The San Sebastián Festival has its offices at the following address:

FESTIVAL DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
TABAKALERA - Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea
Plaza de las Cigarreras, 1, 2ª planta
20012 Donostia – San Sebastián (Spain)
Tel.: +34 943 481212
ssiff@sansebastianfestival.com

Its official website, www.sansebastianfestival.com, provides detailed information and indicates how to contact the Festival and its different departments.

The Public Limited Company FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN S.A. is composed in equal parts by the Donostia-San Sebastián City Council, the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the Ministry of Culture. Its President is the Mayor of Donostia-San Sebastián. The San Sebastián Festival organisation is headed by its Director, José Luis Rebordinos.

The San Sebastián Festival is recognised by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPD) in its competitive international festivals category.

ARTICLE 1

The San Sebastián Festival aims to make a positive contribution to the development of film culture and the film industry.

ARTICLE 2

The 74th edition of the San Sebastián Festival will take place in the city of Donostia-San Sebastián from 18-26 September 2026.

ARTICLE 3

All of the films presented at the 74th edition of the San Sebastián Festival will be selected by its Selection Committee, headed by the Festival Director and advised by a network of international delegates made up of professional specialists in the world of film and film festivals.

ARTICLE 4

All of the films selected for the 74th edition will receive a certificate of participation from the San Sebastián Festival Executive.

ARTICLE 5

The Festival institutes a new prize, the Fundación SGAE Best Music Award, which joins the Other Official Awards category and will be part of the Official Awards given by the San Sebastián Festival.

ARTICLE 6

The objective of the Fundación SGAE Best Music Award is to recognise the excellence of the original music composition and its artistic contribution to the cinematographic work as a whole.

ARTICLE 7

All of the films selected for the San Sebastián Festival's competitive Official Selection are eligible for the Fundación SGAE Best Music Award.

No specific entry will be required to compete for the Award; all of the films in the competitive Official Selection will automatically be considered as candidates.

ARTICLE 8

The Fundación SGAE Best Music Award will be decided by an International Jury expressly constituted for the award.

The Jury will be made up of three people of recognised prestige in the field of music creation, audiovisual composition, film or culture, appointed by mutual agreement between the San Sebastián Festival and the Fundación SGAE.

Persons holding direct interests in the production, financing or commercial exploitation of the competing films cannot serve on the jury.

ARTICLE 9

The Fundación SGAE Best Music Award cannot be declared void or be granted ex aequo to more than one film.

ARTICLE 10

The Fundación SGAE Best Music Award will be announced and presented during the Closing Gala of the San Sebastián Festival.

ARTICLE 11

Accepting the Fundación SGAE Best Music Award does not constitute an assignment of rights to its intellectual property or to exploitation of the cinematographic work or its original sound track.

ARTICLE 12

The producers or representatives of the winning work undertake to mention obtaining of the Fundación SGAE Best Music Award in all advertising, promotional and press material for the film, using the official Festival logo.

ARTICLE 13

In the event of unexpected disagreement or failure to comply with these rules, the Festival Executive reserves the right to make the decision it considers most appropriate, in accordance with the FIAPF regulations.

In the event of discrepancy when interpreting these Rules, the Spanish text will prevail.

Any doubts regarding the understanding or application of these rules will be settled by the San Sebastián Festival Executive.