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The 73rd edition of the festival will run from September 19 to 27.
View Films by Strand:
- Donostia Award Screening
- FIPRESCI Grand Prix
- Horizontes Latinos
- Klasikoak
- Made In Spain
- Movies For Kids
- Nest
- New Directors
- Official Selection
- Pearls
- Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
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SSFF Latest Reviews
The Wizard Of The Kremlin
Russia, early 1990s. Amid post-Soviet chaos, a brilliant young man, Vadim Baranov, charts his path. First an artist, then a reality show producer, he becomes the spin doctor to a rising KGB agent: Vladimir Putin.
Russia, early 1990s. Amid post-Soviet chaos, a brilliant young man, Vadim Baranov, charts his path. First an artist, then a reality show producer, he becomes the spin doctor to a rising KGB agent: Vladimir Putin.
Fiume O Morte!
In 1919, Italian poet and fascist Gabriele D’Annunzio occupies the Croatian city of Fiume and declares it his personal state.
In 1919, Italian poet and fascist Gabriele D’Annunzio occupies the Croatian city of Fiume and declares it his personal state.
Orwell: 2+2=5
Delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing socio-political truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.
Delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing socio-political truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.
Little Amélie
Amélie is a little Belgian girl born in Japan. Thanks to her friend Nishio-san, the world is full of adventure and discovery. But on her third birthday, an event changes the course of her life. For Amélie, everything is at stake at that age, happiness as well as tragedy.
Amélie is a little Belgian girl born in Japan. Thanks to her friend Nishio-san, the world is full of adventure and discovery. But on her third birthday, an event changes the course of her life. For Amélie, everything is at stake at that age, happiness as well as tragedy.
The Voice Of Hind Rajab
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
Nuremberg
Drama chronicles the events that brought the Nazi high command to justice following the Second World War.
Drama chronicles the events that brought the Nazi high command to justice following the Second World War.
Belén
An innocent woman jailed for self-inducing an abortion fights for her freedom.
An innocent woman jailed for self-inducing an abortion fights for her freedom.
Jay Kelly
Famous movie actor Jay Kelly and his devoted manager Ron embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey. Both are forced to confront choices they've made, their relationships with loved ones and the legacies they'll leave behind.
Famous movie actor Jay Kelly and his devoted manager Ron embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey. Both are forced to confront choices they've made, their relationships with loved ones and the legacies they'll leave behind.
Bugonia
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Maspalomas
An accident forces a septugenarian to return to his home town and the daughter he abandoned years before.
An accident forces a septugenarian to return to his home town and the daughter he abandoned years before.
San Sebastian Film Festival Features
'Children can understand a lot more than we think..'
The makers of Little Amélie on why perceptions about animation are changing
Song of the desert
Kangding Ray on changing attitudes to music in cinema, and scoring Sirât
The beauty of doubt
Toni Servillo on costumes by Carlo Poggioli and working with Paolo Sorrentino on La Grazia
A red thread
Dolores Fonzi on how activism led to filmmaking in the case of Belén
Spring in his step
Joachim Lafosse on the personal story behind his latest film and its lighter feel
'I wanted the film to be extremely subjective'
Kasia Adamik on claustrophobia and the cold in 'anti-spy thriller' Winter Of The Crow
Getting the message
Olmo Omerzu on family and communication breakdown in Ungrateful Beings
'I’m very happy to be trusted with characters of this calibre'
Denis Lavant on the art of constructing personas in Redoubt and The Stranger
Class act
Eye Haïdara on building her character and the world of Six Days In Spring
'Even though I'm 36, I still feel connected to the girl I was'
Emilie Thalund on teen desire, body positivity and crossing boundaries in Weightless
Caught in The Currents
Milagros Mumenthaler on the psychological journey of her latest film
Language difficulties
Barry Ward and Barbora Bobulova on communication and multilingual families in Ungrateful Beings
The man who prepared for war
John Skoog on Karl-Göran Persson and Redoubt
Magnifying manga
Shô Miyake on adding 'pure cinema' to Tsuge classics in Two Seasons, Two Strangers
'I didn't make this film myself. The Islamic Republic made it by putting me in prison'
Jafar Panahi on the inspiration for It Was Just An Accident
A sense of place
When The Geese Flew director Arthur Gay on transient characters and the idea of home
'I admit it was crazy idea, but then film people are crazy'
Richard Linklater on chronicling the creation of Godard's Breathless in Nouvelle Vague
Slice of life... and fable
The President's Cake director Hasan Hadi on the challenges and craft behind his debut
'I wanted her to have the space to not know what's right and wrong all the time'
Sarah Miro Fischer on the torn loyalties of her protagonist in The Good Sister
'Reality offers impromptu flowers that you’re able to harvest'
Iván Fund talks about his loose and intuitive approach to filmmaking and story in The Message
Reflections of a cat
Gints Zilbalodis on Hayao Miyazaki, fairy tales and Latvia’s Oscar submission, Flow
San Sebastian Film Festival News
Sundays snags San Sebastian Golden Shell
Joachim Lafosse drama & Voice Of Hiind Rajab among winners
San Sebastian announces opening and closing films
Jennifer Lawrence to be honoured at festival
San Sebastian Pearls announced
Glossy section includes Cannes' Palme d'Or winner
Desplechin, Holland and Winocour to compete in San Sebastian
Festival continues to announce Competition titles
Lillian Hellman retrospective in San Sebastian
Festival dedicates strand to Little Foxes screenwriter
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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