The Festival
Zinemaldiaren uzta Bilbora eta Iruñera iritsiko da
Donostiako Zinemaldiak jaialdian erakutsi dituzten filmetako batzuk proiektatuko ditu Bizkaiko eta Nafarroako hiriburuetako Golem zinema aretoetan; besteak beste, “Karmele” eta “Los domingos” Urrezko Maskorraren irabazlea ikusi ahalko dira.
Jose Luis Rebordinos: "It will be difficult to repeat the excellent result of Basque productions this year"
José Luis Rebordinos, director of the festival, has been pleased to announce that the films have been applauded as never before.
Alauda Ruiz de Azua: "What happened in San Sebastian is the beginning of the journey"
Alauda Ruiz de Azua and her film "Los Domingos" have won the Golden Shell of the 73rd edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival. The director has declared that he is living "a dream" but that we will still have to wait to see how the audience picks up the film in the halls.
With the Silver Shell in his hand, Jose Ramon Soroiz can't believe what's happening to him
The Basque actress has won the award for the best performance of the San Sebastian Film Festival for her rolein the film Maspalomas , Ex aequo, along with the Chinese Zhao Xiaohong (Her heart beats in its cage).
Jose Ramon Soroiz wins the best performance Silver Shell with Chinese actor Zhao Xiaohong
The Basque actor Jose Ramon Soroiz has won the award for the best performance of the San Sebastian Festival for his work in 'Maspalomas'. The award has been for Ex aequo, along with the Chinese actor Zhao Xiaohong ('Her heart beats in its cage').
"The Domingos" has achieved glory by winning the Golden Shell
"New Age" by Irati Gorostidi has received special mention from the jury in the New Directors section
The film "The New Age" tells the story that the workers of a water meter factory have gathered together to discuss a strike that will not go ahead in the end. Disappointed, the most unconformists will focus their aspirations for radical transformation on more intimate areas. Some will leave the factory and join an isolated mountain community where dozens of young people will search intensively through shared cathartic experiences.
The Voice of Hind Rajab of the Pearls section, winner of the Public Award
The Perlak film The Voice of Hind Rajab has been the winner of the Audience Award, which has been awarded to producer Odessa Rae and actress Motaz Malhees. The actor has explained that this award means that "the public has heard the voice of Hid", the girl who died after spending hours in a vehicle shot by the Israeli Army.
"The Domingos" has been awarded the Irizar Prize for Basque Film at the Festival
The film's director, Alauda Ruiz de Azua, has been excited to receive the award awarded by the jury chaired by Ane Gabarain.
A special guest to open the closing gala of the Festival
Actor Enrique Amilibya has presented, at the closing gala of the festival, the summary video of the 73 edition of the Festival.
"The voice of Hind Rajab" has won the Audience Award
Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania has been awarded the award for sustainability and solidarity at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
EITB has interviewed Jennifer Lawrence after winning the San Sebastian Festival Award
The young actress has presented in San Sebastian the film Die, My Love , about a mother with post-partum stress disorder. "Director Lynne Ramsay is one of the greatest of our time. Her poetry and her cinema deserve to be seen."
The film "Los Domingos" by Alauda Ruiz de Azua has been awarded the Feroz Prize
Barakaldo's director has highlighted the "complexity" of creating the film and thanked him for the award.
Who would you give your Golden Shell to?
We have asked our colleagues who have been working at the festival throughout the San Sebastian Film Festival to deliver a grand prize.
Mikel Zumeta praises the tone and aesthetics of the series "The Mouths of Heaven"
The film critic of ORAIN has especially recommended the EITB series, presented in the Official Section, as well as the series "Anatomy of an Instant" about the coup d'état of Tejero and "Die My Love" brought by Jennifer Lawrence, winner of the Donostia Prize.
The film 'Maspalomas' by Jose Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi has been awarded the Sebastiane Prize awarded by Gehitu
For the jury, the film "forces the generation that has been condemned to invisibility to look it in the eye."
What did the public think of the new "Sky Mouths" series?
Viewers who have left the premiere have highlighted the high level of the series by filmmaker Koldo Almandoz, projected in the Official Section of the Festival.
Jennifer Lawrence, Donostia Prize: "Maybe we're all more connected than we seem."
The American actress, the youngest to receive the honorary award from the San Sebastian Film Festival, has been very pleased to join the list also made up of Meryl Streep, Pedro Almodóvar and Lauren Bacall, who have "personally" inspired her.
Lawrence: "Freedom of expression is being attacked in the United States."
The 2025 Jennifer Lawrence Donostia Award, asked about the situation in her country, stressed that we all deserve "empathy and freedom" and applauded festivals like the Festival.
"It's more complex than 'Sand Mouths'."
Director Koldo Almandoz today presented the series "Zeru ahoak" at the San Sebastian Film Festival, following its screening in the Official Section of the San Sebastian Film Festival. Almandoz and its protagonist Nagore Aranburu explain that "Hondar ahoak" is more complex than the previous work.
It will be premiered on Sunday on ETB1 and the PRIMERAN platform at 22:00.