This year is the 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival held in the North of Spain. This year The San Sebastian Festival’s Donostia Award will be given to Meryl Streep and Antonio Banderas.
This year presiding juries are Jonathan Demme, Joan Chen, Mirtha Ibarra and Amos Gitai.
The Other Man, who stars Liam Neeson ( Schindler’s List) , Antonio Banderas ( Philadelphia ), Laura Linney (three times Oscar nominee : You Can Count On Me, Savages, Kinsey) and directed by Richard Eyre, will open the 56th San Sebastian Film Festival, the film describes a love triangle and a romantic obsession with elements of intrigue will open the San Sebastian-Out of Competition.
The Brothers Bloom, second feature from the director of the famous film Brick, Rian Johnson. Oscar winners Adrien Brody (The Pianist) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Mark Ruffalo and the Oscar candidate Rinku Kikuchi (Babel), will star in The Brothers Bloom, and will close the San Sebastian Film Festival.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas will be presented out of competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is based on a 2006 novel by Irish writer John Boyne, one of the major best-sellers in recent years. More than three million copies have already been sold and the book has been translated into 30 languages.
Official Selections:
| The Other Man • Richard Eyre |
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| The Brothers Bloom • Rian Johnson |
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| Aruitemo, aruitemo / Still Walking • Hirokazu Kore-Eda |
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| Asbe du-pa / Two-Legged Horse • Samira Makhmalbaf |
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| La belle personne The Beautiful Person • Christophe Honoré |
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| Bi mong / Dream • Kim Ki-duk |
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| Camino Camino • Javier Fesser |
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| Den du frygter / Fear Me Not • Kristian Levring |
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| Eid milad Laila / Laila’s Birthday • Rashid Masharawi |
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| Frozen River Frozen River • Courtney Hunt |
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| Genova Genova • Michael Winterbottom |
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| Louise-Michel Louise-Michel • Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern |
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| Maman est chez le coiffeur Mommy Is at the Hairdresser’s • Léa Pool |
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| El nido vacío The Empty Nest • Daniel Burman |
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| Pandoranin kutusu / Pandora’s Box • Yesim Ustaoglu |
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| El patio de mi cárcel My Prison Yard • Belén Macías |
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| Tiro en la cabeza Bullet in the Head • Jaime Rosales |
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| The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas • Mark Herman |
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| Tropic Thunder Tropic Thunder • Ben Stiller |
For more details check official website: 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival
