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3573 articles available in total starting from 30/05/2002. Last article published on 22/08/2025.

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: Hard Truths

Review: Hard Truths

British maestro Mike Leigh is back with a family drama that features all the best hallmarks of his brand of cinema, and which is directly connected to the emotional state of the modern world  

27/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Competition

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

Pedro Martín-Calero, Isabel Peña • Writer-director and writer of The Wailing

Interview: Pedro Martín-Calero, Isabel Peña • Writer-director and writer of The Wailing

“The horror genre is a very interesting vehicle in which you can use this kind of tale to tell a much deeper story”

The duo explains the creative process behind their film as well as their way of understanding and utilising the horror genre  

26/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | Competition

Elisa Carbonell Martín • CEO, ICEX-Invest in Spain

Interview: Elisa Carbonell Martín • CEO, ICEX-Invest in Spain

“Our raison d'être is to drive prosperity through the internationalisation of talent-based industries”

The CEO of the Spanish institution talks about its work and the Spain, Where Talent Ignites campaign, aimed at promoting the country's audiovisual industry  

26/09/2024 | /Spain

San Sebastián takes the pulse of the US and European film industry

San Sebastián takes the pulse of the US and European film industry

Professionals from Europe and the USA gathered at the festival to discuss the current situation and the opportunities that might arise in the coming years  

26/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | San Sebastián Industry

REPORT: Ikusmira Berriak @ San Sebastián 2024

REPORT: Ikusmira Berriak @ San Sebastián 2024

We take a look at the European projects participating in this year’s residency for filmmakers, organised by the San Sebastián Film Festival, Tabakalera and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola  

26/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | San Sebastián Industry

Projects from Argentina, Uruguay and Germany shine bright in San Sebastián

Projects from Argentina, Uruguay and Germany shine bright in San Sebastián

Francisco Lezama’s The Two Landscapes, Daniel Hendler’s A Loose End and Sarah Miro Fischer’s Blue Marks have grabbed the festival’s most important industry awards  

26/09/2024 | San Sebastián 2024 | San Sebastián Industry

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