73rd San Sebastian Festival - 19/27 September 2025
73SSIFF - 19/27 September 2025
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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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Zinemira
The San Sebastián Festival will host the world premiere of thirteen Basque productions, all competitors for the Irizar Basque Film Award
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Nest
The search for one’s own identity, motherhood, reconciliation, the providing of care and mental health stand out amongst the topics of the short films to compete for the NEST THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO Award
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Culinary Zinema
'Morte cucina', by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, will open Culinary Zinema and a non-fiction focused on Joan Roca will close the section
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Culinary Zinema
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Perlak
The latest feature films from Assayas, Baumbach, Ben Hania, Lanthimos, Linklater, Mendonça Filho, Ozon, Pálmason, Panahi, Peck, Sorrentino, Trier and Zlotowski to compete in the Perlak section
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Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
Filmmakers including Jaume Claret Muxart, Harris Dickinson, Paz Encina, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Luis Ortega, György Pálfi, Hlymur Pálmason, Gabrielle Stemmer and Paula Tomás Marques to take part in Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
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Horizontes Latinos
The world premiere of Dominga Sotomayor’s ‘Limpia’ will open Horizontes Latinos, also to include the works of Ana Cristina Barragán, Diego Céspedes, Fernando Eimbcke, María Clara Escobar and Marcelo Gomes, Iván Fund, Daniel Hendler, Nayra Ilic García, Cecilia Kang, Lucrecia Martel, Simón Mesa Soto and Nicolás Pereda
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Made
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Made in Spain will show 28 titles at the San Sebastián Festival’s 73rd edition
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Lillian Hellman
The retrospective dedicated to screenwriter Lillian Hellman will include 16 titles
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Lillian Hellman
The retrospective dedicated to screenwriter Lillian Hellman will include 16 titles
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Fourteen filmmakers from China, Costa Rica, Denmark, India, Japan, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey and the UK to present their first and second feature films in San Sebastián Festival’s New Directors section
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The films ‘Un cielo impasible’, ‘Chile, la memoria obstinada / Chile, Obstinate Memory’, ‘La marsellesa de los borrachos / The Drunkmen’s Marseillaise’ and ‘Nos défaites / Our Defeats’ while ‘Canciones para después de una guerra’ will be honoured with a tribute and screened at the Victoria Eugenia
A round table will reflect on the ‘Cinematic Writings of the Franco Dictatorship’
A round table will reflect on the ‘Cinematic Writings of the Franco Dictatorship’
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025
MARTINI will sponsor the opening party, Terrazza Martini by Paco León, and Codorníu, Official Cava of the 73rd edition, the closing party
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025
The works of Dolores Fonzi, Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, Milagros Mumenthaler, Xiaoyu Qin, Tribeny Rai, Emilie Thalund, and Alice Winocour will compete for the award, which recognises films that reflect the realities of women’s experiences
This year's jury is made up of RTVE board member María Solana, filmmaker Gema Blasco, and journalist Amaia Ereñaga
This year's jury is made up of RTVE board member María Solana, filmmaker Gema Blasco, and journalist Amaia Ereñaga
Monday, September 15th, 2025
The City Council and the Festival have set aside 1.000 free tickets for unemployed people
Friday, September 12th, 2025
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Z365" or "Festival all year round" is the 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 (Artxiboa project, Thought and Discussion and Research and publications).
Find the videos of the latest and past editions of the Festival here: press conferences, galas, interviews, photocalls and much more!
Sound inventory of some of the things happening at the San Sebastian Festival, both at the Festival all year round (Z365) and at the nine-day event in September.
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