71st San Sebastián International Film Festival
 Official poster of the 71st San Sebastián Film Festival featuring Javier Bardem | |
| Opening film | The Boy and the Heron |
|---|---|
| Location | San Sebastián, Spain |
| Awards | Golden Shell: The Rye Horn |
| Festival date | 22–30 September 2023 |
The 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival ran 22–30 September 2023 in San Sebastián,[1] Gipuzkoa, Spain. The awards were announced on 30 September 2023, with The Rye Horn winning the Golden Shell, being the first film directed by a female Spanish director to win said award.[2]
Background
[edit]In May 2023, actor Javier Bardem was announced as a recipient of a Donostia Award as well as the main feature of the 71st edition's official poster.[1][3] An early subset of the official selection film slate was announced on 7 July 2023.[4][5] New official selection titles were announced on 14 July 2023.[6] In August 2023, The Boy and the Heron was announced as the out-of-competition opening film.[7] Later that month, Spanish director Víctor Erice was announced to be the recipient of a Donostia Award.[8] The entire official selection line-up was announced on 25 August.[9] On 8 September, it was announced that Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki would receive a Donostia Award, presented to him virtually, while the award for Bardem would be postponed to next year's festival due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, which forbids the US-unionised actor to attend to the media or to record thank-you videos.[10]
Juries
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Claire Denis, French filmmaker – Jury president[11]
- Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
- Cristina Gallego, Colombian producer, writer and director
- Brigitte Lacombe, French photographer
- Robert Lantos, Hungarian-Canadian producer
- Vicky Luengo, Spanish actress
- Christian Petzold, German director
Kutxabank-New Directors Award
[edit]- Emily Morgan, British producer – Jury president[11]
- Christian Jeune, French director of the Film Department and Deputy of the General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival
- Ricardo Aldarondo, Spanish journalist and film critic
- Juanita Onzaga, Colombian director and artist
- Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Norwegian-Guatemalan producer
Latin Horizons
[edit]- David Hurst, French producer – Jury president[11]
- Manuela Martelli, Chilean director, screenwriter and actress
- Elisa McCausland, Spanish journalist, critic and researcher
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award
[edit]- Fiorella Moretti, Mexican producer and president of Luxbox – Jury president[12]
- Cecilia Barrionuevo, Argentine film curator
Irizar Award
[edit]- Telmo Irureta, Spanish actor – Jury president[12]
- Mikele Landa, Spanish director
- Kristina Zorita, Spanish journalist, screenwriter and director
Sections
[edit]Official selection
[edit]The lineup of the official selection includes:[13]
In competition
[edit]- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | Raven Jackson | United States | |
| A Journey in Spring | 春行 | Tzu-Hui Peng, Ping-Wen Wang | Taiwan |
| Un amor | Isabel Coixet | Spain | |
| Ex-Husbands | Noah Pritzker | United States | |
| Fingernails | Christos Nikou | United States | |
| Great Absence | Kei Chika-Ura | Japan | |
| Kalak | Isabella Eklöf | Denmark | |
| MMXX | Cristi Puiu |
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| Puan | María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat |
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| The Practice | La práctica | Martín Rejtman |
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| Red Island | L'île rouge | Robin Campillo |
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| The Royal Hotel | Kitty Green | Australia | |
| The Rye Horn | O corno | Jaione Camborda |
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| A Silence | Un silence | Joachim Lafosse |
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| The Successor | Le Successeur | Xavier Legrand | France |
| Sultana's Dream | El sueño de la Sultana | Isabel Herguera |
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Out of Competition
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boy and the Heron | 君たちはどう生きるか | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| La Mesías (TV series) | Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo | Spain | |
| Dance First | James Marsh |
| |
| Special Screenings | |||
| They Shot the Piano Player | Dispararon al pianista | Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal |
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| A Real Job | Un métier sérieux | Thomas Lilti | France |
New Directors
[edit]The New Directors slate includes:[14]
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achilles | Ashil | Farhad Delaram |
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| Bahadur The Brave | Diva Shah | India | |
| Bauryna Salu | Askhat Kuchinhirekov | Kazakhstan | |
| Beyond The Fog | Kiri No Fuchi | Daichi Murase | Japan |
| The Blue Star | La estrella azul | Javier Macipe |
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| Carefree Days | Xiao Yao You | Jiang Ming | China |
| Hi Mom | Ilia Malakhova | Russia | |
| Last Shadow At First Light | Nicole Midori Woodford |
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| The Other Son | El otro hijo | Juan Sebastián Quebrada |
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| Gamma Rays | Les Rayons Gamma | Henry Bernadet | Canada |
| Mother, Couch | Niclas Larsson |
| |
Latin Horizons (Horizontes Latinos)
[edit]The Latin Horizons slate includes the following films:[15]
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alemania | María Zanetti |
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| Blondi | Dolores Fonzi |
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| The Castle | El castillo | Martín Benchimol |
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| Clara Gets Lost in the Woods | Clara se pierde en el bosque | Camila Fabbri | Argentina |
| The Echo | El eco | Tatiana Huezo |
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| Heroic | Heroico | David Zonana | Mexico |
| Los impactados | Lucía Puenzo | Argentina | |
| A Ravaging Wind (opening film) | El viento que arrasa | Paula Hernández |
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| The Settlers | Los colonos | Felipe Gálvez Haberle |
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| A Strange Path | Estranho caminho | Guto Parente | Brazil |
| Toll (closing film) | Pedágio | Carolina Markowicz |
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| Totem | Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico |
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
[edit]- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absence | Xue Yun | Wu Lang | China |
| Camping du Lac | Éléonore Saintagnan |
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| Contadores | Irati Gorostidi | Spain | |
| The Delinquents | Los delinquentes | Rodrigo Moreno |
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| Even Though It's Night | Aunque es de noche | Guillermo García López |
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| Grace | Blazh | Ilya Povolotsky | Russia |
| Here | Bas Devos | Belgium | |
| The Human Surge 3 | El auge del humano 3 | Eduardo Williams |
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| The Island | L'île | Damien Manivel | France |
| Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Pham Thien An |
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| Mamántula | Ion de Sosa |
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| Mixtape La Pampa | Andres Di Tella |
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| Nights Gone By | Alberto Martín Menacho |
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| Orlando, My Political Biography | Orlando, ma biographie politique | Paul B. Preciado | France |
| Oyu | Atsushi Hirai | France | |
| La Palisiada | Philip Sotnuchenko | Ukraine | |
| Remembering Every Night (opening film) | Subete No Yoru Wo Omoidasu | Yui Kiyohara | Japan |
| Through the Night | Quitter la nuit | Delphine Girard |
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| The Trial | El juicio | Ulises de la Orden |
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| Two of Us | Suigyo no Mayawari | Kohei Igarashi |
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| Sīlan | Ashmita Guha Neogi | France | |
| Single Light | Or panas yachid | Shaylee Atary | Israel |
| Short Story | Duan pian gu shi | Wu Lang | China |
| We Are the Hollow Men | Gamopitulo khalkhi | Rati Oneli | Georgia |
Perlak
[edit]The 'Perlak' lineup includes:[16][17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afire | Roter Himmel | Christian Petzold | Germany |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| Dumb Money | Craig Gillespie | United States | |
| The Eternal Memory | La memoria infinita | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
| Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki |
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| Les Indésirables | Bâtiment 5 | Ladj Ly | France |
| I'm Captain | Io capitano | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
| May December | Todd Haynes | United States | |
| Memory | Michel Franco |
| |
| Monster | 怪物 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| The New Boy | Warwick Thornton | Australia | |
| Past Lives | Celine Song | United States | |
| Perfect Days | Wim Wenders |
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| The Promised Land | Bastarden | Nikolaj Arcel | Denmark |
| Rosalie | Stéphanie Di Giusto | France | |
| Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve | J.A. Bayona |
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| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom | |
Surprise film
[edit]The following film was programmed as a surprise:[18]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Killer | David Fincher | United States | |
Awards
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Golden Shell: The Rye Horn by Jaione Camborda[2][19][20]
- Special Jury Prize: Kalak by Isabella Eklöf
- Silver Shell for Best Director: Tzu-Hui Peng & Ping-Wen Wang for A Journey in Spring
- Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance: Marcelo Subiotto for Puan & Tatsuya Fuji for Great Absence
- Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance: Hovik Keuchkerian for Un amor
- Jury Prize for Best Screenplay: María Alché & Benjamín Naishtat for Puan
- Jury Prize Best Cinematography: Nadim Carlsen for Kalak
Other official awards
[edit]- Kutxabank-New Directors Award: Bahadur The Brave by Diva Shah
- Horizontes Award: The Castle by Martín Benchimol
- Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award: The Human Surge 3 by Eduardo Williams
- Special Mention: The Trial by Ulises de la Orden
- Nest Award: Amma Ki Katha by Nehal Vyas
- Special Mention: Entre les autres by Marie Falys
- Culinary Zinema Award: The Pot-au-Feu by Trần Anh Hùng[21]
- Eusko Label Award: Latxa by Mikel Urretabizkaia
- Eusko Label Second Prize: Soroborda by Paolo Tizón
- Irizar Basque Film Award: Sultana's Dream by Isabel Herguera
- San Sebastian Audience Award: Society of the Snow by J. A. Bayona
- San Sebastian Audience Award for Best European Film: I'm Captain by Matteo Garrone
- TCM Youth Award: The Blue Star by Javier Macipe
Industry awards
[edit]- WIP LATAM Industry Award: Most People Die on Sundays by Iair Said
- EGEDA PLATINO Industria Award for the Best WIP LATAM: Most People Die on Sundays by Iair Said
- WIP Europa Industry Award: Mannequins by Michael Fetter Nathansky
- WIP Europa Award: Mannequins by Michael Fetter Nathansky
- XII Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Best Project Award: These Were All Fields by Daniela Abad Lombana
- DALE! Award: Little War by Barbara Sarasola-Day
- Artekino International Prize: The Days Off by Lucila Mariani
- ELAMEDIA - Euskadi Post-Production Award: After the Night, the Night by Naomi Pacifique
Other awards
[edit]- RTVE-Another Look Award: The Royal Green by Kitty Green
- Special Mention: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt by Raven Jackson
- Spanish Cooperation Award: The Blue Star by Javier Macipe
- Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award: Les Indésirables by Ladj Ly
- Dunia Ayaso Award: Creatura by Elena Martín Gimeno
- Special Mention: While You're Still You by Claudia Pinto Emperador
Parallel awards
[edit]- FIPRESCI Award: Fingernails by Christos Nikou
- Feroz Zinemaldia Award: Un amor by Isabel Coixet
- Euskal Gidoigileen Elkartea Award: Sultana's Dream by Isabel Herguera
- Sebastiane Award: 20,000 Species of Bees by Estibaliz Urresola
- Special Mention: Gabi: Between Ages 8 and 13 by Engeli Broberg
- Lurra - Greenpeace Award: Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
- SIGNIS Award: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt by Raven Jackson
- Ateneo Guipuzcoano Award: Great Absence by Kei Chika-Ura
Donostia awards
[edit]- Donostia Award for Lifetime Achievements: Javier Bardem, Victor Erice and Hayao Miyazaki.[8][10]
- Zinemira Award: Paco Sagarzazu
References
[edit]- ^ a b "La tierna escena del debut en televisión de Javier Bardem, Premio Donostia 2023". rtve.es. 12 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Rodríguez, Oti (30 September 2023). "'O corno', cine español humilde y honrado, gana la Concha de Oro". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ Chico, Fran (12 May 2023). "Javer Bardem, Premio Donostia 2023 y protagonista del cartel del 71º Festival de San Sebastián". Fotogramas.
- ^ Hopewell, John (7 July 2023). "San Sebastian Main Competition: Cristi Puiu, Noah Pritzker, Joachim Lafosse, Robin Campillo Make the Cut". Variety.
- ^ Zurro, Javier (7 July 2023). "Robin Campillo, Joachim Lafosse y Cristi Puiu competirán por la Concha de Oro en San Sebastián". eldiario.es.
- ^ Hopewell, John (14 July 2023). "San Sebastian Spanish Lineup: Isabel Coixet, Fernando Trueba, Los Javis". Variety.
- ^ "Hayao Miyazaki inaugurará el Festival de San Sebastián con 'The Boy and the Heron'". rtve.es. 17 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Víctor Erice recibirá un Premio Donostia en la 71ª edición del Festival de San Sebastián". El País (in Spanish). 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Cantó, María (25 August 2023). "El Festival de San Sebastián completa su Sección Oficial con los filmes de Kitty Green o Xavier Legrand". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ a b Belinchón, Gregorio (8 September 2023). "El genial animador japonés Hayao Miyazaki recibirá un premio Donostia del festival de San Sebastián". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ a b c Rosser, Michael (8 September 2023). "Claire Denis to head San Sebastian jury, Hayao Miyazaki to receive honorary award". ScreenDaily.
- ^ a b "Awards and Jury Members". San Sebastián International Film Festival. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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- ^ Hopewell, John (27 July 2023). "Taylor Russell, Ewan McGregor Title 'Mother, Couch!' to Bow at San Sebastian's New Directors Sidebar". Variety.
- ^ Calnan, Ellie (3 August 2023). "San Sebastian's 2023 Horizontes Latinos line-up includes 'Totem', 'The Settlers'". ScreenDaily.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (18 August 2023). "San Sebastian Festival to Screen 'May December,' 'Zone of Interest,' 'Past Lives' in Best-of Sidebar". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Perlak. 71 Edición 2023". sansesbastianfestival.com. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "'The Killer (El asesino)' de David Fincher es la película sorpresa de la 71ª edición del Festival de San Sebastián". Europa Press (in European Spanish). 26 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Kiang, Jessica (30 September 2023). "San Sebastián Native Jaione Camborda's 'The Rye Horn' Wins Top Prize At San Sebastian". Variety.
- ^ Tinoco, Armando (30 September 2023). "San Sebastian Film Festival Winners: Jaione Camborda's 'The Rye Horn' Takes Golden Shell For Best Film". Deadline. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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