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20 articles available in total starting from 17/07/2026. Last article published on 22/09/2026.

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Review: Les Misérables

Review: Les Misérables

Fred Cavayé delivers a new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s celebrated popular novel, modernising its ambitions and placing it at the crossroads of melodrama and action cinema  

18/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Tony Vahl • Director of Krux

Interview: Tony Vahl • Director of Krux

“I reflected on how it’s so easy to say yes to everything, but also how powerful it is to say no against the masses”

The writer-director shares her approach to her dark debut feature, an entanglement of moral dilemmas in a rural German village at the end of World War II  

18/09 | Toronto 2026 | Discovery

Yesim Ustaoğlu • Director of What Remains

Interview: Yesim Ustaoğlu • Director of What Remains

"The main character strives for a kind of purity that allows her to be herself and to fear nothing"

The Turkish filmmaker sheds light on her new movie, centred on a woman who takes to the road to try to find herself  

16/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Amanda Kernell • Director of Brace Your Heart

Interview: Amanda Kernell • Director of Brace Your Heart

“The key words at the heart of the story are ‘liberation’, ‘healing’ and ‘forgiveness’”

The Swedish director shares some thoughts on her creative journey and whether there is any shared DNA between her latest film and her prior works  

16/09 | Toronto 2026 | Platform

Werner Herzog • Director of Bucking Fastard

Interview: Werner Herzog • Director of Bucking Fastard

“The film is unique in its form of narration – it has the logic of a dream”

VENICE 2026: The legendary German director tells us about his return to fiction filmmaking, his collaboration with Rooney and Kate Mara, and the movie’s dedication to David Lynch  

05/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Review: Bucking Fastard

Review: Bucking Fastard

VENICE 2026: Werner Herzog's latest sees Ireland as the setting for an absurd fable on identity, inspired by the extraordinary real-life Chaplin twins, from York  

03/09 | Venice 2026 | Competition

Fatih Akin to open San Sebastián with Ghost Song

Fatih Akin to open San Sebastián with Ghost Song

The German director’s new film will vie for the Golden Shell, while Le Faux Soir by Belgium's Michaël R Roskam will close the festival out of competition  

24/08 | San Sebastián 2026

Six new features added to the San Sebastián competition

Six new features added to the San Sebastián competition

Works by European filmmakers such as Fred Cavayé, Amanda Kernell and Tony Vahl will vie for the Golden Shell alongside flicks by Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Martins and Ah Biao  

17/08 | San Sebastián 2026

Nicole Garcia, Mike Leigh and Hans Petter Moland in the running for San Sebastián's Golden Shell

Nicole Garcia, Mike Leigh and Hans Petter Moland in the running for San Sebastián's Golden Shell

Milo, Tender Loving Care and Growth of the Soil are among the latest additions to the San Sebastián competition  

28/07 | San Sebastian 2026

The San Sebastián International Film Festival announces another major Spanish presence

The San Sebastián International Film Festival announces another major Spanish presence

Among the 25 Spanish titles, standing out in the Golden Shell competition are Mikel Gurrea’s Saints, Roberto Bueso’s El mal padre and Javier Ruíz Caldera’s 5 More Minutes  

17/07 | San Sebastián 2026

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