Topic: San Sebastián Film Festival

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Chile’s Sanfic Set to Screen Late Documentarian Antonio Caro’s Swan Song ‘Monguen’ Among Nine Chilean Pics in Competition (EXCLUSIVE)

Chile’s 22nd Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic) features nine pics in its Chile Film Competition this year vying for cash prizes in the best film, director and actor categories. Among them, four are debut features, including “Erratics” by Thomas Woodroffe, which competed at the San Sebastian Festival’s New Directors sidebar. The lineup also features ‘Monguen,’ the […]

29 Sept 2026, 14:40 UTC

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‘Les Misérables’ Review: A Starry, Lavishly Empty, French-Language Version of Victor Hugo’s Epic

Nobody sings in the latest adaptation of Victor Hugo’s 1462-page cinder-block classic, but the absence of rousing musical numbers does not mean that Fred Cavayé’s “Les Misérables” is going for gritty realism. The 179-minute film, enjoying a reported $37m budget and a host of Big French Stars trapped in starchily archetypal Big French Roles, spackles […]

23 Sept 2026, 19:53 UTC

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ECAM Incubator Title ‘The Woodworm’ Explores Female Identity in the Shadow of an Artist Father

In “The Woodworm” (“El Corquim”), the feature debut of Laura Obradors, a teenage girl’s search for an identity of her own runs up against the authority of her father, a successful artist in creative crisis. Developed through Madrid’s ECAM Incubator, the project examines the power exercised inside a family and the artistic prestige that can […]

23 Sept 2026, 05:48 UTC

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Naomi Watts Believes Standards Have Changed for Older Women in the Industry: ‘Look at the Emmys Last Week… That’s Heartening to See’

British actor Naomi Watts, at the San Sebastián Film Festival to receive this year’s prestigious Donostia Award, spoke about opportunities in the industry for women over 50. Talking a week after Sarah Paulson told Variety about the lack of film offers following her spellbinding portrait of Marcia Clark in “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American […]

19 Sept 2026, 11:15 UTC