As every year, the parallel sections of the San Sebastián International Film Festival will screen a varied selection of the best of the festival season in the Basque city, including some world premieres. The 72nd edition, which will take place from 20 to 28 September, will include 23 films in the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section and 14 in the Horizontes Latinos section.

Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, the festival's most open competitive section, will once again focus on award-winning titles and those featured at the Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, Sundance and Venice film festivals. Thirteen feature films, two medium-length films and eight short films are competing for the section's award. Among them, the Golden Bear winner in Berlin, Dahomey [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dea Kulumbegashvili
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The Horizontes Latinos section once again focuses on titles fully or partly produced in in Latin America, providing a great sample of the continent's diverse and crucial industry. Among the fourteen feature films competing for the section's award is When Clouds Hide the Shadow, the new film by the Chilean José Luis Torres Leiva after having competed for the Golden Shell with Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], which will open the section. And The Freshly Cut Grass by the Argentinian Celina Murga, which just won Best Screenplay at Tribeca, will close the festival. Also, four films that featured in the industry section of the WIP Latam festival (including last year's winner, Most People Die on Sundays [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mariana Rondón
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The selected films:

Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Dahomey [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Mati Diop (France/Senegal/Benin) (opening film)
Hymn of the Plague - Ataka51 (Germany/Russia) (short film)
Where Time Stood Still - Nino Benashvili (Georgia/United States/Canada) (short film)
It’s Not Me - Leos Carax (France) (medium-length film)
Leela - Tanmay Chowdhary (India) (short film)
Filmlovers! [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Arnaud Desplechin (France)
Every You Every Me [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Michael Fetter Nathansky
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To a Land Unknown [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mahdi Fleifel
scheda film] - Mahdi Fleifel (United Kingdom/Palestine/France/Greece/Netherlands/Germany/Qatar/United Arab Emirates)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Johan Grimonprez
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Super Happy Forever [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kohei Igarashi
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Here Comes the Sun - Wu Lang (China) (short film)
Across the Waters - Viv Li (France) (short film)
Milky White - YoYo Liu (China) (short film)
Southern Brides - Elena López Riera (Spain/Switzerland) (medium-length film)
How to Be Pehuén Pedre - Federico Luis (Argentina/Germany) (short film)
My Sunshine [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Hiroshi Okuyama
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When It Comes (It Will Have Your Eyes) (Etorriko da (Eta zure begiak izango ditu)) - Izibene Oñederra (Spain) (short film)
Pepe [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nelson Carlo De Los Santos…
scheda film] - Nelson Carlo De los Santos Arias (Dominican Republic/France/Germany/Germany/Namibia)
Collective Monologue [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jessica Sarah Rinland
scheda film] - Jessica Sarah Rinland (Argentina/United Kingdom)
I Saw the TV Glow - Jane Schoenbrun (United States)
Big Shadow - Maximiliano Schonfeld (Argentina)
Ulysses [+leggi anche:
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April [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dea Kulumbegashvili
scheda film] - Dea Kulumbegashvili (Georgia/France/Italy) (closing film)

Horizontes Latinos

When Clouds Hide the Shadow - José Luis Torres Leiva (Chile/Argentina/South Korea) (opening film)
Reas [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Lola Arias (Argentina/Germany/Switzerland)
Beloved Tropic - Ana Endara (Panama/Colombia)
Maybe It’s True What They Say About Us [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Sofía Paloma Gómez, Camilo Becerra (Chile/Argentina/Spain)
Simon of the Mountain - Federico Luis (Argentina/Chile/Uruguay/Mexico)
Kill the Jockey [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Luis Ortega
scheda film] - Luis Ortega (Argentina/Mexico/Spain/Denmark/United States)
Sujo [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez (Mexico/United States/France)
Cidade; Campo [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Juliana Rojas (Brazil/Germany/France)
Zafari [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Mariana Rondón (Peru/Venezuela/Mexico/Mexico/France/Brazil/Chile/Dominican Republic)
Most People Die on Sundays [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Iair Said (Argentina/Italy/Spain)
Ramón y Ramón [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Salvador Del Solar (Peru/Spain/Uruguay)
Skin in Spring - Yennifer Uribe Alzate (Colombia/Chile)
Sleep With Your Eyes Open [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Nele Wohlatz (Brazil/Argentina/Taiwan/Germany)
The Freshly Cut Grass - Celina Murga (Argentina/Uruguay/United States/Mexico/Germany) (closing film)