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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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The renowned English maestro of stage and screen, Ian McKellen received this year’s Donostia Award last night at the Kursaal from the Spanish actor Josep María Pou. The latter praised McKellen as a maestro, his maestro, and revealed that he had regularly gone to see his masterly performances of Shakespeare’s works at the National Theatre and the RSC in England. He also had warm words for his films such as Gods and Monstersthat won him Best Actor Award here in San Sebastián back in 1998. He stressed McKellen’s extraordinary versatility, as his range extended from Chekhov to Gandalf and from Ibsen to X-men. The award was not only a prize for McKellen but also for himself as it gave him the chance to share the same stage as his hero.
McKellen then came on stage sporting a Basque beret and embraced and thanked Pou for his kind words. He said that actors get far too much attention and praise and get too many photos taken, and confessed that he didn’t like the idea of awards but this one was different: it was for a career going back 50 years rather than just one performance. He acted to improve and if he was in competition it was only with himself.
He closed by promising that he would carry on acting and that he would return to San Sebastián.
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