This morning, Madrid played host to the announcement of the 22 Spanish-produced titles (17 features, two shorts and three series) set to take part in the various sections of the 73rd San Sebastián Film Festival, unspooling from 19-27 September.

Almost 25 years after taking home the Special Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize from the gathering, thanks to En construcción, José Luis Guerin (selected for Berlin with his 1984 feature debut, Berta’s Motives, for Cannes with his previous titles Innisfree and Train of Shadows, and for Venice with In the City of Sylvia [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Aitor Arregi e Jon Garaño
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What’s more, Alberto Rodríguez will premiere Los Tigres in competition, a film toplined by Antonio de la Torre and Bárbara Lennie (see the news), which marks the filmmaker’s seventh time taking part in the festival, where he presented 7 Virgins [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alberto Rodríguez
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intervista: Alberto Rodríguez
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intervista: Alberto Rodríguez e Rafael…
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intervista: Rodrigo Sorogoyen e Isabel…
scheda series]. In addition, at this edition, he will be enjoying a double whammy, as he will present The Anatomy of a Moment, a miniseries about the attempted 1981 coup d’état in Spain (see the news), out of competition.

For his part, Agustín Díaz Yanes returns to the festival after picking up the Special Jury Prize with Nobody Will Speak of Us When We’re Dead. Also playing out of competition, his She Walks in Darkness tells the story of a young female member of the Spanish Civil Guard who worked for more than a decade as an undercover agent in the ETA terrorist organisation.

The Special Screenings will include four Spanish titles: the historical drama Karmele – Time to Wake up Together, directed by Asier Altuna (Amama (When a Tree Falls) [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Isaki Lacuesta
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As for the New Directors strand, there will be two Spaniards involved: Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe (who took part in the Cannes Critics’ Week with her short film Contadores) will premiere her feature debut, Aro berria, a look at working-class resistance in the Basque Country in the 1970s; and producer, DoP and director José Alayón (Slimane [+leggi anche:
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In the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section, audiences will see three features and a short film with Spanish involvement: A Scary Movie by Madrid-based Brazilian director Sergio Oksman (On Football [+leggi anche:
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Horizontes Latinos will be showing off the queer western The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo [+leggi anche:
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Among the titles scheduled to unspool in the Velodrome are Rondallas, the new opus by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (DarkBlueAlmostBlack [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
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Lastly, in the Perlak section, viewers can enjoy Sleepless City [+leggi anche:
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Here is the Spanish selection announced so far for the main sections:

Competition

Maspalomas – José Mari Goenaga, Aitor Arregi (Spain)
Historias del buen valle – José Luis Guerín (Spain/France)
Los Tigres – Alberto Rodríguez (Spain)

Out of Competition

She Walks in Darkness – Agustín Díaz Yanes (Spain)
The Anatomy of a Moment – Alberto Rodríguez (Spain) (series)

Special Screenings

Bocas de cielo – Koldo Almandoz (Spain) (series)
Karmele – Time to Wake up Together – Asier Altuna (Spain)
Flores para Antonio – Isaki Lacuesta, Elena Molina (Spain)
La suerte – Paco Plaza, Pablo Guerrero (Spain) (series)

New Directors

La lucha – José Alayón (Spain)
Aro berria – Irati Gorostidi Aguirretxe (Spain)

Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

The Last Rapture – Marta Medina, Enrique López Lavigne (Spain)
The Good Sister [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sarah Miro Fischer e Marie…
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Variations – Lur Olaizola Lizarralde (Spain) (short film)
A Scary Movie – Sergio Oksman (Spain)

Horizontes Latinos

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Diego Céspedes
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The Message [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Iván Fund
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Velodrome

Hasta que me quede sin voz – Mario Forniés, Lucas Nolla (Spain)
Rondallas – Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (Spain)