29/06/2018 - The festival will also will recognise the career of Hirokazu Kore-eda with the Donostia Award

The San Sebastián Film Festival has just unveiled the first titles that will be screened during the 66th of the gathering, which will take place from 21 to 29 September.

The festival’s most innovative and daring section, Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, has announced six titles from its selection. Two of them are (co-)produced by Spain: Trot [+see also:
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The second season of Bruno Dumont's TV series Li'l Quinquin [+see also:
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The festival has also unveiled some films that will screen in the Perlak section, such as Raúl de la Fuente and Damian Nenow's animation film Another Day of Life [+see also:
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interview: Raul de la Fuente
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film profile]. Furthermore, the first Donostia Award of the festival will be bestowed upon Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, who won the latest Palme d'Or with his film Shoplifters. Kore-eda, who has already competed four times in the official selection of the festival and has carried off the Audience Award on two occasions, will be the first Asian filmmaker to receive this accolade.

List of titles announced for the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section:

Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Belmonte [+see also:
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Coincoin and the Extra-Humans [+see also:
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An Elephant Sitting Still - Hu Bo (China)
The Daughters of Fire - Albertina Carri (Argentina)
The Image Book [+see also:
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Trot [+see also:
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interview: Xacio Baño
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(Translated from Spanish)