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 San Sebastian Film Festival sold 32,425 tickets for screenings across the first three days of the Festival, on the first day of public tickets sale until 7:00 p.m. This figure represents a 3% increase compared to the same day last year.
The best-selling ticket sessions were for films such as Los Tigres, Deux pianos / Two Pianos, and Couture in the Official Section; Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 and Le Mage du Kremlin / The Wizard of Kremlin in the Perlak section; Nan Fang Shi Guang / Before the Bright Day and Bad Apples in the New Directors section; and Limpia and Dolores in the Horizontes Latinos section.
Advance ticket sales were carried out both online and in person at the Zinemaldi Plaza (Kursaal) box office. Tickets for the first three days of the Festival (Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th, and Sunday the 21st) were available today. Tomorrow, Monday 15th, tickets for Monday the 22nd, Tuesday the 23rd, and Wednesday the 24th will begin on sale at 9:00 a.m., and on Tuesday the 16th, tickets for the sessions of Thursday the 25th, Friday the 26th, and Saturday the 27th will be available.
The director of the San Sebastián Festival, José Luis Rebordinos, once again expressed his gratitude to the public for the large number of tickets sold on the first day. "At the beginning of the day, the system operated slowly due to high demand. In fact, in the first hour and a half alone, more than 17,000 tickets were sold, more than half of the total number of tickets," Rebordinos emphasized.