The submission deadline for the audiovisual project development programme is 2 September
This year the initiative celebrates its 10th anniversary with the publication of a book and a film diary
This third edition of the programme enjoyed the participation of J.A. Bayona, Isabel Coixet, Sara Mesa, Isabel Herguera and Belén Atienza, among others
The proposals of Harri X. Fernández, Sonia García López and Carlos F. Heredero have been selected for the second edition of the José Ángel Herrero-Velarde grants, promoted by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa
A public day will take place on 22 June, including a tour of the archive, presentation of the first research works carried out under the grants and the screening of ‘Battleship Potemkin’
The deadline for submissions is July 3
The deadline for submissions is July 3
The deadline for submissions is July 3
The twenty-third edition of the international short film competition for film students will be held from 23 to 27 September 2024
The section will a have a prize of 10,000 euros for the director of the winning film.
As well as the competing works, the Eusko Label section will include five short films out of competition, commissioned by the Festival from prestigious moviemakers in the field of Basque film
The Australian actress and producer, winner of two Academy Awards, will receive the event’s highest honorary award and will also feature on the official poster
The official poster is the work of graphic designer José Luis Lanzagorta based on a photograph by Gustavo Papaleo
The Communications Group will greatly boost its informative cover of the 72nd edition
The deadline for submitting works for the Loterías Award, with two prizes carrying 10,000 and 5,000 euros, is 17 June
The feature film by the director from Navarre has been restored by the L'immagine Ritrovata laboratories in Bologna
Two workshops on sustainable narratives and storytelling to be held in May and June in San Sebastian
The initiative falls within the framework of Zinemaldia & Technology, a strategic commitment by the Festival promoted by the Basque Government through the Department of Economic Development and SPRI
The project is part of ‘Spanish Screenings: Financing & Tech’, which is part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), promoted by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry for Digital Transformation and of Civil Service
The deadline for submitting projects is June 17
The deadline for the registration of projects is June 28
The initiative takes the form of a classic film festival that will be extended in time, between April and September, and in space, with screenings in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Pamplona and Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Three researchers will receive a grant of 3,500 euros and 2 weeks’ use of a work space at the Filmoteca Vasca
The period for submitting projects opens on 15 March and will remain open until 26 April
'Society of the Snow', winner of the City of Donostia / San Sebastián Audience Award for Best Film, was the most lauded film of the night
The event, which will have the collaboration of the San Sebastian Festival, will be attended by Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga, Lourdes Iglesias, Alberto San Juan, Cecilia Solaguren, Bina Daigeler, Josean Bengoetxea and Alberto Iglesias, and will include screening of the first three episodes
Some twenty scientists will engage in discussion with those attending the screenings running from January to March in Vitoria, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Pamplona and Saint Jean de Luz
The residency programme of the San Sebastian Festival, Tabakalera and Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola celebrates its tenth edition at a time of great international consolidation after the Golden Shell for ‘O Corno’ and the award at the Quinzaine des Cinéastes for ‘Creatura’
The 2024 programme will focus especially on promoting new young talent through the programming of the shared screen.
The cinema pass and tickets for the screenings will be available from 15 December on the website and at the Tabakalera Information Point.
More than 158,000 spectators attended the 71st San Sebastian Festival, which once again beat its record of accredited guests to stand at more than 5,000
The initiative, which has the collaboration of the San Sebastian Festival’s Z365 area and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, combines the ‘Spoken Cinema’ and ‘Filmmakers Dialogue’ programmes in sixteen conversations
With the slogan, ‘Spanish Audiovisual: Talent and Future”, more than 600 professionals from 28 countries have taken part in the eighteen activities that have been held
Spanish Screenings on Tour is one of the axes of Spanish Screenings XXL and forms part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (RTRP) to reinforce the role that Spain plays as an audiovisual hub in Europe
The proposals of Minerva Campos, Violeta Kovacsics and Aida Vallejo have been selected for the second call for grants going to Spanish women researchers
Organised by Ventana Sur, Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes and the San Sebastian Festival, the activity will run from 27 November to December 1 in Buenos Aires
The filmmaker collected the Donostia Award from Ana Torrent in the Victoria Eugenia Theatre, the same place where he received the Golden Shell for ‘The Spirit of the Beehive’ 50 years ago
The cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt will introduce the film at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre on Saturday 30th
The event will take place at the MIA | Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo from 9 to 13 October with the title ‘Spanish Audiovisual: Talent and Future’
Spanish Screenings on Tour is one of the initiatives of Spanish Screenings XXL and is part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) to strengthen Spain’s role as Europe’s audiovisual hub
"Thank you for this prestigious award", said the Japanese master at a ceremony celebrating animated cinema
Claire Denis: “A film festival is a place of creation where it’s not the competition that matters”
At the end of the Festival, the red carpet will be donated to the Gipuzkoa Food Bank in the shape of almost a thousand bags for their use to contain the food donated to those who need it
A total of 19 works have been submitted for the first call of the competition promoted by the San Sebastian Festival and HAZI
Tabakalera’s audiovisual laboratory will remain open from Tuesday 26 to Friday 29, 19:00 to 22:00, and will have daily musical performances
The San Sebastian Festival, Tabakalera and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola promote Kabia, an event dedicated to emerging movie talent
The City Council and the Festival have distributed 1,000 free tickets among the unemployed
Actresses Greta Fernández and Loreto Mauleón make up the jury alongside the Basque Government Director of Social Innovation, Asier Aranbarri
The RTVE board member Chelo Aparicio, the film director and producer Chelo Loureiro, and the Director of Art and Heritage at the Kutxa Fundazioa, Ane Abalde, make up the jury
The soundtracks of six films, together with their excerpts, will be performed on Saturday 23 at 12:00, taken through their steps by Juan José Ocón and with the collaboration of the Oñatiko Ganbara Abesbatza choir
Beautifully colored watercolors, drawings made with henna, travel notebooks and animated cutouts on a multiplane are some of the contents that allow you to delve into the creative world of Isabel Herguera
The exhibition can be visited from tomorrow, September 15, until January 7 in the Exhibition Hall 2 of Tabakalera.
For the ninth consecutive year, AECID, together with the San Sebastian Festival, is promoting the accolade which recognises the Ibero-American film making the best contribution to human development, the eradication of poverty and the full exercise of human rights
The Award is part of the alliance between the AECID and the Festival to promote the Ibero-American audiovisual industry
The gathering, organised in collaboration with the association Gehitu at the San Sebastian Festival, will run from 25-27 September
Twelve titles compete for the XXIV Sebastiane Award
Repsol will be the sustainability partner of the project promoted by the Festival and Renfe the collaborator of a plan which has the support of the consultancy firm CREAST
The international industry will have the opportunity to get to know five projects in development, four works in progress, four feature films in Market Premieres, eight titles with remake potential and twelve trailers of soon-to-be-released films. The initiative will be completed with networking activities.
Spanish Screenings on Tour is one of the branches of Spanish Screenings XXL and falls under the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) to strengthen Spain’s role as Europe’s Audiovisual Hub
Hayao Miyazaki will receive a Donostia Award at the 71st edition
The documentary takes a harsh and innovative look at the figure of the ETA terrorist organisation’s former leader, Josu Urrutikoetxea
The Thought and Discussion area will take a closer look at questions such as the development of inclusive cultural policies, creative processes and the new technological challenges facing the industry
Some of the film world’s leading executives will participate in panels and networking activities from 26-28 September
The galas will be directed by Mireia Gabilondo with scripts by Bob Pop, and will be presented by Eva Hache, Loreto Mauleón and Gorka Otxoa
19 Basque films make up the Basque participation in the 71st edition of the San Sebastian Festival
Actor Paco Sagarzazu, an indispensable figure on Basque screens and stages, will receive the Zinemira Award in recognition of his career
Three films and a series will compete for the Culinary Zinema Best Film Award
The film chosen in collaboration with the Donostia International Physics Center and the Basque Film Archive is ‘Boonie Bears: Blast Into the Past’, which will screen dubbed into Basque
The Movies for Kids programme offers six films for family audiences
The classic film cycle at the 71st Festival will be complemented by the publication of a book of interviews with the filmmaker published in collaboration with the Basque Film Archive
From 22-30 September, the Italian brand will serve coffee from its sustainable La Reserva de ¡Tierra! range in the different parts of the KURSAAL Convention Centre and San Telmo Museum
Alvaro Longoria will close the section with ‘La vida de Brianeitor’
Other of the films programmed to screen include those by Itsaso Arana, Gerardo Herrero, Diego Llorente, Elena Martín Gimeno, Elena Trapé and Miguel Ángel Vivas
The new members of the ‘Go!azen’ cast will give a performance before the screening
Tickets for the screenings will go on sale tomorrow, August 30, at 10:00
The section will also feature the premieres of two hitherto unseen films: ‘Festival en las entrañas’, by José Val del Omar, and ‘El realismo socialista / Socialist Realism’, by Raúl Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento
The Artxiboa website includes a virtual exhibition that reflects Val del Omar's relationship with the Festival through his correspondence
Set up in San Telmo, the service is for boys and girls from the age of six months to twelve years
‘Un métier sérieux (A Real Job)', by Thomas Lilti, will show as a special screening at the San Sebastian Festival
San Sebastian Festival’s most open competition will include the world premiere of works directed by Ion de Sosa, Andrés Di Tella, Ashmita Guha Neogi, Kohei Igarashi and Rati Oneli
The majority of the other titles are feature and short films to have won awards or been programmed at Berlin, Cannes, Locarno and Venice, among other festivals
This is the third time the Finnish director will have won the award
‘Chinas’, by Arantxa Echevarría, will have its preview on 27 September at the Kursaal 2
The Gala of ‘La Ternura’, by Vicente Villanueva, will take place on the 28th at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre
RTVE will come to the Festival with three films in the Official Selection plus another three titles, including ‘Cerrar los ojos / Close Your Eyes’, by the Donostia Award-winner, Víctor Erice
The actress Ana Torrent will present the Basque director with the award on Friday 29 September at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre, the venue hosting the screening of his latest film, ‘Cerrar los ojos’
This tribute to the moviemaker coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Golden Shell going to ‘El espíritu de la colmena’
The helmer of ‘The Theory of Everything’ directs Gabriel Byrne and Sandrine Bonnaire in this movie about all the lives of writer Samuel Beckett
A total of 421 films have been submitted for the XXII edition of the international film students meeting, more than ever in the history of the section
The official Nest Award changes its name following the collaboration agreement signed with THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO Master’s Degree in Screenwriting
The debut from Celine Song, ‘Past Lives’, and the second movie from Stéphanie Di Giusto, ‘Rosalie’, will also compete for the City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award
‘The Zone of Interest’ will open the section and the latest film from Ladj Ly, ‘Bâtiment 5’, will close it out of competition
The movie will screen in the Kursaal Auditorium on Friday, 22 September, after the opening gala
Two prizes of 6,000 and 4,000 euros reward the best works, with a maximum runtime of three minutes and filmed using a mobile phone
The fifteen selected projects come from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, the Dominican Republic and UruguaY
The Co-Production Forum will run from 25-27 September in the framework of Industry activities at the San Sebastian Festival
Four of the six productions, coming from Argentina, Chile and Colombia, are first or second films
WIP Latam will run from 25-27 September in the framework of Industry activities at the San Sebastian Festival
The five selected movies are first or second films
WIP Europa will run from 25-27 September as part of the Industry activities at San Sebastián Festival
The moviemaker, widow and regular collaborator of the Chilean filmmaker, has rescued, reconstructed and completed this hitherto-unseen film conceived by its author 50 years ago
The projects by Spanish startups and entrepreneurs will have a specific competition, part of ‘Spanish Screenings: Financing & Tech’, one of the initiatives of ‘Spanish Screenings XXL’ and part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR)
Lila Avilés, Martín Benchimol, Tatiana Huezo, Guto Parente and David Zonana will also compete for the Horizontes Award
The debuts from Camila Fabbri, Dolores Fonzi, Felipe Gálvez, Lucía Puenzo and María Zanetti complete the section
The award given by GEHITU will go to the Latin American film best representing sexual and gender diversity
All of the films in the section will compete for a prize of 50,000 euros
For the fifh year running, TCM promotes this award turning the spotlight on the young promises of cinema in the New Directors and Horizontes Latinos sections
The series 'La Mesías', by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, will screen in the Official Selection out of competition, while 'They Shot the Piano Player', by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal, will have a Special Screening, also as part of the Official Selection
'La estrella azul', the second film by Javier Macipe, has been selected for New Directors
The submission period for the selection of projects, WIPS and films is open and will close on 25 July Spanish Screenings on Tour is one of the main initiatives of Spanish Screenings XXL and is part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) to strengthen Spain’s role as Europe’s audiovisual hub
The American newcomer Raven Jackson will be forming part of the Official Selection with a film developed in the Ikusmira Berriak programme
The registration deadline for the audiovisual project development programme is September 1
From this edition, one of the positions on the pre-selection committee will be filled by an alumnus of Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE) on a rotating basis