The latest book in the Nosferatu Collection: Zinemaldia 1953-2022. Singularidades del Festival de Donostia / San Sebastián (Zinemaldia 1953-2022. Peculiarities of the San Sebastian Festival) is now available. The book, number 18 in the collection, published by Donostia Kultura, the Filmoteca Vasca and the San Sebastian Festival and coordinated by Quim Casas, casts its eyes back over the history of the Festival as it approaches its 70th anniversary in 2022.
The aim of this new publication is not to narrate these seven decades in existence of the San Sebastian Festival, or to make an exhaustive analysis of its evolution. In the words of Quim Casas, taken from his introduction to the book:
"The aim of this book is not to provide a rundown of the event, but to look at some of the singular occurrences to have taken place at a film festival always alert, open to change, to transformation and improvement; contradictory, of course, but in itself vivacious, still alive and kicking today. Devotees of the SSIFF, or those who know its history, even if they have been unable to visit every year, will yearn for aspects they consider to be of supreme interest, while they may find some of those revisted here less important. This is a selection of moments, of names, titles and trends that we consider to have been shrewdly made, although we do, needless to say, accept that not everybody shares our opinion. Our sole intention is to take a look back over its history based on what can generally be regarded as some of its milestones: the retrospectives to have made a splash and to have revealed missed or forgotten names; sections that have fashioned its personality; Golden Shell winners pointing us towards the many changes experienced by film language since the Festival left the starting post in 1953 with the presentation, among others, of
Casque d'Or (
Golden Marie), by Jacques Becker,
House of Wax, by André de Toth,
Thérèse Raquin, by Marcel Carné and
Carne de horca (
Condemned to Hang), by Ladislao Vajda".
Quim Casas
María Adell Carmona, Ricardo Aldarondo, Juan G. Andrés, Jesús Angulo, Paula Arantzazu Ruiz, Jordi Batlle Caminal, Maialen Beloki, Minerva Campos Rabadán, Quim Casas, Roberto Cueto, Desireé de Fez, Begoña del Teso, Carlos Elorza, Zigor Etxebeste, Joxean Fernández, Carlos F. Heredero, Eulàlia Iglesias, Víctor Iriarte, Violeta Kovacsics, Carlos Losilla, Miguel Marías, Javier Martín, Beatriz Martínez, Ruth Pérez de Anucita, Endika Rey, Sergi Sánchez, Amaia Serrulla, Aida Vallejo and Nuria Vidal complete the list of participants in the book.
Zinemaldia 1953-2022 will soon be available in bookshops (20 euros). Those who have purchased a Tabakalera film season ticket are entitled to a copy of this book or of Kandelikara - Buñueli buruzko film baterako apunteak, by Harkaitz Cano, published last year.
The publication accompanies the Nosferatu season "Zinemaldia 70", which opened on 5th January in Tabakalera and will run until December, featuring a small and varied selection of approximately 40 titles screened during San Sebastian Festival's 70 years of history.
Another book will be published towards the end of the year on the Zinemaldia as an accompaniment to the season, number 10 in the Nosferatu Collection, this time in the Basque language, written by Katixa Agirre.
Nosferatu "Zinemaldia 70"
Programme February-March
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February 2
AMERICA, AMERICA
ELIA KAZAN, 1963
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February 9
Gamlet / Hamlet)
Grigori Kozintsev, 1964
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February 16
El Dorado
Howard Hawks, 1966
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February 23
They shoot horses, don't they?
Sydney Pollack, 1969
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March 2
BERÖRINGEN / The Touch
Ingmar Bergman, 1971
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March 9
Vera, un cuento cruel / Vera, a Cruel Story
Josefina Molina, 1973
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March 16
El desencanto / THE DISENCHANTMENT
Jaime Chávarri, 1976
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March 23
Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum / THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM
Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta, 1975
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March 30
Olyan, mint otthon / Just Like at Home
Márta Mészáros, 1978
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