UPDATE (2 September 2022): A new title has rounded off the Competition section, A Woman by Chinese filmmaker Wang Chao, and Marlowe, the new film by Irish director Neil Jordan, has been announced as the closing film, out of competition. Actress Glenn Close has been announced as the president of the jury for the Competition of the Official Section, which also includes casting director and filmmaker Antoinette Boulat, director-screenwriter Tea Lindeburg, producer Matías Mosteirín, writer-journalist Rosa Montero, filmmaker and visual artist Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, and director-screenwriter Hlynur Pálmason. The rest of the juries have also been announced (read here).

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The Official Section of the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival, which will take place from 16th to 24th September, is starting to take shape with the announcement of the films that will be competing for the event's top award: the Golden Shell. Among the most recognisable names in the competition is that of the French director Christophe Honoré, who will return to the Basque city with Winter Boy [+lire aussi :
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Czech director Petr Václav (Parallel Worlds, We Are Never Alone [+lire aussi :
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Two directors come from Argentina: Manuel Abramovich will compete with his fourth feature film, Pornomelancholia [+lire aussi :
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The Colombian director Laura Mora will return after the Youth Prize winner Matar a Jesús, with her second feature film The Kings of the World [+lire aussi :
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These titles join the Spanish films that will also compete in the Official Section, which were announced a few days ago (read more).

Alongside the competition, there will be a special screening of Tax Me If You Can [+lire aussi :
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The films selected so far:

Competition

Pornomelancholia [+lire aussi :
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The Rite of Spring [+lire aussi :
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interview : Fernando Franco et Koldo Z…
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Suro [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mikel Gurrea
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Walk Up - Hong Sang-soo (South Korea)
Winter Boy [+lire aussi :
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interview : Christophe Honoré
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A Hundred Flowers - Genki Kawamura (Japan)
The Wonder [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sebastián Lelio
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The Substitute [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Diego Lerman (Argentina/Spain/Italy/Mexico/France)
Great Yarmouth-Provisional Figures [+lire aussi :
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interview : Marco Martins
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Runner [+lire aussi :
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The Kings of the World [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Laura Mora (Colombia/Luxembourg/France/Mexico/Norway)
La maternal [+lire aussi :
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interview : Pilar Palomero
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Forever [+lire aussi :
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interview : Frelle Petersen et Jette S…
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Wild Flowers [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jaime Rosales
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Sparta [+lire aussi :
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Il Boemo [+lire aussi :
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A Woman - Wang Chao (China)

Out of Competition

Modelo 77 [+lire aussi :
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Offworld [+lire aussi :
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fiche série] - Raúl Arévalo, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Alberto Rodríguez, Isa Campo, Iñaki Lacuesta (Spain) (series)
Tax Me If You Can [+lire aussi :
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Special screenings

The Yellow Ceiling [+lire aussi :
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