On Sept. 2nd FOR A THOUSAND LIVES: BE HUMAN, an initiative of the European film community was launched in favour of the rights of the refugees arriving to Europe.
More than 5,000 cinema professionals have backed the campaign with their signatures.
José Luis Rebordinos, the Festival Director, and all members of the San Sebastian International Film Festival Management Committee, join the appeal at this closing ceremony, also backing the campaign and asking the European authorities...
This weekly newsletter reaches 199 000 subscribers.
Read this online I Promote Film to Festivals I Promote Festivals to Filmmakers I Email us I Advertize in our Newsletters and eBlasts I
Filmfestivals.com was ...
Emily Watson received the Donostia Award in recognition of her prestigious film career.
Born in Islington (UK), Emily Watson trained as an actress at the prestigious London Drama Studio after completing her university studies. She began her professional career in theatre, with works including Lilian Hellmann’s The Children’s Hour, Chekhov’s Three Sisters and Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea, and, in ...
SPARROWS by Rúnar Rúnarsson
A coming-of-age story about 16-year old Ari, who, after living with his mother in Reykjavik, is sent back to the far-flung Westfjords region to live with his father, Gunnar. There, he has to navigate a difficult relationship with his father as he finds that his childhood friends have changed. In these hopeless, desperate surroundings, Ari has to sharpen up and find his way.
Photocall
Press conference
Information, synopsis, and San Sebastia...
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SUNDAY 20 – 21 NUITS AVEC PATTIE
by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu
SYNOPSIS
In high summer, Caroline, a Parisian wife and mother, arrives in a small village in southern France. There, she has to organize the funeral of her mother, a flighty lawyer whom she hardly knew. She is greeted by Pattie, who likes nothing better than telling anyone who will listen about her sexual adventures with the local men. As the whole valley is preparing for the much-awaited 15 August ...
OFFICIAL SELECTION
SATURDAY 19 – EVOLUTION
by Lucile Hadžihalilović,
Press conference: Saturday 19 – 17:45h
SCREENINGS
Saturday 19 – 12:00 h – Trueba 1 – PRESS SCREENING
Saturday 19 – 16:00 h - Kursaal 1 – OFFICIAL + PRESS SC.
Sábado 19 - 18:30 h - Antiguo Berri
Sunday 20 – 16:00 h – Antiguo Berri
Monday 21 – 22:45 h – Antiguo Berri
SYNOPSIS
10-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother o...
Golden Shell for Best Film
Sparrows
Rúnar Rúnarsson (Iceland - Denmark - Croatia)
Special Jury Prize
...
First awards of the San Sebastian Film Festival
EZAE Youth Award
Paulina
Santiago Mitre (Argentina - Brazil - France)
...
Creative Europe MEDIA, San Sebastian 2016 and the Film Festival will collaborate on a programme of activities on Developing New Audiences
Share on
Facebook
Share on
Twitter
During 2016 Creative Europe Media will start collaborati...
EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARD 2015 FOR THE BEST PROJECT
LA OMISIÓN / THE OMISSION directed by Sebastián Schjaer and produced by Trapecio Cine (Argentina – Germany – France)
SPECIAL MENTION TO THE PROYECT
MEMORIAS DEL CALABOZO directed by Álvaro Brechner and Tornasol Films (Spain - Uruguay)
...
Share on
Facebook
Share on
Twitter
FILMS IN PROGRESS 28 INDUSTRY AWARD
...
EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARD 2015 FOR THE BEST PROJECT
LA OMISIÓN / THE OMISSION directed by Sebastián Schjaer and produced by Trapecio Cine (Argentina – Germany – France)
SPECIAL MENTION TO THE PROYECT
MEMORIAS DEL CALABOZO directed by Álvaro Brechner and Tornasol Films (Spain - Uruguay)
...
Makeup artist Karmele Soler received this year’s Zinemira Award, given by the San Sebastian International Film Festival and the EPE/APV and IBAIA producers’ associations to the career of an outstanding personality in the world of Basque film. The Zinemira Award wasKar presented at the Basque Film Gala on September 22 at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre, with premiere of Lara Izagirre’s film, Un otoño sin Berlín. The Basque Film Party, sponsored by Eroki, will t...
PROA AT THE 63rd SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL
PROA, the audiovisual production companies federation from Catalonia, integrated by the following associations: PRO-FICCIÓ, PRO-DOCS, PRO-TV and PRO-ANIMATS, and which represents a hundred of catalan production companies, will be at the 63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival with the following films from its member:
OFICIAL SELECTION (COMPETITION)
“Un dia perfecte per a vola...
The Feature documentary NOMA – MY PERFECT STORM, a unique journey into the mind of René Redzepi, founder of NOMA will be screening in the Culinary Zinema section at this year’s San Sebastian International Film Festival.
The film was produced in UK by Documentree Films.
NOMA – MY PERFECT STORM
Screening schedule
Tuesday 22nd // 18:15 // Príncipe Cinemas 3
Wednesday 23rd // 16:15 // Príncipe Cinemas 3
Thursday 24th&n...
CARTAGENA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL -FICCI- is present at San Sebastián from September 18-26, 2015.
Executives attending:
Hernán Guillermo Piñeres
President Board of Directors FICCI
presidencia@ficcifestival.com
Lina Rodríguez
General Director
direcciongenera...
Lumière festival 7th edition will run from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October 2015 in Lyon and offer the Lumiere Award to Martin Scorsese.
© Brigitte Lacombe
Awarded by the Institut Lumière, the Lumière Award will be presented to Martin Scorsese for entire filmography, for his generous love of film, for his tireless fight for the preservation of the cinema of yesteryear, for his feature films, for his documentaries, for his love of music, for his kind...
Canada @ 63. San Sebastián International Film Festival
Opening Film
REGRESSION
Alejandro AmenÁbar
Production
Mod Producciones (Spain / Espagne)
First Generation Films (Canada)
Sales/Ventes
The Weinstein Company (U.S. / États-Unis)
Official Section - Competition
...
PARA MINHA AMADA MORTA (To My Beloved) by Aly Muritiba will celebrate its European premiere in the Horizontes Latinos Section at the 63rd San Sebastián International Film Festival on September 24th. The film is thus nominated for the Horizontes Award. PARA MINHA AMADA MORTA (To My Beloved) is Aly Muritiba's first feature film and has just been awarded with the Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film at World Film Festival in Montreal. P...
THE FILM WILL DEBUT IN THE ZABALTEGI SECTION OF THE 63RD SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
Fortissimo Films announced today its acquisition of International sales rights to Paula Ortiz’s (DE TU VENTANA A LA MÍA) epic tragedy LA NOVIA (THE BRIDE). The film, which will receive its World Premiere in the Zabaltegi Section of the 63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival, is based on the acclaimed play “Bodas de Sangre” (Blood Wedding) from intern...
Every year, the EFA People’s Choice Award allows film fans across Europe to elect their favourite film. When the European Film Academy invites its members, Europe’s greatest film stars, directors, actors and actresses, to attend the European Film Awards, the People’s Choice Award sheds a spotlight on the people films are made for: the audience. This year’s vote has started – vote now and win the chance to join winners and nominees for the awards ceremony ...
Cayetana Guillén-Cuervo, Mireia Gabilondo, Edurne Ormazabal and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón will be the gala presenters at the 63rd edition of the San Sebastian Festival
The journalist and presenter Cayetana Guillén-Cuervo and the actress Mireia Gabilondo will conduct the opening gala of the 63rd San Sebastian Festival on September 18 at 21:00 in the Kursaal Auditorium.
To present the contents of the edition, they will be accompanied by Itziar Ituño, Dafne Fer...
