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San Sebastián 2024 / New Directors

21 articles available in total starting from 12/07/2024. Last article published on 02/10/2024.

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Piet Baumgartner • Director of Bagger Drama

Interview: Piet Baumgartner • Director of Bagger Drama

“I don’t give a shit about categories; ultimately, every idea fits a format”

The Swiss visual artist and director gives us the low-down on his first fiction feature, which he describes as his most personal film to date  

02/10/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | New Directors

Sylvia Le Fanu • Director of My Eternal Summer

Interview: Sylvia Le Fanu • Director of My Eternal Summer

"I wanted to capture how being so close to death, in a sense, imbues both the good and the bad in life with intensity"

The Copenhagen-based writer-director discusses the emotional basis of her touching debut feature  

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

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

Review: My Eternal Summer

Review: My Eternal Summer

The debut feature by Sylvia Le Fanu is a delicate coming of age story between personal tragedies and rites of passage  

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

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

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

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser trailer for San Sebastián entry As Silence Passes By

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser trailer for San Sebastián entry As Silence Passes By

The first film by Spanish director Sandra Romero is competing in the Basque festival's New Directors section  

26/09/2024 | 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

Akaki Popkhadze • Director of In the Name of Blood

Interview: Akaki Popkhadze • Director of In the Name of Blood

“Cinema is my way to tell people that I love them”

The Georgian-born, French-raised director discusses his crime-thriller debut and its tender undertones  

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

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