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1888 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 03/05/2024.

Dying: Until your last breath

Dying: Until your last breath

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: After the harrowing Wounded, Fernando Franco has again chosen to tackle difficult subjects in his second feature, also starring Marian Álvarez  

27/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Special Presentations

The Motive: Whatever it takes to follow your dream

The Motive: Whatever it takes to follow your dream

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Manuel Martín Cuenca directs this sharp satire about the stratagems employed by many a creative type, be they writers, artists or filmmakers  

27/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition

Sergio G Sánchez  • Director

Interview: Sergio G Sánchez • Director

“I have a lot of respect for the viewer”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Sergio G Sánchez, the regular screenwriter for Juan Antonio Bayona, has made his feature-length directorial debut with Marrowbone after having shot various short films  

27/09/2017

Fernando Franco  •  Director

Interview: Fernando Franco • Director

“You have to be plucky to shoot a film”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Fernando Franco is back at the Basque gathering following the success he enjoyed there with Wounded, although this time around he is out of competition with Dying  

27/09/2017

Félix Viscarret  • Director

Interview: Félix Viscarret • Director

“The documentary was a tug of war between two pig-headed people”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: From a place of deep admiration, Félix Viscarret sketches a portrait of his filmmaking mentor in Saura(s), through interviews with his children and third wife  

27/09/2017

Review: Giant

Review: Giant

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño display sensitivity and restraint in this painstaking and compelling account of a real-life case, without once puncturing its aura of epic romance  

27/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition

Nicolás Combarro  • Director

Interview: Nicolás Combarro • Director

“García-Alix is a profound, honest, one-of-a-kind artist”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Nicolás Combarro makes his directorial debut with the documentary Alberto García-Alix. La línea de sombra, in which he paints a portrait of the photographer he so admires  

26/09/2017

Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño • Directors

Interview: Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño • Directors

“The biggest challenge was having a giant for a main character”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Basque filmmaking duo Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño present Giant, a period drama that recounts the true story of the so-called "Giant of Altzo", who lived in the 19th century  

25/09/2017

Princesita: Full of grace

Princesita: Full of grace

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: In her courageous second film, Marialy Rivas takes aim at paedophilia and religious sects by immersing us in one young girl’s living nightmare  

25/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | New Directors

Manuel Martín Cuenca • Director

Interview: Manuel Martín Cuenca • Director

“Thanks to Netflix, more people will be able to enjoy my film”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Spain's Manuel Martín Cuenca makes a fresh bid for the Golden Shell with The Motive, winner of the FIPRESCI prize at the recent Toronto International Film Festival  

25/09/2017

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