- In the coming days, the film will again take to the streets of San Sebastian on the occasion of the first San Sebastian Film Festival without novel measures since the beginning of the pandemic. Juliette Binoch and David Cronenberg will receive the Donostia Awards.
The San Sebastian Film Festival returns to “normalcy” prior to the pandemic on its 70th anniversary. From 16 to 24 September there will be hundreds of projections in the city and the streets and halls will be filled with cinéphiles, filmmakers and actors. As usual, the Gold and Silver Shell will be contested in the Official Section and prizes will be distributed in the other sections.
French actor Juliette Binoche and Canadian director David Cronenberg will receive the San Sebastian Prize and there will be no third prize. This year the sessions of the Velodrome have also been recovered.
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The cinema in Euskera will also be present, although, as Apps Euskaraz reported, it will not be very large. Specifically, of the 573 sessions they will offer in the Zinemaldia, the original version will be 5 in Basque and 11 in bilingual or trilingual. The sessions that will have subtitles in Basque are 37.
Among the films in Basque are, among others, the films Bi arnasa by Ander Iriarte and the 918 documentary nights of Arantza Santesteban on the case of the political prisoner Iratxe Sorzabal, recently transferred from France to Spain. In addition, the films Hemen bizi da maitasuna (Ainhoa Olaso and Enara Garcia), Irrits (Maider Oleaga), Lanbroa (Aitzol Saratxaga), Erro bi (Nagore Muriel) and Noizko basoa (Mikele Landa) will be shown in the Nest school film section. On the other hand, the Black Is Beltza 2 by Fermin Muguruza: Ainhoa will offer an animation film on the Velodrome.
From tomorrow, every day, Ixone Santamaría and Peru Iparragirre will be in charge of making the San Sebastian Film Festival known.