73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival
 Official poster featuring Marisa Paredes | |
| Location | San Sebastián, Spain |
|---|---|
| Awards | Golden Shell |
| Directors | José Luis Rebordinos |
| Festival date | 19–27 September 2025 |
The 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival will take place from 19 to 27 September 2025 in San Sebastián,[1] Gipuzkoa, Spain.
Background
In February 2025, a 4K restoration of Poachers was announced as a double screening at the 28th Málaga Film Festival and the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival ('Klasikoak' section).[2] In June 2025, the Basque medium-length films Hamaseigarrenean aidane, Ehun metro, Zergatik panpox, and Oraingoz izen gabe, restored at L'Immagine Ritrovata restoration lab in Bologna, were announced as additional screenings in the 'Klasikoak' programme.[3]
On 11 July 2025, a line-up of 22 Spanish-produced works to be screened at the festival was announced at the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España.[4][5] Later in the month, producer Esther García was announced as the recipient of a Donostia Award for Career Achievement.[6]
Sections
Official selection
The official selection slate includes the following pictures:[7][8][9]
In competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballad of a Small Player | Edward Berger | United Kingdom | |
| Belén | Dolores Fonzi | Argentina | |
| Couture | Alice Winocour |
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| The Currents | Las corrientes | Milagros Mumenthaler |
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| The Fence | Le Cri des Gardes | Claire Denis | France |
| Franz | Agnieszka Holland |
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| Good Valley Stories | Historia del buen valle | José Luis Guerin |
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| Her Heart Beats in Its Cage | Jianyu Laide Mama | Xiaoyu Qin | China |
| Maspalomas | Jose Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi | Spain | |
| Nuremberg | James Vanderbilt | United States | |
| SAI: disaster | SAI | Kentaro Hirase, Yutaro Seki | Japan |
| Six Days in Spring | Six jours ce printemps-là | Joachim Lafosse |
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| Sundays | Los domingos | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa |
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| Los Tigres | Alberto Rodríguez | Spain | |
| Two Pianos | Deux pianos | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Ungrateful Beings | Olmo Omerzu |
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Out of Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| She Walks in Darkness | Un fantasma en la batalla | Agustín Díaz Yanes | Spain |
| The Anatomy of a Moment (series) | Anatomía de un instante | Alberto Rodríguez | Spain |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Climbing for Life | てっぺんの向こうにあなたがいる | Junji Sakamoto | Japan |
| Fate (series) | La suerte | Paco Plaza, Pablo Guerrero | Spain |
| Flores para Antonio | Elena Molina, Isaki Lacuesta | Spain | |
| In-I In Motion | Juliette Binoche | France | |
| Karmele | Asier Altuna | Spain | |
| Sky Mouths (series) | Zeru ahoak | Koldo Almandoz | Spain |
New Directors
The New Directors slate includes:[10][11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aro berria | Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe | Spain | |
| Before the Bright Day | Nan Fang Shi Guang | Tsao Shih-Han | Taiwan |
| As We Breathe | Aldışımız Nefes | Seyhmus Altun |
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| Bad Apples | Jonatan Etzler | United Kingdom | |
| Foreign Lands | Chuzhie Zemli | Anton Yarush, Sergey Borovkov | Russia |
| Dance of the Living | La lucha | José Alayón |
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| If We Don't Burn, How Do We Light Up the Night | Si no ardemos, cómo iluminar la noche | Kim Torres |
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| Nighttime Sounds | Ni De Yan Jing Bi Tai Yang Ming Liang | Zhang Zhongchen | China |
| Redoubt | Värn | John Skoog |
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| Shape of Momo | Chhora Jastai | Tribeny Rai |
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| The Son and the Sea | Stroma Cairns | United Kingdom | |
| Weightless | Vaegtloes | Emilie Thalund | Denmark |
| White Flowers and Fruits | Shiro no Kajitsu | Yukari Sakamoto | Japan |
Latin Horizons (Horizontes latinos)
The Latin Horizon slate includes:[12][13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Cobre | Nicolás Pereda |
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| Cuerpo celeste | Nayra Ilic García |
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| Dolores | Maria Clara Escobar, Marcelo Gomes | Brazil | |
| Elder Son | Hijo mayor | Cecilia Kang |
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| The Ivy | Hiedra | Ana Cristina Barragán |
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| Landmarks | Nuestra tierra | Lucrecia Martel |
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| Limpia | Dominga Sotomayor | Chile | |
| A Loose End | Un cabo suelto | Daniel Hendler |
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| The Message | El mensaje | Iván Fund |
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| The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo | La misteriosa mirada del flamenco | Diego Céspedes |
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| Olmo | Fernando Eimbcke |
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| A Poet | Un poeta | Simón Mesa Soto |
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Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
The Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section includes:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Variations | Bariazioak | Lur Olaizola Lizarralde | Spain |
| The Last Rapture | El último arrebato | Marta Medina, Enrique López Lavigne | Spain |
| The Good Sister | Schwesterherz | Sarah Miro Fischer |
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| A Scary Movie | Una película de miedo | Sergio Oksman | Spain |
Perlak
The Perlak slate includes:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleepless City | Ciudad sin sueño | Guillermo Galoe |
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Velodrome (Velódromo)
The following pictures will be screened at the Velodrome:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hasta que me quede sin voz | Mario Forniés, Lucas Nolla | Spain | |
| Band Together | Rondallas | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo | Spain |
Made in Spain
The films in the 'Made in Spain' programming include:[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abril, It's Not Winter Today | Abril, hoy no es invierno | Mabel Lozano | Spain |
| The Delights of the Garden | Las delicias del jardín | Fernando Colomo | Spain |
| The Designer Is Dead | Gonzalo Hergueta |
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| 8 | Julio Medem | Spain | |
| The Writer: Almudena Grandes | Almudena | Azucena Rodríguez | Spain |
| Samana Sunrise | Amanece en Samaná | Rafa Cortés |
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| White Roses, Fall! | ¡Caigan las rosas blancas! | Albertina Carri |
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| Close to the Sultan | En la alcoba del sultán | Javier Rebollo |
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| Silent Struggle | En silencio | Sara Sálamo | Spain |
| Fragmentos | Horacio Alcalá | Spain | |
| The Imminent Age | L'edat imminent | Col·lectiu Vigília | Spain |
| The Good Manners | La buena letra | Celia Rico Clavellino | Spain |
| Fury | La furia | Gemma Blasco | Spain |
| Undercover | La infiltrada | Arantxa Echevarría | Spain |
| The Black Land | La terra negra | Alberto Morais |
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| The Exiles | Los Tortuga | Belén Funes |
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| My Friend Eva | Mi amiga Eva | Cesc Gay | Spain |
| Queen of Coal | Miss Carbón | Agustina Macri |
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| Away | Molt lluny | Gerard Oms |
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| The Story of Us | Nosotros | Helena Taberna | Spain |
| Romería | Carla Simón | Spain | |
| San Simón | Miguel Ángel Delgado |
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| Sirāt | Oliver Laxe |
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| Deaf | Sorda | Eva Libertad | Spain |
| The Sleeper. The Lost Caravaggio | The Sleeper. El Caravaggio Perdido | Álvaro Longoria |
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| Everything I Don't Know | Todo lo que no sé | Ana Lambarri Tellaeche | Spain |
| A Free Man | Un hombre libre | Laura Hojman | Spain |
| The Portuguese House | Una quinta portuguesa | Avelina Prat |
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RTVE Galas
RTVE will hold presentation galas for the following films:[15][16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dinner | La cena | Manuel Gómez Pereira |
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| The Gentleman | Ya no quedan junglas | Luis Gabriel Beristáin |
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| Hidden Murder | Parecido a un asesinato | Antonio Hernández |
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| The Truce | La tregua | Miguel Ángel Vivas |
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References
- ^ Dalton, Ben (24 June 2025). "2025 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates". ScreenDaily.
- ^ "'Furtivos', de José Luis Borau, Película de Oro del 28º Festival de Málaga". La Opinión de Málaga. Prensa Ibérica. 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Gobierno Vasco financia con 80.000 euros la restauración de cuatro mediometrajes en euskara de los años 80". Europa Press. 9 June 2025.
- ^ "Jose Mari Goenaga y Aitor Arregi, José Luis Guerin y Alberto Rodríguez competirán por la Concha de Oro en la 73ª edición del Festival de San Sebastián". sansebastianfestial.com. 11 July 2025.
- ^ Cabeza, Elisabet (11 July 2025). "San Sebastian Spanish lineup includes José Luis Guerin, Alberto Rodríguez titles". ScreenDaily.
- ^ Hopewell, John (30 July 2025). "Pedro Almódovar Producer Esther García to Receive a 2025 San Sebastian Donostia Award for Career Achievement". Variety.
- ^ "Alauda Ruiz de Azúa ('Cinco lobitos') se suma a la competición por la Concha de Oro de San Sebastián con 'Los domingos'". Cinemanía. 23 July 2025 – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ "Arnaud Desplechin, Kentaro Hirase y Yutaro Seki, Agnieszka Holland, Milagros Mumenthaler y Alice Winocour concursarán en la Sección Oficial". sansebastianfestival.com. 29 July 2025.
- ^ "Edward Berger, Claire Denis, Dolores Fonzi, Joachim Lafosse, Olmo Omerzu, Xiaoyu Qin and James Vanderbilt join the Official Selection competition". sansebastianfestival.com. 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Fourteen filmmakers from China, Costa Rica, Denmark, India, Japan, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey and the UK to present their first and second feature films in San Sebastián Festival's New Directors section". sansebastianfestival.com. 5 August 2025.
- ^ Hopewell, John; De Pablos, Emiliano. "Saoirse Ronan Film 'Bad Apples' and 'Mood' Director Stroma Cairns' 'The Son and the Sea' Selected for San Sebastián's New Directors Section". Variety.
- ^ "The world premiere of Dominga Sotomayor's 'Limpia' will open Horizontes Latinos, also to include the works of Ana Cristina Barragán, Diego Céspedes, Fernando Eimbcke, María Clara Escobar and Marcelo Gomes, Iván Fund, Daniel Hendler, Nayra Ilic García, Cecilia Kang, Lucrecia Martel, Simón Mesa Soto and Nicolás Pereda". sansebastianfestival.com. 20 August 2025.
- ^ Tabbara, Mona (20 August 2025). "Dominga Sotomayor's 'Limpia' to open San Sebastian's Horizontes Latinos 2025". ScreenDaily.
- ^ "Made in Spain mostrará 28 títulos en la 73ª edición del Festival de San Sebastián". sansebastianfestival.com. 13 August 2025.
- ^ "RTVE celebrará cuatro galas en el Festival de San Sebastián en las que se darán cita grandes estrellas de nuestro cine". rtve.es. 8 August 2025.
- ^ "RTVE celebrará cuatro galas en el Festival de San Sebastián en las que se darán cita grandes estrellas de nuestro cine". sansebastianfestival-com. 8 August 2025.