The 72nd edition of the San Sebastián International Film Festival, which will take place from 20 to 28 September, has now completed its selection. After completing its New Directors selection (read more) and announcing the parallel sections Horizontes Latinos and Zabaltegi-Tabakalera (read more), it is now time for the Official Selection.

The film chosen for the closing ceremony, which will be screened out of competition, is the new work by Irish director John Crowley. It follows the great success of his BAFTA award-winning Brooklyn [+leggi anche:
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Also out of competition, the film festival will host the premiere of Johnny Depp's new film as a director. 27 years after his only work behind the camera, it has been produced in Europe after losing his backing in the US industry due to his problematic position regarding his relationship with his ex-partner Amber Heard. The film, Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness, is a biopic about the artist Amedeo Modigliani starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Stephen Graham and Al Pacino.

The special out-of-competition screenings will be joined by Pedro Almodóvar's long-awaited English-language debut The Room Next Door [+leggi anche:
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The festival has also announced the selection of its RTVE Galas, featuring The Girls at the Station [+leggi anche:
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Finally, the premiere of The Platform 2, by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, the sequel to his debut film The Platform [+leggi anche:
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The selected films:

Competition

Emmanuelle [+leggi anche:
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El lugar de la otra - Maite Alberdi (Chile)
Conclave [+leggi anche:
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I am Nevenka [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Icíar Bollaín
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On Falling [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Laura Carreira
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The Last Showgirl - Gia Coppola (USA)
Last Breath [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Costa-Gavras
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Bound in Heaven - Xin Huo (China)
Serpent’s Path [+leggi anche:
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Hard Truths [+leggi anche:
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El hombre que amaba los platos voladores - Diego Lerman (Argentina)
The End [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Joshua Oppenheimer
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When Fall Is Coming [+leggi anche:
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The Wailing [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pedro Martín-Calero, Isabe…
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Glimmers [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pilar Palomero
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Afternoons of Solitude [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Albert Serra
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Out of Competition

Querer [+leggi anche:
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Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness - Johnny Depp (UK/Hungary/Italy)
We Live in Time [+leggi anche:
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Special screenings

The Room Next Door [+leggi anche:
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Lumière! The Adventure Continues - Thierry Frémaux (France)
I, Addict [+leggi anche:
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Rumours [+leggi anche:
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The Red Virgin [+leggi anche:
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RTVE Galas

May I Speak With the Enemy? [+leggi anche:
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Escape [+leggi anche:
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The Girls at the Station [+leggi anche:
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