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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Eva Sajanová
Slovakia
11 min.
Short film
This film is about public space. This film is about the destruction of culture. This film is about fountains that have had enough. In this film, the fountains come to life, they become living beings, each one has its own character and tells a different story. They speak out so that people notice them, perceive them, take care of them. Their rebellion culminates in a protest. What would happen if fountains could talk?
Lau Charles
Mexico
25 min.
Short film
Valentina, aged 5, and her brother Quique, 11, meet their father's other family and their lives are turned upside down on discovering that their half-sister is the same age as Valentina.
Jules Vésigot-Wahl
France
26 min.
Short film
Ivan, a railroader in a train without passengers, crosses a sleepy land. His solitary life changes when he meets Lyudmila: a sleepwalker waiting tirelessly for her son's return.
Benjamin Hindrichs
Spain - Germany
15 min.
Short film
Every morning, Lucila, an 80-year-old indigineous healer in Brazil, switches on the radio, looks at the forest outside her house and asks herself: What will happen when we die, the forest and myself? As the forest fires close in on her home, she revives an old dream.
Marina Xarri
USA - France
19 min.
Short film
As Christmas approaches and the Paris Hotel in NYC fills with guests, an immigrant housekeeper, Boni, and her brother, the lobby clerk, are without a place to sleep. Secretly living in the hotel, Boni's need for rest tangles with a deeper curiosity - about the guests, the rooms, and the lives behind closed doors. When she discovers a disturbing notebook in a guest's room, her search for sleep is overtaken by an obsession with the lives around her and the things we keep hidden.
Moana Son
Belgium
18 min.
Short film
A child, a hen house, dead leaves, a cake and a mother struggling with existence.
Mégane Brügger
Switzerland
23 min.
Short film
What remains of a mother after years of domestic violence? What remains of her body, her dignity and her strength? Surely words, memory and a few dance steps that can still be passed down.
Hui Yin Koo
Malaysia
16 min.
Short film
Ika, a domestic worker in Malaysia, finds a sense of peace caring for her employer's child, Jane. Her world is shaken when a pocket dial from her daughter back in Indonesia reveals a painful secret: her child is terrified about a possible pregnancy. Ika finds a brief moment of respite while watching Jane rehearse The Giving Tree. Later that night, a video call with her daughter finally allows Ika to feel like a mother again, reaffirming the unbreakable bond between them.
Milan Kumar
India
13 min.
Short film
In a fading nomadic settlement built on a former cremation ground, an aging bull, Shankar, spends his final day before being sent away, mirroring the quiet displacement of the Nandiwale people and their traditions.
Marlon Weber
Germany
15 min.
Short film
Two figures at dusk. The next day they meet with a third one.
Lenia Friedrich
Germany
13 min.
Short film
The life of almost 100-year-old Mrs. Miko unfolds like a collage, while her neighbour reflects on getting older. Animation and archive material bring back memories - as well as the mysterious disappearance of a mink coat.
Inês Nunes
Spain - Portugal
15 min.
Short film
In a spa surrounded by mountains of salt, guests relax and sunbathe, while workers collect the glittering crystals under the sun. Children run off, escaping the watchful eyes of adults, and a woman drifts through this landscape in a haze, detached from reality. As night falls, the space transforms, shaped by the desires of those who pass through.
Aleksandr Belov
Sweden
29 min.
Short film
In a Russian country house, two boys, Anton and Zhenya, shoot air rifles at bottles. Anton suddenly fires at a cat, shocking Zhenya. Their friendship becomes strained. That evening, Anton's father takes them to the river and recalls his own childhood, when he built a forest shelter together with a friend. As night falls, Anton tries to reconcile, but Zhenya rejects his friendship. The next day, at the bus stop, they part without speaking, their silence filled with unspoken tension and guilt.
Arthur Gay
New Zealand
19 min.
Short film
Working at his emotionally distant father's mechanic shop, a resilient fifteen-year-old Cyrus struggles to accept the impending departure of his older sister Sammy, the only source of emotional support in his life. When he spots Sammy's old stolen dirt bike, he takes it upon himself to recover it, in the hopes that this may preserve their bond.
The French filmmaker Claire Denis, one of the most distinctive and acclaimed voices in contemporary cinema, will take part in this conversation at the San Sebastián Festival. The session will focus on her extensive career, marked by seminal works, as well as on her latest film, Le Cri des Gardes, which is competing this year in the Official Selection. It will be an opportunity to gain insight into her vision of cinema and the way she has built such a personal and influential body of work.
Conversations - Nest
Monday 22nd, September
10:30 h.
Tickets available from Tuesday 16 September at 9am
The North American filmmaker Gia Coppola, who received the Special Jury Prize at San Sebastián last year for The Last Showgirl and is serving as a member of the Official Jury in this edition, comes to the festival to reflect on her path in cinema. From Palo Alto to Mainstream, she will talk about her creative process, the references that shape it, and the way she translates experience onto the screen. The session offers participants in the Nest section and the wider audience the chance to discover first-hand her way of seeing, creating and inhabiting film.
Nest
Tuesday 23rd, September
16:00 h.
Free invitations available through the usual channels.
Tickets available from Tuesday 16 September at 9am
The Catalan filmmaker Jaume Claret Muxart presents his debut feature, Estrany riu, in Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, after its screening in the Orizzonti section at the Venice Film Festival. An alumnus of the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE) and of Ikusmira Berriak, the residency where he developed this very project, Claret Muxart will speak about the first steps of his career and the challenges of bringing a debut film to life. Within the framework of the Nest section, where he took part in 2020 with his short film Ella i jo, he will share with students and audiences the experiences and lessons that accompany the beginnings of a path in cinema.
Conversations - Nest
Wednesday 24th, September
15:30 h.
Tickets available from Tuesday 16 September at 9am
Filmmaker Jonás Trueba, President of the Nest Jury in this edition and producer of Historias del buen valle, and José Luis Guerín, director of this film presented in the Official Competition, will share a conversation exclusively with students. Together, they will discuss the creative process, the experience of making films, and their collaboration on this project, from the perspective of two authors with extensive careers and a deep commitment to teaching in the field of cinema.Exclusive entry for students, upon request for an invitation.
Conversations - Nest
Friday 26th, September
11:00 h.
Tickets available from Tuesday 16 September at 9am
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