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Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried in Atom Egoyan's Chloe
Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried in Atom Egoyan's Chloe
The 57th San Sebastian Film Festival runs from September 18 to 26.

Among the films screening is Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, which will be given the Fipresci Best Film Of The Year of the award at the festival's opening gala. The festival will open with Atom Egoyan's Chloe - starring Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried - and close with Rodrigo García's Mother And Child.

Retrospectives include a showcase of the work of Richard Brooks, plus Backwash: The Cutting Edge Of French Cinema - a look back at the past decade in French film.

San Sebastian Film Festival Latest Reviews

Ponyo
A five-year-old boy meets a magical fish who longs to become human.

Get Low
Heatwarming tale of redemption, partially based on the true story of a hermit who threw his own funeral... while he was still alive.

Five Minutes Of Heaven
Two men from the same town but from different sides of the Irish political divide discover that the past is never dead - in fact it isn't even past.

The Limits Of Control
A mysterious man shares coffee and conversation with people, writing down details on matchbook flaps. But what are his motives?

The White Ribbon
Tensions in a German town on the eve of the First World War.

Taking Woodstock
The story of the youngster who set the wheels in motion for the iconic music festival.

Blessed
Seven children wander the streets at night, before we see the odyssey from their mothers' perspective.

A Prophet
An illiterate teenager struggles when he is sent to jail, but after embarking on a series of "missions" for a gang leader, he begins to hatch plans of his own.

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
A travelling show offers visitors the chance to choose between light and joy and darkness and doom.

Ander
When a rural farmer injures himself he develops an unlikely friendship with the farmhand he hires to help.

San Sebastian Film Festival Festival Features

San Sebastian Film Festival: Day Seven
Ana Kokkinos and Mirando Otto on Blessed, Brenda Blethyn on London River and Yuki & Nina.

San Sebastian Film Festival: Day Six
Blessed, Together and Sir Ian McKellen picks up Donostia.

San Sebastian Film Festival: Day Five
Hadewijch, Jim Jarmusch and The Limits Of Control

San Sebastian Film Festival: Day Four
A chat with Juan Jose Campanella and Mathias Glasner, Get Low, Mother and The Scouting Book For Boys

San Sebastian Film Festival: Day Three
The White Ribbon, This Is Love, The Dancer And The Thief and the hazards of working in multiple languages.

San Sebastian Film Festival: Day Two
Atom Egoyan on Chloe, Francois Ozon on Le Refuge, The Secret Of Their Eyes and Northless

San Sebastian Film Festival: Day One
Chloe, Inglourious Basterds, Whatever Works and a wall of prawns.

San Sebastian Film Festival News

City Of Life And Death wins top prize at San Sebastian
Hard-hitting tale of Rape Of Nanjing takes home Golden Shell.

Sir Ian McKellen to receive Donostia Award
Veteran British actor to receive San Sebastian accolade.


News & Features Repo

Buried, Winter's Bone, Bran Nue Day, Contracorriente and a late-night podcast.

Stalking Four Lions, Smash His Camera, Exit Through The Gift Shop and Night Catches Us.

Mohammad Bakri talks about his film Zahara, celebrating his Palestinian aunt.

Line-up features more than 120 features and new Canadian Cinema strand.

Turkish film scoops top prize at Berlinale, Polanski named best director
Playing Now! Italian Film Festival - Giovanna's Father


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