Of the 14 Spanish-produced films included in the 68^th San Sebastian International Film Festival, taking place from 18–26 September, only two are in the running for the Golden Shell: Akelarre [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], a historical film directed by Argentinian director Pablo Agüero, and a co-production of his home country, France and Spain (it was also the winning film of the Art Kino International Prize of the 6^th Europe-Latin America Coproduction Forum 2017); and Courtroom 3H [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], a feature-length documentary, filmed and co-produced in the United States, by Antonia Méndez Esparza. It is worth noting that both directors have appeared in numerous previous editions of the festival. Agüero’s most recent appearance in the festival was 5 years ago with Eva Doesn’t Sleep [+lire aussi :
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It is worth highlighting that two big Spanish television shows will be making an appearance in this year’s edition of the festival: Patria [+lire aussi :
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fiche série], adaptation of Fernando Aramburu’s eponymous novel, and directed by Aitor Gabilondo for HBO Europe, which will be showing a special screening at San Sebastian. Also making the line-up are six episodes of Riot Police [+lire aussi :
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fiche série] directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen for Movistar Plus+, with a cast including Vicky Luengo, Raúl Arévalo, Álex García, Hovik Keuchkeria, Roberto Álamo, Raúl Prieto and Patrick Criado. Although these television series form part of the official selection, they are out of competition.

Unconventional and risky filmmaker Juan Cavestany has found an opening in the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera category with his latest creation: An [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], a film about a couple supposedly travelling to New York, starring Carmen Machi and Javier Cámara. Three other Spanish shorts make up this category: Correspondence (Correspondencia) by Catalan filmmaker Carla Simón (Summer 1993 [+lire aussi :
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The New Directors category, which always discovers emerging talents in cinema, will see two Spanish debuts: David Pérez Sañudo (Bilbao, 1987) competes with Ane [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], a feature-length filmed in the Basque country; and Spanish-Danish co-production Last Days of Spring [+lire aussi :
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interview : Isabel Lamberti
fiche film], set in Madrid’s Canada Real shantytown, directed by Isabel Lamberti (Bühl, 1987). Imanol Rayo (Pamplona, 1984) will present his second feature-length film, Death Knell [+lire aussi :
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Finally, it should be noted that the festival will open on the 18^th September with Woody Allen’s latest film, Rifkin’s Festival [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], a Spain/US/Italy co-production. The Perlak category will include Chile/US/Germany/Holland/Spain co-production The Mole Agent [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], directed by Chilean director Maite Alberdi. After winning the EFADs-CAACI Award at the 2017 Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, The Mole Agent (El agente topo) had its world premiere at Sundance Festival last year. Warner Spain and the San Sebastián Film Festival will be showing a charity screening of El verano que vivimos [+lire aussi :
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Films announced:

Competition

Akelarre [+lire aussi :
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Courtroom 3H [+lire aussi :
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interview : Antonio Méndez Esparza
fiche film] – Antonio Méndez Esparza (USA/Spain)

Out of Competition

Riot Police [+lire aussi :
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interview : Rodrigo Sorogoyen
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Rifkin’s Festival [+lire aussi :
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Special Screenings

Patria [+lire aussi :
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New Directors

Ane [+lire aussi :
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interview : David Pérez Sañudo
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Death Knell [+lire aussi :
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interview : Imanol Rayo
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Last Days of Spring [+lire aussi :
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interview : Isabel Lamberti
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Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

An Optical Illusion [+lire aussi :
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interview : Juan Cavestany
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Correspondence – Carla Simón y Dominga Sotomayor (Chile/Spain) (short)
Ya no duermo – Marina Palacio Burgueño (Spain) (short)
Autofiction – Laida Lertxundi (Spain/USA/New Zealand) (short)

Perlak

The Mole Agent [+lire aussi :
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interview : Maite Alberdi
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Other activities

El verano que vivimos [+lire aussi :
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