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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Provisional list of this section’s films announced as per today.
Javier Ruiz Caldera
Spain
92 min.
5 more minutes tells the story of a couple in crisis who decide to spend a weekend getaway in a remote house in the countryside. They are met on arrival by the agent who shows them round the house and hands them the keys. However, before leaving them to it, something strange happens: time suddenly rewinds five minutes.
Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Turkey - France - Luxembourg - Bulgaria
130 min.
A poetess breaks out of her suffocating life order to get back in touch with her inner voice and conscience, questioning accustomed concepts of family and the meaning of life and paving a new path for her family members, as well.
Roberto Bueso
Spain
120 min.
After years of estrangement, the famous writer and academic Santiago Balmes gathers his three children for a last request: to spend Christmas with them in their childhood holiday home.
Benjamín Naishtat
Brazil - Argentina
107 min.
Chivilcoy, 1957. In a quiet Argentinian town, the arrival of an ominous former police commissioner and his seductive wife fractures the bond between four inseparable young men. Decades later, the past resurfaces, forcing them to confront old wounds, guilt, and the possibility of revenge in a country which has lost its innocence.
Hans Petter Moland
Norway - Denmark - Germany
155 min.
A stranger appears over the mountain, carrying little more than his determination. Isak, a man without a past, seeks a place to settle and carve life from the earth. High above the tree line, he finds a barren stretch of land, as unforgiving as it is full of promise. The land tests him to his limits, until he meets Inger, a solitary woman shaped by resilience and quiet secrecy. Together, they endure the elements and build a life, cultivating both the soil and a growing family as the seasons turn. Yet as years pass and the world closes in, and time, hardship, and desire reshape them.
Nicole Garcia
France
114 min.
Alice arrives in a quiet provincial town and takes a job at a local café, blending easily into a life that isn't hers. Her presence is no coincidence. She is there because of Milo, a young mechanic who works at a nearby garage. To him, Alice is a stranger. To her, he is someone tied to a past she has never truly left behind. As buried tensions begin to surface and Milo drifts toward uncertain ground, both are pushed to a crossroads: is it possible to rebuild a bond that shattered decades ago?
Pablo Larraín
Argentina - Chile
186 min.
Based on the work from Mariana Enriquez and directed by Pablo Larraín, My Sad Dead follows Ema, who can see and hear the dead. After her mother’s death, Ema receives an unexpected visit from her niece Julie, with whom she shares the same unsettling gift. With Julie’s return, family secrets and wounds that never fully healed will resurface —but so will a strange phenomenon from which no one will emerge unscathed. The entire neighborhood will sense presences and hear the distinctive sounds of their own dead.
Maha Harada
Japan
109 min.
Satomi works at an art museum until an envelope arrives, containing a mysterious key. It leads to an unknown room once belonging to her late father, who died alone a month earlier. Drawn by this small object, she retraces his final days: a man seemingly left behind by society, yet sustained by a quiet devotion to words, the art of tea, and subtle beauty. Through the traces of his solitude, Satomi slowly discovers the quiet grace of the world he inhabited.
Mikel Gurrea
Spain - Italy
103 min.
While dealing with her mother’s impending death, Lali joins a gang of thieves dedicated to stealing religious artefacts.
Joseph Lynn / ©️ Thin Man Films Ltd
© Joseph Lynn / ©️ Thin Man Films Ltd
Mike Leigh
United Kingdom
107 min.
Cannes Festival's Palme d'Or winner and Academy Award nominee Mike Leigh returns with his next feature film, continuing his insightful exploration of the contemporary world.
Elena Martín Gimeno, Sandra Romero
Spain
309 min.
Series
Gerardo Liesa is a young police inspector who has recently joined the UCRIF (the Central Unit for the Fight against Illegal Immigration Networks and Document Forgery). He and his colleague, Carmen Osés, sense that something is changing in brothels across Spain. Suizo and his associates run several brothels, sexually exploiting sex workers from all over the world. One of these women is Claudia. Aged 18, she has a young son in Colombia and has just arrived in Spain in search of a better future.
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Koldo Almandoz
Spain
90 min.
When you own a non-denominational funeral parlour. When you’ve lost your driver’s license due to excessive drinking. When you fall in love with an office trainee 25 years your junior. When your daughter begins to understand that you are not the father she believed you to be. When the retired boxer who lent you money is on your heels. When death seems more interesting than life… What could go wrong?
Special Screenings - Not in competition
Fernando María Trueba
Spain
111 min.
Bajañí is the word for guitar in Caló language. Based on this instrument, and specifically, on the guitar and art of Niño Josele, Fernando Trueba invites spectators to listen to music as never before. This is a new musical journey in his body of work through three musical planets: flamenco, jazz and Brazilian music, where Niño Josele and his guitar undertake musical dialogue with Caetano Veloso, Ron Carter, Rubén Blades, Kenny Barron and Marisa Monte.
Special Screenings - Not in competition
Carlos Torres
Spain
180 min.
Series
The story of the Andes air crash did not end with the rescue. Another story began when the survivors returned to the neighbourhood where the families of those who did not survive were waiting for them. While the world turned their tragedy into a universal narrative, the survivors had to learn to live with the weight of what they had done. Spanning half a century, this series explores a community divided between the living and the dead, and how retelling a story can change the way we come to terms with it.
Special Screenings - Not in competition
Daniel Monzón Jerez
Spain - France
136 min.
The year 1974. Ana is a rebellious 19-year-old. Having run away one night, her father decides to hand her over to the Women’s Protection Board. She is sent from Barcelona to Madrid for internship in a reformatory run by nuns who follow a brutal disciplinary regime. There she will try to survive by seeking comfort and support in the friendship with Sole, a small-town girl with contagious vitality, and other girls in the same situation.
Special Screenings - Not in competition
David Pérez Sañudo
Spain - Belgium
102 min.
Álava, 19th century. Towards the end of the Third Carlist War, several women are found strangled to death on the outskirts of Vitoria. Ángela Berrosteguieta, sister of one of the victims, arrives seeking justice, determined to prove that Juan Díaz de Garayo, an illiterate farmer, is responsible for the crimes. Meanwhile, Pío Pinedo, head of the constabulary, must contend with the lack of resources in times of war and pressure from the authorities, who prefer to keep the rising wave of murders under wrap.
Special Screenings - Not in competition
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