The retrospective at San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition will show thirteen features films directed by French filmmaker Claude Sautet between the years 1956 and 1995.
San Sebastian International Film Festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious and important film festivals in the world, held annually in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián.
San Sebastian’s film program consists of some 200 films selected for six competitive sections (Official Selection, New Directors, Horizontes Latinos, Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, Perlak and Nest) and seven non-competitive sections (Culinary Zinema, Made in Spain, Zinemira, Velodrome, Movies for Kids, Retrospective and Klasikoak).
San Sebastian International Film Festival started in 1953 and takes place in Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
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70th San Sebastian Festival Reveals Official Films in Competition Lineup
A Hundred Flowers (Hyakka) by Genki Kawamura New films directed by Manuel Abramovich, Christophe Honoré, Sebastián Lelio, Diego Lerman, Marco Martins, Laura Mora, Frelle Petersen, Hong Sang-soo, Ulrich Seidl and Petr Václav will compete in the Official Selection at San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition, to run from September 16-24. The competition will also show the debut films from Genki Kawamura and Marian Mathias.
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13 Films to Compete for New Directors Award at 70th San Sebastian Festival
Miyamatsu to Yamashita / Roleless by Masahiko Sato, Yutaro Seki and Kentaro Hirase Thirteen film from fifteen countries will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award at the 70th edition of San Sebastian Festival, which runs from September 16 to 24, 2022. Of the total selected movies, twelve are first works and one is the second film by its director.
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18 Spanish Titles incl. ‘La maternal’ ‘Suro’ to Compete for Golden Shell at 70th San Sebastian Festival
La Maternal directed by Pilar Palomero 18 titles with Spanish production (15 features, two shorts and one TV series) will be seen in the Official Selection, New Directors, Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, Perlak and the Velodrome at San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition, running from September 16-24, 2022.
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Alberto Rodríguez’s PRISON 77 to Open San Sebastian Festival
Prison 77 (Modelo 77) by Alberto Rodríguez Prison 77 (Modelo 77) by Spanish filmmaker, Alberto Rodríguez, will open San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition out of competition. Starring Miguel Herrán and Javier Gutiérrez, the movie is a political thriller set in Spain .
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David Cronenberg to Receive a Donostia Award at San Sebastian Festival
Viggo Mortensen, (r) David Cronenberg Canadian director and screenwriter David Cronenberg will receive a Donostia Award at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian Festival, and screen his latest film Crimes of the Future (2022), starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart which competed at Cannes Film Festival.
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Juliette Binoche Featured on San Sebastian Festival Poster and Honored with Donostia Award
Juliette Binoche featured on the official poster of San Sebastian Festival Actress Juliette Binoche is featured on the official poster of San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition, to run from September 16-24, 2022. Winner of an Academy Award for her work in The English Patient (Anthony Minghella, 1996), the French actor will also receive one of this year’s Donostia Awards in recognition of an extensive career which has seen her play almost 75 characters, from power-wielding heroines to fragile beings with historical figures, drama roles and comedy parts along the way.
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Romanian Film ‘Blue Moon’ and Jessica Chastain Win Top Awards at 69th San Sebastian Festival
Blue Moon (Crai nou) directed by Alina Grigore The Romanian film Blue Moon (Crai nou) directed by Alina Grigore won the Golden Shell at San Sebastian Festival’s 69th edition. For the third year running, the movie winning the Golden Shell went to a debut film: in 2019 the winner was Pacificado / Pacified, by Paxton Winters, and in 2020, Dasatskisi / Beginning, by Dea Kulumbegashvili. This is the first time that a Romanian film will have won the Golden Shell in the Festival’s history.
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11 Films About/By Women to Compete for Otra Mirada Award at San Sebastian Festival
107 Mothers (Cenzorka) Eleven films will compete for the XV RTVE-Otra Mirada Award at the 69th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival, running from September 17 to 25. The award is given to feature films on subjects close to the world of women; directed, starring or written by women; or also by men whose films show particular sensitivity towards the world of women.
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Paolo Sorrentino Hosts a Master Class + Premieres ‘The Hand of God’ at San Sebastian Festival
Paolo Sorrentino on the set of “The Hand of God” Photo by Gianni Fiorito Italian director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino will give a masterclass and present his latest film The Hand of God at the 69th edition of the San Sebastian Festival. The author of The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza ) will talk about his latest film and its connections with the seventh art.
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‘The Legacy of elBulli’ Documentary to Open Culinary Zinema Section of San Sebastian Film Festival
The Legacy of elBulli (Las huellas de elBulli) The world premiere of The Legacy of elBulli (Las huellas de elBulli), a film about the restaurant run by Ferran Adrià, will open the Culinary Zinema section of the 69th San Sebastian International Film Festival. The section will close with Délicieux / Delicious, a period fiction situated amidst kitchen stoves. The food themed films showcased in the Culinary Zinema section will be accompanied by themed dinners.
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The French Dispatch and The Power of the Dog to Compete for Audience Award at San Sebastian Festival
The French Dispatch directed by Wes Anderson Two new films – Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog will compete for the City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award in the Perlak section at San Sebastian Festival’s 69th edition.