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3988 articles available in total starting from 30/05/2002. Last article published on 24/09/2026.

Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra

Interview: Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi • Directors of La bola negra

“Queer stories aren’t niche; they’re much bigger than that”

The Spanish directorial duo talk about their film’s major international success, their connection with young audiences, and the value of telling a story about love and memory  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026

Review: This Solitude

Review: This Solitude

Javier Giner’s debut feature is a portrait of two damaged souls whose break-up acts as the catalyst that causes all their wounds to bleed  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Review: Pray for Us

Review: Pray for Us

Daniel Monzón returns to depict a life devoid of freedom, but now from the perspective of a female teenager brutalised by the Catholic-Francoist regime  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Special Screenings

San Sebastián’s industry programme doles out its prizes

San Sebastián’s industry programme doles out its prizes

Projects by Val Jashari, Ekain Albite, Juan Sebastián Mesa and Alfonso García are among the winners of this year’s Co-Production and WIP strands  

24/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | San Sebastián Industry/Awards

Roberto Bueso • Director of El mal padre

Interview: Roberto Bueso • Director of El mal padre

“I try not to slip into either coldness or mawkishness”

The Spanish filmmaker, who is competing for the Golden Shell, tackles issues such as toxic fatherhood, the fear of becoming like one’s parent and the dizzying prospect of procreation  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

The Spanish government continues to support the audiovisual sector

The Spanish government continues to support the audiovisual sector

At the San Sebastián International Film Festival, it has been confirmed that aid will continue to be distributed at a time of extraordinary development and success for the country’s industry  

23/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | San Sebastián Industry

Review: El mal padre

Review: El mal padre

Roberto Bueso portrays the fraught relationship between an absent father and his children, whom he brings together in a bid for a belated reconciliation  

22/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Javier Ruiz Caldera • Director of 5 More Minutes

Interview: Javier Ruiz Caldera • Director of 5 More Minutes

“I find it stimulating, as a director and as a viewer, that the same film can elicit such different emotions”

The Catalonian filmmaker dissects aspects of his new work, such as its cocktail of genres, the festival world’s disdain for comedies and how hard it is to make sense of today’s world  

22/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

Review: February, Seven Days

Review: February, Seven Days

The debut feature by German-Ukrainian filmmaker Tatjana Moutchnik delicately and sagely portrays the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on a family  

22/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | New Directors

Review: 5 More Minutes

Review: 5 More Minutes

Javier Ruiz Caldera directs from a screenplay by comedian and actor Berto Romero, built on repetitive sequences that push its protagonists into extraordinary situations  

21/09 | San Sebastián 2026 | Competition

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