2001 Special Jury Prize here, the unconventional documentary filmmaker José Luis Guerin returns with Good Valley Stories to #SanSebastian2025 comp for Shellac. At least 30 to 40 minutes too long and extremely cheaply made, it's difficult to find it interesting unless you're from the neighbourhood.
After a short film in Berlin and a debut in Goteborg and Wroclaw, Swedish director John Skoog presents Redoubt at #SanSebastian2025 ND for Coproduction Office. The b&w images are striking, but the narrative struggles to hold on for more than 20 minutes. Ambitious but hollow and old-fashioned.
Next Step, Locarno & FidLab project, Aro Berria by Spanish director Irati Gorostidi is launched at #SanSebastian2025 ND. While the political reconstruction is moving, community life is then weighed down by long, exhausting and counterproductive group scenes. A pity.
Discovered at Berlinale Panorama with her debut Lullaby, Basque Alauda Ruiz de Azúa went on to make Querer tv-series before her third film Sundays at #SanSebastian2025 comp for Le Pacte. Heavily developed and over-edited, the film could have been made 10 or 20 years ago. Schematic, for OoC.
Winner of the Youth Jury Award here in 2005 and Best Basque Film in 2015, Asier Altuna returns to #SanSebastian2025 OoC with Karmele. A gentle and rare historical adaptation, soberly ambitious, a pleasant surprise that could have deserved a major award to help reach a wider international audience.
2012 Berlinale Forum with his promising debut, Olmo Omerzu, a Slovenian-born FAMU graduate, has since been a regular at Karlovy Vary. He presents Ungrateful Beings at #SanSebastian2025 comp for Cercamon. After a clumsy first half, the bilingual film evolves into a rather silly family drama.
Chinese editor Zhang Zhongchen's debut won an award at First without ever travelling. Produced by Midi Z, Nighttime Sounds is launched at #SanSebastian2025 ND. Although the predominantly handheld camera work is exhausting, the strange encounter between these two girls still exudes a rough charm.
After last year's heavyweight Marco at Orizzonti, Spaniards Jose Mari Goenaga & Aitor Arregi present Maspalomas at #SanSebastian2025 comp for Film Factory. The subject matter is courageous, the first part unexpected. A shame that the rest of the film remains so tame, only suitable for LGBT festivals
Aquí tenéis mi crónica del día 3 del Festival de San Sebastián para @secretosde_cine @sansebastianfes #73SSIFF #SanSebastian2025 #Maspalomas #Couture #ElAgenteSecreto #thesecretagent #oagentesecreto youtu.be/D4rZ1oikvnY
Awarded in Goa and Hong Kong as WIP, Indian Tribeny Rai presents her debut Shape of Momo at #Busan2025 Vision & #SanSebastian2025 ND for Celluloïd Dreams. The return of a young woman to a village in the Himalayas provokes reflections on the place of women. The setting is authentic, that's about all.
Awarded here in 2000 for his debut, Spain's Alberto Rodriguez returns to #SanSebastian2025 comp with his ninth film, Los Tigres, for Film Factory. An appealing subject, industrial divers, developed in a heavy-handed manner into drug dealing. Beautiful images, promising fast pace, but too light.
After two shorts in Clermont, Taiwanese Tsao Shih-Han presents his debut Before the Bright Day at #SanSebastian2025 ND for Maboroshi. This beautiful coming-of-age set in 1996 pays tribute to the master Edward Yang. The technique is exquisite, and it is clearly the best Taiwanese film seen this year.
A discreet regular at major festivals, Belgian Joachim Lafosse returns to #SanSebastian2025 with Six Days in Spring for Losange. A short, implausible pretext for a minor film, but still with enough cinema to make the experience interesting. Gently disappointing, saved by Eye Haïdara, of course.
Under-exposed with his 2013 debut, Canarian José Alayón launches his second film Dance of the Living at #SanSebastian2025 New Directors for Bendita. A beautiful family immersion into the Canarian wrestling tradition filmed in S16 like tribal dances. Simple, not so predictable and quite captivating.
2nd of 14 fiction films not invited to Cannes, Two Pianos by French Arnaud Desplechin is being launched at #TIFF50 Gala and then #Sansebastian2025 comp for Goodfellas. Even with a musical setting, the melodrama seems dated, parodic. Neither Lyon nor the tedious handheld camera are ever interesting.
Discovered in 2002 Toronto and at Cannes UCR, Hungarian György Pálfi presents his ninth film at #TIFF50 Platform and #Sansebastian2025 Zabaltegui for Lucky Number. Always resolutely high concept, the film follows the (Greek) odyssey of a black hen. Who is it aimed at? Late-night ZDF Arte viewers.
Walter Salles’ ‘I’m Still Here’ Takes FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2025 Ahead of San Sebastian Festival.
@sansebastianfestival.com
Read more:
1tak.ee/g6yu
#SanSebastianFilmFestival #SSIFF73 #SanSebastian2025 #FIPRESCI #FIPRESCIGrandPrix #FilmFestivals2025
#1TakeNews
2025 San Sebastian Festival Unveils Nest Lineup of 14 Student Films.
Full details:
1tak.ee/7e5n
(Still: “Habitat Hotel,” Marina Xarri.)
#SanSebastianFestival2025 #SSIFF73 #SanSebastian2025 #FilmFestivalLineup #FilmFestivals2025 #FilmFestivalsNews
#1TakeNews
Jennifer Lawrence Named 2025 Donostia Award Recipient at San Sebastian Film Festival.
Full details:
1tak.ee/772y
(Photo: “Die My Love,” Lynne Ramsay.)
#SanSebastianFestival2025 #SSIFF73 #SanSebastian2025 #DonostiaAward #JenniferLawrence #FilmFestivals
#1TakeNews
Jennifer Lawrence to be honored with the Donostia Award at the 73rd San Sebastián Film Festival.
Her new film ‘DIE MY LOVE,’ directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Robert Pattinson, will also screen.
#SanSebastian2025 #DieMyLove #JenniferLawrence
Diego Céspedes’ ‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ Takes Sebastiane Latino Prize.
Full details:
1tak.ee/wubv
#SanSebastianFestival2025 #SSIFF73 #SanSebastian2025 #SebastianeAward
#FilmFestivalWinners #FilmFestivals2025 #FilmFestivalsNews
#1TakeNews
San Sebastian Film Festival 2025 Sets 16-Film Perlak Lineup.
Full details:
1tak.ee/mib3
(Photo: “L'étranger” (“The Stranger”), François Ozon.)
#SanSebastianFilmFestival #SSIFF73 #SanSebastian2025 #Perlak2025 #FilmFestivalLineup #FilmFestivalsNews
#1TakeNews
San Sebastian Film Festival Unveils 2025 Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Lineup.
Full details:
1tak.ee/gj8x
#SanSebastianFestival2025 #SSIFF73 #SanSebastian2025 #HorizontesLatinos #FilmFestivals #FilmFestivalLineup #FilmFestivals2025 #FilmFestivalsNews
#1TakeNews
San Sebastian 2025 Sets New Additions to Competition Lineup.
Full details:
1tak.ee/44xu
(Photo: “Ballad of a Small Player,” Director: Edward Berger.)
#SanSebastian2025 #SSIFF73 #FilmFestivalLineup #FilmFestivals2025 #FilmFestivalsNews
#1TakeNews
San Sebastian Film Festival Unveils ‘Made in Spain’ 2025 Selections.
Full article:
1tak.ee/b36l
#SanSebastianFestival2025 #SSIFF73 #SanSebastian2025
#FilmFestivals #FilmFestivalLineup #FilmFestivals2025 #FilmFestivalsNews #Spain
#1TakeNews
San Sebastian Festival Reveals WIP Europa 2025 Lineup.
Read more:
1tak.ee/s9pw
#SanSebastianFestival2025 #SSIFF73 #SanSebastian2025 #WIPEuropa
#FilmFestivals #FilmFestivalLineup #FilmFestivals2025 #FilmFestivalsNews #Spain
#1TakeNews
San Sebastian Film Festival Sets 2025 New Directors Lineup.
Read more: 1tak.ee/xhwm
#SanSebastianFestival2025 #SSIFF73 #SanSebastian2025 #KutxabankNewDirectors
#FilmFestivals #FilmFestivalLineup #FilmFestivals2025 #FilmFestivalsNews #Spain
#1TakeNews
San Sebastian 2025: Donostia Award for Esther García, Festival Poster Honors Marisa Paredes.
Read more: 1tak.ee/nqfw
#SanSebastianFestival2025 #SSIFF73 #SanSebastian2025 #EstherGarcía #MarisaParedes #FilmFestivals2025 #FilmFestivalsNews
#1TakeNews
The 2025 San Sebastian Film Festival has revealed the first wave of its lineup for the 73rd edition, scheduled from September 19 to 27.
Read more: 1tak.ee/hqsl
Photo courtesy of SSIFF.
#SanSebastian2025 #SSIFF73 #FilmFestivals2025 #FilmFestivalsNews
#1TakeNews
