71st San Sebastián International Film Festival
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Opening filmThe Boy and the Heron
LocationSan Sebastián, Spain
AwardsGolden Shell: The Rye Horn
Festival date22–30 September 2023
 Official poster of the 71st San Sebastián Film Festival featuring Javier Bardem | |
| Opening film | The Boy and the Heron |
|---|---|
| Location | San Sebastián, Spain |
| Awards | Golden Shell: The Rye Horn |
| Festival date | 22–30 September 2023 |
The 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival ran 22–30 September 2023 in San Sebastián,[1] Gipuzkoa, Spain. The awards were announced on 30 September 2023, with The Rye Horn winning the Golden Shell, being the first film directed by a female Spanish director to win said award.[2]
In May 2023, actor Javier Bardem was announced as a recipient of a Donostia Award as well as the main feature of the 71st edition's official poster.[1][3] An early subset of the official selection film slate was announced on 7 July 2023.[4][5] New official selection titles were announced on 14 July 2023.[6] In August 2023, The Boy and the Heron was announced as the out-of-competition opening film.[7] Later that month, Spanish director Víctor Erice was announced to be the recipient of a Donostia Award.[8] The entire official selection line-up was announced on 25 August.[9] On 8 September, it was announced that Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki would receive a Donostia Award, presented to him virtually, while the award for Bardem would be postponed to next year's festival due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, which forbids the US-unionised actor to attend to the media or to record thank-you videos.[10]
Juries
Main Competition
- Claire Denis, French filmmaker – Jury president[11]
- Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
- Cristina Gallego, Colombian producer, writer and director
- Brigitte Lacombe, French photographer
- Robert Lantos, Hungarian-Canadian producer
- Vicky Luengo, Spanish actress
- Christian Petzold, German director
Kutxabank-New Directors Award
- Emily Morgan, British producer – Jury president[11]
- Christian Jeune, French director of the Film Department and Deputy of the General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival
- Ricardo Aldarondo, Spanish journalist and film critic
- Juanita Onzaga, Colombian director and artist
- Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Norwegian-Guatemalan producer
Latin Horizons
- David Hurst, French producer – Jury president[11]
- Manuela Martelli, Chilean director, screenwriter and actress
- Elisa McCausland, Spanish journalist, critic and researcher
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award
- Fiorella Moretti, Mexican producer and president of Luxbox – Jury president[12]
- Cecilia Barrionuevo, Argentine film curator
Irizar Award
- Telmo Irureta, Spanish actor – Jury president[12]
- Mikele Landa, Spanish director
- Kristina Zorita, Spanish journalist, screenwriter and director
Sections
Official selection
The lineup of the official selection includes:[13]
In competition
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | Raven Jackson | United States | |
| A Journey in Spring | 春行 | Tzu-Hui Peng, Ping-Wen Wang | Taiwan |
| Un amor | Isabel Coixet | Spain | |
| Ex-Husbands | Noah Pritzker | United States | |
| Fingernails | Christos Nikou | United States | |
| Great Absence | Kei Chika-Ura | Japan | |
| Kalak | Isabella Eklöf | Denmark | |
| MMXX | Cristi Puiu |
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| Puan | María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat |
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| The Practice | La práctica | Martín Rejtman |
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| Red Island | L'île rouge | Robin Campillo |
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| The Royal Hotel | Kitty Green | Australia | |
| The Rye Horn | O corno | Jaione Camborda |
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| A Silence | Un silence | Joachim Lafosse |
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| The Successor | Le Successeur | Xavier Legrand | France |
| Sultana's Dream | El sueño de la Sultana | Isabel Herguera |
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Out of Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boy and the Heron | 君たちはどう生きるか | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| La Mesías (TV series) | Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo | Spain | |
| Dance First | James Marsh |
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| Special Screenings | |||
| They Shot the Piano Player | Dispararon al pianista | Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal |
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| A Real Job | Un métier sérieux | Thomas Lilti | France |
New Directors
The New Directors slate includes:[14]
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achilles | Ashil | Farhad Delaram |
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| Bahadur The Brave | Diva Shah | India | |
| Bauryna Salu | Askhat Kuchinhirekov | Kazakhstan | |
| Beyond The Fog | Kiri No Fuchi | Daichi Murase | Japan |
| The Blue Star | La estrella azul | Javier Macipe |
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| Carefree Days | Xiao Yao You | Jiang Ming | China |
| Hi Mom | Ilia Malakhova | Russia | |
| Last Shadow At First Light | Nicole Midori Woodford |
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| The Other Son | El otro hijo | Juan Sebastián Quebrada |
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| Gamma Rays | Les Rayons Gamma | Henry Bernadet | Canada |
| Mother, Couch | Niclas Larsson |
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Latin Horizons (Horizontes Latinos)
The Latin Horizons slate includes the following films:[15]
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alemania | María Zanetti |
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| Blondi | Dolores Fonzi |
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| The Castle | El castillo | Martín Benchimol |
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| Clara Gets Lost in the Woods | Clara se pierde en el bosque | Camila Fabbri | Argentina |
| The Echo | El eco | Tatiana Huezo |
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| Heroic | Heroico | David Zonana | Mexico |
| Los impactados | Lucía Puenzo | Argentina | |
| A Ravaging Wind (opening film) | El viento que arrasa | Paula Hernández |
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| The Settlers | Los colonos | Felipe Gálvez Haberle |
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| A Strange Path | Estranho caminho | Guto Parente | Brazil |
| Toll (closing film) | Pedágio | Carolina Markowicz |
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| Totem | Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico |
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absence | Xue Yun | Wu Lang | China |
| Camping du Lac | Éléonore Saintagnan |
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| Contadores | Irati Gorostidi | Spain | |
| The Delinquents | Los delinquentes | Rodrigo Moreno |
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| Even Though It's Night | Aunque es de noche | Guillermo García López |
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| Grace | Blazh | Ilya Povolotsky | Russia |
| Here | Bas Devos | Belgium | |
| The Human Surge 3 | El auge del humano 3 | Eduardo Williams |
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| The Island | L'île | Damien Manivel | France |
| Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Pham Thien An |
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| Mamántula | Ion de Sosa |
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| Mixtape La Pampa | Andres Di Tella |
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| Nights Gone By | Alberto Martín Menacho |
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| Orlando, My Political Biography | Orlando, ma biographie politique | Paul B. Preciado | France |
| Oyu | Atsushi Hirai | France | |
| La Palisiada | Philip Sotnuchenko | Ukraine | |
| Remembering Every Night (opening film) | Subete No Yoru Wo Omoidasu | Yui Kiyohara | Japan |
| Through the Night | Quitter la nuit | Delphine Girard |
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| The Trial | El juicio | Ulises de la Orden |
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| Two of Us | Suigyo no Mayawari | Kohei Igarashi |
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| Sīlan | Ashmita Guha Neogi | France | |
| Single Light | Or panas yachid | Shaylee Atary | Israel |
| Short Story | Duan pian gu shi | Wu Lang | China |
| We Are the Hollow Men | Gamopitulo khalkhi | Rati Oneli | Georgia |
Perlak
The 'Perlak' lineup includes:[16][17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afire | Roter Himmel | Christian Petzold | Germany |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| Dumb Money | Craig Gillespie | United States | |
| The Eternal Memory | La memoria infinita | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
| Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki |
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| Les Indésirables | Bâtiment 5 | Ladj Ly | France |
| I'm Captain | Io capitano | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
| May December | Todd Haynes | United States | |
| Memory | Michel Franco |
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| Monster | 怪物 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| The New Boy | Warwick Thornton | Australia | |
| Past Lives | Celine Song | United States | |
| Perfect Days | Wim Wenders |
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| The Promised Land | Bastarden | Nikolaj Arcel | Denmark |
| Rosalie | Stéphanie Di Giusto | France | |
| Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve | J.A. Bayona |
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| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom | |
Surprise film
The following film was programmed as a surprise:[18]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Killer | David Fincher | United States | |
