The New Directors section is made up of emerging filmmakers from Europe, Asia and Costa Rica
Swedish Jonatan Etzler, Japanese Yukari Sakamoto and Kurdish Seyhmus Altun, among others, will join the proposals of Navarro Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe and Canary José Alayón.
Bad Apples frame.
Fourteen filmmakers from Europe (United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden), Asia (China, India, Japan, Taiwan, Turkish Kurdistan and Asian Russia) and Costa Rica will bring their first or second feature films to the Festival and, along with those announced, will compete in the New Directors Section of the International Film Festival Donostia.
Jonatan Etzler swedish will bring Bad Apples , a sour satire starring Saoirse Ronan, who will inaugurate the section of new directors who want to win the Kutxabank-New Directors Award, a British production that tells the story of a teacher facing a struggling 11-year-old student.
Yukari Sakamoto japanese premieres its first length: Shiro no Kajitsu / White Flowers and Fruits. It takes place in a Christian boarding school for girls, where the suicide of a charismatic student will shake the rest, especially one of the new inner students with the ability to see ghosts.
Thefirst work by Kurdish director Seyhmus Altun , Aldde, Nefes / As We Breathe, narrates the changes experienced by a family in a rural village in Anatolia as a result of a devastating fire.
British filmmaker Stroma Cairns premieres the film The Son and the Sea . The film shows two people discovering a connection beyond words during a trip along the northeast coast of Scotland.
Taiwanese director Tsao Shih-Han will showcase his debut in thefeature film Nan Fang Shi Guang/Before the Bright Day . Set in 1996, the film follows the life of a teenager facing family, friends and feelings tensions during the third crisis in the Taiwan Strait.
Another Swede, John Skoog, awarded at the Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival, will bring his first fiction, Värn / Redoubt, about a man who fortifies his home to protect himself in a possible war.
The Danish Emilie Thalund will bring to San Sebastian Vaegtloes / Weightless (Liviana) . A 15-year-old girl will spend the summer in a camp to lose weight, where she will meet a charismatic and funny girl, who she trusts in, and a charming observer, who will be attracted to her.
TheCosta Rican Kim Torres follows in the footsteps of Laura, 13, in her first feature film, Si no ardemos, how to illuminate the night.
Another child is the protagonist in Ni Yan Jing Bi Tai Yang Ming Liang / Nighttime Sounds inZhang Zhongchen The eight-year-old one day crosses the ghost of someone of the same age.
The Indian Tribeny Rai premieres the film Chhora Jastai /Shape of Momo . The protagonist returns to his hometown of the Himalayas, where he faces growing family pressure and social expectations.
Finally, the Russians Anton Yarush and Sergey Borovkov will present the film Chuzhie Zemli / Foreign Lands , about the escape of a Russian film director.
The New Directors section had already announced Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe's New Age and Jose Alayon's Fight.
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