Juries at the 74th San Sebastian Film Festival

The jury of the Official Selection at the San Sebastián Festival’s 74th edition will be presided over by the North American filmmaker Ira Sachs, who participates in this year’s Perlak with the film The Man I Love, premiered in competition at the last Festival de Cannes, and who had previously participated in the same section with Love is Strange (2014) and Little Men (2016). Accompanying him on the jury are the Japanese director and screenwriter Genki Kawamura, author of works including A Hundred Flowers (Official Selection, 2022) and Exit 8 (2025) and the producer, among other films, of Your Name (2016) and Monster (Perlak, 2023); the French screenwriter Catherine Paillé, writer of screenplays such as Le Sixième enfant / The Sixth Child (2022), Les Magnétiques / Magnetic Beats (2021) and Shéhérazade (2018); the Brazilian actress and producer Alice Braga, star of feature films including Cidade de Deus (City of God, Perlak, 2002) and I Am Legend (2007) and series like Queen of the South and We Are Who We Are (Official Selection, Special Screening, 2020); and the Basque actor Patricia López Arnaiz, who, after winning the Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance for Los destellos / Glimmers (2024), starred in the Golden Shell-winning film Los domingos / Sundays (2025) and returns this year out of competition to the Official Selection with Sacamantecas / The Harvester. Completing the jury are the Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård, protagonist, among other titles, of It (2017), Nosferatu (2024), Dead Man’s Wire (2025) and of the series Hemlock Grove, and the British producer Mike Goodridge, who has participated in works including Club Zero (2023), Touch (2024), Orphan (2025) and Ballad of a Small Player (Official Selection, 2025).

Jurado Sección Oficial
- Ira Sachs, Presidente · Director, guionista y productor
- Alice Braga, Actriz y productora
- Genki Kawamura, Director, escritor y productor
- Patricia López Arnaiz, Actriz
- Bill Skarsgård, Actor y productor
- Mike Goodridge, Productor
- Catherine Paillé, Guionista

Jurados Premio Kutxabank-New Directors
- Juan Pablo Miller, Presidente · Productor
- Marina Charriton, Guionista, directora y productora
- Jonathan Romney, Periodista y crítico de cine
- Dana Blankstein Cohen, Cineasta, productora y ejecutiva
- Tamar Novas, Actor
Jurado Premio Horizontes
- Casimiro Torreiro Gómez, Periodista, profesor y crítico de cine
- Agustina Llambi Campbell, Presidenta · Productora
- Jérôme Vidal, Productor
Jurado Premio Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
- Mariette Rissenbeek, Presidenta · Productora
- Ion de Sosa, Director, director de fotografía y productor
- Catarina Vasconcelos, Directora y guionista
Jurado Premio Irizar al Cine Vasco
- Marta Etura, Presidenta - Actriz
- Simon Blondeau, Subdirector del cine L’ Atalante
- María Pilar Rodríguez, Investigadora y profesora
Jurado Nest
- Estibaliz Urresola, Presidenta · Directora, guionista y productora
Jurado Culinary Zinema
- Isabel Coixet, Presidenta · Directora, guionista y productora
- Cristina Jolonch, Periodista
- Xabi Gutiérrez, Cocinero, escritor y psicólogo
Jurado Foro de Coproducción Europa – América Latina
- Sergio García de Leániz, Project Manager de Eurimages
- Bruno Deloye, Programador de festivales y consultor cinematográfico
- Silvia Cruz, Productora y distribuidora
Jurado Premio SGAE a la Mejor Música Original
- Eva Gancedo, Presidenta · Compositora y pedagoga
- Aranzazu Calleja, Compositora
- Olivier Arson, Músico, compositor y productor