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2290 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 11/02/2026.

Spain's ICAA distributes 30 million euros in selective grants

Spain's ICAA distributes 30 million euros in selective grants

A total of 74 projects of special artistic value will benefit from the grants, including the next projects by Albert Serra, Juanjo Giménez and Diana Toucedo and Velasco Broca’s feature film debut  

02/10/2024 | Production | Funding | Spain

Albert Serra scoops the Golden Shell with Afternoons of Solitude

Albert Serra scoops the Golden Shell with Afternoons of Solitude

The Catalonian filmmaker has snagged the top prize at the Basque event with his visually stunning doc, which plunges headfirst into the world of bullfighting, with all its light and shadow  

30/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Awards

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa • Director of Querer

Interview: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa • Director of Querer

“Fear is powerful and invisible”

The Basque filmmaker presents her first series, which once again investigates the ins and outs of family, along with its complexities, private moments, doubts and grey areas  

30/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: The Last Romantics

Review: The Last Romantics

David Pérez Sañudo takes on a commission, making a big-screen adaptation of Txani Rodríguez’s novel of the same name, a movie steeped in a sad atmosphere where only fantasy allows for any joy  

30/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | New Directors

Sandra Romero • Director of As Silence Passes By

Interview: Sandra Romero • Director of As Silence Passes By

“I’m interested in family ties and the filmmakers who analyse them”

Although she has already co-directed the series The New Years with Rodrigo Sorogoyen, the director is competing with her feature debut, focusing on a return home, which she filmed in her home town  

27/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | New Directors

Series review: Querer

Series review: Querer

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa proves not only that her sense of narrative has evolved, but also that she can offer an even more terrifying vision of the sacrosanct institution of the heteropatriarchal family  

27/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Out of Competition

Review: As Silence Passes By

Review: As Silence Passes By

Sandra Romero resorts to emotions within the family and quasi-documentary authenticity in her feature debut, as her character returns to his roots amidst conflicts and feelings of guilt  

27/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | New Directors

Review: Surfacing

Review: Surfacing

Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato's second and stimulating feature joins the league of titles that strongly question the untouchable happiness that being a mother seemed to bring  

25/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | New Directors

Review: Most People Die on Sundays

Review: Most People Die on Sundays

The film by Argentina's Iair Said is a tragicomedy as minimal as it is everyday. Starring the director himself, with subtle humour it tackles heavy issues such as euthanasia, ageing and loneliness  

24/09/2024 | San Sebastian 2024 | Horizontes Latinos

Review: The Red Virgin

Review: The Red Virgin

Paula Ortiz revisits the 1977 Spanish classic directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez and although visually the result is more sophisticated, narratively it is less charming  

23/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Special Screenings

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