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‘Tender Loving Care’, by Mike Leigh, carries off the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián Festival’s 74th edition
‘Ceniza en la boca / Ashes’ wins the Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award
The film's director, Diego Luna, vindicates cinema as a “tool for change”
‘Esperantza’ and ‘Eskuak’ win the Eusko Label micro-short film competition
Organised by the San Sebastián Festival and the Basque Government, the competition aims to promote and raise awareness of locally-sourced products
‘Ink’, directed by Danny Boyle, is the surprise film of the San Sebastian Festival’s 74th edition
The Victoria Eugenia Theatre will host screenings of the film on 25 and 26 September, the second of which will be attended by its director
The screening of the uncut version of Rocío will be accompanied by a documentary on Fernando Ruiz Vergara and a live show of the podcast ‘De eso no se habla’
The short films ‘Prejuicios’ and ‘Headsarg’ win the third edition of the Loterías Award for short films on social topics
The award created by the San Sebastián Festival and Loterías received arround 120 entries
Movistar Plus and the San Sebastián Festival renew their strategic partnership to continue promoting the Spanish audiovisual sector
Renewal of the agreement for further three years strengthens a long-standing collaboration between two institutions committed to creativity, talent and development of the audiovisual industry
Naomi Watts: ''The joy of being an actress is spending your life trying to inhabit other people and somehow, along the way, to discover more of yourself''
The actress and producer dedicates the second Donostia Award at the 74th edition, presented by JA Bayona, to David Lynch
Werner Herzog receives the Donostia Award at an opening gala that speaks out in defense of human rights and freedom of expression
“I feel as I belong to the Basque community and I receive this award from the poets”, said the German filmmaker
The circular economy and social inclusion weave the Festival’s red carpet
The initiative of Gipuzkoa Provincial Council’s Sustainability Department will make it possible to give a second life to the 1,840 m² of red carpet, destined to become 1,200 reusable bags for the Gipuzkoa Food Bank while also generating approximately 350 hours of inclusive work thanks to the collaboration with Sutargi
A total of 150 young people to decide the DAMA Youth Award at the San Sebastián Festival’s 74th edition
The body responsible for managing the copyrights of audiovisual creators brings, for the third consecutive year, an award showcasing promising film talent in the New Directors and Horizontes Latinos sections
Make & Mark and the San Sebastián Festival introduce a new award recognising the role of the cinema as an engine of social change
Serving on the jury are the actor Miguel Ángel Muñoz, the director of Málaga Festival, José Antonio Vigar, and the filmmaker and programmer Ione Hernández
The Festival’s official sponsor will give the Transforma Make & Mark Award to the film making the best contribution to generating a critical reflection on today’s social challenges
The feature films competing for the accolade are ‘Tender Loving Care’, ‘Garrat du váimmu / Brace your heart’, ‘Ceniza en la boca / Ashes’, ‘Cinco años, cuatro meses / Five Years, Four Months’ and ‘Fatherland’
Tabakalera inaugurates 'Walker', an exhibition by filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang
'Weichen' / 'Dust', the latest film in the 'Walker' series, shot in San Sebastian during the summer of 2025 in collaboration with Tabakalera, is being presented in the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section of the 74th edition of the San Sebastian Festival
The San Sebastian Festival adds new names to the credits of the 74th edition
Cines Callao will sponsor the opening party on Friday 18 September at the San Telmo Museum, and the ILBA International aesthetic medicine clinic, the VIP space in the Kursaal Auditorium
The San Sebastian Festival and Repsol celebrate four years of collaboration with new energy solutions and cultural proposals open to the general public
The company participates for the fourth year running as the event’s multi-energy partner with initiatives connected to mobility and functioning of the Festival
In addition, Repsol brings two cultural initiatives to the Plaza Okendo: one special action around Fernando Trueba’s ‘Bajañi’, and the immersive installation ‘PULSO: Inhabit the Energy’
At the Keler Topagunea, music and networking bring every day to a close during the Festival
Por tercer año consecutivo, las personas acreditadas podrán reunirse en el laboratorio de cine y audiovisual de Tabakalera en un ambiente distendido
El espacio, se habilitará del 21 al 24 de septiembre, entre las 19.30 y las 23.00 horas
Eight Ibero-American films to compete for the Cooperación Española Award
For the twelfth year running, the AECID joins the San Sebastián Festival to give the Cooperación Española Award going to the Ibero-American film making the best contribution to human development, the eradication of poverty and the full exercise of human rights
The award falls within the agreement between the AECID and the Festival to promote the Ibero-American audiovisual industry
EITB and the San Sebastian Festival consolidate their partnership, with their continued backing of the Great Basque Cinema Gala
At our biggest gathering celebrating our cinema on 22 September, as well as presenting the Zinemira Award to Jose Ramon Soroiz, honours will also go to directors Ana Díez and Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, and the actress Aitziber Garmendia
The EITB Egile Berriak Saria award, given in recognition of emerging Basque talent, will go to the screenwriter and director from San Sebastián Alberto Gastesi
Thursday’s Lotería Nacional ticket to feature the San Sebastián Festival
The San Telmo Museum presents the exhibition ‘La disciplina del caos / The Discipline of Chaos’, featuring a selection of collages by the filmmaker Isabel Coixet
For the 11th year running, the San Sebastián City Council sponsors the Audience Award, to be decided among 16 of the films in the Perlak section
The City Council and the Festival have set aside 1.000 free tickets for unemployed people
From this year, the RTVE-Otra Mirada Award will honour women producers for their contribution to a more diverse, inclusive and egalitarian audiovisual industry
The women producers and co-producers of eight films participating in the Festival’s 74th edition will compete for the accolade
The members serving on the jury at the twentieth edition are María Solana, board member at RTVE, actress Laia Costa and the producer Marisa Fernández Armenteros
‘El ser querido / The Beloved’ by Rodrigo Sorogoyen to join the Made in Spain section
Seven films from the San Sebastián Festival to compete for the Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award
María Vázquez will serve on the jury as its president alongside the artist and actress Jone Laspiur and the Director of Social Innovation and 2030 Agenda with the Basque Government, Asier Aranbarri
The four winning films from earlier editions will accompany the fifth presentation of the award
The San Sebastián Festival, the Basque National Orchestra and the SGAE Foundation return to the Velodrome with a film and music extravaganza
The Basque National Orchestra, the Orfeón Donostiarra choir, Andoni Martínez Barañano and the conductor Juan José Ocón will make up the team of this latest edition, to take place on Saturday 19 September at 18:00
‘Verano Azul / Blue Summer’ and ‘La clave’ de Carmelo Bernaola; ‘El cantor de México’ and ‘El amor es como un ramo de violetas’, with tenor Andoni Martínez Barañano rendering the voice of Irun’s Luis Mariano; ‘Winnipeg, the Seed of Hope’ and ‘Sacamantecas / The Harvester’ are some of the chosen works
Kabia further enhances the joint commitment of the San Sebastián Festival and Tabakalera to support up-and-coming film talent
The fourth edition of this initiative, promoted by the Tabakalera Film and Audiovisual Lab and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola will, on 21 September, connect filmmakers in the early stages of their careers with professionals from the global film industry
The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service, sole sponsor of the San Sebastián Festival’s industry section
Today the Council of Ministers approved a grant of 500,000 euros going to the Festival -the only one in Spain to boast an A-listing- with the aim of consolidating the area dedicated to the audiovisual sector by endorsing activities such as the Creative Investors’ Conference and the Conference on Leading the Audiovisual of the Future
Ira Sachs, Beth de Araújo, Benjamín Naishtat, Naëmi Ada, Jordan Firstman and Diego Luna, among the leading voices of the Film Talks at the San Sebastián Festival’s 74th edition
The section will address topics including creation processes, new narratives and authorships, anti-racist attitudes in the audiovisual world, the challenge of audiences and distribution and art direction
The San Sebastian Festival hosts its fifth Creative Investors’ Conference, attended by executives from companies including Acme AI & VFX, Black Bear International, Media Capital Technologies, MUBI, Neon, Studiocanal and Sumerian Pictures
Leading financiers, producers, distributors and other key figures from the film industry will participate in discussions, networking activities and private meetings on September 22 and 23, as part of a conference held in collaboration with CAA Media Finance
Orlando Bloom, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Ricardo Darín, Lali Espósito, Dolores Fonzi, Jeremy Irons, Vincent Lindon, Rami Malek, Noémie Merlant, Mercedes Morán, Lena Olin, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Brad Pitt and Marcelo Subiotto confirm their presence at the 74th edition of the Festival together with Donostia Award recipients Werner Herzog and Naomi Watts
Filmmakers including Fatih Akin, Lukas Dhont, Jesse Eisenberg, Nicole Garcia, Pablo Larraín, Diego Luna, Martin McDonagh, Tsai Ming-Liang, Cristian Mungiu, Pawel Pawlikowski and Andrey Zvyagintsev will present their films to the public and to the media
The filmmaker Ira Sachs will preside over a jury made up of the director Genki Kawamura, the screenwriter Catherine Paillé, actresses Alice Braga and Patricia López Arnaiz, the actor Bill Skarsgård and the producer Mike Goodridge
The Festival completes its Perlak section with ‘NAZA’, a film by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
Shortly to premiere at the Venice Festival, the film is a British production by ‘The Guardian’ and JW Films, and has Jonathan Glazer as its executive producer
‘One Battle After Another’, by Paul Thomas Anderson, winner of this year’s FIPRESCI Grand Prix
This is the fourth time that a film by the North American director will have received said recognition from the international critics
The award will be presented at the San Sebastián Festival’s opening gala
Ikastetxeak Belodromoan will invite 13,000 schoolchildren from Gipuzkoa between the ages of 6 and 11 years to take flight with migratory birds and discover their adventures
The film chosen in collaboration with the Donostia International Physics Center and the Filmoteca Vasca is ‘Migration’ (2023)
The Movies for Kids programme will also offer six animated films for family audiences to show over the weekend
An exhibition recalls the withdrawal of ‘El desencanto’ (1976), a decisive episode in the San Sebastian Festival’s process of democratisation
The film team withdrew the film in protest over the death of the demonstrator Josu Zabala, while numerous journalists decided not to cover the event
Half a century later, the Klasikoak section will screen a restored copy of the film by way of reparation
Jaime Chávarri’s ‘El desencanto’ to open Klasikoak, which will recover feature films by Lisa Cholodenko, Ana Díez, Milos Forman, Pere Portabella, Jacques Tati, Fernando Trueba, Andrzej Vajda and Agnes Varda
‘Casablanca’ (Michael Curtiz, 1942) will, in October, open the three-monthly season of eleven screenings organised by the Filmoteca Vasca and the Festival in Vitoria, Pamplona, San Sebastián, Bilbao and Saint Jean de Luz
The retrospective dedicated to José Giovanni will include 20 titles penned by him as director and screenwriter
The San Sebastián Festival announces the SGAE Award for Best Original Music
Recognising the excellence of one of the scores in the competitive Official Selection
This is the first time that film music composition will have been honoured
The award will be presented at the Festival closing gala
San Sebastián Festival to honour Naomi Watts with a Donostia Award
Acclaimed actress and producer will receive the accolade on 19 September at a ceremony to be followed with a screening of Ben Shirinian’s 'The Housewife’'
Tickets for the opening, closing and Donostia Awards galas go on sale tomorrow
‘Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul / Six Months in a Pink & Blue Building’ wins Gehitu’s Sebastiane Latino Award
24 titles programmed at the Festival will also compete for the Sebastiane Award, in its 27th edition this year
The Association of Gays, Lesbians, Transsexuals and Bisexuals of the Basque Country will organise its 12th Meeting of LGBTIQA+ Festivals during the Festival with the backing of the Ministry of Equality, the departments of Culture and Cooperation, and Human Rights and Democratic Culture at Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, and San Sebastián City Council’s departments of Culture, Cultural Diversity, Inclusion and Tourism
The San Sebastián Festival will host the world premiere of 19 Basque productions in competition for the Irizar Basque Film Award
The Festival’s 74th edition will include in total 31 titles with Basque production
Actor Jose Ramon Soroiz will receive this year’s Zinemira Award
Nest proposes 14 short films in different formats and on different topics, from emotional bonds and family ties, to oblivion, social reintegration and sexist violence
The selected works, will compete for the Tabakalera Film and Audiovisual Laboratory-Nest Award
This year’s international meeting of film students breaks a new record with the submission of 503 shorts produced at 232 films in 61 different countries
‘Noor: Cocinar pasados posibles’ and ‘Mallorca, un receptari’ to respectively open and close Culinary Zinema
‘MITANI – The Mariage of Sushi’, ‘Burgundy’ and ‘Subijana, más allá de un bigote’ complete the competitors for the Culinary Zinema Award
Paco Morales and Paola Gualandi from Noor; Eneko Atxa from Azurmendi; Roberto Ruiz from HIKA; Edorta Lamo from ARREA!; David Yárnoz from Molino de Urdániz; Armintz Gorrotxategi from Rafa Gorrotxategi; Álex Lizarraga and Édgar Jiménez from Milla Lore; Antonio Belotti from 887; Yasuhiko Mitani from MITANI; Maria Solivellas from Ca na Toneta and Celler Tonet, and Andreu Genestra from the Andreu Genestra restaurant, will prepare the themed dinners
Gaztelagun brings the discussion on housing and the independence of young people to the San Sebastián Festival
The Department of Housing and Urban Agenda joins the Festival to promote ‘Cinema and Housing’, a 4-film season on housing, inequality and life projects
The Gaztelagun desk in the Plaza Okendo will enable people aged 18 to 35 to obtain information, solve their doubts and directly apply for a housing grant
Denis Itxaso: "We want to bring Gaztelagun to the spaces where young people are to be found, and to those inviting conversation, culture, discussion and critical thought "
Ricardo Darín, protagonist of the poster for the edition, will attend the San Sebastián Festival to introduce Hernán Goldfrid’s film ‘Lo dejamos acá’
The Argentinian film, starring Darín himself alongside Diego Peretti, will have its world premiere at the Festival ahead of its October release on Netflix and feature in the Other Activities programme
David Ayer’s film ‘Heart of the Beast’ to show out of competition in the Official Selection at a screening attended by Brad Pitt and David Ayer
The American actor will return to the San Sebastián Festival, which completes the Official Selection of its 74th edition with this film
The productions ‘Gènesi’, ‘The Mission, ‘El coraje del matiz’, ‘Cyrano en mi cabeza’ and ‘La verdadera historia de Ricardo III. La película’ to screen in the Other Activities section
María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, Radu Jude, Lee Chang-dong, Federico Luis, Tsai Ming-Liang and Jane Schoenbrun, among other filmmakers, to compete for the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award
San Sebastián Festival’s most open section will include five world premieres among its 22 titles –13 features, seven short films, one medium-length film and one performance– several of them selected for Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Rotterdam and Locarno
‘Pedro en el país’, by María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat, will open the section, while Isaki Lacuesta’s ‘Jaleos’ will bring it to a close
For the first time, the section will include an audiovisual performance out of competition, from the filmmaker and writer Albertina Carri
The 50th Anniversary of Spain in Freedom endeavour organises the special programme 'Youth, cinema, memory and democracy' at the San Sebastián Festival
The Festival will host the premiere of the RTVE documentary 'Cuelgamuros, entre lo dificil y lo imposible' and will strengthen its commitment to culture as a fundamental element for developing memory among the young audience
This year the Anniversary will screen 'Rocío' (1980), the documentary by Fernando Ruiz Vergara censored during the Transition
Some fifteen titles on the Festival programme, including 'La bola negra / The Black Ball', 'Fatherland' and 'Ruega por nosotras / Pray for Us' will carry the 'Youth, cinema, memory and democracy' stamp
Michaël R. Roskam to close the Official Selection out of competition with ‘Le Faux Soir’
The film, which reconstructs one of the most curious episodes of the Belgian Resistance movement during the 2nd World War, will screen after the awards ceremony on 26 September in the Kursaal
The world premiere of ‘Geister / Ghost Song’, by Fatih Akin, to open the competitive Official Selection
The film, a poetic drama about loss and longing, will screen in the Kursaal on 18 September following the opening ceremony
The competition is now closed with 17 titles, three of which are debut films
The new feature films from Ambrossi and Calvo, Araújo, Dhont, Hamaguchi, Hong-jin, Mungiu, McDonagh, Moretti, Pawlikowski, Sachs, Wilde and Zvyagintsev to compete in the Perlak section
Their films, together with the debut films from Louis Clichy, Jordan Firstman and Leah Nelson, will compete for the City of Donostia / San Sebastián Audience Award
‘Minotaur’, by Andrey Zvyagintsev, will open the section, while ‘Juste une illusion’, by Nakache and Toledano, will close it out of competition
Tickets will go on sale tomorrow for the Velodrome, to host screenings of the world premieres of ‘Karateka’ and ‘Muguruza FM 40 Tour’, as well as the first episode of a new season of ‘Go!azen’
The Festival’s biggest cinema, with seating for 2,000 spectators, will also host the traditional Concert & Screening organised with the Euskadiko Orkesta and the SGAE Foundation, a broadcast of the closing gala and the Ikastetxeak Belodromoan morning sessions for schoolchildren
Ah Biao, Fred Cavayé, Jesse Eisenberg, Amanda Kernell, Gabriel Martins and Tony Vahl also to compete for the Golden Shell
Their works join the ten competing titles already announced and directed by Roberto Bueso, Nicole Garcia, Mikel Gurrea, Maha Harada, Pablo Larraín, Mike Leigh, Hans Petter Moland, Benjamín Naishtat, Javier Ruiz Caldera and Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias, Rachel Daisy Ellis, Santiago Loza, Ernesto Martínez Bucio, Celina Murga, and Mariana Rondón, among others, to present their projects at the fifteenth edition of the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum
Eight of the fifteen proposals are first or second films and come from nine countries
To celebrate its 15th anniversary, the Best Project Award increases its prize money to 30,000 euros
The event will run from 21-23 September in the framework of the San Sebastián Festival’s Industry activities
WIP Latam to present six films by Tatiana Huezo, Mariano Luque, Juan Sebastián Mesa, Matías Italo Scarvaci, Beatriz Seigner and Tiagx Vélez
The films come from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and México
Three of the proposals, ‘Viajes y placeres’, ‘Lovers Go Home!’ and ‘O último canto dos passaros’, were presented at the project stage in the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum
WIP Latam will run from 21-23 September in the framework of industry activities at the San Sebastián Festival
WIP Europa to present four feature films by M. Tayfur Aydin, Val Jashari, Mónica Lima and Filip Mojzes
The films come from Croatia, Kosovo, Portugal and Turkey
WIP Europa will run on 21 and 22 September in the framework of industry activities at the San Sebastián Festival
‘Siempre soy tu animal materno / Forever Your Maternal Animal’ by Valentina Maurel to open Horizontes Latinos, which will show the works of Ricardo Alves Jr., Juan Miguel Gelacio and Esteban Hoyos García, Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas A. Vignale, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Dominga Sotomayor and Bruno Santamaría Razo
These titles and those already announced from Diego Luna, Fernanda Tovar, Manuela Martelli, Marcelo Martinessi, who will close the section with ‘Narciso', and Fernando Eimbcke will compete for the Make & Mark Horizontes Award
Werner Herzog to receive a Donostia Award at the San Sebastián Festival
The German filmmaker will present his film ‘Bucking Fastard’ following its premiere in Venice
RTVE to hold four galas at the San Sebastián Festival 2026 to present the films in which it has a stake
‘Arriba Tutto’, José Mota makes his directorial debut with an emotional comedy favouring laughter as a form of resilience
‘Burundanga’, from Jose Corbacho, brings an adaptation of the hit play, a romcom with all of the genre’s typical ingredients
‘La voz quebrada’, a documentary film by Manuel Menchón, revives Lorca’s last love through unseen documents and souvenirs
‘Sacamantecas’, David Pérez Sañudo directs this thriller set in the Third Carlist War, with Patricia López Arnaiz and Antonio de la Torre, to screen at a joint RTVE-EITB gala
Ten projects based on AI, Big Data, augmented reality, streaming and Motion Capture to compete in the San Sebastián Festival’s Zinemaldia Startup Challenge
The proposals come from Germany, Belgium, Finland, Spain and UK
‘Seize moments de ma vie’, by Albert Serra, to open Made in Spain, which will have three world premieres, two Spanish premieres and ten debut films
The section dedicated to feature films produced in Spain will include more than twenty titles, particularly including the latest films from Pedro Almodóvar, Isabel Coixet, Víctor García León, and Julia de Paz, among others
The closing film will be the non-fiction ‘200 vidas, Paco Rabal’, by Vanesa Benítez
The Festival retrospective dedicated to José Giovanni will include 20 titles directed or written by him
The season will be accompanied by a book on Giovanni’s complete body of work written by Felipe Cabrerizo
The San Sebastian Festival will provide for the eighth consecutive year the Puxika Gorria playroom with a view to fostering work-life balance of accredited guests and festivalgoers
Set up in San Telmo Museoa, the service is for children from the age of six months to twelve years
This year, the playroom will extend its opening hours for the general public who present a cinema ticket
Fourteen filmmakers from Bulgaria, Chile, Germany, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, UK and Ukraine to present their first and second feature films in New Directors
All of the films in the section will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award
‘El mal hijo’, Jaime Lorente’s debut feature film, will open the section while 'FLORID', Billy Lumby's first film, will close it
Nicole Garcia, Maha Harada, Pablo Larraín, Mike Leigh, Hans Petter Moland, Benjamín Naishtat and Yeşim Ustaoğlu to compete in the Official Selection
Their films join the three Spanish productions also competing for the Golden Shell, directed by Roberto Bueso, Mikel Gurrea and Javier Ruiz Caldera
Five films to compete for the 14th Sebastiane Latino Award
The award given by GEHITU will recognise the film that best portrays the collective’s different realities from among the year’s Latin American premieres
Europcar, new Made in Spain sponsor
The car and van rental company will sponsor the section featuring a selection of the year’s best Spanish productions, once again providing an international showcase for films made in Spain
Europcar will contribute to mobility of the organisation during the Festival, thereby strengthening its commitment to the Spanish culture and audiovisual industry
Roberto Bueso, Mikel Gurrea and Javier Ruiz Caldera to compete for the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Festival’s 74th edition
The series ‘El castillo’ will participate out of competition in the Official Selection
The feature films ‘Azken Agurra’, ‘Ruega por nosotras’, ‘Sacamantecas’ and 'Bajañí' will show as Special Screenings together with the series 'Más allá de la Sociedad'
Javier Giner, Jaime Lorente and Tatjana Moutchnik will compete in New Directors with their first films
Oliver Laxe showcases his creative and sensory universe at Tabakalera with ‘HU/هُوَ. Bailad como si nadie os viera’
Originally conceived for the Reina Sofía Museum, the installation draws on footage the artist has filmed over the past ten years, closely connected to the visual universe of his award-winning film ‘Sirāt’
The exhibition will be open to the public from 17 July to 12 October 2026, in Exhibition Hall 2 at Tabakalera, in San Sebastian
The Festival launches the Tanta Award for projects that raise awareness of the climate emergency
The €5,000 award will be presented to one of the projects selected for Ikusmira Berriak or the Europe–Latin America Co-production Forum
Ikusmira Berriak opens its thirteenth call for applications for its residencies tomorrow
The deadline to enter for the audiovisual project development programme is 1st September
The Spanish Film Academy gives its Communication Award 2026 to Koro Santesteban, head of the Spanish press at the San Sebastian Festival
Our colleague will receive the recognition on July 15 in Madrid
Klasikoak to screen a version of ‘Ander eta Yul’ restored by the Filmoteca Vasca and EITB
Premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival in 1988, the feature film from the director from Navarra Ana Díez has been restored at the L’immagine Ritrovata laboratories in Bologna
The research work carried out under the Artxiboa grants will analyse the institutional relationships with other festivals, the pioneering work of the programmer of films for children Sonika-Bo and the Festival’s contribution to film policies
The proposals of Rubén Corral, Elsa Estrella Echevarría and Beatriz Navas have been selected for the fourth edition of the José Ángel Herrero-Velarde Grants, promoted by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa through its Department of Culture
Ricardo Darín stars in the official poster for the 74th edition of the San Sebastian Festival
The Argentine actor, producer, and director is featured on the main poster, designed once again by the Wallijai studio
The San Sebastian Festival is now receiving submissions for WIP Europa
The deadline for submissions is July 1
The San Sebastian Festival is now receiving submissions for WIP Latam
The deadline for submissions is July 1
Nest invites submissions from Tuesday June 2
The deadline for submitting works is July 2
The selected works will compete for the Nest Award
Filmmakers such as Diego Céspedes, Raven Jackson, Léa Mysius, and Jaume Claret Muxart got their start in this section, which will take place this year from September 21 to 25
Call for the fourth edition of the Eusko Label micro-short film competition, organised by the San Sebastian Festival and the Basque Government to draw attention to and back local produce
The deadline for submitting films is June 16
The San Sebastián Festival and Loterías announce the third edition of the competition for short films on social issues
The period for submitting entries is open from today until 16 June. The Loterías Award comes with one prize of 10,000 euros and another of 5,000 euros
Maialen Beloki has been appointed director of the San Sebastian Festival starting in 2027
Following the open competition launched on 4 March, the Festival's executive board has unanimously selected Beloki as José Luis Rebordinos' successor
Zinemaldia Startup Challenge is now open for submissions
The initiative, within the framework of Zinemaldia & Technology, is a strategic commitment by the San Sebastian Festival to position itself as a space for reflection and exchange between the audiovisual and technology industries
The San Sebastián Festival will dedicate the retrospective of its 74th edition to the filmmaker and novelist José Giovanni
Giovanni directed some fifteen films and wrote or adapted scripts with Jacques Becker, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Deray, Claude Sautet, Henri Verneuil and Robert Enrico
The San Sebastian Festival opens its call for entries for the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum
The deadline for submitting projects is June 15
Lau Haizetara announces the open call for its 22nd Documentary Co-Production Forum
The deadline for the registration of projects is June 27
Sustainability - Newsletter #1
Report on the carbon footprint measurement of San Sebastian Festival's 73rd edition 2025
María Alché, Harkaitz Cano, Anna Ciennik, Tizza Covi, Desirée de Fez, Santiago Fillol, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Víctor Iriarte, Alexandre Koberidze and Juliana Rojas will be mentoring the projects in the twelfth edition of Ikusmira Berriak
The six film-makers selected this year have been working since last week on the first phase of the programme, in which they will share working sessions with Florencia de Múgica, Javier Martín and Olimpia Pont Cháfer
The public call for the position of director of the San Sebastián Festival to open today
The San Sebastián Festival and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola announce the fourth edition of the José Ángel Herrero-Velarde grants for research into the Festival’s historic archives with the support of the Culture Department of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa
Three researchers, either born and/or living in the Basque Autonomous Community or in the rest of Spain, will receive a grant of 3,000 euros and a work space in the Filmoteca Vasca for a 2-week period in July
The project submission period opens next Friday, 6 March, and runs until 20 April
Eleven films presented at the San Sebastián Festival are feted with 23 Goya Awards
‘Los domingos / Sundays’, the Golden Shell of the 73rd edition, was chosen as best film, director, original screenplay, leading actress and supporting actress
San Sebastian Festival, third most important cultural initiative of 2025 in Spain and first in the Basque Country
Ekain Albite, Rod Llaverías, Inês Nunes, Gala Hernández, Kavich Neang and Valeria Hofmann will be working on their projects in the twelfth edition of Ikusmira Berriak
The residency run by the San Sebastián festival, Tabakalera and Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola has again broken its record for entries, with 488 proposals received
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