25/08/2015 - While the Spanish title Regression will open the gathering out of competition, the sixth film by the Belgian director, The White Knights, will be competing with other previously announced movies

At the end of July, when José Luis Rebordinos, the director of the San Sebastián Film Festival, proudly announced the not-insignificant Spanish contingent that will be making its way to the Basque city this year (read the news), he admitted that he was “flirting with” Alejandro Amenábar’s new film: in the end, it is neither Toronto nor Venice, but rather San Sebastián that will have the honour of world-premiering Regression [+see also:
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film profile], by Peter Grönlund, has also been added to the New Directors section.

The Zabaltegi section, which always ends up being a real box of surprises, will present, among other interesting films, the Bulgarian title Losers [+see also:
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interview: Ivaylo Hristov
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interview: João Salaviza
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film profile] by Spaniards Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero; The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals [+see also:
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film profile] by Benedikt Erlingsson (Iceland-UK), an outlandish portrait of the world of circus “freaks” made by the man behind Of Horses and Men [+see also:
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interview: Benedikt Erlingsson
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interview: Corneliu Porumboiu
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film profile] by Corneliu Porumboiu (Romania-France), a black comedy and fairy tale rolled into one; The Here After [+see also:
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interview: Magnus von Horn
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Two European co-productions really stand out in the Films in Progress 28 section: Era o Hotel Cambridge [+see also:
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film profile] (Mexico-France) by David Pablos; The Project of the Century [+see also:
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film profile] (Cuba-Argentina-Germany-Switzerland) by Carlos M Quintela; Paulina [+see also:
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film profile] (Argentina-Brazil-France) by Santiago Mitre; I Promise You Anarchy [+see also:
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film profile] (Mexico-Germany) by Julio Hernández Cordón; Land and Shade [+see also:
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film profile] (Colombia-Chile-Brazil-the Netherlands-France) by César Augusto Acevedo; Ixcanul Volcano [+see also:
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interview: Jayro Bustamante
film profile] (Guatemala-France) by Jayro Bustamante; and Magallanes [+see also:
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Furthermore, the European Film Forum Audiences in Motion conference, organised by the festival and Creative Europe-MEDIA, will take place at the San Telmo Museum on 20 September, where a debate will be held on the changes that the internet has made in the areas of creation, production, distribution and exhibition, involving a more active and demanding audience than ever before.

The films in the official selection:

Competition
21 Nights with Pattie [+see also:
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Amama (When a Tree Falls) [+see also:
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interview: Asier Altuna
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Back to the North - Liu Hao (China)
The Boy and The Beast - Mamoru Hosoda (Japan)
The Apostate [+see also:
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The King of Havana [+see also:
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Eva Doesn't Sleep [+see also:
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film profile] - Pablo Agüero (France, Argentina, Spain)
Evolution [+see also:
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Freeheld - Peter Sollett (United States)
High-Rise [+see also:
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film profile] - Ben Wheatley (United Kingdom)
The White Knights [+see also:
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interview: Joachim Lafosse
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Les Démons - Philippe Lesage (Canada)
Moira - Levan Tutberidze (Georgia)
Sparrows [+see also:
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interview: Atli Óskar Fjalarsson
interview: Rúnar Rúnarsson
film profile] - Rúnar Rúnarsson (Iceland, Denmark, Croatia)
Sunset Song [+see also:
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interview: Terence Davies
film profile] - Terence Davies (United Kingdom, Luxembourg)
Truman [+see also:
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interview: Cesc Gay
film profile] - Cesc Gay (Spain, Argentina)
Un día perfecto para volar [+see also:
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film profile] - Marc Recha (Spain)

Out of Competition
Regression [+see also:
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London Road [+see also:
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Mi gran noche [+see also:
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film profile] - Álex de la Iglesia (Spain)
Far from the Sea [+see also:
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interview: Imanol Uribe
film profile] - Imanol Uribe (Spain)
No estamos solos [+see also:
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film profile] - Pere Joan Ventura (Spain)

(Translated from Spanish)