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Blogging from San Sebastian September 22-30, 2023

Coverage Recap of 61st edition. Photo gallery 2013 Recap of 63rd edition, video I Recap of 64th edition, video I Recap of 65th edition, video / Recap of 66th edition https://youtu.be/QaoU9ZXi4Rg /Recap of 68th edition, video https://youtu.be/fktYpcd5wMc


 


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Spanish films at the 63rd San Sebastian Film Festival

                     

Today a presentation was held in the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas headquarters of the films produced in Spain to be screened at the 63rd edition of the San Sebastian Festival, opening on September 18. José Luis Rebordinos, the Festival Director, and Maialen Beloki, member of the Management Committee announced the titles to be presented in the different sections.

Some of the big-name Spanish filmmakers will compete with their latest works for the Golden Shell in the Official Selection: Asier Altuna, Cesc Gay, Marc Recha, Federico Veiroj and Agustí Villaronga, together with Argentinian director Pablo Agüero. Álex de la Iglesia will present his latest film, Mi gran noche, out of competition, while special screenings will feature premieres of the film by Imanol Uribe Lejos del mar and the documentary by Pere Joan Ventura No estamos solos.

The New Directors section includes the participation of two co-productions with Spain: Paula, directed by Argentina’s Eugenio Canevari, and Pikadero, a film by the Scotsman Ben Sharrock shot in the Basque Country. Another two co-productions will be presented in the Horizontes Latinos section: El botón de nácar, latest film from the Chilean moviemaker Patricio Guzmán, and Magallanes, directorial debut by the Peruvian actor Salvador del Solar.

As usual, the Zabaltegi section showcases a selection of other outstanding titles of the year, this edition presenting several national productions: Isla bonita by Fernando Colomo, La Novia by Paula Ortiz, Un día vi 10.000 elefantes, by Alex Guimerà and Juan Pajares, Mi querida España, by Mercedes Moncada, and The Propaganda Game, by Álvaro Longoria. The short film by Tucker Dávila Wood Duellum will also be presented in this section.

Lastly, the giant screen in the Anoeta Velodrome will host a special screening of the film by Dani de la Torre, El desconocido.

OFFICIAL SELECTION

In competition


AMAMA (AMAMA: WHEN A TREE FALLS)
Asier Altuna  (Spain)

The latest film from the Basque moviemaker, Asier Altuna. A family tale of conflict between the urban and rural worlds, past and present, parents and children. Two different ways of understanding life, and a grandmother who observes the world from deeply eloquent silence. Starring Iraia Elias, Amparo Badiola, Ander Lipus, Manu Uranga, Kandido Uranga and Klara Badiola.

 
 
 

EL APóSTATA (THE APOSTATE)
Federico Veiroj  (Spain - Uruguay - France)

The third feature film by Federico Veiroj tells the tale of a young boy desperate to escape the faith passed down from his parents as he looks back over his past, his scars, the marks left by guilt and desire. Starring Álvaro Ogalla, Bárbara Lennie, Marta Larralde, Joaquín Climent and Vicky Peña.

 
 
 

UN DIA PERFECTE PER VOLAR
Marc Recha  (Spain)

Marc Recha presents his latest film, starring his son Roc and Sergi López. In a lonely spot, a boy flies a kite made by his father. It's windy and the boy needs an adult to help him untangle it from the vegetation and keep it flying. In the middle of nature, they tell a special tale.

 
 
 

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EVA NO DUERME {C}(EVA DOESN'T SLEEP)
Pablo Agüero  (Argentina - France - Spain)

Evita Perón just died. She is the most beloved, but also hated political figure of Argentina. An expert is in charge of her embalming. After years of hard work, he achieves a remarkable work. Meanwhile in Argentina coups follow each other and some dictators want to remove Evita’s legacy from the people’s memory. Her body would become the stake of clashes during 25 years. 25 years during which Evita has been the most powerful figure than any other living politician.

 
 
 

EL REY DE LA HABANA (THE KING OF HAVANA)
Agustí Villaronga  (Spain - Dominican Rep.)

Agustí Villaronga adapts the novel of the same name by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez. Recently escaped from reformatory, young Reinaldo takes to the streets of Havana in the harsh 90s of the Cuban "special period". A scoundrel with few scruples faced with getting by every day. Starring Maykol David, Yordanka Ariosa and Hector Medina.

 
 
 

TRUMAN
Cesc Gay  (Spain - Argentina)

Cesc Gay's new film, starring Ricardo Darin and Javier Cámara, revolves around the relationship between two friends: Julian receives an unexpected visit from his friend Tomás, who lives in Canada. For four intense days, the two men, accompanied by Julian's faithful dog, Truman, will share emotional and surprising moments prompted by Julián's complicated situation. 

 
 

Not in competition


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MI GRAN NOCHE {C}
Alex de la Iglesia {C} (Spain) {C}
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Jose, unemployed, is sent by a temp agency to work as an extra for the recording of a special New Year's Eve programme, in mid August. Hundreds of people like him have been shut indoors day and night for a week and a half while they pretend to laugh, stupidly celebrating the false arrival of the New Year. Is there place for love amid the uncontrollable chaos? An ensemble comedy from Álex de la Iglesia on which the diva crooner Raphel joins an impressive cast: Carlos Areces, Carolina Bang, Luis Callejo, Mario Casas, Carmen Machi, Pepón Nieto, Terele Pávez, Ana Polvorosa, Carmen Ruiz, Hugo Silva, Santiago Segura, Blanca Suárez, Antonio Velázquez and Enrique Villén.

 
 

Special screenings


LEJOS DEL MAR (FAR FROM THE SEA)
Imanol Uribe  (Spain)

Imanol Uribe reflects in his latest film on the drama of people confronted with the horrors of the past. When Santi is released from jail he travels to visit his friend and former cellmate Emilio, afflicted with a terminal illness. Chance crosses his footsteps with those of Marina, the doctor caring for his friend, with whom Santi had a terrible encounter many years back that has affected both of their lives ever since. Elena Anaya and Eduard Fernández headline the cast.

 
 
 

NO ESTAMOS SOLOS
Pere Joan Ventura  (Spain)

An ensemble tale of people who, alone or as a crowd, from their district or a university dais, stir up life in Spanish cities every day.

 
 

 

NEW DIRECTORS


PAULA
Eugenio Canevari  (Argentina - Spain)

Young Paula lives and works at the pile of a middle-class family caring for their children. Her life takes an unexpected turn on discovering that she's pregnant by a young man who refuses to accept his fatherhood. Directorial debut by Eugenio Canevari, who participated in the International Film Students Meeting at San Sebastian in 2013 with his short film, Gorila baila

 
 
 

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PIKADERO {C}
Ben Sharrock {C} (Spain - UK) {C}
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A penniless, young couple have trouble consummating their fledgling relationship in their parents' homes, forcing their relationship into question as they try to break free from the shackles of a crumbling economy. Barbara Goenaga and Joseba Usabiaga star in this romantic comedy.

 
 

 

HORIZONTES LATINOS


EL BOTÓN DE NÁCAR (THE PEARL BUTTON)
Patricio Guzmán  (Chile - Spain - France)

Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán talks to us in his latest documentary about water, the cosmos and ourselves, human beings. It all begins with the discovery of two mysterious buttons in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Chile. 

 
 
 

MAGALLANES
Salvador del Solar  (Peru - Argentina - Colombia - Spain)

Winner of Films in Progress at last year's Festival. Magallanes recognises a woman getting into a taxi. It's Celina, the young peasant girl he randomly arrested more than twenty years ago, when he was a soldier. They both have unfinished business. And for Magallanes, this is an opportunity to redeem himself. Damián Alcázar, Magaly Solier and Federico Luppi play the leading parts.  

 
 

 

ZABALTEGI


UN DÍA VI 10.000 ELEFANTES (ONE DAY I SAW 10.000 ELEPHANTS)
Alex Guimerà, Juan Pajares  (Spain)

Angono Mba, recalls the expedition when he worked as porter for the filmmaker Hernández Sanjuán, travelling round Spanish Guinea from 1944 to 1946, in search of a mysterious lake where, legend would have it, you could see 10,000 elephants. 

 
 
 

ISLA BONITA
Fernando Colomo  (Spain)

Fernando Colomo stars in and directs his new film. Fer, a veteran publicist down on his luck in life, is invited to Menorca by his friend Miguel Angel. On the island, he meets Nuria, an anti-establishment sculptor, and her daughter Olivia.  

 
 
 

MI QUERIDA ESPAÑA
Mercedes Moncada  (Spain)

In his long career as a journalist, Jesús Quintero coined an immense and multifarious universe of characters including those excluded from the prevailing version of the country. His interviews also reflect words not pronounced and bodies that speak even if the sounds that come out of them say otherwise; his interviews bring us a wealthier, more complex mirror to look at ourselves in. The narrative and its interviews, broadcast and unseen, are the raw material of this story about the years of Democratic Spain. 

 
 
 

LA NOVIA (THE BRIDE)
Paula Ortiz  (Spain - Turkey - Germany)

The second film by Paula Ortiz is based on Bodas de Sangre by Federico García Lorca and stars Inma Cuesta, Asier Exteandía, Leticia Dolera and Álex García. The Bride, tormented and unhappy, prepares for her marriage to The Groom in the middle of a white desert... but an invisible thread, ferocious and impossible to break, connects The Bride and Leonard. ,

 
 
 

THE PROPAGANDA GAME
ÁLVARO LONGORIA  (Spain)

Full-length documentary directed by Álvaro Longoria, analysing the different Propaganda techniques and strategies, focussing on the surprising and always prominent case of North Korea. The film was made taking advantage of the privileged access to film in North Korea gained thanks to key facilitator Alejandro Cao de Benós, the only foreigner working for the Communist government. It analyses the strategies used by the different "players" to manipulate the "truth" and their interests. False news announcements, half-truths and surrealist controversies allow the spectator to reach their own conclusions and reflect on the difficulty of knowing the truth. 

 

 
 
 

DUELLUM (Short film)
Tucker Dávila Wood  (Spain)

A duel in the forest, on any ordinary day.

 
 

 

VELODROME


EL DESCONOCIDO (RETRIBUTION)
Dani de la Torre  (Spain)

Luis Tosar, Goya Toledo and Javier Gutiérrez star in this thriller helmed by Dani de la Torre. Carlos, a bank executive, has no sooner started his car when he receives a phone call telling him there's a bomb under his seat. He's only got a few hours to obtain a very large amount of money or his car will be blown to pieces.

 

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