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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Opening Film (In competition)
Jonathan Glazer
UK - Poland
105 min.
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Closing film out of competition
Ladj Ly
France
105 min.
After the sudden death of the town's mayor, Pierre, an idealistic young doctor, is appointed to replace him. He intends to continue the policy of his predecessor, who dreamed of rehabilitating this working-class neighbourhood. Haby, a young French woman of Malian origin living in one of the dilapidated tower blocks, refuses to see her family being driven out of the neighbourhood where she grew up.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Japan
105 min.
Takumi and his daughter Hana live in a town near Tokyo. Their life will turn on its head when they learn that a glamping is to be built near their house for city dwellers to enjoy comfortable country breaks.
Justine Triet
France
150 min.
Sandra, Samuel and their 11-year-old son Daniel live in a rather remote mountain area. One day they find Samuel dead outside their home. An investigation is opened into suspicious death and it's not long before Sandra is charged, despite the ambiguous nature of the case: suicide or murder? A year later, Daniel is present at his mother's trial as the couple is literally torn to shreds.
Nikolaj Arcel
Denmark
127 min.
In 1755, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath with a seemingly impossible goal; to build a colony in the name of the King. In exchange, he'll receive a desperately desired royal name for himself. But the sole ruler of the area, the merciless Frederik de Schinkel, arrogantly believes this land belongs to him. When de Schinkel learns that the maid Ann Barbara and her servant husband have escaped for refuge with Kahlen, the privileged and spiteful ruler swears revenge, doing everything in his power to drive the captain away. Kahlen will not be intimidated and takes up the unequal battle - not only risking his life, but also the family of outsiders that has formed around him.
Craig Gillespie
USA
104 min.
Dumb Money is the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world’s hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill, who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone following him.
Matteo Garrone
Italy
121 min.
Io capitano narrates the epic stories of two cousins who leave Dakar and set out for Europe. In this contemporary odyssey, the young men must overcome myriad obstacles in their struggle to survive in the desert and the sea.
Hirokazu Koreeda
Japan
126 min.
When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what’s going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges...
Aki Kaurismäki
Finland - Germany
81 min.
The tale of two lonely people who run into one another by chance one night in Helsinki and try to find the first, only and ultimate love of their lives. Their road towards this honorable goal will be overshadowed by the man's drinking, lost phone numbers and life's general tendency to throw curveballs on the path of those looking for happiness.
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Maite Alberdi
Chile
84 min.
Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he will no longer recognise her.
J.A. Bayona
Spain
144 min.
In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, crashed in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survived the accident. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, they have to resort to extreme measures to stay alive.
Todd Haynes
USA
117 min.
Inspired by true events. A teacher was arrested for having sexual relations with one of her 13-year-old students while she was married and the mother of three children. She was released after completing her sentence, but failed to respect the prohibition to see the boy again, becoming pregnant by him and spending another 7 years in prison accused of rape. Now, 20 years later, a Hollywood actress wants to make a film about their story.
Michel Franco
Mexico - USA
103 min.
Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.
Celine Song
USA
105 min.
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are torn apart when Nora's family emigrates from South Korea to the United States. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for a week that will confront them with notions of love, destiny, and the choices that make up a life.
Wim Wenders
Japan - Germany
123 min.
Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He likes leading a simple life and having a highly structured daily routine. He loves music, books, and trees, and taking pictures of them. His past is about to reappear though unexpected encounters. A moving and poetical reflection on the search for beauty in everyday life.
Stéphanie Di Giusto
France
France, 1870. Rosalie isn't like other young girls. She is hiding a big secret. Ever since birth her body and face have been covered with hair and she is forced to conceal it to avoid rejection. She is what's called a bearded woman. But she had never wanted to become a fairground attraction. One day, the owner of a café drowning in debt decides to marry her for the dowry, with no inkling of her secret. But Rosalie is tired of hiding and wants to be seen as a woman even if she is different. What will her husband think when he finds out the truth?
Christian Petzold
Germany
102 min.
A hot, dry summer, like so many in recent years. A small holiday home on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Four young people meet, friends old and new. A red sky looms over them. Slowly and imperceptibly they are surrounded by the flames. They hesitate, afraid - not of the flames - it's love that scares them. Happiness, lust and liberation; but also jealousy, bitterness and tension. A film suspended between symbolism and realism, huge fun yet deeply tragic.
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