The San Sebastian International Film Festival has its main offices at the following address:

FESTIVAL DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
TABAKALERA - Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea
Plaza de las Cigarreras, 1, 2ª planta
20012 Donostia – San Sebastián (España)
Tel.: +34 943 481212
ssiff@sansebastianfestival.com

Detailed information can be found on the official Festival website: www.sansebastianfestival.com, which also explains how to contact the Festival and its different departments.

The Public Limited Company FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN S.A. consists in equal parts of the San Sebastian City Council, the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the Spanish Ministry of Culture, Education and Sport. Its chairmanship is held by the Mayor of San Sebastian. The San Sebastian International Film Festival organisation is headed by its Director, José Luis Rebordinos.

The San Sebastian International Film Festival is accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, FIAPF www.fiapf.org, in the “competitive film festivals” category.

ARTICLE 1

The San Sebastian International Film Festival seeks to make a positive contribution to the development of the film culture and industry.

ARTICLE 2

The 72nd edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival will take place in the city of San Sebastian from 20th to the 28th September 2024.

ARTICLE 3

All films presented at the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival will be selected by the Festival Selection Committee. The Committee is chaired by the Festival Director and is advised by a network of international delegates consisting of professionals, specialists in the world of film and in film festivals.

ARTICLE 4

All films selected for the 72nd edition will receive a certificate of participation from the San Sebastian Festival Management.

ARTICLE 5

The Irizar Basque Film Award carries a cash prize of €20,000 gross for the producer or producers of the film.

ARTICLE 6

The objective of the Irizar Basque Film Award is to contribute to the development of the Basque film culture and industry.

ARTICLE 7

The Irizar Basque Film Award is open to all feature films not yet released, programmed in any of the San Sebastian Festival sections, with at least 20% of Basque production and / or spoken mainly in Basque and/or focused on Basque comunnity. 

Moreover, they have to meet all of the following conditions:

• Over 60 minutes in length.
• Having been completed in the 12 months prior to the start of the Festival.
• All films competing for the Best Basque Film Award must be world premieres.
• They must not have been publicly premiered or screened at any other festival taking place prior to the dates of the San Sebastian International Film Festival in any country other than their country or countries of production.
• The inclusion in VOD platforms of films competing for the Irizar Basque Film Award is not allowed, with the exception of cases where their use is strictly professional and with restricted access.
• DCP will be the only format accepted for films competing for the Irizar Basque Film Award. The Festival's technical department will send the server certificate for the generation of the DKDM to the producers or representatives of the film. Only this type of encryption will be accepted, and it must be sent together with the film in order to generate the keys necessary for quality controls, technical tests and projections at the Festival. The costs of generating the DKDM will also be covered by the producers or representatives of the film.

All of the films selected by the Festival must be presented in their original version.

• With subtitles in Spanish if the original version of the film is not in Spanish.
• With subtitles in English if the original version is in Spanish 

The cost of subtitling the copy will be paid by the producers or representatives of the film.

When the original version is not in English, the Festival will provide additional electronic subtitling in English for films subtitled in Spanish. To do this, we will require a DVD of the final original version of the film with subtitles in English and the corresponding list of subtitles in English (online and downloadable) which will be for the internal use of the Festival and completely confidential.

The screening of this electronic subtitling will be carried out by the subtitling company hired for this purpose by the Festival.

ARTICLE 9

Being a candidate for the Festival’s Irizar Basque Film Award implies:

• Acceptance of these Rules & Regulations.
• Due completion of the online submission form, which can be found on our official website: www.sansebastianfestival.com.

ARTICLE 10

Once a film has received an official invitation from the Festival Director, and prior to the event, the producers or representatives of the selected films must confirm their attendance by duly completing and returning the online submission form to the Festival no later than the 1st of August 2024.

The Festival will recognise the person who signs this confirmation as the sole representative in negotiating all aspects related to participation of the film in the event and as the sole responsible as opposed to other companies or individuals to have participated in producing the film.

Confirmation by the producers or representatives of the selected film means that they cannot withdraw their film from the programme and that they irrevocably accept all regulations established by the Festival Management.

ARTICLE 11

The invitation made to each film selected by the San Sebastian International Film Festival will remain strictly confidential between the Festival Management and the producers or representatives of the invited film until the Festival decides to make an official announcement in this regard.

The complete San Sebastian International Film Festival programme and all screening times are exclusively decided by the Festival Management Committee.

ARTICLE 12

The documentation required by the Festival for its press releases, official catalogue and website (synopsis, technical and artistic credits, bio-filmographies, pictures of the director/s and film stills) will be extracted from the online submission form, which must be duly completed no later than the 1st of August 2024.

All promotional material for the selected films requested by the different Festival departments must be sent promptly by their producers or representatives.

ARTICLE 13

The producers or representatives of invited films must send the selected copies to be screened at the Festival, 15 days prior to date on which the event is due to begin, to the Festival film department at its main offices:

Donostia Zinemaldia – Festival de San Sebastián
Departamento de películas
TABAKALERA Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea
Plaza de las Cigarreras 1, 2ª Planta
20012 DONOSTIA – SAN SEBASTIÁN
Tel.: +34 943 481212
films@sansebastianfestival.com

The producers or representatives are free to send the Festival as many copies of the film as they wish.

The Festival Management reserves the right to reject copies found during control by its Technical Department to be unsuitable for screening. In the event of irregularities in the copies, the Festival Management will issue the film owners or representatives with the corresponding technical report.

ARTICLE 14

The transport and insurance costs of the copies of selected films will be paid by the participants until their arrival at the Festival offices or at the premises of its customs agent.

The San Sebastian International Film Festival will insure the copies from the moment of their arrival at the Festival offices or at the premises of its customs agent, until such time as they are returned.

The cost of generating the DKDM for the DCP will also be the responsibility of the producers or representatives of the film.

The cost of returning the copies of films selected by the Festival will also be paid by participants. Returns will only be made after the Festival closing date.

In the event of damage to a copy during the event, the Festival limits its responsibility to the cost of having a new standard copy made at current laboratory rates.

ARTICLE 15

The Irizar Basque Film Award will be decided by a specially constituted jury appointed by the San Sebastian Festival Management.

The Irizar Basque Film Award Jury must meet the following conditions:

• Minimum of 3 professionals of recognised prestige in the world of Basque culture.
• No member of the Irizar Basque Film Award Jury can have interests in the production and/or exploitation of films competing for the Best Basque Film Award.

ARTICLE 16

The Irizar Basque Film Award cannot be declared void or be conferred on more than one film.

ARTICLE 17

The Irizar Basque Film Award will be announced and presented at the Festival Closing Gala.

ARTICLE 18

• If the original version of the film winning the Irizar Basque Film Award is in Basque, the cash prize corresponding to the Irizar Basque Film Award will be presented at the end of the 71st edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
• If the original version of the film winning the Irizar Basque Film Award is in a language other than Basque, the cash prize will be presented once the award winner delivers a copy with Basque subtitles to the San Sebastian International Film Festival, and will be deposited at the Basque Filmlibrary.

ARTICLE 19

To collect the Irizar Basque Film Award, and in the event that the original version of the film is not in Basque, the holder of the film rights must accept the sole condition of subtitling their film into Basque.

The translation and subtitling costs will be paid by the award winner.

This process must be completed within a deadline of six months from the end date of the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival.

ARTICLE 20

Acceptance of the Irizar Basque Film Award does not imply the transfer of exploitation rights for the winning work, or the transfer of first option to rights on the work presented and/or winning the award.

ARTICLE 21

The producers of films winning an award undertake to mention the award in question on all press material and advertising. They will respect the exact wording of the Jury decision and will use the Festival logo to be made available in several languages on the official Festival website: www.sansebastianfestival.com

ARTICLE 22

Accredited industry professionals attending the Festival will receive special attention at the Industria Department. Here, a team of professionals will provide them with all possible means and contacts to facilitate their work, including film viewings in its film library after having obtained the corresponding written authorisation from their producers.

ARTICLE 23

In the event of disagreement (related to organisation or running of the event) or failure to comply with these rules and regulations, the Festival Management reserves the right to the final decision based on the FIAPF regulations for international film festivals.

In the event of discrepancy in the interpretation of these rules and regulations, the Spanish version will apply.

All doubts arising from the interpretation of these rules and regulations will be solved by the San Sebastian Festival Management.