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Blessed by warm but hardly sweltering late summer sun — and no typical Basque txirimiri drizzle so common to other editions — the 74th San Sebastián also marks the last under festival director José Luis Rebordinos, who since 2011 has brought stability, sponsors, industry build and a close relationship to Cannes. Fittingly enough, the hallmark […]
The filmmaker presents at the festival two documentaries: the restoration of 'Chicho o while the body holds,' 1982, and his last work, 'Bajañí', on the flamenco guitarist
SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain — Finland’s Gaussian Scout (formerly listed Virtual Location Scouting) and Spain’s Pixentinel claimed the top prizes at the 2026 Zinemaldia Startup Challenge, the San Sebastián Festival’s flagship technology competition. Gaussian Scout, a browser-based virtual location scouting platform being developed by Finnish cinematographer Antti Ahokoivu, won Best European Project with its €10,000 and […]
A citizen platform convinces the city hall about the opportunity to relegate 1,700 square meters of wall in the heart of the city
About to finish its 74 edition, Spain's great film festival continues to add great stars to its visitors and awards. In this photogalery we go over some of them
The filmmaker, who was an Oscar candidate for the 'A Real Pain' script and who has donated a kidney in Ukraine, gives Julianne Moore one of the best roles of his career
The protagonist of 'In the Heart of the Beast' steps for the second time on the contest, and has participated in one of the shortest press conferences in the history of Zinemaldia, where he has shown both charm and vagueness in his answers
Colombia’s Federico Durán, long associated with Rhayuela Films (“Alias María”) where he remains a shareholder, has officially launched his new company El Sol Ermitaño at the San Sebastian Film Festival where the first of its slate, “Lovers Go Home!” participates at the festival’s pix-in-post program, WIP LatAm. Directed by Juan Sebastián Mesa (“The Nobodies”), the […]
Roberto Bueso's film, the second Spanish to contest at the San Sebastián festival, opts for tragicomedy to deepen relations between artists and their offspring
Without leaving the limits of black, the star bet on two completely opposite and complementary 'looks'
Acme AI & FX’s Ryan Kavanaugh, Laura Austin-Little at Black Bear International, Neon’s Elissa Federoff, StudioCanal’s Ron Halpern and Sumerian Pictures’ Rob Williams are confirmed for San Sebastián’s fifth Creative Investors’ Conference, co-organized with CAA Media Finance. They will join CAA Media Finance’s Roeg Sutherland, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon, Patrick Wachsberger at 193 and Sumerian […]
Daniel Monzón presents in San Sebastián a film on horseback between drama and horror about the Patronato de Protección a la mujer, an institution that repress youth in the dictatorship
On Sunday the competition was engulfed by the Lorquian drama while it was announced that it had won the Toronto public award, another step forward towards the Oscar
The Los Javis film that is being planned tonight in San Sebastián starts his career with strength to the Oscar
The Hollywood star has been smiling and has signed autographs to fans and has taken pictures for 20 minutes
The actor and screenwriter and the director compete for the Golden Concha with 'Five more minutes', in which they defend that "the acts have consequences, idea that has jumped in the air 10 years ago and that is why impunity is now triumphant"
“The Blind Ants” (“Inurri Itsuak”), the third feature by director Igor Legarreta (“All the Moons,” “When You Stop Loving Me”), had it world premiere on Sept. 18 at the 74th San Sebastián International Film Festival. Part of the Zinemira section, which is dedicated to Basque productions, the film is competing for the Irizar Award for […]
The German filmmaker, a bold creator, receives the Donostia award from the San Sebastián festival during the opening gala
The actress will receive the Donostia Award for her entire career on Saturday
The Polish director premiered the 'Fatherland' award at the San Sebastián festival, the last delivery of a trilogy on the consequences of World War II in Europeans with German writer Thomas Mann as the protagonist
