San Sebastian

The Donostiarra company specializing in quantum software and artificial intelligence plans to hire 60 people next year. The company started in 2019 with four employees and will soon reach 260.

The film, directed by Alberto Rodriguez and starring Antonio de la Torre and Barbara Lennie, has been shot at sea, bringing the work of divers to the big screen.

The Catalan actor has received recognition from the Spanish Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, who has highlighted the value of the performance and taken advantage of his speech to condemn the genocide in Gaza.

Hundreds of people in Vitoria-Gasteiz and Donostia-San Sebastián have joined the demonstrations called by the Euskal Herria Pensioners' Movement to press for Thursday's parliamentary vote to demand that minimum pensions be equalised with the Minimum Wage (SMI).

From 6 p.m. onwards, a yellow warning has been issued for heavy rainfall, which could be accompanied by storm and hail, as well as strong wind waves in some areas of the Basque Country and Navarre.

The jury will have to choose from the 17 films that will compete in the Official Section of the Festival. "In these uncertain times of noise and rupture," Bayona has argued at the opening ceremony that cinema is "more necessary than ever."

The producer, born in Segovia, has received the award from the brothers Agustin and Pedro Almodóvar, with whom he has worked for much of his professional career. During his speech, he condemned the violence in Ukraine and Gaza and made a passionate defence of rights, especially women's rights.

Esther Garcia has received in the Kursaal the first Donostia Prize awarded to a producer at the inaugural gala presented by actresses Silvia Abril, Toni Acosta and Itziar Ituño.

Many people have gathered in front of the Kursaal, on the red carpet of the opening ceremony of the Festival, to show solidarity with Palestine and to denounce the genocide that Israel is committing. The film world, as well as the director of the Film Festival, José Luis Rebordinos, has supported the protest.

The movement stresses the importance of introducing practical avenues for the sovereignty and unity of the seven Basque territories in any possible agreement on the political status of the Basque Country.

Now the film critic is at the Festival to comment on the works of the Official Section. He has already seen the first three: "27 nights" (Daniel Hendler), opening gala; "Six jours ce printemps-là" (Joachim Lafosse) and "In-I In Motion" (Juliette Binoche).

The victim filed the complaint yesterday at the police station in the capital of Guipuzcoana, where she acknowledged that in addition to sexually assaulting her, she controlled what the man was doing and who he was with, and prohibited her from seeing her friends.

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

The actresses Silvia Abril, Itziar Ituño and Toni Acosta will be the presenters of the opening gala of the Festival, and we asked them about how little they've told.

Film director Juan Antonio Bayona arrives at the Festival and will preside over the official jury.

Convened by the Council of Basque Culture and the Association of Euskaltzales of Donostia-San Sebastián, Bagera, a meeting was held this afternoon to denounce a recent ruling by a court in Donostia-San Sebastián against the Euskera. The Secretary-General of the Council, Idurre Eskisabel, has stated that "it is essential to offer the Basque Country a new legal architecture".

The Mayor of San Sebastian regrets that the high-speed train has not yet arrived in San Sebastian, which he believes would speed up the service.