Festivals
‘Six Months,’ ‘The Castle,’ ‘Hesitation Wound’ Win San Sebastian Forum, WIP Latam, WIP Europe
Mexico’s Bruno Santamaría, Argentina’s Martín Benchimol and Turkey’s Selman Nacar proved three of the big winners among San Sebastian Industry...
Pilar Palomero on Girlhood and Social Change in San Sebastian World Premiere ‘La Maternal’
Pilar Palomero’s second feature film “La Maternal” had its world premiere in main competition at Spain’s San Sebastián Film Festival...
Kermit the Frog Meets Freud in Cartoon Forum Project Pitch
French director Julien Villanueva whose animation and VFX outfit Circus Studio has worked on the likes of “Lego City Adventures”,...
The 17 Best Films of the Fall Festivals: ‘Tár,’ ‘The Fabelmans’ and More
For years, Cannes held dominion over the film-festival world. But that hierarchy has been fading, and never more strikingly than...
Wild Bunch International’s Vincent Maraval on Taking a Bet on Johnny Depp, the Need to Take Risks
Backing a film in which Johnny Depp will play French King Louis XV is what Wild Bunch International head Vincent...
A Chronicle of Modern Capitalism, San Sebastian Competition Contender ‘Suro’ Bows at San Sebastian
Vying for the top Gold Shell at the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival, Basque native Mikel Gurrea’s debut feature “Suro” stems...
Selman Nacar, Davi Pretto, ‘Penal Cordillera’ Feature at San Sebastian WIP Sections
San Sebastian’s pix-in-post showcases, which have launched notable movies – Sebastian Lelio’s “Gloria” – and notable directors – Jayro Bustamante,...
From ‘Alba’ Director, San Sebastian Title ‘La Piel Pulpo’ Bows Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
Ecuador’s Ana Cristina Barragán, an alum of San Sebastian’s post-graduate film school Elias Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE), has come full...
Juliette Binoche on Working Naked With Jean-Luc Godard, Growing Old, Going For the New
“You have to know how to reject roles so as not to enter into a system in which women are...
Director Petr Václav on Redeeming Disgraced Opera Composer ‘Il Boemo’ in the Czech Oscar Entry
Making its world premiere in the main competition at the San Sebastián Festival on Sept. 19, “Il Boemo,” the story of...
