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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 'Tabakalera Generation', a key part of the Centre's film programme on its tenth anniversary
The Tabakalera cinema screen will show films by the generation of filmmakers who have established their careers with the support of the centre and the EQZE in programmes such as Ikusmira Berriak and Noka
Feminism will be another of the main themes that will be a central pillar of Tabakalera's film offering in 2025
The cinema pass and tickets for the 2025 screenings will be available from 20 December on the website and at the Tabakalera Information Point.
More than 172,000 spectators flocked to the 72nd edition of the San Sebastian Festival, which once again beat its record of accredited guests, whose numbers came to over 5,300
A talk between Esther García and Alberto Iglesias and get-together between Helena Taberna and Isaac Rosa join the ‘Filmmakers’ Dialogue’ initiative
A total of 16 professionals from the world of film will participate until June in the eight talks organised by the Koldo Mitxelena Kulturenea with San Sebastian Festival’s Z365 initiative and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola
The meeting between Maria Elorza and Marian Fernández will open the fourth year of the season on 14 January
The document collection of the Video Festival, directed by Guadalupe Echevarría, is now part of Artxiboa
‘Historiak #11’ explains the curating decisions and proposals of this pioneering initiative held in the framework of the San Sebastian Festival from 1982 to 1984
Tabakalera and Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea's joint programme of talks on film will bring together Pilar Palomero, Eider Rodríguez, Mar Coll, Jon Garaño, Antón Álvarez, Marta Nieto and Paula Ortiz in San Sebastian
The initiative, which has the collaboration of San Sebastian Festival’s Z365 area and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, merges the ‘Filmmakers' Dialogues’ and ‘Spoken Cinema’ programmes into fourteen talks, the first of which will take place on October 19 with Pilar Palomero and Eider Rodríguez
Tribute to Néstor Basterretxea at Tabakalera’s cinema
Tabakalera, the Basque Film Archive and the San Sebastian Festival are commemorating the artist’s hundredth anniversary with screenings of a large selection of his filmography
A documentary on his life and work, and the screening of four short films directed by the artist himself will round out the tribute
The San Sebastián Festival once again partners with Repsol to reduce its CO2 emissions
For the second year running, the company is collaborating as a multi-energy Partner with various solutions that allow the Festival to advance in its decarbonisation goals
The Euskadi Basque Country Karpa and Keler Topagunea, meeting points at the San Sebastian Festival
The marquis on the Kursaal esplanade will open from 12:00 to 23:00 every day of the Festival and the Tabakalera audiovisual lab from Monday 23rd to Thursday 26th
Tabakalera to host an exhibition by artist and filmmaker Jessica Sarah Rinland in September
The exhibition will open to the public on 17 September and is a Tabakalera production in collaboration with the International Film Festival Rotterdam and the San Sebastian Festival
The Argentine-British filmmaker, who is a former resident of Ikusmira Berriak and has been selected for the Locarno Festival, will present her latest feature film, 'Monólogo colectivo / Collective Monologue', in the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section
Ikusmira Berriak opens the 11th call for its residencies on 2 July
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
The conversations held at the Filmmakers’ Dialogue season will be available for viewing from tomorrow on the KMK YouTube channel
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 research work carried out under the Artxiboa grants will address the historical presence of animated films at the Festival, its relationship with New Spanish Cinema and the International Meeting of Film Schools
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 San Sebastián Festival reduced its carbon footprint by 14% between 2022 and 2023
Two workshops on sustainable narratives and storytelling to be held in May and June in San Sebastian
The San Sebastián Festival and the Basque Film Archive will be offering more than 120 screenings of classic cinema in Klasikoak
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
Albertina Carri, Laura Citarella, Isaki Lacuesta, Elena López Riera, Jean- Gabriel Périot and Catarina Vasconcelos are the tutors for the projects of the tenth edition of Ikusmira Berriak
The Gipuzkoa Provincial Council Department of Culture announces the second edition of the José Ángel Herrero-Velarde grants for research into the historical archives of the San Sebastian Festival
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
The seventh edition of the 'Cinema and Science' season will take a closer look at the greatest scientific dilemmas through ten films.
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
Maria Elorza, Marieke Elzerman, Felipe Gálvez, Lucy Kerr, Mikele Landa and Cande Lázaro will develop their first and second feature films in Ikusmira Berriak
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’
Isabel Coixet & Sara Mesa, J.A. Bayona & Belén Atienza, Isabel Herguera & Pablo Berger, Víctor Uriarte & Carlos Muguiro, Elena Martín, Laura Ferrés & Javier Macipe, Belén Funes & Marçal Cebrián will participate in the third edition of Filmmakers' Dialogues, organised by the Koldo Mitxelena Kulturenea cultural centre
Contemporary Westerns, Marguerite Duras and Cinema and Science inaugurate the 2024 Tabakalera Film Season
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.
Tabakalera and Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea present a joint programme to talk about the cinema
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
The San Sebastian Festival, Tabakalera and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola promote Kabia, an event dedicated to emerging movie talent
The San Sebastian Festival, Tabakalera and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola promote Kabia, an event dedicated to emerging movie talent
Albert Serra, Kitty Green, Christian Petzold, Raven Jackson and Lila Avilés, among the conversations and masterclasses at San Sebastian Festival’s 71st edition
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
Thirteen short films will compete for the Nest The Mediapro Studio Award at the San Sebastian Festival
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 San Sebastian Festival and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola open the second call for submissions for the José Ángel Herrero-Velarde grants going to researchers born or living in Spain
The fourth issue of ‘ZINE’ magazine investigates the teaching practice of Harun Farocki and other experiences of film pedagogy
María Alché, Maddi Barber, Benjamín Naishtat and David Pérez Sañudo, among others, will be attending Zinemaldia + Plus this spring
Laura Citarella, Alexandre Koberidze, Elena López Riera, Damien Manivel, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Catarina Vasconcelos, project tutors at the ninth edition of Ikusmira Berriak
French noir movies, Ruth Beckermann and new Zinemaldia + Plus and Cinema and Science seasons join in the opening of Tabakalera cinema in 2023
For the first time, the centre’s film programme has been designed in coordination with the city’s calendar of film festivals
The offer for 2023 will place particular emphasis on the goal of sharing with the locals and highlighting creative processes through meetings with filmmakers
The pass and individual tickets for screenings in 2023 will be available from 20 December from the Tabakalera website and from its Information Point
San Sebastian Festival’s 70 years of history, available for consultation online and in person
Thanks to the new website, ‘Artxiboa’, the more than 4,000 digital documents (photographs, posters, dailies…) are now open for public consultation, in addition to a catalogue of more than 27,000 fact sheets on materials available for examination by specialists
Sponsored by Loterías y Apuestas del Estado, the research project developed by the Festival and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, with the collaboration of the Filmoteca Vasca, Medialab Tabakalera and the Kutxa Fundazioa, brings its first phase to an end
The final three sessions of Zinemaldia + Plus this year will feature the filmmaker Antxon Eceiza, the carte blanche given to Paolo Moretti and the presentation of the new web page devoted to the Festival archive
Albert Serra, Mikel Gurrea, Fernando Franco, Pilar Palomero, Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, Carlota Pereda, Alberto Rodríguez and Belén Funes will be taking part in the second ‘Filmmakers’ dialogue’ course, organised by the Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea cultural centre
On the 3rd of November Estibaliz Urresola, Irati Gorostidi and Maider Fernández Iriarte will be involved in the first of the nine conversations, which will end at the end of May with Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga
Access to the sessions, in which the Z365 area of the San Sebastián Festival and Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola collaborate, will be open in both in-person and online formats
The San Sebastian Festival, CIMA and the feminist associations belonging to the GTI complete a year of working together
The collaboration takes the shape of a report on participation by gender including new categories and the increased presence of women filmmakers
Isabel Coixet, Selva Almada, Elena López Riera, Ruth Beckermann and Natalia López Gallardo, among the conversations and masterclasses at San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition
The Thought and Discussion area will address aspects such as the defence of equality and gender diversity, environmental and labour sustainability in the film industry and the impact of new technologies
Marina Palacio exhibits her false film posters in Tabakalera
The filmmaker and artist from San Sebastian takes a photography project featuring the portraits of people from several of the San Sebastian Festival departments or with connections to the event to the centre’s second floor
San Sebastian Festival continues to take steps to become a carbon-neutral event
With the measures already introduced, the 9-day event could see a reduction of some 62 tons of CO2Eq, according to the estimate of the consultancy firm CREAST
The Nosferatu 'Zinemaldia 70' season to return in October
Eleven films that were part of the San Sebastian Festival programme between 1988 and 2010 will be screened until December
Thirteen short films to compete for the Nest Award at the 21st edition of the section, which returns to its usual format
For the first time in the history of the international competition for film students two works in the Basque language have been selected
The cinematographic work of Koldo Izagirre and the bio-filmography of Antxon Eceiza are the themes explored in the third issue of ZINE
The publication explores the concept of the disillusionment deriving from the Transition in the political-cultural context of the Basque Country, through Izagirre’s films and other contemporary literary productions
ZINE: Film Research Series also reviews Eceiza’s bio-filmography, based on a selection of unpublished materials from his personal collection that were recently deposited in the Basque Film Archive
Ikusmira Berriak opens the ninth call for its residencies
The registration deadline for the audiovisual project development programme is September 1
San Sebastian Festival will be the first institution to offset its footprint through the Gipuzkoa Voluntary Carbon Fund
The Festival pledges to offset more than half of its carbon footprint through the Fund launched by the Naturklima Foundation and Gipuzkoa Provincial Council’s Department of Environment
For the second year running, the Festival will use recycled and recyclable material to make the red carpets
Elena López Riera to present her short films at a new session of Zinemaldia + Plus
The Spanish moviemaker will visit Tabakalera weeks after the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight premiere of her first feature, ‘El agua’, conceived at Ikusmira Berriak
Nest opens tomorrow its call for submissions
The international short film competition for film students, now in its 21st edition, returns to its usual format and will be held between 19 and 23 September 2022
The deadline for submissions is July 1
The section will a have a prize of 10,000 euros for the director of the winning film
Tomorrow the first edition of the ‘Filmmakers’ dialogue’ course will end with Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabel Peña
‘Filmmakers’ Dialogue,’ for students and cinephiles, is organised with the Z365 area, the festival all year round of the San Sebastian Festival, and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola
Ikusmira Berriak expands and enhances its residencies
Ana Cristina Barragán, Jaume Claret, Meritxell Colell, Irati Gorostidi, João Paulo Miranda and Maximiliano Schonfeld have started the first stage of their residency in Tabakalera, where they will enjoy a greater number of personalised tutorials
They will be accompanied in person by Olimpia Pont Cháfer, Javier Martín and Sergio Oksman and will enjoy online tutorials of Elena López Riera, Jean-Gabriel Périot, José Luis Torres Leiva, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Fernanda del Nido and Paolo Moretti
On April 9, residents will show their earlier works at a Zinemaldia + Plus screening
Radu Jude will introduce a film and give a talk at Tabakalera during his residency at the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola
The Rumanian filmmaker will accompany the screening of his directorial debut, 'Cea mai fericită fată din lume' / 'The Happiest Girl in the World' while also sharing the creative proces of 'Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc' / 'Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn', winner of the Golden Bear in 2021
Carla Simón will participate tomorrow in the 'Filmmakers' Dialogue' course after winning the Golden Bear at the Berlinale
The session will be online and can be followed by the 280 people registered for the course
Filmmakers' Dialogue', aimed at students and film enthusiasts, is organised by Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea with the Z365 area, the San Sebastian Festival's year-round festival, and Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola
The 'Filmmakers' Dialogue' course with Icíar Bollaín and Carla Simón will continue in February at the Koldo Mitxelena cultural centre
'Filmmakers' Dialogue', for cinema students and aficionados, is organised with the Z365, festival all year round initiative organised by the San Sebastian Festival and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola
The latest book in the Nosferatu Collection: ''Zinemaldia 1953-2022. Singularidades del Festival de Donostia / San Sebastián'' is now available
The fifth edition of the 'Cinema and Science' season proposes almost fifty screenings accompanied by introductions and discussions with scientists
The Koldo Mitxelena Cultural Centre is organising the ‘Filmakers’ dialogue’ course for cinema fans and film students given by film professionals
Icíar Bollaín, Lara Izagirre, Carla Simón, Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Jonás Trueba will be taking part in this course organised with the Z365 area, the all-year-round festival of the San Sebastian Festival, and Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola
70 years of San Sebastian Festival in the Tabakalera cinema
The new 'Zinemaldia 70' Nosferatu season will take a look at the Festival's history on its 70th anniversary, screening 40 films to have featured on its programme since 1953
The Zinemaldia + Plus seasons, the fifth edition of 'Cinema and Science' and the season dedicated to the German moviemaker Christian Petzold will kick off the programme for the year in January
The movie voucher and individual tickets for the 2022 screenings will be available for purchase from December 22 on the Tabakalera website and from the centre's Information Point
San Sebastian Festival, Kutxa Fundazioa and Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola look back at the changes experienced by the Festival during the Spanish Transition
Kutxa Kultur Plaza will host, until 20 February 2022, an exhibition including 30 photographs portraying a decade marked by experimentation and the shift to democracy, but also by profound instability
The show ‘Festival in transition: the San Sebastian International Film Festival in times of change (1976-1985)’ is curated by the team of the research project ‘Zinemaldia 70. All possible stories”
More than 96,000 people attended the screenings, round tables and masterclasses at San Sebastian Festival’s 69th edition
Ana Cristina Barragán, Jaume Claret, Meritxell Colell, Irati Gorostidi, Joâo Paulo Miranda and Maximiliano Schonfeld to develop their latest film projects at Ikusmira Berriak
A total of 281 projects have been submitted for the programme’s eighth edition, which increases the number of residents from five to six
Ikusmira Berriak VII
Las delicias (2021), Eduardo Crespo's fourth feature film, will have its world premiere on Monday 22nd in the International Competition of the 34th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Eduardo Crespo has been a resident in the last edition of the Ikusmira Berriak program, where he has developed what will be his fifth film, La gruta del viento.
Nest community (2017) and Ikusmira Berriak (IV, V and VI)
Nest alumni Nikica Zdunic (2017) and Ikusmira Berriak residents Arantza Santesteban (2018), Aitziber Olaskoaga (2019) and Jessica Sarah Rinland (2020) will show their work at the 19th edition of Doclisboa. Nikica Zdunic will be present with Women Women Women (2017) in the 'Green Years' section, which this year dedicates a focus to The Academy of Dramatic Art school in Zagreb. Meanwhile, Arantza Santesteban will compete in the International Section with her film 918 Gau (2021), developed in the Ikusmira Berriak program and will have its premiere on Monday 25th. Aitziber Olaskoaga will present her medium-length film, also developed in Ikusmira Berriak, Jo ta Ke (2020) in the program 'Our Images and Your Images of Us' dedicated to films that appropriate and recreate archive, within the 'New Visions' section. Finally, Jessica Sarah Rinland will show Sol de Campinas (2021) in the ‘From the Earth to the Moon’ section.
The Zinemaldia + Plus focus will offer two screenings with films starring Marion Cotillard and Johnny Depp, recipients of the Donostia Award at the 69th edition
Tabakalera’s shared screen will programme ‘Deux jours, une nuit’, by the Dardenne brothers, on September 4, and ‘Dead Man’, by Jim Jarmusch, on September 9
Ikusmira Berriak opens the eighth call for its residencies
From this edition, the programme will increase the number of residencies from five to six
The programme registration deadline is September 1
The San Sebastian Film Festival & Tabakalera join together to analyse the influence of new technologies in the audiovisual sector
The '2deo, Zinemaldia & Technology' sessions, a meeting place for filmmakers, technologists and professionals from the film industry, will be held on Wednesday 16 June and Thursday 17 June
The attendees will learn about the new technological advances that are being incorporated into the cinema and different tools such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and the use of drones.
Nest opens tomorrow its call for submissions
The international short film competition for film students will celebrate its twentieth anniversary during the 69th edition of the San Sebastian Festival
The deadline for submissions is July 1
The section will have a prize of 10,000 euros for the director of the winning film
Dea Kulumbegashvili, 2020 Golden Shell winner, carries out an artist residency at Tabakalera
The Georgian director will be in San Sebastian until 7 June to develop her next feature film
This invitation from Tabakalera, the San Sebastian Film Festival, and Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola falls within the framework of these three institutions' shared strategic programme to support talent, a year-round Festival (Z365), and film methods
The filmmaker, whose film also won awards for Best Direction, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay, will present her full-length feature film 'Dasatskisi / Beginning' in the cinema, and will hold a talk about her creative process
The Zinemaldia + Plus focus will screen 'Le redoutable' and 'Les sorcières de l'Orient'
The movies chosen by Vincent Maraval and Vanja Kaludjercic have been scheduled respectively for May 14 and June 11 on Tabakalera’s shared screen
The Elías Querejeta Film School, the Basque Film Library and the San Sebastián International Film Festival publish the first issue of 'ZINE: Film Research Series'
This biannual online publication will explore the connections between film culture and other disciplines from both the sciences and the humanities, with particular emphasis on Basque cinema
The first issue analyses the cinematographic work of Nestor Basterretxea from the point of view of constructivism, and presents the work of María Jesús 'Tatus' Fombellida.
An ongoing archive, open and lively: 'Artxiboa' updates
Z365 - Newsletter #1
A prelude to Z365, the Festival all year round
Z365 - Newsletter #0
This is the first issue of a newsletter that starts today and whose coming instalments will bring news of the area Z365 or 'Festival all year round'.
Nest Community: Nest 2019
After premiering his short film La enorme presencia de los muertos in the competitive section dedicated to film students (NEST) of the San Sebastian Film Festival, filmmaker José María Avilés, a graduate of the first year of Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, premieres his first feature film, Al Oriente, at the Venice Film Festival, following its selection at the Biennale College Cinema. The film tells the story of Atahualpa, a builder who works on the construction of a road that spans a path with a complex historical legacy.
Nest Community: Nest 2014, 2018 and 2020
Nest alumni Oren Gerner (2014), David Pinheiro (2018) and Rafael Manuel (2020) have been selected with their new projects in Locarno Filmmakers Academy, the Locarno Film Festival's ten-day intensive program focused on the new generation of filmmakers. Residents also have the opportunity to show their short films to the Festival audience during the Filmmakers Academy screening days.
Nest Community: Nest 2021
Two of the short films selected for the 20th edition of Nest, the San Sebastian Festival's international student film competition, won awards at the last Locarno Festival (Switzerland). Fantasma Neon / Neon Phantom, by Brazilian Leonardo Martinelli, won the Pardino d'Oro of the international short film competition, while After a Room, by Swiss Naomi Pacifique, won the Pardino d'Argento in the short national competition. Both will be screened at the next edition of the San Sebastian Festival along with the other 12 short films selected for Nest.
Ikusmira Berriak II
El gran movimiento, the second feature film by Kiro Russo that was developed in the Ikusmira Berriak residency in the 2016 edition, will have its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival. Shot entirely in Super 16mm, the film is an approach to the identity of the Bolivian city of La Paz.
Nest Community: Nest 2020
Filmmaker Alisha Mehta Tejpal, who competed last year at the Nest section with her work Lata, has been selected in the Sundance Institute's Women's Financing Intensive program with her creative documentary project Untitled Objects. The film seeks to trace missing family heirlooms and the filmmaker unravels her family’s legacy and the parallel evolution of India.
Ikusmira Berriak III
Eles transporten a morte, the first film by Helena Girón and Samuel M. Delgado, which was developed at the Ikusmira Berriak residency in 2017, will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. This adventure story with a critical discourse on colonisation will be presented at the 36th edition Critics' Week.
Nest Community: Nest 2006
Chilean filmmaker Nicolás Lasnibat, who presented his short film Treinta años at the 2006 Film Schools Meeting, is the new director of studies at La Femis, France's national film school.
Nest Community: Nest 2007
Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel, who was selected in 2007 at the San Sebastian Festival's International Film Students Meeting with her short film Murs, presented her first feature film Un monde (Playground) at Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Festival, where it won the Fipresci award.
Un monde is a deep immersion into the school universe through the eyes of a girl, Nora, whose older brother is bullied by his classmates.
SSIFF+PLUS: First Steps (2) - Isabel Lamberti, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Fernanda Valadez & Takuma Sato
19:00 in Tabakalera Cinema
SSIFF+PLUS: First Steps (1) - Dea Kulumbegashvili, Isabel Lamberti & Catarina Vasconcelos
19:00 in Tabakalera Cinema
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