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).
The galas will be directed by Mireia Gabilondo with scripts by Bob Pop, and will be presented by Eva Hache, Loreto Mauleón and Gorka Otxoa
19 Basque films make up the Basque participation in the 71st edition of the San Sebastian Festival
Actor Paco Sagarzazu, an indispensable figure on Basque screens and stages, will receive the Zinemira Award in recognition of his career
‘Un métier sérieux (A Real Job)', by Thomas Lilti, will show as a special screening at the San Sebastian Festival
The helmer of ‘The Theory of Everything’ directs Gabriel Byrne and Sandrine Bonnaire in this movie about all the lives of writer Samuel Beckett
The movie will screen in the Kursaal Auditorium on Friday, 22 September, after the opening gala
The series 'La Mesías', by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, will screen in the Official Selection out of competition, while 'They Shot the Piano Player', by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal, will have a Special Screening, also as part of the Official Selection
'La estrella azul', the second film by Javier Macipe, has been selected for New Directors
The American newcomer Raven Jackson will be forming part of the Official Selection with a film developed in the Ikusmira Berriak programme