The full line-up of the Official Section of the 67^th San Sebastián International Film Festival, which is set to to unspool in the city perched on the shores of the Cantabrian Sea from 20-28 September 2019, has finally been made public. The six new titles unveiled earlier today – when added to those announced previously (see the news) – make a total of 17 productions, hailing from a wide and varied range of national film industries, and standing out on account of the sheer strength of their auteurs. Proof of this can be found in the inclusion of the latest works by three highly distinctive European female directors: Sarah Gavron, who will be competing for the Golden Shell with Rocks [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], a drama starring youngsters and written by the helmer together with Claire Wilson and Theresa Ikoko; Malgorzata Szumowska, who has won two awards at Berlin (for Body [+lire aussi :
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interview : Malgorzata Szumowska
interview : Malgorzata Szumowska
fiche film] and Mug [+lire aussi :
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interview : Małgorzata Szumowska
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interview : Malgorzata Szumowska
fiche film], another film centring on the difficulties faced by teens, along to the Basque city; and Alice Winocour, who has enlisted Matt Dillon and Eva Green to star in Proxima [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], about a female astronaut and the motherly conflict she has to endure.

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The other three features announced today which will also form part of the Official Section of the upcoming San Sebastián Film Festival are Patrick [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alba Baptista
interview : Gonçalo Waddington
fiche film], the feature debut by Lisbon-born actor (Arabian Nights – Volume 1, The Restless One [+lire aussi :
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interview : Miguel Gomes
fiche film]) and playwright Gonçalo Waddington, hinging on the life of a young Portuguese man who has settled in Paris; Pacificado (Brazil), a film produced by Darren Aronofsky, set in post-Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro and directed by Paxton Winters, who received myriad awards for Crude in 2003; and Lhamo and Skalbe (China) by Tibet’s Sonthar Gyal, which addresses the obstacles encountered by the titular couple as they strive to fulfil their wish to get married.

In addition, the title of the festival’s opening film, which will also be duking it out for the Golden Shell, has been made public: Blackbird (USA/UK), helmed by Roger Michell (My Cousin Rachel [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] (2014). The closing film (out of competition) will be The Song of Names [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen and directed by Canada’s François Girard. Meanwhile, a well-deserved Donostia Award will go to Greek maestro Costa-Gavras; the trophy will be handed out in San Sebastián on 21 September, and Costa-Gavras’ latest feature, Adults in the Room [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], inspired by the memoirs of Yanis Varoufakis, will be screened to mark the occasion. Finally, Wasp Network [+lire aussi :
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interview : Olivier Assayas
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Here is the list of the new titles, as well as those already announced, in the Official Section:

Competition

Blackbird – Roger Michell (US) (opening film)
A Dark-Dark Man [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] – Adilkhan Yerzhanov (Kazakhstan/France)
The Audition [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ina Weisse
interview : Ina Weisse
fiche film] – Ina Weisse (Germany/France)
And the Birds Rained Down – Louise Archambault (Canada)
A Thief’s Daughter [+lire aussi :
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interview : Belén Funes
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The Endless Trench [+lire aussi :
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interview : Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño e…
fiche film] – Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga (Spain/France)
Lhamo and Skalbe - Sonthar Gyal (China)
Workforce – David Zonana (Mexico)
While at War [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alejandro Amenabar
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Pacified - Paxton Winters (Brazil)
Patrick [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alba Baptista
interview : Gonçalo Waddington
fiche film] - Gonçalo Waddington (Portugal/Germany)
Proxima [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alice Winocour
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Rocks [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sarah Gavron
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Thalasso [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] – Guillaume Nicloux (France)
The Other Lamb [+lire aussi :
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interview : Malgorzata Szumowska
fiche film] – Malgorzata Szumowska (Ireland/Belgium/Poland/US)
Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes [+lire aussi :
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Zeroville – James Franco (USA)

Out of Competition

The Song of Names [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - François Girard (Canada/UK/Hungary) (closing film)
Seventeen [+lire aussi :
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interview : Daniel Sanchez Arévalo
fiche film] – Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (Spain)

Special Screenings

Heroic Losers [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] – Sebastián Borensztein (Argentina/Spain)

Special Screenings - Donostia Awards

Adults in the Room [+lire aussi :
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interview : Costa-Gavras
fiche film] – Costa-Gavras (France/Greece)
Wasp Network [+lire aussi :
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interview : Olivier Assayas
fiche film] – Oliver Assayas (France/Brazil/Spain/Belgium)
The Burnt Orange Heresy [+lire aussi :
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interview : Giuseppe Capotondi
fiche film] - Giuseppe Capotondi (UK/Italy/US)