edition of the Zinemaldia Startup Challenge
The competition is open to entrepreneurs and startups proposing new business projects based on introducing new technologies to the audiovisual field
The deadline for submissions is June 1
Major Film Festivals Across the World Join with YouTube to Announce 'We Are One: A Global Film Festival' Starting May 29
The 10-day digital festival, produced and organized by Tribeca Enterprises, will feature programming from 20 festivals including Berlin Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival and many more, enabling audiences to experience films from around the world Festival to benefit World Health Organization Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund
The San Sebastian Festival opens its call for submissions for the ninth edition of the Forum
The deadline for submitting projects from Europe and Latin America is June 15
The San Sebastian and Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse festivals will no longer jointly organise Films in Progress
The San Sebastian Festival extends the gender identity report to films produced in the Basque Country and Spain
The participation of female gender professionals amounts, on average, to 30% in directing, production, screenplay, editing, cinematography and music, in percentages similar to international productions
Films in Progress 37 to present six films from Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and Mexico
The 37th edition will run on March 26 and 27 within the framework of Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse
For the first time the San Sebastian Festival publishes a report on the gender identity of professionals for films at its last edition
The percentage of participation in the direction, production, screenplay, editing, cinematography and music categories stands at 70% for the male gender compared to 30% for the female gender, referring both to films submitted and to those selected
The San Sebastian Festival and Egeda sign a collaboration agreement for the next three years
The Festival will work with EGEDA on the configuration of Platino Industria, a market jointly organised with FIPCA and Canacine, with the sponsorship of Quintana Roo, Barceló Group and the Platino Xcaret Awards, as well as the collaboration of the UNWTO
Eight films presented at the San Sebastian Festival bag twenty Goya Awards
'Mientras dure la guerra (While at War)', 'La trinchera infinita (The Endless Trench)' and 'La odisea de los giles (Heroic Losers)' land five, two and one Goyas respectively. Belén Funes carries off the Goya for Best new director with 'La hija de un ladrón (A Thief’s Daughter)'
Javier Martín and Natalia Marín join the San Sebastian Festival selection committee
Martín will also be a delegate in Latin America and Roberto Cueto will assume representation of the Festival in Eastern Europe
Films can now be submitted online for participation in the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Festival
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