Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Denis Villeneuve's Enemy Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Denis Villeneuve's Enemy

The 61st edition of the festival will run from September 20 to 28.

Actors Carmen Maura and Hugh Jackman will receive Donostia awards. The festival opened with Foosball and closed with The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet.

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New World
New World
After the untimely death of Korea’s biggest crime syndicate chairman, power struggle between top lieutenants begins.
Minuscule - Valley Of The Lost Ants
Minuscule - Valley Of The Lost Ants
In a peaceful little clearing, the remains of a picnic hastily abandoned spark warfare between two tribes of ants.
Enemy
Enemy
Adam leads a monotonous life until he discovers Anthony, a small-time actor physically identical to him.
9 Month Stretch
9 Month Stretch
The lady judge is guilty of sexual discrepancy but what has the most hated criminal in France got to do with it?
Wolf
Wolf
A troubled young man is torn between a potential career as a kickboxer and a life of petty crime.
The Dream
The Dream
A cinematic encounter, examining cookery as art.
Zip & Zap And The Marble Gang
Zip & Zap And The Marble Gang
A group of kids rebel against strict rules at their school.
Club Sandwich
Club Sandwich
A teenage boy experiences first love while holidaying with his mother.
T.S. Spivet
T.S. Spivet
A young scientist secretly leaves his family's ranch to travel across the country to receive a prize.
Devil's Knot
Devil's Knot
Drama based on the 1993 West Memphis Three murders.
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San Sebastian Film Festival Features

Horsing around
Benedikt Erlingsson on touring Of Horses And Men, his plans for the future and killing the movie star.
Riding high
Of Horses and Men director Benedikt Erlingsson talks sagas, mankind and Mitty.
In the family
Hirokazu Kore-eda on Like Father, Like Son
Working on Le Week-End
Hanif Kureishi and Roger Michell talk about their latest collaboration
Hugh Jackman in San Sebastian
On life as a sex symbol, winning awards, and Wolverine.
San Sebastian Film Festival - Episode Two
Fabulous females in Child's Pose, Le Week-End and Gravity, plus why Hanif Kureishi values age over youth.
San Sebastian Film Festival - Episode One
Control in Enemy, The Zero Theorem and Like Father, Like Son.
The real deal
Paulina García on playing Gloria

San Sebastian Film Festival News

Bad Hair glows at San Sebastian
Venezuelan film takes home Golden Shell.
San Sebastian honours Hugh Jackman
Aussie actor to receive Donostia.
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Jake Gyllenhaal film among competition titles.
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