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San Sebastián 2023


96 articles available in total starting from 05/12/2022. Last article published on 09/01/2025.

The Rye Horn scoops the Golden Shell at San Sebastián

The Rye Horn scoops the Golden Shell at San Sebastián

Basque helmer Jaione Camborda has become the first female Spanish director to obtain the top prize in the gathering’s 71-year history  

02/10/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Awards

Thomas Lilti  • Director of A Real Job

Interview: Thomas Lilti • Director of A Real Job

"Collectives, groups, are the solution"

The French filmmaker explains why he chose to explore the everyday lives of teachers through fiction, with his usual style blending realism, comedy and drama  

30/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Special Screenings

Xavier Legrand  • Director of The Successor

Interview: Xavier Legrand • Director of The Successor

“I want to send the audience into a hellish spiral"

The French actor and filmmaker talks about his second feature, a hard-hitting, tragic and murky thriller about toxic masculinities that leaves no one indifferent  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Competition

Jaione Camborda  • Director of The Rye Horn

Interview: Jaione Camborda • Director of The Rye Horn

“I think that sisterhood now exists in all domains, including film”

The Basque director presents her second feature, a journey to the edge that revolves around motherhood and solidarity among women  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Benjamín Naishtat and María Alché  • Directors of Puan

Interview: Benjamín Naishtat and María Alché • Directors of Puan

“Comedy is an excellent genre for tackling heavy subjects"

The Argentinean filmmakers have joined lives and forces to create the philosophical comedy starring Marcelo Subiotto and Leonardo Sbaraglia  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Competition

Review: The Rye Horn

Review: The Rye Horn

Jaione Camborda weaves a tale of motherhood, sisterhood and life-saving escape, which is elevated by the sensitivity she instils in every single detail  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Alberto Martín Menacho  • Director of Nights Gone By

Interview: Alberto Martín Menacho • Director of Nights Gone By

"We get close to some people without knowing why"

The filmmaker from Madrid with a love for Extremadura talks about his first feature-length documentary, in which he returns to the village in Badajoz where he spends part of the year  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Cristi Puiu  • Director of MMXX

Interview: Cristi Puiu • Director of MMXX

“Preaching is the most disgraceful position for an artist to be put in”

The Romanian filmmaker chatted to us about what made him tackle the year of the pandemic in his latest, hard-hitting, fairly well-observed film  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Review: The Other Son

Review: The Other Son

In his debut, Colombian filmmaker Juan Sebastián Quebrada shows, extreme sensitivity and a mastery of acting direction in his portrayal of the process of mourning the death of a teenager  

28/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | New Directors

Review: The Royal Hotel

Review: The Royal Hotel

Kitty Green presents a powerful genre thriller about the alliance of two women in the face of fear and constant threat  

28/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

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