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21 articles available in total starting from 03/07/2020. Last article published on 28/09/2020.

Danielle Arbid • Director of Simple Passion

Interview: Danielle Arbid • Director of Simple Passion

"The audience needed to understand why this woman falls in love with this man"

Danielle Arbid unscrambles Simple Passion, an adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s novel, awarded Cannes’ Official Selection label and unveiled in competition in San Sebastian  

22/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Review: Another Round

Review: Another Round

Thomas Vinterberg finds his funny bone again with an excellent concept movie in which getting drunk is a cure-all  

22/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Review: Akelarre

Review: Akelarre

In this luminous period film, Argentinian director Pablo Agüero revives the story of a group of women who fell victim to a witch-hunt fuelled by misogyny and the persecution of freedom  

21/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Review: Simple Passion

Review: Simple Passion

In her highly accomplished adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s novel, Danielle Arbid delves right to the very heart of an irrepressible and incandescent love which ends up driving a woman to distraction  

21/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Pablo Agüero • Director of Akelarre

Interview: Pablo Agüero • Director of Akelarre

"I steered clear of period-film clichés"

Pablo Agüero talks to us about his new film, Akelarre, the chronicle of a witch hunt that took place centuries ago, but the repercussions of which can still be clearly felt today  

18/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Fernando Trueba to bring the San Sebastián Film Festival to a close

Fernando Trueba to bring the San Sebastián Film Festival to a close

The Spaniard’s Colombian production Forgotten We’ll Be has been added to the Official Section, the jury for which will be chaired by Luca Guadagnino  

07/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Out of Competition

San Sebastián to welcome Luca Guadagnino

San Sebastián to welcome Luca Guadagnino

The Spanish festival will host the world premiere of the Italian director's series We Are Who We Are, and completes Competition, New Directors and Zabaltegi-Tabakalera selections  

24/08/2020 | San Sebastián 2020/Competition/Out of Competition/Special Screenings/New Directors/Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

San Sebastián adds five more films to its Official Section

San Sebastián adds five more films to its Official Section

Danielle Arbid’s Passion simple spearheads this new group of films vying for the Golden Shell  

10/08/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition/Out of Competition

Pablo Agüero and Antonio Méndez Esparza spearhead Spanish representation at the 68th San Sebastián Film Festival

Pablo Agüero and Antonio Méndez Esparza spearhead Spanish representation at the 68th San Sebastián Film Festival

Spanish-French-Argentinian co-production Akelarre and US-Spanish title Courtroom 3H form part of the official selection of the Basque festival  

03/08/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition/Out of Competition/New Directors/Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Review: Summer of 85

Review: Summer of 85

François Ozon revisits the romantic passions of adolescence with the accuracy and great rawness of emotion that are characteristic of his mature and masterful filmmaking approach  

13/07/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

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