Venice and San Sebastian-Bound ‘They Carry Death’ Gets Trailer, and Bendita Film Sales as Agent (EXCLUSIVE)

Looking at a map of Spain, the Basque region seems to be tucked neatly into one corner, cozy as can be. On the ground, of course, it’s a different matter: the Pais Vasco has its own language, culture, food and politics, plus its own history of violence.

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.

Jamie Lang Variety has been given exclusive first access to Agustín Banchero’s debut Uruguayan feature “Hilda’s Short Summer,” sold by FiGa Films and premiering in the New Directors section at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival on Sunday, Sept.

Jamie Lang A week after taking the Volpi Cup best actress award at the Venice Film Festival, Penelope Cruz and her “Official Competition” co-stars Antonio Banderas and Oscar Martínez were in San Sebastian on Friday evening for the film’s Spanish premiere, where the trio hosted a press conference joined on stage by producer Jaume Roures, CEO at Mediapro, and via a video stream by the film’s writing-directing duo Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn.While discussing her admiration for Duprat and Cohn’s

Marion Cotillard shows off her award after being honored with the Donostia during the 2021 San Sebastian International Film Festival held at the Kursaal Palace on Friday (September 17) in San Sebastian, Spain.

Penelope Cruz took over the red carpet at the 2021 San Sebastian Film Festival on opening day!

Amy Hart has jetted off to lap up the last of the summer sunshine with her new partner Samuel Rason and the pair look so loved up. Amy, 28, who found fame on Love Island back in 2019, went public with her new beau Sam, 31, last month, after she'd enjoyed a few years as a single woman following her stint on the ITV2 show.They flew out to the Spanish destination of Malaga on Thursday, September 16, and have been keeping their followers updated with their pool trips and lavish meals out.

EXCLUSIVE: Spain’s flagship film event, the San Sebastian Film Festival, gets underway tonight. Ahead of the fest, Deadline sat down with Netflix’s two top content executives in Spain to hear about the streamer’s strategy in the key European market, which has the unique advantage of also being a content bridge into the company’s Latin American activities.

Ann-Marie Corvin Vicente Canales’ Film Factory Entertainment has sold Icíar Bollaín’s San Sebastian Festival-bound Basque reconciliation drama “Maixabel” to Germany, striking a deal with Berlin-based distributor Piffl Medien.The film is set to make its theatrical release in Spain on Sept.

Emiliano De Pablos Spain’s David Galán Galindo, helmer of Netflix movie “Unknown Origins,” is attached to direct comedy series project “Todo mal” (“OK Boomer”), created by TV entertainment writers Fernando Erre and Manuel Martínez March.Thesp Alberto San Juan, a double Goya Award winner — for best supporting actor on Cesc Gay’s “Sentimental” and lead actor for Félix Viscarret’s “Bajo las estrellas” – is in talks to topline the series.“OK Boomer” features among six TV drama projects developed at

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentLast year, September’s San Sebastian worked a minor miracle, staging a safe on-site festival as second-wave COVID-19 built up in Spain. This year, on-site attendance will be up, though travel problems, caution and costs in Latin America, the U.S and Asia will prevent a full attendance.That said, this year’s festival, running Sept.

Spain’s primary film event, the San Sebastian Film Festival, was one of the few major international fests to host a physical edition last year as the pandemic raged around the world. Flash forward 12 months and Covid is far from behind us, but festivals are pushing on in this strange new world.

Hot off her starring role in Apple’s hit series Ted Lasso, Juno Temple has joined Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong in Everest, the adventure thriller set to be directed by Doug Liman.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMovistar Plus, the pay TV/VOD operator of Spanish telco Telefonica, and the San Sebastian Festival, the biggest film event in the Spanish-speaking world, are bowing a multi-year alliance to simulcast select titles bowing at the festival in a Movistar Plus virtual screening room.Imitating the limited access of a festival, the films will only be available for viewing on the days that they screen in San Sebastian.Movistar Plus subscribers will be able

Jamie Lang Spanish director Juanjo Gimenez’s “Out of Sync” (“Tres”) – his first outing since the Oscar-nominated short “Timecode,” winner of Cannes’ Palme d’Or for best short film – came into this year’s Official Selection at the Venice Film Festival buzzing ahead of its world premiere.In the film, sound designer C – played by Marta Nieto, the lead in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Oscar-nominated short “Madre” and its eponymous feature follow-up – spends countless hours alone recording sound effects,

Sebastian Stan and his girlfriend Alejandra Onieva are such a cute couple!

The fifth season of Money Heist just premiered on Netflix and stars Jaime Lorente and Esther Acebo are celebrating at the 2021 Venice Film Festival!

Ester Exposito is looking amazing at the 2021 Venice Film Festival!