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).
Actress Olivia Williams will receive the Fipresci Grand Prix 2010 at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
FIPRESCI choosesPolanski’s The Ghost Writer Best Film of the Year.
Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer is Best Film of the Year, according to the members of the International Federation of Film Critics’ – FIPRESCI who voted for the Grand Prix 2010. The 296 film critics from throughout the world that took part in the poll expressed their preference among the feature-length films premièred during the previous year (after July 1, 2009), according this distinct sign of critical acclaim to The Ghost Writer.
Leading actress Olivia Williams will receive the FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2010 on behalf of the film’s team on Friday, September 17th, at the opening ceremony of the San Sebastian International Film Festival (www.sansebastianfestival.com), which hosts this special prize since its creation in 1999.
Previous recipients of the Grand Prix, which distinguishes a film’s overall artistic quality, have been: Pedro Almodóvar (Todo sobre mi madre / All About My Mother, 1999, and Volver, 2006), Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia, 2000 and There Will Be Blood, 2008), Jafar Panahi (Dayereh / The Circle, 2001), Aki Kaurismäki (Miles Vailla Menneisyyttä / The Man Without a Past, 2002), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Uzak, 2003), Jean-Luc Godard (Notre musique, 2004), Kim Ki-Duk (Bing Jip / Iron 3, 2005), Cristian Mungiu (4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile / 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, 2007) and Michael Haneke (Das Weisse Band / The White Ribbon, 2009).
For further information please visit www.FIPRESCI.org or www.sansebastianfestival.com.