70th San Sebastián International Film Festival
![]() Official poster of the 70th San Sebastián Film Festival featuring Juliette Binoche | |
Opening film | Prison 77 |
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Location | San Sebastián,Spain |
Awards | Golden Shell:The Kings of the World |
Directors | José Luis Rebordinos |
Festival date | 16–24 September 2022 |
The70th San Sebastián International Film Festivaltook place from 16 to 24 September 2022 inSan Sebastián,[1]Gipuzkoa, Spain. The awards were announced on 24 September 2022, withThe Kings of the Worldwinning theGolden Shell.[2]
Background[edit]
Partnering with theMálaga Film Festival,the 70th edition will feature 'Spanish Screenings XXL', a beefed up joint version of the 'Spanish Screenings' film market, hitherto showcased at Málaga.[3]In May 2022, French actressJuliette Binochewas revealed to be the protagonist of the film's official poster as well as the recipient of aDonostia honorary career award.[4]In June 2022, Canadian filmmakerDavid Cronenbergwas disclosed as the recipient of another Donostia Award.[5]
The official selection's filmPrison 77will open the festival, screened out of competition.[1]Other than the opener, an initial lineup with some titles from Spain was announced on 15 July 2022.[6][7][8]A slate of 12 international main competition works was announced on 2 August.[9]
Juries[edit]
Main Competition[edit]
- Matías Mosteirín, Argentinian producer - Jury President[10][11]
- Antoinette Boulat, French casting director and filmmaker
- Tea Lindeburg, Danish filmmaker
- Rosa Montero,Spanish writer
- Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese,Lesotho filmmaker
- Hlynur Pálmason,Icelandic director
American actressGlenn Closewas slated to feature as Jury president, but cancelled her visit in the wake of a "family emergency".[11]
Kutxabank-New Directors Award[edit]
- Alina Grigore ,filmmaker, Romania - Jury President[12]
- Paolo Moretti, programmer, Italy
- Paula Arantzazu Ruiz ,film critic, Spain
- Selva Almada,writer, Argentina
- Ashmita Guha, filmmaker, India
Horizonte Latinos[edit]
- Giovanni Pompili, Italian producer - Jury President[12]
- Tatiana Huezo,Salvadoran filmmaker
- Júlia Olmo, Spanish film critic
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award[edit]
- Albertina Carri,Argentine director, screenwriter and producer - Jury President[12]
- Vanja Kaluđerčić, director ofRotterdam Film Festival
- Manuel Calvo, producer and director
Irizar Award[edit]
- Ander Izagirre ,journalist and writer - Jury President[12]
- Nerea Kortabitarte, communicator and writer
- Txema Muñoz, programmer
Sections[edit]
Official selection[edit]
The lineup of titles selected for the official selection include:[9][13][14][15]
- Highlighted titleindicates award winner.[2]
English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) |
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Il Boemo | Petr Václav |
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Cork | Suro | Mikel Gurrea | Spain |
Forever | Resten af livet | Frelle Petersen | Denmark |
Great Yarmouth-Provisional Figures | Marco Martins |
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A Hundred Flowers | Hyakka | Genki Kawamura | Japan |
The Kings of the World | Los reyes del mundo | Laura Mora |
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La maternal | Pilar Palomero | Spain | |
Pornomelancholia | Pornomelancolía | Manuel Abramovich |
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The Rite of Spring | La consagración de la primavera | Fernando Franco | Spain |
Runner | Marian Mathias |
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Sparta | Ulrich Seidl |
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The Substitute | El suplente | Diego Lerman |
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Walk Up | 탑 | Hong Sangsoo | South Korea |
Wild Flowers | Girasoles silvestres | Jaime Rosales |
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Winter Boy | Le Lycéen | Christophe Honoré | France |
A Woman | Kong Xiu ( khổng tú ) | Wang Chao | China |
The Wonder | Sebastián Lelio |
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Out of Competition[edit]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Marlowe | Neil Jordan |
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Offworld | Apagón | Rodrigo Sorogoyen,Raúl Arévalo,Isa Campo,Alberto Rodríguez,Isaki Lacuesta | Spain |
Prison 77 | Modelo 77 | Alberto Rodríguez | Spain |
Special Screenings | |||
El sostre groc | Isabel Coixet | Spain | |
Tax Me If You Can | La (très) grande évasion | Yannick Kergoat | France |
Latin Horizons (Horizontes Latinos)[edit]
The line up of films selected for the Latin Horizons section is as follows:[16][17]
- Highlighted titleindicates award winner.[2]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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My Imaginary Country | Mi país imaginario | Patricio Guzmán |
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Octopus Skin | La piel pulpo | Ana Cristina Barragán |
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1976 | Manuela Martelli | Chile | |
Charcoal | Carvão | Carolina Markowicz |
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Dos estaciones | Juan Pablo González |
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The Padilla affair | El caso Padilla | Pavel Giroud |
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The Pack | La Jauría | Andrés Ramírez Pulido |
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Noise | Ruido | Natalia Beristáin | Mexico |
Sublime | Mariano Biasin | Argentina | |
I Have Electric Dreams | Tengo sueños eléctricos | Valentina Maurel |
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A Male | Un varón | Fabián Hernández |
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Vicenta B. | Carlos Lechuga |
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New Directors[edit]
The initial lineup of films selected for the Kutxabank-New Directors section is as follows:[18][19][20]
- Highlighted titleindicates award winner.[2]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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To Books and Women I Sing | A los libros y a las mujeres canto | María Elorza | Spain |
Carbon | Ion Bors |
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The Great Silence | Den Store Stilhed | Katrine Brocks | Denmark |
Spare Keys | Fifi | Jeanne Aslan, Paul Saintillan | France |
Thunder | Foudre | Carmen Jaquier | Switzerland |
Carbide | Garbura | Josip Žuvan | Croatia |
Grand Marin | Dinara Drukarova | France | |
Jeong-sun | Ji-hye Jeong | South Korea | |
Daughter of Rage | La hija de todas las rabias | Laura Baumeister |
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Roleless | Miyamatsu To Yamashita | Masahiko Sato, Yutaro Seki, Kentaro Hirase | Japan |
Nagisa | Takeshi Kogahara | Japan | |
On Either Sides of the Pond | Pokhar Ke Dunu Para | Parth Saurabh | India |
Tobacco Barns | Secaderos | Rocío Mesa |
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A Tale of Shemroon | Chevalier noir | Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi |
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Something You Said Last Night | Luis De Filippis |
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Perlak[edit]
A list of films selected for the 'Perlak' lineup is as follows:[21][22]
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera[edit]
The lineup of films in the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section is as follows:[23][24][20]
- Highlighted titleindicates award winner.[2]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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The Mountain | La montagne | Thomas Salvador | France |
Les créatures qui fondent au soleil | Diego Céspedes |
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Trenque Lauquen | Laura Citarella |
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A Human Position | Anders Emblem |
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Friends on a Country Road | Amigas en un camino de campo | Santiago Loza | Argentina |
Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp) | Peter Strickland |
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Piggy | Cerdita | Carlota Pereda |
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Chords | Cuerdas | Estibaliz Urresola | Spain |
Diarios | Andrés Di Tella | Argentina | |
The Water | El agua | Elena López Riera |
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Godland | Hlynur Pálmason |
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Heartbeat | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea | |
Third Notebook | Hirugarren koadernoa | Lur Olaizola | Spain |
Robe of Gems | Manto de gemas | Natalia López Gallardo |
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Meet Me in the Bathroom | Dylan Southern | United Kingdom | |
Mutzenbacher | Ruth Beckermann | Austria | |
Itchan and Satchan | Naname no rouka | Takayuki Fukata | Japan |
Nest | Hlynur Pálmason |
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Nowhere to Go But Everywhere | Erick Shirai, Masako Tsumura | Japan | |
Piaffe | Ann Oren | Germany | |
A Short Story | Po Sui Tai Yang Zhi Xin | Bi Gan | China |
Unrest | Unrueh | Cyril Schäublin | Switzerland |
Letter to My Mother for My Son | Carta a mi madre para mi hijo | Carla Simón | Spain |
Velodromo[edit]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Black Is Beltza II: Ainhoa | Fermin Muguruza | Spain | |
Rainbow | Paco León | Spain | |
Feeling It | Sintiéndolo mucho | Fernando León de Aranoa |
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Made in Spain[edit]
The slate of films selected for screening in the 'Made in Spain' section is as follows:[25][26]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Color of Heaven | El color del cielo | Joan Marc Zapata |
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The House Among the Cactuses | La casa entre los cactus | Carlota González-Adrio | Spain |
Alcarràs | Carla Simón |
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Love Gets a Room | El amor en su lugar | Rodrigo Cortés | Spain |
The Critic | El crítico | Juan Zavala, Javier Morales Pérez | Spain |
Alone in the Mountains | Entre montañas | Unai Canela | Spain |
Girlfriends and Girlfriends | La amiga de mi amiga | Zaida Carmona | Spain |
Unfinished Affairs | La maniobra de la tortuga | Juan Miguel del Castillo |
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Full of Grace | Llenos de gracia | Roberto Bueso | Spain |
My Emptiness and I | Mi vacío y yo | Adrián Silvestre | Spain |
You Have to Come and See It | Tenéis que venir a verla | Jonás Trueba | Spain |
Tequila. Sex, Drog and Rock and Roll | Tequila. Sexo, drogas y rock and roll | Álvaro Longoria | Spain |
Pacifiction | Tourment sur les îles | Albert Serra |
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Surprise film[edit]
The following film was programmed as a surprise:[27]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Blonde | Andrew Dominik | United States |
Awards[edit]
Main Competition[edit]
- Golden Shell:The Kings of the Worldby Laura Mora[2]
- Special Jury Prize:Runnerby Marian Mathias
- Silver Shell for Best Director:Genki Kawamura forA Hundred Flowers
- Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance:Paul KircherforWinter Boy& Carla Quílez forMotherhood
- Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance:Renata Lerman forThe Substitute
- Best Screenplay:Wang Chao& Dong Yun Zhou forA Woman
- Best Cinematography: Manuel Abramovich forPornomelancholia
Other awards[edit]
- Kutxabank-New Directors Award:Spare Keysby Jeanne Aslan, Paul Saintillan
- Special Mention:On Either Sides of the Pondby Parth Saurabh
- Horizontes Award:I Have Electric Dreamsby Valentina Maurel
- Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award:GodlandbyHlynur Pálmason
- San Sebastian Audience Award:Argentina, 1985bySantiago Mitre
- San Sebastian Audience Award for Best European Film:The BeastsbyRodrigo Sorogoyen
- Spanish Cooperation Award:Noiseby Natalia Beristáin
- RTVE-Another Look Award:El sastre grocbyIsabel Coixet
- Special Mention:Corsageby Marie Kreutzer
- Irizar Basque Film Award:Corkby Mikel Gurrea
- Special Mention:To Books and Women I Singby María Elorza
- TCM Youth Award:To Books and Women I Singby María Elorza
- Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award:Tori and LokitabyJean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Nest Award:Blue Mountainby Sofía Salinas & Juan David Bohórquez
- Special Mention:Anabaseby Benjamin Goubet
- Dunia Ayaso Award:Tobacco Barnsby Rocío Mesa
- Special Mention:El sastre grocbyIsabel Coixet
- FIPRESCI Award:Corkby Mikel Gurrea
- Feroz Zinemaldia Award:The Kings of the Worldby Laura Mora
- Euskal Gidoigileen Elkartea Award:Corkby Mikel Gurrea & Francisco Kosterlitz
- Sebastiane Award:Something You Said Last NightbyLuis De Filippis
- Lurra Greenpeace Award:AlcarràsbyCarla Simón
- SIGNIS Award:The Kings of the Worldby Laura Mora
- Special Mention:Runnerby Marian Mathias
Donostia awards[edit]
- Donostia Awardfor Lifetime Achievements:Juliette BinocheandDavid Cronenberg[28]
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