72nd San Sebastian Festival - 20/28 September 2024
72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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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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José Prats
UK
8 min.
Short film
Pedro, 72, is trying to deal with the imminent departure of his son moving away from home. Alex, 38, has landed a job as a nurse all the way in England and knows that moving will be hard for his father. As they go on one last hunt, which is filled with repressed words and feelings, they discover that their dog Canela has swallowed fox poison. Alex and Pedro both deal with this tragedy with opposing views. Will this disaster help them to bond and finally connect over the deep sadness Pedro feels?
Maria Bareche, Clara Barfull
Spain
30 min.
Short film
A documentary about a street, made in a street: the eclectic essence of Les Rambles de Barcelona, a tourist attraction where life never stops. As night falls, the street transforms and becomes a controversial space. A melting pot of languages, trades, races, religions and ideologies making up a twisted circus where male presence predominates. Bona nit, rambles / Good night, Rambles is the portrait of a human zoo seen through the eyes of two young women as they stroll around their city by night.
Mário Veloso
Portugal
15 min.
Short film
Interrupting the silence, punctuated by the late summer rain, a group of boys shatters the matriarchal memory of an old bedroom. In the face of impending danger, the older boys vie for leadership. As the afternoon stretches on with the intensity of the rain and the heat inside rises, they resort to violence. In the vulnerability of a wounded body, Chico, the young misfit, encounters a tragic portent of desire.
José Luis Jiménez Gómez
Cuba - Dominican Republic
18 min.
Short film
In a Cuban town, Visman, a young boy obsessed with historical fantasies takes refuge in them to explore the complexity of his family ties and the social environment. Tasked with caring for his disabled father single-handed, he will try to bring his epic story to life while sparring with everyday adversities and looking for a way out in a crumbling world.
Julen Etxebarria
Spain
12 min.
Short film
El tercer paisaje / The Third Landscape is a film project that has as its protagonist the fungus that made the painted forest of Oma sick, the work that the Basque artist Agustín Ibarrola carried out in the 80s in the province of Bizkaia. This artwork belongs to the Land Art movement, which is mainly characterized by its ephemeral nature. Within this current, artists leave their works exhibited at the mercy of weather conditions and other elements alien to human will.
Ning Qian
China
12 min.
Short film
A boy labeled as a troublemaker is taken by his mother to a strange temple. Contrary to his mother's hopes, the boy continues his unruly behavior. There, he meets a child referred to as the 'monster', who takes his mischievous actions in stride. Through this child's perspective, the boy learns the value of life. Following the child's gaze, one can feel that the teachings of nature resonate more deeply than any sermon.
Kai Luo
USA - China
29 min.
Short film
Putting himself in front of the camera, Chinese film student Kai attempts to reveal the complexities of his friendship with Hal, an older African American spare change newspaper vendor he met upon his arrival in the U.S. As they reenact the events that happened a year ago, both begin to struggle with the authenticity and ethical issues of the project. However, no documentary form can claim moral superiority.
Hanna-Mirtel Paas
Germany - Estonia
21 min.
Short film
A young woman struggles to care for her critically ill mother. In her efforts to uplift her mom's self-esteem, she confronts her own hidden motivations, realizing that fear of loss isn't her only driving force.
Yuki Hirata
Japan
20 min.
Short film
One day, Ayano goes on a picnic with her boyfriend Shuichi and his little daughter Minato. However, the air between the three is a little awkward due to the presence of Minato's dead mother, Miho. Eventually, the three of them scatter. Minato is immersed in memories of her mother. Shuichi sees a family fantasy from the past. And then ghost Miho appears in front of Ayano. After talking for a while without saying each other's names, the two parted ways.
Pierre Bermond
France
15 min.
Short film
Near the oldest bridge in Paris, the Pont-Neuf, Camille, a second-hand bookseller, crosses paths with Paul, an Eiffel Tower trinket seller. Over the course of one night, these two young souls give in to the captivating rhythm of the City of Light.
Alex Sherman
USA
17 min.
Short film
Audiences today are so familiar with movies that we anticipate certain results from each genre. Noir, and in this case Neo-noir, is a genre marked by its mood. The Slip utilizes the formal aspects of film to create this mood, endowing human interactions, pedestrian movement, and landscapes with extrinsic intrigue. After all, something is bound to happen...
Beatriz Arias González
Chile
19 min.
Short film
Twenty-two-year-old Gabriela relentlessly pounds the streets of her childhood in search of her lost dog. Accompanied by her former neighbour, they explore the corners of the place she once lived. Through these wanderings, the corners will come to life as the day progresses like a free and musical gesture. An ode to street dogs.
Sif Lina Lambæk
Denmark
20 min.
Short film
In a near-future where earth has punished all adults for not taking properly care of our planet, we follow a group of kids, left all by themselves in a trashed world, living day by day and trying to avoid the unknown future. The kids channel their fear into hating the adults, but what will happen when one of the kids starts to become one?
The French film director, critic and writer Leos Carax, winner of awards at numerous competitions with titles such as Les amants du Pont-Neuf (1991), Holy Motors (2012) and Annette (2021), returns to San Sebastian with his latest work C'est pas moi / It's Not Me, which will compete in the Zabaltegi - Tabakalera section. A medium-length film in which the filmmaker reviews, in the form of a self-portrait, more than 40 years of filmography, while questioning the main stages of his life. In this conversation with filmmaker Elena López Riera, he will share with the audience different aspects of his approach to cinema.*The session includes the screening of C'est pas moi / It's Not Me and the subsequent talk.
Conversations - Nest
Monday 23rd, September
12:30 h.
Tickets on sale from Monday 16 September at 9am
In this Conversation organised in collaboration with BIME, Antón Álvarez (C. Tangana), who opens the New Directors section with his debut film La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés, will talk with Harto Rodríguez and Yerai Cortés, co-authors of the music in the film, about the influence of music on cinema and vice versa, as well as the creative process for the creation of the whole sound and music universe in the film.*The session includes the screening of La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés and the subsequent talk.
Conversations - Nest
Tuesday 24th, September
15:30 h.
Tickets on sale from Monday 16 September at 9am
The non-binary American filmmaker, writer and curator presents their second feature film, I Saw the TV Glow, in Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, three years after showing their debut feature We're All Going to the World's Fair at the Sundance Festival. Already at that time they were hailed as a new voice on the independent film scene in their country. In this conversation, Schoenbrun will share the details of their creative process, their transition from film school to the world of work, as well as the universe that surrounds them and inspires their films.*The session includes the screening of I Saw the TV Glow and the subsequent talk.
Conversations - Nest
Wednesday 25th, September
15:30 h.
Tickets on sale from Monday 16 September at 9am
Laura Carreira is a Portuguese filmmaker who, after successfully releasing several short films such as Red Hill (2019), nominated for Best Short Film at the BAFTA Scotland Awards and The Shift (2020), which competed at the Venice Festival, presents her feature film debut in the Official Selection of the San Sebastian Festival, On Falling. This film talk will seek to learn first-hand about the process of making the film, as well as the possibilities that cinema has to promote change, shake consciences and foster stories that can change the way society responds to crises.*The session includes the screening of On Falling and the subsequent talk.
Conversations - Nest
Thursday 26th, September
15:30 h.
Tickets on sale from Tuesday 17 September at 9am
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