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623 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2003. Last article published on 18/11/2025.

Review: The Stories

Review: The Stories

Abu Bakr Shawky retells the tumultuous history of Egypt in the second half of the 20th century in an audience-friendly way, as seen from the perspectives of a couple and an extended family  

18/11 | Black Nights 2025 | Competition

José Luis Guerín • Director of Good Valley Stories

Interview: José Luis Guerín • Director of Good Valley Stories

“I can only conceive of filming out of affection”

The filmmaker returns to the festival where he previously triumphed and talks about young directors, the human diversity that populates his new film and how much he hates drones  

29/09 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Review: Good Valley Stories

Review: Good Valley Stories

José Luis Guerín returns with another humanist non-fiction film, populated by real people – multicultural residents of a district on the outskirts of Barcelona  

29/09 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Alice Winocour, Louis Garrel • Director of and actor in Couture

Interview: Alice Winocour, Louis Garrel • Director of and actor in Couture

“The film is really about this immediate connection you can have with someone coming from another world”

The director and actor share their understanding of the movie’s intricate themes of body politics, sexuality and finding connections in seemingly different lived experiences  

26/09 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Olmo Omerzu • Director of Ungrateful Beings

Interview: Olmo Omerzu • Director of Ungrateful Beings

“The drama in the film is based around white lies, but then lies become bigger and darker”

The Czech filmmaker challenges the limits of what’s right and wrong in the story of two separated fathers who struggle to save their older teenage daughter’s life  

26/09 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa • Director of Sundays

Interview: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa • Director of Sundays

“When conflict arises in our own home, we find it very difficult to be tolerant”

The Basque director discusses her new film, a long-cherished project that explores adolescence, respect, family conflicts and crises of faith  

25/09 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Agnieszka Holland  • Director of Franz

Interview: Agnieszka Holland • Director of Franz

“If I wanted to somehow find a new perspective myself, I had to look for fragments, pieces, puzzles and layers – I had to make it funky”

The Polish filmmaker explores her personal connection to her central subject, and how she sought to bring him to life in a bright and offbeat way  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Review: Ungrateful Beings

Review: Ungrateful Beings

In his fifth film, Czech director Olmo Omerzu starts from an interesting premise that gets warped to the point of prompting disinterest and rejection towards his protagonists and their fates  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Claire Denis • Director of The Fence

Interview: Claire Denis • Director of The Fence

"The colonisation we’re seeing today is another kind called capitalism"

The French director discusses the origins of her new film and the most significant topics she’s covered during her considerable career  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Review: Sundays

Review: Sundays

Alauda Ruiz de Azúa establishes herself as a filmmaker with this chronicle of a family crisis, which questions the very solid foundations of the sacrosanct institution and its limited tolerance  

23/09 | San Sebastian 2025 | Competition

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