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Apple#46 El desencanto (1976-2026)
Under the title "An attitude of defection". The gesture that changed the course of the San Sebastián Festival (1976), Tabakalera presented an exhibition throughout September as part of the Artxiboa project. The exhibition brought together original documents and previously unpublished materials from the San Sebastian Festival's historical archive, offering a critical review of the events that followed the fatal shooting of demonstrator Josu Zabala by the Guardia Civil in Hondarribia. He was killed on 8 September 1976, just a few days before the start of the Festival's 24th edition. In protest against what had happened, the team behind El desencanto / The Disenchantment decided to withdraw the film from the Official Selection, while several journalists refused to cover the Festival, in response to the indifference shown by its management. As an act of reparation, and to mark the 50th anniversary of the events, the 74th San Sebastián Festival screened a restored copy of the film at the opening of the Klasikoak section. The exhibition opening was attended by Festival Deputy Director Maialen Beloki and Artxiboa coordinator Irati Crespo, together with Jaime Chávarri, director of El desencanto, and writer Enrique Vila-Matas, who covered the 1976 edition as a journalist.
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