Tomorrow, 18 August, at 10.00 am, tickets will go on sale for showings at the Velodrome during the San Sebastián Festival’s 74th edition, to run from 18-26 September. The programme includes the world premieres of Karateka and Muguruza FM 40 Tour as well as the first episode in the thirteenth season of Go!azen. In addition, the auditorium with capacity for more than 2,000 people will host the traditional Concert & Screening organised jointly with the Euskadiko Orkestra and the SGAE Foundation, a broadcast of the closing gala and the morning sessions for schools, Ikastetxeak Belodromoan.

On Monday, 21 September at 19.00, there will be a screening of Karateka, the third feature from Aritz Moreno (San Sebastián,1980). The film, whose cast boasts names such as Andrea Ros, Patrick Criado and Ernesto Alterio, tells the tale of Sandra Sánchez, a woman who defied all conventions to win an Olympic gold in karate, in the women’s kata event, at the age of 39. Moreno participated in Zinemira-Kimuak with Bucle (2011) and Cólera (2013). His other films are Ventajas de viajar en tren (Advantages of Travelling by Train, 2019) and Moscas (2023).

The Velodrome will host, on Thursday 24 September at 19.00, the screening of Muguruza FM 40 Tour, co-directed by Ander Merino Etxebeste (San Sebastián, 1995) and Fermin Muguruza (Irun, 1963). The documentary, made in the context of Muguruza’s last music tour, portrays his 40 years of engagement, cultural resistance and songs that have joined the realms of collective identity. The musician from Gipuzkoa has shown his previous works as a director in sections such as Zinemira, where he presented Checkpoint Rock. Canciones desde Palestina / Checkpoint Rock. Songs from Palestine (2009), Next Music Station: Lebanon (2011), NOLA? (2016), Black is Beltza (2018) and Bidasoa 2018-2023 (2023); Zuloak (Zabaltegi Specials, 2012) and Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa (Velodrome, 2022).

On Friday, 25 September at 18.30 it will be the turn of Go!azen 13. Itziar Gómez Sarasola (Errenteria, 1964) will return to the giant screen and stage of the Velodrome with one of the star events for younger children and teens. Though born as a TV film, the series is now in its 13th season, with each one bringing new adventures at the Basakabi summer camp.

Tickets for the Velodrome screenings cost 8.75 euros and can be purchased from tomorrow, Tuesday, 18 August, at 10.00, from the Festival website (https://sansebastianfestival.janto.es) and Kutxabank (https://tickets.kutxabank.es). A maximum of four tickets per person and session is allowed; purchases of ten or more tickets in a single operation will receive a discount of 25%. Discounts will also be applied to purchases made using the Donostia Kultura card (only at the box office) and Kutxabank’s Gaztetxartela. 

In addition, yet another year the Velodrome will host the Concert & Screening organised jointly with the Euskadiko Orkestra and the SGAE Foundation, to take place on Saturday, 19 September at 18.00. The show combines the symphony performance of soundtracks and a montage of scenes from the films that inspired them. While entry is free, invitations must be collected from the San Sebastián Festival information point at the Kursaal or from the Donostia Turismo office (Ijentea, 1) from 12-18 September. Tickets will also be available on the same day of the concert from the Velodrome itself.  

Finally, the Velodrome will also provide the morning setting for Ikastetxeak Belodromoan, an initiative enabling thousands of boys and girls aged from 6 to 11 years to enjoy the screening of a film portraying the connection between the cinema and science. These sessions co-organised by the San Sebastián Festival, the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) and the Filmoteca Vasca are intended to give students from schools throughout the territory a positive image of science while demonstrating the city’s strong ties to scientific research.

Furthermore, as usual, on the last day of the Festival, falling on Saturday 26 this year, the Velodrome will host, from 18.00 onwards, the screening of the film closing Perlak, a live broadcast of the closing gala and the screening of the film to close the Official Selection. This screening will cost 15 euros.