The San Sebastian International Film Festival has long been considered the most intimate of the A-list festivals, neatly wrapping up a hectic fall festival season as delegates descend on the enchanting seaside city in Northern Spain. But in the last few years, the event has cemented itself into a festival reputed for championing new talent and emerging voices across all sections of its programming.
Indeed, in the last four years, San Sebastian has awarded its top prize, the Golden Shell, to either directorial debut titles or second features, a sure sign that it takes its role as a promoter of rising talent seriously.
This year’s edition, which takes place September 22-30, is no different, with the official competition having 11 films from first or second-time directors including: Raven Jackson’s debut All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, which premiered in Sundance; Isabel Herguera’s animation Sultana’s Dream; Noah Pritzker’s second feature Ex-Husbands,...
Indeed, in the last four years, San Sebastian has awarded its top prize, the Golden Shell, to either directorial debut titles or second features, a sure sign that it takes its role as a promoter of rising talent seriously.
This year’s edition, which takes place September 22-30, is no different, with the official competition having 11 films from first or second-time directors including: Raven Jackson’s debut All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, which premiered in Sundance; Isabel Herguera’s animation Sultana’s Dream; Noah Pritzker’s second feature Ex-Husbands,...
- 9/19/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Tfl Meeting, a TorinoFilmLab-organized initiative, has awarded 18 cash prizes, worth a total of €315,000, to support the development and production of feature-length projects.
Of the 30 projects presented during the program’s 15th edition, 20 were part of the ScriptLab program, and 10 were showcased in the FeatureLab program. The participants presented them to an audience of 260 professionals, attending over 600 meetings with potential partners and co-producers.
This year’s FeatureLab jury, which included Florence Almozini, Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Philippe Bober and Donsaron Kovitvanitcha, awarded four debut projects with a grant of €40,000 each.
The first is Inbar Horesh’s “Birth Right.” Staged by Alona Refua, of Tel Aviv-based Green Productions, the picture aims to capture “the point of view of young tourists experiencing Israel for the first time.” The plot centers on Nieszka who, after mourning her father’s death, joins a tour to Israel that turns out to be a sex-filled Zionist propaganda trip.
Of the 30 projects presented during the program’s 15th edition, 20 were part of the ScriptLab program, and 10 were showcased in the FeatureLab program. The participants presented them to an audience of 260 professionals, attending over 600 meetings with potential partners and co-producers.
This year’s FeatureLab jury, which included Florence Almozini, Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Philippe Bober and Donsaron Kovitvanitcha, awarded four debut projects with a grant of €40,000 each.
The first is Inbar Horesh’s “Birth Right.” Staged by Alona Refua, of Tel Aviv-based Green Productions, the picture aims to capture “the point of view of young tourists experiencing Israel for the first time.” The plot centers on Nieszka who, after mourning her father’s death, joins a tour to Israel that turns out to be a sex-filled Zionist propaganda trip.
- 11/28/2022
- by Davide Abbatescianni
- Variety Film + TV
The speakers are producer María Zamora, Maialen Beloki from San Sebastián film festival and Protagonist Pictures’ Marielle Membreno.
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The international demand for Spanish films and talent is making stars out of a new generation of directors and actors and ensuring Spain’s thriving indie producers are sought-after creative partners.
Last month Screen launched our inaugural Spain Stars of Tomorrow, in partnership with Filmin,...
The next episode in our ScreenDaily Talks webinar series will take place September 9 at 10:00 BST / 11:00 Cest and will discuss how the international industry can work with the dynamic Spanish film sector.
Click here to register
The international demand for Spanish films and talent is making stars out of a new generation of directors and actors and ensuring Spain’s thriving indie producers are sought-after creative partners.
Last month Screen launched our inaugural Spain Stars of Tomorrow, in partnership with Filmin,...
- 9/1/2021
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
San Sebastian’s Tabakalera, a former tobacco factory repurposed as a hub of cultural activity for the Basque region with close ties to the city’s film festival, has launched the 2deo Serieak, an ambitious, international program developed to tutor, guide and support projects from TV series creators, producers and scriptwriters. The new initiative is backed by 2deo, Tabakalera’s audiovisual laboratory, and promoted by the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa in collaboration with the San Sebastian Festival.
For the Tabakalera, the program represents a further step forward in the promotion and dissemination of Spanish, and more specifically Basque culture and talent, perhaps best exemplified by the recent global success of HBO Europe’s “Patria,” the company’s first Spanish-language original which can now be seen HBO Max.
The fact that the program welcomes international projects is another step in the creation of a cosmopolitan cultural industry hub in San Sebastian based around the Tabakalera,...
For the Tabakalera, the program represents a further step forward in the promotion and dissemination of Spanish, and more specifically Basque culture and talent, perhaps best exemplified by the recent global success of HBO Europe’s “Patria,” the company’s first Spanish-language original which can now be seen HBO Max.
The fact that the program welcomes international projects is another step in the creation of a cosmopolitan cultural industry hub in San Sebastian based around the Tabakalera,...
- 2/16/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Early September’s Venice Festival celebrated the restart of cinema theater attendance. Opening six days after Venice ended, as second-wave Covid-19 forced parts of Madrid back into semi-lockdown, 2020’s on-site San Sebastian Festival, normally a convivial, festive event, was a more sober affair as Europe’s industry calibrated the cost of the pandemic.
More bullishly, industry leaders talked up the fundamentals of Spanish-language production, TV and film, which remain strong. Following, six takeaways from San Sebastian, which wraps with a prize gala tomorrow, Saturday night.
San Sebastian: A ‘Miracle’ It Happened At All
By Sept. 10, Covid-19 cases in Spain ran at 260 infections per 100,000 of population, twice the level in France, the next worst ravaged territory in Europe. It was a “miracle” that San Sebastian happened at all, screening all its festival sections in cinema theaters, Maialen Beloki, San Sebastian Festival deputy director, told Variety. Sanitary protocols were enforced with firm politeness,...
More bullishly, industry leaders talked up the fundamentals of Spanish-language production, TV and film, which remain strong. Following, six takeaways from San Sebastian, which wraps with a prize gala tomorrow, Saturday night.
San Sebastian: A ‘Miracle’ It Happened At All
By Sept. 10, Covid-19 cases in Spain ran at 260 infections per 100,000 of population, twice the level in France, the next worst ravaged territory in Europe. It was a “miracle” that San Sebastian happened at all, screening all its festival sections in cinema theaters, Maialen Beloki, San Sebastian Festival deputy director, told Variety. Sanitary protocols were enforced with firm politeness,...
- 9/25/2020
- by John Hopewell, Elsa Keslassy and Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Unspooling in Spain, one of the European countries that’s been the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the San Sebastian Film Festival was allowed to maintain its 2020 edition under strict sanitary guidelines, albeit with a different approach from the Venice fest.
The San Sebastian Festival, which kicked off on Sept. 18, just over a week after Venice ended, faced the challenge of “creating a health protocol from zero,” said Maialen Beloki, the deputy director of the San Sebastian Film Festival.
“We looked at what Venice and the Malaga festivals (a smaller fest in Spain) had done, but ultimately we had to start from scratch and break the ground here, so we worked with the health and culture ministries to deliver a 200-page protocol with sanitary guidelines,” said Beloki.
1,500 guests are attending this 68th edition, that’s 50% down on a regular year. There was a large volume of last-minute cancelations due...
The San Sebastian Festival, which kicked off on Sept. 18, just over a week after Venice ended, faced the challenge of “creating a health protocol from zero,” said Maialen Beloki, the deputy director of the San Sebastian Film Festival.
“We looked at what Venice and the Malaga festivals (a smaller fest in Spain) had done, but ultimately we had to start from scratch and break the ground here, so we worked with the health and culture ministries to deliver a 200-page protocol with sanitary guidelines,” said Beloki.
1,500 guests are attending this 68th edition, that’s 50% down on a regular year. There was a large volume of last-minute cancelations due...
- 9/23/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
San Sebastian — “Talent without hard work is nothing,” Cristiano Ronaldo once said. In film, equally, talent without industry support doesn’t go far either.
New Talent – its attractions, pitfalls – was addressed Tuesday at lively San Sebastian Industry Club panel, entitled Emerging Talents, co-organized by Variety.
Speakers certainly have new talent curriculum: Latido Films’ Antonio Saura has sold notable first features, such as, two weeks ago Toronto Midnight Madness winner “The Platform,” acquired by Netflix, for example; former Jirafa producer Augusto Matte handled initial development on Francisca Alegría’s “The Cow Who Sang a Song About the Future,” one of the most anticipated of feature debuts from Latin America; San Sebastian Festival’s Maialen Beloki has helped forefront new talent as one of the festival’s major calling cards.
The other two panelists, Mexico’s David Zonana and Spain’s Belén Funes are new talents, their first features, “Workforce” and “A Thief’s Daughter,...
New Talent – its attractions, pitfalls – was addressed Tuesday at lively San Sebastian Industry Club panel, entitled Emerging Talents, co-organized by Variety.
Speakers certainly have new talent curriculum: Latido Films’ Antonio Saura has sold notable first features, such as, two weeks ago Toronto Midnight Madness winner “The Platform,” acquired by Netflix, for example; former Jirafa producer Augusto Matte handled initial development on Francisca Alegría’s “The Cow Who Sang a Song About the Future,” one of the most anticipated of feature debuts from Latin America; San Sebastian Festival’s Maialen Beloki has helped forefront new talent as one of the festival’s major calling cards.
The other two panelists, Mexico’s David Zonana and Spain’s Belén Funes are new talents, their first features, “Workforce” and “A Thief’s Daughter,...
- 9/24/2019
- by Emilio Mayorga and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The conference organised in conjunction with Creative Europe Media tackled several aspects related to new collaboration models in the ever-changing audiovisual industry. Continuing the collaboration with Creative Europe Media, a new edition of the European Film Forum took place yesterday, 23 September, at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. “We want to show and discuss new ways of production, financing and distribution so that film professionals can keep developing their work with the strongest possible guarantees,” explained Ssiff deputy director Maialen Beloki. Moderated by Rafael Lambea, general director of the Spanish mutual guarantee company Crea Sgr, which operates in the audiovisual field, the event was opened by Creative Europe Media policy officer Emmanuel Joly, who addressed the importance of continuing the discussions in order to establish new policies after 2020, and even encouraging the professionals to convince their countries’ authorities that this is key. The panel featured the participation of...
The festival’s communications head Ruth Pérez de Anucita will join the committee in 2019.
The San Sebastian International Film Festival is adding its head of communications, Ruth Pérez de Anucita, to its selection committee to ensure it is comprised of an equal number of women and men from next year.
The addition will take the committee to 10 members, five women and five men. The other members are Maialen Beloki, Quim Casas, Roberto Cueto, Joxean Fernández, José Ángel Herrero-Velarde, Victor Iriarte, Lucía Olaciregui, Ana Esperanza Redondo, and Amaia Serrulla.
The decision was announced on the same day San Sebastian became the...
The San Sebastian International Film Festival is adding its head of communications, Ruth Pérez de Anucita, to its selection committee to ensure it is comprised of an equal number of women and men from next year.
The addition will take the committee to 10 members, five women and five men. The other members are Maialen Beloki, Quim Casas, Roberto Cueto, Joxean Fernández, José Ángel Herrero-Velarde, Victor Iriarte, Lucía Olaciregui, Ana Esperanza Redondo, and Amaia Serrulla.
The decision was announced on the same day San Sebastian became the...
- 9/24/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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