74th San Sebastian Festival - 18/26 September 2026
74SSIFF - 18/26 September 2026
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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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Surrounded by brutality but bound by tenderness, two World War I soldiers find a fragile sanctuary of love and art amid the shadows of the Belgian trenches. Lukas Dhont’s Coward asks a profound question for a generation sent to war: when the world demands violence, is walking away the truest act of bravery?
Director
Lukas Dhont (Belgium)
Screenplay
Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens
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Photography
Frank Van den Eeden
Editing
Alain Desauvage
Music
Valentin Hadjadj
Sound
Valerie de Loof, Cyril Holtz
Cast
Emmanuel Macchia, Valentin Campagne
Format
DCP
Run time
127 m.
Original language of the film
Dutch
, French
Country
Belgium - France - Netherlands
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