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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.
View Films by Strand:
- Cinema In Motion
- Great Films For The Kids
- Horizontes Latinos
- Made In Spain
- Official Selection
- Velodrome
- Zabaltegi-New Directors
- Zabaltegi-Pearls
- Zabaltegi-Specials
- Zinemira-Basque
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