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Nest Film Students Award in San Sebastian 4b371r

<     ORONA AWARD - Nest Film Students Best Short Film The Nest Films Students Jury of the 67th Edition decide to give the ORONA  AWARD - Nest Film Students Best Short Film to: "EM CASO DE FOGO / IN CASE OF FIRE" Tomás Paula Marques (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema – ESTC, Portugal) For creating a subtle and atmospheric portrait of adolescence in rural Portugal The award carries 10,000 euros. Special mention to "FIEBRE AU...

San Sebastian Industry Awards 2019 515v46

  FILMS IN PROGRESS 36 FILMS IN PROGRESS 36 INDUSTRY AWARD Ad Hoc Studios / Deluxe-Spain / Dolby Iberia / Laserfilm Cine y Video / Nephilim Producciones / No Problem Sonido / Wanda Visión SIN SEÑAS PARTICULARES / NON DISTINGUISHING FEATURES, Fernanda Valadez Produced by: Corpulenta Producciones (Mexico) GLOCAL IN PROGRESS GLOCAL IN PROGRESS INDUSTRY AWARD Ad Hoc Studios / BTeam Pictures / Deluxe-Spain / Dolby Iberia / Laserfilm Cine y Video / Nephil...

‘Joker’ has been selected as the surprise film of the 67th edition and will play in 6 spanish cities 3xx46

For the first time, the San Sebastian Film Festival will do a screening simultaneously in six Spanish cities   This event will take place at the same time on September 28th at 6 pm in: San Sebastian, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza and Seville. Tickets for this surprise film at Victoria Eugenia Theatre (San Sebastian) went on sale on September 15th.  The San Sebastian Film Festival and Warner Bros. Pictures Spain have selected the following cinemas in different ...

Penélope Cruz will receive the Donostia Award at the San Sebastian Festival's 67th edition. 4c59q

Photo Gari Garaialde The Spanish actress is the protagonist on two occasions: she will receive its most important accolade, which has been recognising the career and contribution of great figures to the world of cinema since 1986, and her image will feature on the Festival poster. Penélope Cruz (Madrid, 1974) is the Spanish actress to enjoy greatest international recognition: she received best ing actress Academy Award and Bafta for her part in Vicky Cristina Barcelona&nbs...

Donald Sutherland has received the second Donostia Award 3g305s

Donald Sutherland (Saint John, New Brunswick, 1935) has received the second Donostia Award at the 67th edition of the San Sebastian Festival, which paid tribute to the actor for an excellent career spanning fifty years. The Canadian actor received the Festival’s highest honorary distinction from its Director, José Luis Rebordinos. Before receiving the statuette, Donald Sutherland said thank you several times in Basque (“mila esker, Euskal Herria”) to the audience in t...

Political Donostia Award for Costa-Gavras 1w6160

  “This award is so precious for us, the filmmakers”, said the director      The French filmmaker of Greek origin, Costa-Gavras (Loutra-Iraias, 1933) has received the first Donostia Award at the 67th edition of the San Sebastian Festival which, with its highest honorary distinction, has paid tribute to one of the leading exponents of films on political and social issues in all history. Tonight the Victoria Eugenia Theatre hosted the gala ...

James Franco's ‘Zeroville’ kicked out of competition because of Russian release 4k631d

The latest work from James Franco cannot compete for the Golden Shell due to having been released in commercial cinemas in Russia only a few days prior to its participation in the Festival   Zeroville, the film directed James Franco, will be screened out of competition in the Official Selection and will not be able to compete for the Golden Shell, due to having been released in commercial cinemas in Russia only a few days prior to its screening at the 67th edition of the San Sebastia...

EFP's PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE Connecting with Latin American Colleagues in San Sebastian 6o60

Following the call of EFP (European Film Promotion) the San Sebastian International Film Festival has selected and invited eight PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE to share their experience, discuss new projects and foster future co-productions at the 8th Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum (September 22 - 25). French producer Hélène Cases of Lionceaux Films, who attends the Forum for the second time is looking forward to ing her colleagues again: "My attendance in 2017 lead to ...

Eva Green and Juliette Binoche will also attend the Festival’s 67th edition to present 'Proxima' and 'La vérité' 53q11

    Two prestigious French actresses the list of attendees at the San Sebastian Festival. Eva Green (Paris, 1980), the star of The Dreamers and Euphoria, will accompany the director Alice Winocour to present her film Proxima, a contender in the Official Selection. For her part, Juliette Binoche (Paris, 1964), who visited the Festival last year with High Life (Claire Denis) and Vision (Naomi Kawase), will also come to San Sebastian to present La ...

The former Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, will not attend the screening of Adults in the Room in San Sebastian 2s7163

Yanis Varoufakis will not attend the Costa-Gavras Donostia Award gala José Luis Rebordinos, the Festival Director, will present the award to the filmmaker prior to the screening of his film ‘Adults in the Room’   The former Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, will not attend the screening of Adults in the Room, to take place tomorrow following the gala at which the Donostia Award will be presented to the person responsible for its making, Costa-Gavras. The San ...

The opening gala of the San Sebastian Festival endorses the “ancient ritual of going to a cinema to watch films” 1p3i39

The 67th edition starts with acknowledgement of the public: “The Festival wouldn’t be the same without it”   Tonight, the Kursaal Auditorium hosted the opening gala of the 67th edition of the San Sebastian Festival which wanted to “unashamedly endorse an almost forgotten ancient ritual: going to the cinema to watch films”. Directed by Borja Crespo in collaboration with Susana Fernández and Borja Echevarría, the gala was presented by the actres...

Films in Progress 36 presents six debut films tw4a

The industry activity, running on September 23, 24 and 25, will show productions from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Uruguay   Six debut films, have been selected for Films in Progress 36, from among a total of 185 productions. The debut films are El árbol rojo / The Red Tree by Joan Gómez (Colombia - Panama - ), Las vacaciones de Hilda / Hilda’s Short Summer by Agustín Banchero (Uruguay - Brazil), Madalena by Madiano Marcheti (Brazil), Nudo Mixtec...

ROMA by Alfonso Cuarón, FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2019 for best film of the year u3x54

  ROMA has been chosen as best film of 2019 by the of the International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI. The vote saw the participation of 618 critics worldwide, who chose this production from among all films released after 1 July 2018. The other finalists were Dolor y Gloria (Pain and Glory), by Pedro Almodóvar, for which Antonio Banderas won the best actor award at Cannes, Gisaenchung / Parasite, by Bong Joon-ho, Golden Palm at the Ca...

The San Sebastian Film Festival honours Donald Sutherland with the Donostia Award 1p6342

The award will be presented prior to the screening of ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’, a thriller directed by Giuseppe Capotondi   The Canadian Donald Sutherland will be honoured with a Donostia Award recognising his more than fifty years of excellent performances. The actor, who has participated in almost 200 productions, will attend the 67th edition of the San Sebastian Festival on Thursday 26 September to receive the accolade prior to the screening in the Kursaal of The Burnt O...

Costa-Gavras to be honored at the 67th San Sebastian Festival 5u673e

                                          Costa-Gavras, a French filmmaker of Greek origin, will receive the second Donostia Award at the 67th edition of the San Sebastian Festival which, with this distinction, applauds the militant cinema of the author of movies including Z, Missing and Capital, with which he competed for the Golden Shell in 2012. The filmmaker will coll...

Penélope Cruz will receive a Donostia Award at the 67th edition of the San Sebastian Festival 5q504i

The Spanish actress, winner of one Oscar and three Goyas, star of the Festival poster   Penélope Cruz will receive the Donostia Award at the San Sebastian Festival's 67th edition.The Spanish actress will be the protagonist on two occasions: she will receive its most important accolade, which has been recognising the career and contribution of great figures to the world of cinema since 1986, and her image will feature on the Festival poster. Pe...

Fourteen short films will compete in Nest Film Students, which has seen its submissions increase by 22% in a year 4y4w1u

    The Argentine director Martín Rejtman will chair the jury at the XVIII edition of the international film students meeting, to run from September 23 to 27 The XVIII edition of Nest Film Students, the international film students meeting to take place in the framework of the San Sebastian Festival’s 67th edi...

Roger Michell’s ‘Blackbird’ to open the San Sebastian Festival 5p365

Starring Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet and Mia Wasikowska, the film is a remake of ‘Silent Heart’ (2014), the drama by Denmark’s Bille August, which also compete  for the Golden Shell Roger Michell (Pretoria, South Africa, 1956), a filmmaker settled in the United Kingdom, started out in cinema with films like My Night with Reg (1997) and Titanic Town (1998), although his first major success was Notting Hill (1999), a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant...

Spanish film to compete for the Golden Shell announced 3p5r8

The first work from Belén Funes, the new film by Goenaga, Garaño and Arregi, and the latest movie from Alejandro Amenábar make up the list of Spanish films competing in the Official Selection, where Daniel Sánchez Arévalo will present ‘Diecisiete (Seventeen)’ out of competition and ‘La odisea de los giles (Heroic Losers)’ by Sebastián Borensztein will have a special screening.               &nbs...

Perlak (Pearls) selection announced for San Sebastian Film Fest 6h5p4s

Parasite, the feature film with which Bong Joon Ho bagged the Golden Palm in Cannes, headlines the first look ahead at the Perlak section alongside other titles presented both in the official competition of the French event and in its Un Certain Regard selection, as well as two films screened at the last edition of the Berlin Festival. These eight productions will compete for the City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award decided by the spectators.           &...

Films from San Sebastian Fest triumph in the 33rd Goya Awards 2h4x2d

                Eight films presented at the last edition of the San Sebastian Festival were acknowledged with 16 accolades at the 33rd Goya Awards. El Reino (The Realm), selected for the Official Selection, was the big winner of the night with seven awards. The film by Rodrigo Sorogoyen won the awards for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Leading Actor (Antonio de la Torre), Best ing Actor (Luis Zahera), Best Editing, Best Sound ...

66th San Sebastian video gallery 5s103q

Once finished the 66th San Sebastian Film Festival let´s have a look at all the filmstars invited                 Don't miss this video with photography by Ines Barreda, full of stars visiting San Sebastian Fest this year  video         ...

66th San Sebastian Film Festival 2018 Awards u4j5j

Golden Shell for Best Film ENTRE DOS AGUAS (BETWEEN TWO WATERS) ISAKI LACUESTA (SPAIN) Official awards - FIAPF Entre dos aguas (Between Two Waters) Isaki Lacuesta (Spain)     Special Jury Prize ...

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