UPDATE (17 August 2022): On the Fringe [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Juan Diego Botto
scheda film], the directorial debuyt by actor Juan Diego Botto, starring Penélope Cruz and Luis Tosar and selected in Venice Film Festival's Orizzonti section, joins the Perlak section. Stories Not to Be Told [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Cesc Gay
scheda film] by Cesc Gay and Walls Can Talk [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Carlos Saura will be screened at the RTVE Galas.

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This morning, at the Madrid headquarters of the Spanish Film Academy one of the main attractions was announced of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, which will celebrate its 70th edition from 16-24 September: the Spanish films to be screened in its different sections, which this year totals 18, including short and feature films.

In its official section and in the fight for the coveted Golden Shell, is the eagerly awaited second film from the Aragon director Pilar Palomero (winner of the award for Schoolgirls [+leggi anche:
recensione
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intervista: Pilar Palomero
scheda film]): La maternal [+leggi anche:
recensione
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intervista: Pilar Palomero
scheda film]; the new film from a director as meticulous and sensitive as Fernando Franco: The Rite of Spring [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Fernando Franco e Koldo Zu…
scheda film]; the latest film from another filmmaker who has been here before and at Cannes, Jaime Rosales: Wild Flowers [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Jaime Rosales
scheda film], a co-production with France and starring Anna Castillo in the central role (read more); and Suro [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Mikel Gurrea
scheda film], the debut film by Mikel Gurrea from San Sebastian, starring Vicky Luengo (Riot Police [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Rodrigo Sorogoyen
scheda series]) and Pol López.

Out of competition, but also in its official section, the Movistar Plus+ series Offworld [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Rodrigo Sorogoyen e Isabel…
scheda series], signed by audiovisual aces Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Isaki Lacuesta, Raúl Arévalo, Isa Campo and Alberto Rodríguez; the documentary by Isabel Coixet The Yellow Ceiling [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], which condemns sexual abuse; and Modelo 77 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], Alberto Rodríguez's vibrant incursion into democratic (?) prisons with Javier Gutiérrez leading the cast and which opens San Sebastian 2022 in style - and out of competition.

In the New Directors section, To Book and Women I Sing [+leggi anche:
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intervista: María Elorza e Marian Fern…
scheda film], the feature directorial debut from María Elorza (Vitoria, 1988), will be presented; and in Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, four other Spanish filmmakers will do the same: Elena López Riera with El agua [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Elena López Riera
scheda film] (Spain/France/Switzerland), a film selected in the last Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes; Piggy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Carlota Pereda
scheda film], by Carlota Pereda (Spain/France), an extreme horror film that was seen at Sundance; and the short films Hirugarren koadernoa, by Lur Olaizola - which will participate out of competition after its premiere at the Cinéma du Réel festival - and Cuerdas, by Estibaliz Urresola, which will be screened after its award-winning screening at the Cannes Critics’ Week.

The Perlak section will screen One Year, One Night [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Isaki Lacuesta
scheda film], by Isaki Lacuesta, which competed in the Berlinale; The Beasts [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Rodrigo Sorogoyen e Isabel…
scheda film], a co-production with France by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, following its premiere at the Cannes Première; and the section will close with Los renglones torcidos de Dios [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], Oriol Paulo’s adaptation of the novel of the same name by Torcuato Luca de Tena, starring Bárbara Lennie and Eduard Fernández (more information here).

Finally, The Velodrome, a gigantic theatre, with a 400 square metre screen to be enjoyed by around 3,000 spectators, will host the premiere of Rainbow [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], the highly personal take on the classic The Wizard of Oz from the unstoppable Paco León, starring Dora Postigo, Carmen Maura and Carmen Machi; Feeling It [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], a documentary co-produced with Mexico by Fernando León de Aranoa, centred around his close friend and great musician Joaquín Sabina; and the latest animated film by Fermin Muguruza: Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film], whose first part, Black is Beltza [+leggi anche:
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scheda film], closed the Zinemira section in 2018.

As you can see, we have quite a feast of Spanish cinema in store for us in September: a sign of a bumper harvest to come? Let’s hope so!

The Spanish films announced today:

Competition

La maternal [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pilar Palomero
scheda film] - Pilar Palomero (Spain)
The Rite of Spring [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Fernando Franco e Koldo Zu…
scheda film] – Fernando Franco (Spain)
Wild Flowers [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Jaime Rosales
scheda film] - Jaime Rosales (Spain/France)
Suro [+leggi anche:
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trailer
intervista: Mikel Gurrea
scheda film] - Mikel Gurrea (Spain)

Out of Competition

Offworld [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Rodrigo Sorogoyen e Isabel…
scheda series] - Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Isaki Lacuesta, Raúl Arévalo, Isa Campo, Alberto Rodríguez (Spain) (series)
Modelo 77 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Alberto Rodríguez (Spain)

Special screenings

The Yellow Ceiling [+leggi anche:
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trailer
scheda film] - Isabel Coixet (Spain)

New Directors

To Book and Women I Sing [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: María Elorza e Marian Fern…
scheda film] - María Elorza (Spain)

Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

El agua [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Elena López Riera
scheda film] - Elena López Riera (Spain/France/Switzerland)
Piggy [+leggi anche:
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trailer
intervista: Carlota Pereda
scheda film] - Carlota Pereda (Spain/France)
Hirugarren koadernoa - Lur Olaizola (Spain) (short film)
Cuerdas - Estibaliz Urresola (Spain) (short film)

Perlak

One Year, One Night [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Isaki Lacuesta
scheda film] - Isaki Lacuesta (Spain/France)
The Beasts [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Rodrigo Sorogoyen e Isabel…
scheda film] - Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain/France)
Los renglones torcidos de Dios [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film] - Oriol Paulo (Spain)
On the Fringe [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Juan Diego Botto
scheda film] - Juan Diego Botto (Spain/Belgium)

RTVE Galas

Stories Not to Be Told [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Cesc Gay
scheda film] - Cesc Gay (Spain)
Walls Can Talk [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film] - Carlos Saura (Spain)

Velodrome

Rainbow [+leggi anche:
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trailer
scheda film] - Paco León (Spain)
Feeling It [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Fernando León de Aranoa (Spain/Mexico)
Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film] - Fermín Muguruza (Spain)