USER t38, the film design and post-production agency, will exclusively present, at the coming San Sebastian Festival 2014, the designs created for the latest movie by Gabe Ibáñez, Autómata, to be screened in competition as part of the Official Selection. On September 19, 20 and 21, the exhibition: “AUTOMATA: Design and life of a domestic robot by USER T38” will be open to the public in the Espacio Keler, Paseo Ramón María Lili 2, from 10:00-14:00 and 17:00-20:00. Thanks to this exhibition, visitors can discover the design, matured during almost four years, for the feature film starring Antonio Banderas, including the pre-production, production and post-production stages. A window open to the creative process for a science fiction project, from the first sketches of the robots, passing through the conceptual art for the different sets, to creation of the credits and the international poster. The exhibition will be officially opened on Saturday, September 21, at 13:00 in San Sebastián’s Espacio Keler, with the participation of designers Raúl Monge, Carlos Salgado and Álex Serna, who have created designs for hugely important films including El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan’s Laberynth), Agora, Mama and Pacific Rim. Also in attendance will be two of the robots starring in the movie, and we will discover the secrets of their movements live.

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September 19, 20 and 21 Espacio Keler Paseo Ramón María Lili, 2 10:00-14:00 and 17:00-20:00

On Any Sunday, outdoor and free screening! When On Any Sunday premiered in 1971, it wasn’t just any movie. Directed by Bruce Brown, who also helmed surfing classic The Endless Summer, and featuring Steve McQueen, this insider look at motorcycle racing reached a wide audience that was fascinated by the heartfelt stories of real-life riders, earning an Academy Awards® nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

Plaza Okendo September 24th. 20.45h Free

The Larrotxene Culture Centre, which belongs to Donostia Kultura, specialises in film and video and has made the most of Bideoaldia to publicly display the splendid results of its film and video courses. Seven productions and a co-production form a selection of all works produced this year. We will see works from the documentary, introductory & advanced screenplay and animation courses. There will also be a DSS2016 and Larrotxene co-production. The composition students at Musikene have created music for these productions.

Thursday, September 25 - 20:30 Trueba 2 Cost of admission: to be confirmed

BMX Flatland street show with Viki Gómez Jorge 'Viki’ Gomez's method of facing flatland is almost philosophical. For him it is not just acrobatics on a bicycle. Viki defines his sport as “a fight between mind, gravity and physics combined with movement inertia. A way of surpassing the limits of your imagination”. Viki is a top flatlander in Spain and one of the best in the world.

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Boulevard – Sept. 26th at 11.30h. Kursaal - Sept. 26th at13h. Plaza Cataluña – Sept. 26th at 16h.

Mundaka Ride by Wheels&Waves The prestigious bike and surf culture event, held every year in Biarritz, collaborates with SAVAGE CINEMA for this edition, where we celebrate bike culture through films. In occasion of the World Premiere of The Greasy Hands Preachers, they call for a very special ride to the legendary spot of Mundaka, on Saturday September 27th.

Moto Convoy On Any Sunday - The Next Chapter A ride around the city of San Sebastian to celebrate the world premiere of On Any Sunday –The Next Chapter led by Robbie Maddison and other film stars. A mosaic of different bikes, people and ways of enjoying the motorcyle culture. Come ride with your bike!

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September 26th Meeting point: Sagüés (at the end of the Zurriola Beach) at 19h.

The Kutxa-Boulevard Gallery brings a retrospective on the professional work of Britain's Terry O'Neill who, in the 60s and 70s, photographed the big Hollywood stars and the young rock and pop music promises of the moment. Produced by the Fundación Telefónica, the exhibition has 56 black & white and colour pictures that highlight the author's style (natural, direct and informal) with his 35 mm camera.

September 16-October 26 Kutxa Boulevard Gallery Tuesday-Sunday 17:00-21:00 Admission free

This year Kontseilua is organising the third edition of its Short Film Competition, ‘Euskaraz bizi nahi dut’. Kontseilua and a jury of professionals in the sector will select the best works from among those presented in competition, which will subsequently be screened at a showing during the 62nd edition of the Festival. As far as the topic is concerned, the short films must revolve around the theme of wanting to live in Basque: the reasons, the barriers, the joys, the frustrations and the kinships, the feelings we experience on wanting to live in Basque. This year the competition has two sections, one for professionals and another for amateurs. The section for professionals will offer up to €3,500 in awards and for amateurs up to €1,750. The awards ceremony will take place after the short film screening session to take place during the Festival.

Monday, September 22. 18:00 Kutxa Andia Hall. Admission with invitation. Invitations can be obtained by calling 943 591 200 (Kontseilua) or by writing to the email address: info@euskarazbizinahidut.org

On the occasion of the San Sebastian Film Festival, the Basque National Symphony Orchestra and the Spanish Society of Authors Composers and Publishers (SGAE)-Author Foundation have organised a concert at which the Orchestra will play a selection of soundtracks by authors who have composed music for cinema throughout their careers.

Orchestra Headquarters, Miramón (Paseo de Miramón 124) September 20 at 12:00. Admission with invitation. Two per person. INVITATIONS CAN BE COLLECTED: from the Film Festival Tent in the Plaza Okendo ("info-shop), from September 13-19. Times: Saturday and Sunday: 09:00-20:00, Monday-Friday: 10:00 to 20:00

This project arises with the aim of giving another chance to an element with singular shape and features such as the wine barrel in its different sizes. The work is based on the application of various designs to create unique and exclusive art works. All the works are painted completely by hand.

Astoria7 Hotel September 5-30 Throughout the day (Hotel open 24 hours) Admission free Príncipe Cinemas September 5-30 From 16:00 until the cinema closing time Admission free

Lur Kolektiboa has organised its craft fair to coincide with the San Sebastian Festival. Thus, occupying one side of the Plaza Gipuzkoa, 28 artisans from different parts of the country will show us how they work, exhibit their creations, and give a series of workshops. The fair will be decked out in the theme of the “Eastern Promises” retrospective organised by the Film Festival; this year’s stands will therefore be decorated in the style of Eastern European countries. The display and participatory workshops organised will also be dedicated to crafts from these countries. This means that for ten days, visitors will be able to enjoy activities including calligraphy and polychrome workshops, where they will learn to paint an initial in the style of Eastern European typography and decorate it using gold leaf and paint; they will discover how wooden figures are created with a chainsaw or learn how to make felt Matryoshka dolls. All of the workshops will be guided by the artisans themselves, giving visitors the chance to learn their trade first hand. The objectives of Lur Kolektiboa are clear: to foster craft-making, lend visibility to the sector, and to connect art and culture, all constantly based on the quality and authenticity of artisan work. As with the previous fairs, Lur Kolektiboa yet again enjoys collaboration in managing the workshops of the Asociación Arbaso-Euskal Herriko Artisautza Tradizionala Sustatzeko Elkartea. The Film Festival also collaborates in the endeavour, sponsored by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa through its Department of Innovation, Rural Development and Tourism, among others.

Plaza Gipuzkoa September 19-28 10:30-14:00 and 16:30-20:30

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20/9 Christina Garcia: Felt Matryoshka dolls (join-in workshop) 21/9 Puppet Guru: Eastern Europe and the art of puppetry (join-in workshop) 22/9, 23/9 and 24/9 Karlos Irazu: Wood transformation (demonstration workshop) 26/9 Idoia Larrañaga: Calligraphy and polychromy (demonstration workshop) 27/9 Alfar: Pysanki - Painted eggs (join-in workshop)

The San Sebastian Festival, in collaboration with Donostia Kultura and the distributor Golem, has organised open-air screenings in the Antiguo (Frontón) and Altza (San Marcial Sq.) neighbourhoods. At these special screenings, we will show one of the selected films in the Pearls section, Difret, and two short films from the Zabaltegi section: Hubert Leblonen azken hegaldia (The Last Flight of Hubert Le Blon) and Zarautzen erosi zuen.

IMPACT HUB Donostia organises, in collaboration with the Basque artist Jon Jauregi (who goes by the artistic name of BANAIZ) and the Film Festival, the exhibition “Faces of Cinema” The exhibition consists of twelve paintings, portraits of hugely famous stars including Denzel Washington, Woody Allen, Benicio del Toro and Liz Taylor. The exhibition will also permit us to view the portraits of Alex Angulo and Néstor Basterretxea, both recently deceased, thereby joining the symbolic tribute dedicated to them by this year’s Festival. The pictures will be available for purchase throughout the exhibition. Jon Jauregi Zubeldia (Urnieta, 1976) Going by the artistic name of BANAIZ, this Basque man aged 38 defines himself as a militant creator in absolutely all aspects of his life: personal, artistic and professional. He uses his pictorial work as a vehicle to express his thoughts on life, endeavouring to capture a never-ending range of sensations: ying & yang in movement or others marked by his fatherhood (his “Back to the Future” series of paintings), an aspect of his life that he defines as going back to the future for the second time. Banaiz conceives creation as apnea towards the innate. Creating apnea-style to reencounter, in the depths, that whole universe invented in the ingenuity of childhood. Creativity as a weapon. Creativity as a way of life. Creativity as an instrument for changing things... (Utopia). In order to flee from the great, the immense, the infinite, towards the small and personal... the internal, the eternal... Seeking to create but without destroying. Living... living another place, another time (neither past nor future, but something else...). Creating another place, another time... Breathing... Breathing by holding the breath, dying faster, to escape... even if it is just for an instant.

Place: IMPACT HUB San Sebastián (Urdaneta, 4 bajo) Times: 09:00-21:00, Monday to Friday Dates: 19 September-31 October 2014 Admission free

Yet another year, First Models will showcase the creations of designers from Gipuzkoa, and the Basque Country, to the world. Once again we will use San Sebastian Festival’s famous red carpet as a platform to promote our designers. Every night will see the traditional stroll along the red carpet to the iconic Kursaal for a photocall. Once there, the designer and a model wearing one of their creations will pose for pictures. They will then proceed to the gala taking place that day in San Sebastián’s ‘Moneo Cube’. Our commitment is to ensure the attendance of three designers who can display their creations: in the case of presenting a female look, the model will wear a long dress, and for a male look, a suit. The designers are completely free to choose the colours, fabrics, accessories, etc... always with the emphasis on elegant creativity. A competition will also take place between the looks created by the designers. The jury will be made up of various Gipuzkoan bloggers. The Award will be presented on Friday 26 at the Bataplán discotheque.

The third edition of the City Street Festival will run from September 19-27. The event encompasses a series of activities that bring fashion to the city in a festive atmosphere as a way of promoting San Sebastián as a reference point in the field of international design.

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FASHION SHOW BY BASQUE DESIGNERS IN LA BRETXA DATE: 19th TIME:18:00 PLACE: BOULEVARD OR PLAZA DE LA BRETXA BASQUE DESIGNERS' POP-UP EVENT DATE: 20th TIME: 21:00-24:00 PLACE: LA BRETXA SSHOPS SHOW ROOM. POP-UP STORE. DATE: 21 TIME: 11:00-14:00 and 16:30-20:30. ADMISSION FREE. PLACE: HOTEL DE LONDRES Y DE INGLATERRA SSHOPS FASHION SHOW DATE: 21 TIME: 17:30 PLACE: LA PERLA TERRACE. STREET STYLE, FASHION AND THE TENDENCIES PROPOSED BY THE SHOPS OF SAN SEBASTIÁN ON THE CATWALK. TICKET BOOKINGS AND SALE AT SSHOPS DONOSTIA 943090938/39 PRICE: €6 ÁGATHA RUIZ DE LA PRADA FASHION SHOW AND DINNER DATE: 23 TIME: 21:00 PLACE: BALENCIAGA MUSEUM

The International Puppet Centre, TOPIC, located in the Gipuzkoan town of Tolosa, collaborates once again this year with the San Sebastian International Film Festival. This Centre is one of its kind in Europe; due to its integral nature, it encompasses all aspects related to this artistic discipline: an internationally famous Museum; a Residence which provides accommodation for artists, where they create and rehearse their works; a temporary exhibition room; a documentation, archive and media library, all digitized; rooms for workshops and courses in person or online, by videoconference; a theatre with seating for 250 spectators, etc. The Centre itself has, ever since it was created barely five years ago, received numerous awards, in both the museum and educational fields. In 2012 it received the Silleto Award accrediting it as one of the best European museums of that year and it became a member of museums belonging to The Best in Heritage “Excellence Club”. We must also mention at international level the award received in 2013 from the Ibero-American Museums Observatory, a body in which the majority of Ibero-American governments participate. This body named the Centre winner of the III Ibero-American Education and Museums Award. And we mustn’t forget that it will host the World Puppetry Congress in 2016. This year, TOPIC will host the screening of one of the films in the retrospective: “Eastern Promises: Portrait of Eastern Europe in 50 films”: Grbavica (2006) by Jasmila Zbvanic, on September 26 at 22:00.

September 26 at 22:00 Topic Plaza Euskal Herria 1 Tolosa (Gipuzkoa) Museum opening times: 11:00-14:00/16:00-20:00

GAS NATURAL FENOSA has launched the project, CINERGÍA, a cutting-edge initiative to bring energy efficiency closer to the general public by means of the seventh art while promoting the talent of our country’s film industry. With this project, the energy company, which takes a step forward in its activity as film sponsor, has progressed into film production by selecting four famous Spanish directors –Paco Plaza, Rodrigo Cortés, Jaume Balagueró and Juan Cruz– all hugely popular with the public, to direct four short films on the subject of energy efficiency. These are four stories in the fantasy and thriller genre, without losing sight of humour, starring some of the best known actors in the country. Each tale is related to a certain aspect of efficient energy: installation maintenance, efficiency in the home, efficiency at work and sustainable mobility. Paco Plaza will present his short film Ultravioleta on September 19 at the Gas Natural Fenosa Efficient Home, located in Alderdi Eder. Ultravioleta, by Paco Plaza A woman who restores paintings must spend the whole night working to rescue a hidden painting. Her obsession and wasted energy will lead her to make a much greater discovery. A short film in horror mode directed by Paco Plaza, starring Julián Villagrán and Maribel Verdú, which shows us some of our most common mistakes when it comes to making the most of energy. The Gas Natural Fenosa Efficient Home In the Gas Natural Fenosa space we will learn what energy means, its value, and how to be more efficient through the different activities proposed by the company for children and adults from September 19-27 and 10:00 to 21:00. Also in this space and simply by joining in the actions organised every day, participants will be able to win film awards.

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Gas Natural Fenosa Efficient Home Alderdi Eder September 19-27 Times: 10:00-21:00 Admission free