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2463 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 21/02/2026.

Aitor Arregi and José Mari Goenaga  • Directors of Maspalomas

Interview: Aitor Arregi and José Mari Goenaga • Directors of Maspalomas

“Society has established that it’s preferable to think older people don’t have sex”

The Basque filmmakers admit they learned a great deal from this foray into gay culture, while also broaching topics like sexuality in later life and the regression of society  

25/09/2025 | 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  

24/09/2025 | 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  

24/09/2025 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Milagros Mumenthaler • Director of The Currents

Interview: Milagros Mumenthaler • Director of The Currents

“I liked that contradiction of water as this comforting place that she somehow couldn't leave”

The Swiss-Argentinian director shares the secrets behind her third feature, which beautifully engages with themes of depression, motherhood and the ungraspable  

24/09/2025 | 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  

23/09/2025 | 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  

23/09/2025 | San Sebastian 2025 | Competition

Review: Maspalomas

Review: Maspalomas

The protagonist of Aitor Arregi and José Mari Goenaga’s melodrama leaves the titular queer paradise to return not only to his city, but also to the closet it was so hard to come out of  

23/09/2025 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Review: Couture

Review: Couture

Alice Winocour finds the humanity in haute couture in her newest feature, starring Angelina Jolie as a director plunged into a patchwork of personal and professional trials  

23/09/2025 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Arnaud Desplechin  • Director of Two Pianos

Interview: Arnaud Desplechin • Director of Two Pianos

"There are films with actors and films without actors, but they’re both fiction"

The French director offers up his thoughts on his new movie - which is full of music, suspense and melodrama – as well as on film more generally and current events  

23/09/2025 | San Sebastián 2025 | Competition

Review: Los Tigres

Review: Los Tigres

Alberto Rodríguez orchestrates his own unique Abyss with spectacular mise en scène to tell the story of two brothers who are professional divers  

22/09/2025 | San Sebastian 2025 | Competition

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