San Sebastian’s Tabakalera: From Tobacco Factory to World-Class Cultural Hub

Jamie Lang Paris-based sales agency and production company Luxbox has picked up the rights to “Pornomelancholia,” the latest documentary feature from award-winning director Manuel Abramovich.“Pornomelancholia” follows Lalo, a sex influencer living in a mountainous region of Southern Mexico. On screen Lalo is charismatic, posting naked photos of himself and homemade porn videos which are seen by thousands of followers.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Season two of Leticia Dolera’s award-winning dramedy series “Perfect Life” (“Vida Perfecta”) will stream on Movistar Plus by November 19, said Movistar exec Susana Herreras who recited a list of European territories where the series would be available.“Perfect Life” was among the three new series that kicked off the Iberseries Platino Industria showcase in Madrid.“Our partner HBO Max will be streaming it simultaneously in the U.S.

Blue Moon (Crai Nou) by Romanian director Alina Grigore won the Golden Shell at the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival whose top awards were swept by female filmmakers and actors.

Jessica Chastain is putting a lot of skin on display in this new look!

San Sebastian ReboundsThrough Thursday, total San Sebastian delegates numbers came in at 3,848, 46.5% up on 2020 and just 11% down on a pre-pandemic 2019. Industry reps drove much of that rebound, San Sebastian welcoming 1,686 this year, compared to 1,185 in 2020 and 1,749 in 2019.

Emiliano Granada Having been unveiled at  San Sebastian’s 2016 Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum, Juan Sebastian Mesa’s second film, “Rust,” mow world premieres at San Sebastian.It follows Jorge, a young Colombian farmer, working at a coffee plantation.

Jessica Chastain has arrived in Spain!

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentJuan (Roberto Álamo), a prison security officer, is a man of few words: In fact, in the first near four minutes of “Josephine,” he doesn’t say anything at all as the film fills us in on his daily routine.It’s a sad, solitary existence of bathetic detail: The film begins with a frontal shot of a spin-dryer turning: Few things seem more banal.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentThe devil is in the details. On March 18, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the government will plow €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) over 2021-25 into a Spain AVS Hub plan –  España Hub Audiovisual de Europa in Spanish.This was aimed, as he explained, to encourage big foreign players to shoot and set up production centers in Spain and also power up Spanish film and TV productionAt the San Sebastian Festival on Wednesday, Sept.

Javier Bardem is all smiles at the premiere of his new movie, The Good Boss, during the 2021 San Sebastian International Film Festival at Kursaal Palace on Tuesday (September 21) in San Sebastian, Spain.

Johnny Depp went on the record today saying that he is a victim of cancel culture and that “no one is safe” from the movement, calling on people to “stand up” for people facing “injustice”.

Long ago, Javier Bardem told me he could never play a romantic hero. “Look at this face!,” he said in what was then halting English.

Fernando León de Aranoa’s Spanish-language dark comedy The Good Boss had its world premiere last night at the San Sebastian Film Festival in front of a raucous local crowd (albeit at half-capacity due to Covid measures).

There is no shortage of fiery ambition in Claudia Llosa’s “Fever Dream.” Split between a dreamlike portrait of motherhood’s challenges and an allegorical thriller, the filmmaker’s psychological drama manifests its ideas with a woozy candor, a demeanor that demands its audience’s attention. It’s a disposition that warrants appreciation but does not succeed overall and, regrettably, equates to a wasted opportunity.

JD Linville In “Blue Moon,” young Irina dreams of University in Bucharest while her chaotic, rural family serves to undermine her future.

Anna Marie de la Fuente This year’s crop of young outstanding talent has been nurtured at the Tabakalera’s various areas, including the post-graduate film school Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE) and the Ikusmira Berriak Residency Program.Marina Palacio (San Sebastian)The San Sebastian native is a Fine Arts graduate whose short film “Ya no Duermo” was created at the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola and premiered in the Zabaltegi Tabakalera section of the Zinemaldia.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Projects Selected in Drama Series Lab 2deo Serieak:“Su Hotza,” Angel Aldarondo“Su Hotza” follows an intrepid journalist who enters the hermetic world of haute cuisine to investigate the accidental death of a mysterious diner in a high-end restaurant and soon discovers the seamy side of San Sebastian. For two decades, Aldarondo has forged a multidisciplinary profile that encompasses the worlds of advertising, television, video and short films.

San Sebastian International Film Festival kicked off this Friday, September 18th, featuring some of the biggest stars of Spanish cinema.

Jamie Lang Ahead of the streamer’s Oct.