San Sebastian Film Festival posters 3h643t
The new image for the 61st edition of the San Sebastian Festival was unveiled after the competition, open to graphic designers the world over, received 1,046 proposals from 327 authors. In the Official poster category, “Óptico”, by the Catalan designer and photographer Toni Pontí, who also won last year with his proposal for the Horizontes Latinos poster. Toni Pontí tells us the story behind this year’s official poster: &quo...
Nominees to the 27th Goya Awards 166k19
Nominees to the XXVII Goya Awards Today at the Academy of Cinematographic Sciences in Madrid, Goya awards winners, Elena Anaya and Antonio de la Torre ed Enrique Gonzalez Macho,President of the Academy in the reading of the nominees to the 27th Goya Awards. A happy Antonio de la Torre received two nominations in two different categories. Also special was the nomination of a mother and her two children. Paco León, a famous tv actor in Spain directed his first film Carmina o revien...
XVIII Forqué Awards 2lx4r
Named after the great Spanish producer Jose María Forqué, these awards are the first of the year in Spain and they always give us a hint of what we can expect on the Goya Awards. Nominees for the XVIII Forque Awards are: BEST FILM BLANCANIEVES (Snowhite) GRUPO 7 (Unit 7) LO IMPOSIBLE (The Impossible) EL ARTISTA Y LA MODELO (The artist and the model) BEST ACTOR ANTONIO DE LA TORRE – GRUPO 7 JEAN ROCHEFORT – EL ARTISTA Y LA MODELO JOSE SACRISTAN &ndash...
`The Impossible´ becomes the biggest opening in Spanish box office ever 721w3h
Juan Antonio Bayona's, The Impossible, broke all-time Spanish box office records for the biggest four-day opening, with 10.3 million euros and 1.4 million tickets sold. When we attended the European premier of the film at the San Sebastian film festival, we knew that we were watching something big. The Impossible, is a drama based on a true story of one family’s terrifying of the 2004 tsunami and the compelling events as they fought to survive in the face of dis...
A brilliant edition of the 60th San Sebastian International Film Festival 5f2v3m
It is time to give a note to the 60th San Sebastian Festival and this can only be magnificent! A merited A, like the category it holds. Like Cannes, Venice or Berlin but whereas Cannes has a budget of 20M Euros, San Sebastian has to deal with 7.4M Not always a film festival combines high quality of films in all sections (official, New directors, Zabaltegi-Perlas, Horizontes Lations,etc…) with a glamorous red carpet (Gere,Sarandon,Travolta,Hoffman,McGregor,Affleck,Bellucci,P...
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Special Donostia Award 60 Anniversary 3w3g2d
This year’s San Sebastian Festival closed with a Special 60th Anniversary Donostia Award to Dustin Hoffman, a tribute to one of Hollywood’s greatest actors, winner of two Academy Awards and with a brilliant career behind him. Hoffman also was chosen to close the Festival with his directorial debut: Quartet, on which the actor steps behind the camera to direct a splendid cast headlining Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Sheridan Smith, Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay, Tr...
Dustin Hoffman, Special Donostia Award 60 Anniversary 1t6c2o
This year’s San Sebastian Festival closed with a Special 60th Anniversary Donostia Award to Dustin Hoffman, a tribute to one of Hollywood’s greatest actors, winner of two Academy Awards and with a brilliant career behind him. Hoffman also was chosen to close the Festival with his directorial debut: Quartet, on which the actor steps behind the camera to direct a splendid cast headlining Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Sheridan Smith, Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay, ...
San Sebastian 60th offered it's prizes, François Ozon takes golden shell 365d1b
OFFICIAL SELECTION GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM DANS LA MAISON, François Ozon () SPECIAL JURY PRIZE BLANCANIEVES, Pablo Berger (Spain-) ...
François Ozon wins the Golden Shell in San Sebastian Fest 1w3e2b
Unusual coincidence between public,jury and press at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Here they are! the 60th San Sebastian Film Festival Awards OFFICIAL SELECTION GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM DANS LA MAISON,François Ozon SPECIAL JURY PRIZE BLANCANIEVES,Pablo Berger SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR FERNANDO TRUEBA, El Artista y la Modelo SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTRESS ex-equo MACARENA GARCIA, Blancanieves &nbs...
SGAE-FUNDACIÓN AUTOR AUDIENCE AWARD 4324j
SGAE-FUNDACIÓN AUTOR AUDIENCE AWARD THE SESSIONS, Ben Lewin (USA) SGAE-FUNDACIÓN AUTOR AUDIENCE AWARD. AWARD TO THE EUROPEAN FILM THE ANGELS' SHARE, Ken Loach (UK--Belgium-Italy) EUS...
Klaus Eder gives his impressions on this year's San Sebastian Fest edition 6d5524
Interview with Klaus Eder, Fipresci General Secretary ...
Red Bull Mediahouse announces 'Heroes By Nature' 4i5m6
In 2013, cinemas across Europe are going to be fueled with an adrenaline rush: A monthly action sports movie event, featuring compelling stories and heart-stopping stunts that have never been seen on a big screen. Todays “Big Friday” press conference at San Sebastian Film Festival just might have heralded the beginning of a new era of action sports movie exhibition: Not only did the Festival and Red Bull Mediahouse announce further details concerning the new section that...
11th International Film Students Meeting Awards 4t1y6z
Panavision AWARD and FREAK Independent Film Agency AWARD THE MASS OF MEN, Gabriel Gauchet (National Film and TV School, United Kingdom) Participation in the SHORT FILM CORNER at the CANNES Festival THE MASS OF MEN, Gabriel Gauchet (National Film and TV School, United Kingdom) WEDDING DUET, Goran Mihailov (Universitatea Nationala de Arta Teatrala si CinematograficaI.L. Caragiale, Romania) I THINK THIS IS THE CLOSEST TO HOW THE FOOTAGE...
TVE-another look 22 awards 3v1of
The film "SHESH PEAMIM / SIX ACTS", by Jonathan Gurfinkel won the award. Special jury mention for "THE ATTACK", by Ziad Doueiri. ...
Films in progress 22 Awards 612p6z
FILMS IN PROGRESS INDUSTRY AWARD Daniel Goldstein, Deluxe-Spain, Dolby, Imasblue, Kodak (División de Cine Profesional), Laserfilm, Nephilim producciones, No Problem Sonido and Vértigo Films. GLORIA, Sebastián Lelio (Chile) NORTEADO AWARD TANTA AGUA, Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge (Uruguay - Mexico - The Netherlands) For further information: www.sansebastianfestival.com ...
San Sebastian Festival offers an accessible screening in the Basque language 164z56
On Friday, September 28th, at 12h00 at the Principe Cinemas, the film Camera Obscura will be screened with audio description and subtitling for the hearing impaired in Basque. This is the first time that a showing accessible for people with sensory activity will be available in the Basque language. This screening s the others previously announced, accessible by means of subtitling and audio description for the hearing impaired. The Festival therefore continues its effor...
Cnema in motion 8 Awards 3e5o5y
Participants at the 8th edition of Cinema in Motion have decided to grant their awards to two films: LE VEAU DOR (THE GOLDEN CALF), Morocco Will receive the following: 15000 contribution towards sound mixing work at Mactari in Paris A 35mm print without subtitles from Festival International du Film dAmiens or a participation on the cost of a D A 35mm print without subtitles from Festival International de Films de Fribourg or...
Monica Bellucci and Bahman Gobhadi to present "Fasle Kargadan / Rhino Season" 1pf2r
On Wednesday September 26th at 19:00, the Kursaal Auditorium will host the European premiere of Bahman Gobhadi´s film, Fasle Karagdan / Rhino Season. The director will attend the screening with the cast headliners Monica Bellucci, Behrouz Vossoughi and Belçim Bilgin. Bahman Gobhadi has won the Golden Shell on two occasions at the San Sebastian Festival, in 2004 with Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand / Turtles Can Fly and in 2006 with Niwemang / Half Moon. In 2007 Gobhadi was...
Last night American actor John Travolta received the Donostia Award, a lifetime achievement recognition. He´s in San Sebastian to present his latest movie, Savages, with director Oliver Stone who received one of the Special 60th anniversary Donostia Award at the same gala. Savages co-star,actor Benicio del Toro was the master of ceremony. Travolta has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, one of which was for his brilliant portrayal of a philosophising hit-...
Arbitrage opens the 60th San Sebastian Film Festival 14693m
The 60th San Sebastian Film Festival was officially opened in a ceremony hosted by Spanish actors JoséCoronado, Barbara Goenaga and Cayetana Guillén Cuervo. A look back over the highs and lows of 60 years of cinema in San Sebastian with the help of archive footage was the storyline of this gala night. Producer Christine Vachon, Official Jury president, expressed the jury interest in working hard to arrive to the best agreement to hand the 60Th Golden Shell Awards. Durin...
60 Years of San Sebastian International Film Festival 2q343f
This year the Festival will be celebrating its 60th consecutive edition with the same enthusiasm felt the day it first saw the light on September 21st 1953. Conceived as an International Film Week for the purpose of screening and marketing films, it was not long before the IFFPA granted it B status (non-competitive), thanks to the success of its first edition. A year later it was called the International Film Festival, and in 1955 the IFFPA recognized the festival as competitive, spec...
Dustin Hoffman, Special 60th Anniversary Donostia Award 18o34
Today we attended the official presentation of the 60th San Sebastian International Film Festival. Every day since the beginning of September we have been receiving news about films and film stars that will be attending the San Sebastian Film Festival on its 60th Anniversary due from 21-29 of September. Names like Richard Gere,Susan Sarandon,Oliver Stone,Tommy Lee Jones,John Travolta,Ewan MacGregor will be on the red carpet during the festival. Today jet anothe...
Michael Haneke's "Amour", winner of the FIPRESCI Grand Prix 1j1z6e
The award will be presented at the opening gala of the 60th San Sebastian International Film Festival The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) awards its Grand Prix for Best Film of the Year to AMOUR, directed by Michael Haneke. The award is the result of votes cast by of FIPRESCI, 225 critics worldwide, for any feature-length film premièred internationally during the previous year. The prize will be presented at the opening gala of the San Sebastian Festiv...
Ewan McGregor to receive the Donostia Award at the 60th San Sebastian Fest 495a1g
The 60th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival will bestow a Donostia Award this year on actor Ewan McGregor in a tribute to his career. Often hailed as one of the finest actors of his generation, Ewan McGregor consistently captivates audiences with a diverse line-up of roles across a multitude of genres, styles and scope. Born in Perth, Scotland, McGregor's career has been highlighted by a continuous string of bold and daring performances, from his breakthrough role as the...
Oliver Stone Special Donostia/San Sebastian fest 60th anniversary Award m3p26
Oliver Stone's latest film, Savages, will enjoy its premiere at the 60th edition of the San Sebastian Festival. The North American director will receive a Special Award in tribute to his career bestowed by the San Sebastian Festival on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. Oliver Stone (New York, 1946) is today one of the most emblematic makers of modern American film thanks to his treatment of red-hot social and political topics and his powerful visual style. Stone started in ...
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