The 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival took place from 18 to 26 September 2020 in San Sebastián,[1] Gipuzkoa, Spain. The festival opened with Woody Allen's Rifkin's Festival.[2] Viggo Mortensen was awarded the Donostia Award for lifetime achievements.[3]
| Opening film | Rifkin's Festival |
|---|---|
| Location | San Sebastián, Spain |
| Awards | Golden Shell (Beginning) |
| Directors | José Luis Rebordinos |
| Festival date | 18–26 September 2020 |
The competitive awards were presented on 26 September 2020. Beginning by Dea Kulumbegashvili swept the official selection prizes, winning the Golden Shell, as well as Best Actress, Screenplay, and Director.[4] Another Round's ensemble lead cast won the Silver Shell for Best Actor.[4]
Background
editIn June 2020, American actor Viggo Mortensen was announced as recipient of a Donostia Award.[5] Other than the announcement of the opener (Rifkin's Festival, out of competition), the first films confirmed to be in for screening were official selection competitive titles Another Round, True Mothers, Summer of 85, In the Dusk, Beginning, and Any Crybabies Around?.[6] The festival picked up 17 works (13 feature films and 4 short films) that have been pre-selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[7] Cannes Festival director Thierry Fremaux participated in the Zinemaldia's opening gala on 18 September, making together with José Luis Rebordinos a plea for the return of people to the theatres.[8][9]
Juries
edit- Official Selection
- Luca Guadagnino (President)[1]
- Joe Alwyn[1]
- Marisa Fernández Armenteros[1]
- Michel Franco[1]
- Lena Mossum[1]
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Sections
editOfficial Selection
edit- In competition
The lineup of films selected for the Official Selection is as follows:[10]
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer of 85 | Été 85 | François Ozon | France |
| True Mothers | Asa ga Kuru / 朝が来る | Naomi Kawase | Japan |
| Courtroom 3H | Antonio Méndez Esparza |
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| Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan | Julian Temple | United Kingdom | |
| Beginning | Dasatskisi / დასაწყისი | Dea Kulumbegashvili |
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| Another Round | Druk | Thomas Vinterberg |
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| Any Crybabies Around? | Nakuko Wa Ineega | Takuma Sato | Japan |
| We Will Never Die | Nosotros nunca moriremos | Eduardo Crespo | Argentina |
| Simple Passion | Passion simple | Danielle Arbid |
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| Supernova | Harry Macqueen | United Kingdom | |
| In the Dusk | Sutemose | Šarūnas Bartas |
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| Wuhai | Zhou Ziyang | China | |
- Out of competition
The following works were selected to screen out of competition:[11][10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rifkin's Festival | Woody Allen |
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| Forgotten We'll Be | El olvido que seremos | Fernando Trueba | Colombia |
| Coven | Akelarre | Pablo Agüero |
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| Riot Police (miniseries) | Antidisturbios | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Spain |
| Special Screenings | |||
| The Great Fellove | El gran Fellove | Matt Dillon |
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| Patria (miniseries) | Aitor Gabilondo | Spain | |
| We Are Who We Are (miniseries) | Luca Guadagnino | Italy | |
Latin Horizons
editThe following films were selected for the Latin Horizons section:[12][13]
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Intruder | El prófugo | Natalia Meta |
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| Unlimited Edition | Edición ilimitada | Edgardo Cozarinsky, Santiago Loza, Virginia Cosin, Romina Paula | Argentina |
| La Verónica | Leonardo Medel | Chile | |
| One in a Thousand | Las mil y una | Clarisa Navas |
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| Mum, Mum, Mum | Mamá, mamá, mamá | Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière | Argentina |
| Tragic Jungle | Selva trágica | Yulene Olaizola |
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| Identifying Features | Sin señales particulares | Fernanda Valadez |
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| All the Dead Ones | Todos os mortos | Caetano Gotardo, Marco Dutra |
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| Night Shot | Visión nocturna | Carolina Moscoso | Chile |
New Directors
editThe following films were selected for the New Directors section:[14][15]
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Blossom | 16 printemps | Suzanne Lindon | France |
| Ane Is Missing | Ane | David Pérez Sañudo | Spain |
| Memory House | Casa de antiguidades | João Paulo Miranda Maria |
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| Chupacabra | Grigory Kolomytsev | Russia | |
| Gull | Gal-mae-gi / 갈매기 | Kim Mi-jo | South Korea |
| Slow Singing | Gē shēng yuán hé màn bàn pāi | Dong Xingyi | China |
| Death Knell | Hil kanpaiak | Imanol Rayo | Spain |
| I Never Cry | Jak najdalej stąd | Piotr Domalewski |
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| Last Days of Spring | La última primavera | Isabel Lamberti |
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| Limbo | Ben Sharrock | United Kingdom | |
| Grand écart | Spagat | Christian Johannes Koch | Switzerland |
| Along the Sea | Umibe no kanojotachi / 海辺の彼女たち | Akio Fujimoto |
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Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
editThe following films were selected for the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section:[16]
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Metamorphosis of Birds | A metamorfose dos pássaros | Catarina Vasconcelos | Portugal |
| Autofiction | Autoficción | Laida Lertxundi |
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| Cold Meridian | Peter Strickland |
| |
| Correspondence | Correspondencia | Carla Simón, Dominga Sotomayor |
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| The Woman Who Ran | Domangchin yeoja / 도망친 여자 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Dustin | Naïla Guiguet | France | |
| Fauna | Nicolás Pereda |
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| Having a Good Time | Huan Le Shi Guang | Bell Zhong | China |
| I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face | Sameh Alaa |
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| The Salt of Tears | Le Sel des larmes | Philippe Garrel |
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| Los conductos | Camilo Restrepo |
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| Perpetual Night | Noche perpetua | Pedro Peralta |
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| The Calming | Ping jing | Song Fang | China |
| Days | Rìzi / 日子 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
| Simon Calls | Simon chama | Marta Sousa Ribeiro | Portugal |
| Stephanie | Leonardo Van Dijl | Belgium | |
| The Trouble with Being Born | Sandra Wollner | Austria | |
| An Optical Illusion | Un efecto óptico | Juan Cavestany | Spain |
| Ya no duermo | Marina Palacio | Spain | |
| Yellow Cat | Zheltaya koshka | Adilkhan Yerzhanov |
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Surprise film
editThe following film was programmed as a surprise:[17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sportin' Life | Abel Ferrara |
| |
Official Selection Awards
edit- Golden Shell: Beginning by Dea Kulumbegashvili[4]
- Special Jury Prize: Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan by Julian Temple[4]
- Silver Shell for Best Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili (Beginning)[4]
- Silver Shell for Best Actress: Ia Sukhitashvili (Beginning)[4]
- Silver Shell for Best Actor: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe (Another Round)[4]
- Best Screenplay: Dea Kulumbegashvili and Rati Oneli (Beginning)[4]
- Best Cinematography: Yuta Tsukinaga (Any Crybabies Around?)[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Latanzzio, Ryan (26 September 2020). "Georgia's 'Beginning' Tops This Year's San Sebastián Fest: See the Winners". indiewire.com.
- ^ "'Rifkin's Festival', de Woody Allen, abrió la justa de San Sebastián". La Jornada. 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Viggo Mortensen, Premio Donostia 2020: "Agradezco a la gente que sigue yendo al cine, nos da la oportunidad de contar historias"". heraldo.es. 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Georgian Film 'Beginning' Sweeps San Sebastian Fest Awards on a Night of Triumph For Female Filmmakers". Variety. 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Viggo Mortensen, Premio Donostia del Festival de San Sebastián 2020". HuffPost. 22 June 2020.
- ^ "San Sebastián 2020 anuncia los primeros títulos que competirán por la Concha de Oro". Cinemanía. 3 July 2020 – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ "Festival de San Sebastián incluye en sus secciones 17 títulos seleccionados por Cannes". Europa Press. 10 September 2020.
- ^ Martos, David (19 September 2020). "El Festival de San Sebastián 2020 arranca con un homenaje a las salas de cine y al Cannes que no fue". Onda Cero.
- ^ Domínguez, Mikel (18 September 2020). "El Zinemaldia arranca con una oda a la "distancia salvadora" que permitirá ver cine". EiTB.
- ^ a b "Sección Oficial. 68 Edición 2020". sansebastianfestival.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Bollaín, León de Aranoa, Plaza y Jonás Trueba competirán en San Sebastián". HuffPost. 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Diez películas latinoamericanas competirán en Horizontes Latinos 2021 del Festival de San Sebastián". Europa Press. 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Horizontes Latinos. 68 Edición 2020". sansebastianfestival.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (28 July 2021). "San Sebastian Film Festival Unveils New Directors Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "New Directors. 68 Edición 2020". sansebastianfestival.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Zabaltegi-Tabakalera. 68 Edición 2020". sansebastianfestival.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "El documental de Ferrara rodado en el confinamiento, película sorpresa del Zinemaldia". EiTB. 25 September 2020.