The festival opened with Intruders, starring Clive Owen The festival opened with Intruders, starring Clive Owen

The 59th San Sebastian Film Festival runs from September 16 to 25.

Retrospectives include a showcase of the work of Jacques Demy and thematic retrospectives called Digital Shadows: The Last Generation Of Chinese Film, celebrating film from the country from 2000 to 2010 and American Way Of Death: American Film Noir 1990 to 2010.

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San Sebastian Film Festival Latest Reviews

Take This Waltz
Take This Waltz
A romantic drama about a young woman torn between the man she has and the man she wants.
Perfect Sense
Perfect Sense
A chef and an epidemiologist fall in love, just as the world is falling apart.
Where Do We Go Now?
Where Do We Go Now?
A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village.
Wild Bill
Wild Bill
A fresh-out-of-jail ex-con, finds himself landed with taking care of his kids... whether they like it or not.
Le Havre
Le Havre
A middle-aged shoe-shiner helps an illegal immigrant.
Extraterrestrial
Extraterrestrial
A love triangle simmers under the threat of an alien invasion.
Silver Tongues
Silver Tongues
A couple travel across country taking on different roles and presenting challenges to strangers.
Finisterrae
Finisterrae
A tongue-in-cheek surrealist parable in which two ghosts go looking for the end of the world.
The Mexican Suitcase
The Mexican Suitcase
A documentary about the mystery of missing negatives created by iconic photographer Robert Capa and his friends during the Spanish Civil War.
The Monk
The Monk
The tragedy of a devoted servant of God whose very righteousness leads him on the path to damnation.
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San Sebastian Film Festival Features

Playing the Bill
Charlie Creed-Miles talks about playing the titular character in Dexter Fletcher's debut.
The story of Wild Bill
Dexter Fletcher on the father/son dynamics, character-driven drama and classy cast of his directorial debut.
Romantic comedy - an alien concept?
Nacho Vigalondo discusses his latest film Extraterrestrial and upcoming thriller Windows.
Beauty and the bullet
Gerardo Naranjo talks about crime thriller Miss Bala
San Sebastian Film Festival: Days Five and Six
Wild Bill, Extraterrestrial, Rampart, Los Marziano and Le Havre
San Sebastian Film Festival: Day Four
Double Steps, Cousinhood, I Wish and Life Without Principle
San Sebastian Film Festival: Day 3
Albert Nobbs, Shame, The Deep Blue Sea, Take This Waltz
San Sebastian Film Festival Day Two
Day Two: Silver Tongues, Lola & Finisterrae
San Sebastian Film Festival Day One
Opening night film Intruders, Bonsai, No Rest For The Wicked and Miss Bala
San Sebastian Film Festival 2011: A Preview
Amber Wilkinson takes a look at the thrills in store at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival.

San Sebastian Film Festival News

Pasos Dobles takes home San Sebastian Golden Shell
British debut Wild Bill also picks up festival gong.
Glenn Close to receive San Sebastian Donostia
Star selected for lifetime achievement award.
Intruders to open San Sebastian Film Festival
Clive Owen stars in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s horror/thriller
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