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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Michael Fetter Nathansky
Germany
104 min.
Nadine is a factory worker. When she begins to perceive her colleague Paul in various guises, she discovers her great love for him. But years later, her love for him dissolves and she starts to question her own gaze. Mannequins (working title), set against the industrial backdrop of Europe's largest brown coal mining area, is a romantic social drama about the initial magic of falling in love and the painful process of falling out of love.
María Trénor
Spain - Poland
34 min.
Inspired by the life and music of Robert Wyatt, Rock Bottom is a tale of self-destructive love between Bob and Alif, a young couple of artists immersed in the creative and ground-breaking whirlwind of the hippy culture in the early 70s. Drugs will turn a passionate summer into a nightmare and a journey through Wyatt's music: the euphoria and anguish of artistic creation, unwitting fascination with drugs, disillusion with routine and physical and mental breakdown.
Roya Sadat
Spain - The Netherlands - France - Taiwan
95 min.
With the Afghan civil war about to break out, young lifelong friends Suraya (wealthy, a Communist) and Sima (poorer, a Muslim) must question their life decisions and moral principles when they find themselves involved in opposite sides of the political unrest.
Mihály Schwechtje
Hungary
96 min.
Bogi, a talented opera singer student, earns money by babysitting the children for her cousin, whose marriage is in crisis. Bogi is unable to say no when he asks her for help. On the day of her final exam, the youngest child accidentally swallows a magnet while in her care. Bogi panics and is incapable of telling his parents what happened. During the day, she starts obsessing, becoming convinced that the child is dying. She starts to lose her mind and feels like she has to punish herself.
Zeynep Köprülü
Turkey - Germany
87 min.
Deniz returns to her hometown to attend her widowed mother's wedding. The anger, fear, and guilt she thought she'd left behind, resurface during the visit. As her mother leaves her the family house, a tragedy haunts her. She can't stop thinking about her father drowning at sea. Moreover, she feels her mother blames her and has abandoned her for it. She realizes she won't be able to move on like her mother unless she faces her problems head-on. Following a confrontation, Deniz accepts the past and takes a real step into adulthood. Sitting by the sea, she is at peace. The sea is no longer a threat but a sign of liberation. She jumps in.
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