Viggo Mortensen to Receive San Sebastian Film Festival Career Honor

Sebastian Stan and actress Alejandra Onieva hold hands as they step out together while on vacation on Tuesday (July 7) in Ibiza, Spain.

Actor Sebastián Athié, the beloved star of Disney Channel Latin America’s O11CE, has sadly passed away at the age of 24.

passed away at the age of 24. Disney Channel Latin America confirmed the news in a statement released Sunday.«Rest in peace, Sebas.

Sebastián Athié, star of Disney Channel Latin America's "O11CE," has died at the age of 24. His cause of death is not clear at this time.

Disney Channel Latin America announced on Saturday, July 4.“Rest in peace, Sebas. Your art and your smile stay forever,” the network tweeted in Spanish alongside a photo of Athié.The tweet continued: “We regret the departure of Sebastián Athié and we will always remember him for his talent, companionship, professionalism and above all enormous heart.

Sebastian Stan has a new special someone in his life – Spanish actress Alejandra Onieva!

Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival unveiled its first six competition titles for its 68th edition, including movies from Naomi Kawase, François Ozon and Thomas Vinterberg. Most of the movies arefrom the Cannes Film Festival's "Cannes 2020" selection, which is made up of films that carry the Cannes brand to the screen at other events around the world.

The “Pretty Woman” actor and his wife have welcomed their second child, a baby boy, according to Spanish magazine Hola. Gere and Silva married in 2018 and welcomed a son in February 2019.

Jamie Lang Backed by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and the Audiovisual Arts (ICAA), 10 promising Spanish projects participated in a marathon day of speed meetings through the day on Thursday at Cannes’ Marché du Film.Below, summaries of the hopeful projects:“A Thousand Lives,” (Marina Seresesky)Meridional Producciones and Wandermoon Finance partner on Goya-nominated filmmaker Marina Seresesky’s latest psychological drama “A Thousand Lives.” Four

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentKey members of the team that shepherded hit biopic “Born a King,” about Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia, talked about the experience of “witnessing the birth of a film industry” in Saudi, as Spanish director Agustí Villaronga put it, during a Cannes Virtual Market panel. They also announced that they will be making a sequel. “Born a King” is a Spain-U.K.

festival announced Thursday.The romantic comedy, written and directed by Allen, stars Elena Anaya (“Wonder Woman”), Louis Garrel (“An Officer and a Spy”), Gina Gershon (“The Insider”), Sergi López (“Pan’s Labyrinth”), Wallace Shawn (“Marriage Story”) and Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”).Allen shot the film last summer in and around San Sebastian, a town located in the mountainous Basque region of northern Spain.

Jamie Lang Woody Allen’s “Rifkin’s Festival” will world premiere this September as it opens the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Intl Film Festival where it will play out of competition.San Sebastian’s Kursaal building hosted the film’s initial announcement 11 months ago where, apart for a boycott by the leftist Basque party EH Bildu of a reception thrown for Allen by the mayor of San Sebastian, the reception in Spain for Allen has largely been warm.“Rifkin’s Festival” was shot last summer in

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe 68th edition of Spain’s San Sebastian Festival will open with the world premiere of Woody Allen’s latest movie Rifkin’s Festival, which shot in the town last summer and takes place during a fictional edition of the fest.It’s a controversial move by the event, with Allen remaining something of a pariah in the industry, particularly in the U.S., after sexual abuse allegations against the director from his ex-partner Mia Farrow have continued to

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentSolveig Langeland’s Stuttgart-based sales agency Sola Media has sold CGI animated feature film “Moonbound” to multiple territories.The film, directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi on a production budget of around $9 million, will be released in Germany and Austria by Little Dreams and Warner Bros.

Emiliano De Pablos Madrid-based production and services company Babieka Films is joining forces with Spanish filmmaker Josué Ramos (“Bajo la rosa”) on helmer’s sophomore feature, mystery thriller “La ciudad dormida.”Ramos made waves on the festival circuit with his first film, psychological thriller “Bajo la rosa,” whose U.S.