A New Generation of Basque Filmmakers Hits San Sebastian

Tom Grater International Film ReporterGeorgia has become the latest country to submit its entry for this year’s International Oscar Race, selecting Beginning, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s debut feature that was a hit at the recent San Sebastian Film Festival.The film swept the top awards at the Spanish fest, winning best film, director, actress and screenplay. Jury president Luca Guadagnino said it was “a revelation”.

SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain -- Georgian writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s first feature film “Beginning” triumphed at Spain’s San Sebastian International Film Festival, scooping up four of its top prizes including best film and best director.The story about a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses in a isolated village in Georgia amid the aftermath of an extremist attack also won best screenplay and best actress for Ia Sukhitashvili in the awards ceremony Saturday night.“Beginning,” a Franco-Georgian

Joe Alwyn gets caught in the middle of a wind and rain storm while walking the red carpet at the closing ceremony of the 2020 San Sebastian Film Festival on Saturday (September 26) in San Sebastian, Spain.

Money Heist and Elite actress Maria Pedraza was at the 2020 San Sebastian Film Festival last weekend and she looked so chic in her three appearances!

Jamie Lang Amazon Prime Video hosted a San Sebastian press conference for its new Spanish docu-series “The Challenge: ETA,” sharing a new trailer for the program and announcing that the series will be made available to stream around the world on Oct.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe San Sebastian Film Festival has withdrawn the accreditation of U.S.-born French filmmaker Eugène Green for refusing to wear a mask.According to the Spanish festival, Green refused five requests for him to don a mask at last night’s premiere of his film Atarrabi Et Mikelats and he was ultimately asked to leave the auditorium.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentUnspooling in Spain, one of the European countries that’s been the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the San Sebastian Film Festival was allowed to maintain its 2020 edition under strict sanitary guidelines, albeit with a different approach from the Venice fest.The San Sebastian Festival, which kicked off on Sept.

Matt Dillon holds hand with Roberta Mastromichele while attending The Great Fellove premiere during the 2020 San Sebastian International Film Festival held at the Victoria Eugenia Theater on Tuesday evening (September 22) in Spain.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles and Oslo-based management outfit Inner Voice Artists has signed Yago and Carlo Munoz Osio, aka the Munoz Brothers, the Mexican directing duo behind indie pic Paper Boats.The film premiered at HBO’s New York Latino Film Festival in 2019, where it won the Best Feature Award, and also screened at the Indie and Foreign Film Festival in NY among others.

Ed Meza @edmezavarIn its first year out, the San Sebastian Film Festival’s Works in Progress Europa showcase has selected five films that explore such timely themes as imprisonment, neo-colonialism, exploitation and morality.Running Sept.

Jamie Lang Spain’s Basque Country has a storied tradition this century of producing feature films which find international success at festivals and awards shows.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterMatt Dillon is at Spain’s San Sebastian Film Festival this week for the world premiere of The Great Fellove, his second feature as a director after a 17-year gap since his debut City Of Ghosts.

San Sebastian’s Nest program for student short films seeks out filmmakers from schools around the world, inviting them to screen their films in a dedicated competition at the Spanish festival.Students are also invited to participate in discussions and masterclasses given by industry professionals.

San Sebastian’s panel hosted by the new organization.As Spanish content has globalized and found new audiences abroad, Spanish talent has blossomed. Not only creative or acting talent, but technical talent is impacting international markets more than ever.

Johnny Depp is looking handsome at the 2020 San Sebastian International Film Festival!

Johnny Depp is posing for pictures!

Patria,” the signature series of HBO España, has struck a chord at Spain’s San Sebastian Festival.“’Patria’ is the most important series of the year, and also a marvel, which will move everyone and give us a lot to talk about,” tweeted Javier Zurro of El Español. Cineuropa hails it an “extraordinary HBO series.”The eight-parter was screened in its entirety on Friday evening with a 90-minute interval.

Pablo Sandoval “The Maus” director Yayo Herrero is preparing a second feature, “Los Quinquis,” a standout at this year’s edition of Madrid’s ECAM film school Incubator program, which he will take to this year’s San Sebastian Festival to pitch in the Meet Them! section for projects.Apart from its inclusion at ECAM’s Incubator, the film took part in a writing lab organized by Spain’s Sgae authors’ collection society.

Johnny Depp is feeling the love!

Kaleem Aftab Barcelona-born filmmaker Isabel Coixet arrived at the San Sebastian Film Festival to receive the Spanish Ministry of Culture’s National Cinematography Prize at a prestigious event hosted at the Tabakalera’s Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea.Coixet, 60, arrived straight from the post-production suite, where last week she finished work on her thirteenth feature film, “It Snows in Benidorm,” starring Timothy Spall.