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68th San Sebastián International Film Festival

The 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival took place from 18 to 26 September 2020 in San Sebastián,[1] Gipuzkoa, Spain. The festival opened with Woody Allen's Rifkin's Festival.[2] Viggo Mortensen was awarded the Donostia Award for lifetime achievements.[3]

The competitive awards were presented on 26 September 2020. Beginning by Dea Kulumbegashvili swept the official selection prizes, winning the Golden Shell, as well as Best Actress, Screenplay, and Director.[4] Another Round's ensemble lead cast won the Silver Shell for Best Actor.[4]

Background

In June 2020, American actor Viggo Mortensen was announced as recipient of a Donostia Award.[5]Other than the announcement of the opener (Rifkin's Festival, out of competition), the first films confirmed to be in for screening were official selection competitive titles Another Round, True Mothers, Summer of 85, In the Dusk, Beginning, and Any Crybabies Around?.[6] The festival picked up 17 works (13 feature films and 4 short films) that have been pre-selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[7] Cannes Festival director Thierry Fremaux participated in the Zinemaldia's opening gala on 18 September, making together with José Luis Rebordinos a plea for the return of people to the theatres.[8][9]

Juries

Official Selection

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Sections

Official Selection

In competition

The lineup of films selected for the Official Selection is as follows:[10]

Highlighted title indicates award winner.[4]
Out of competition

The following works were selected to screen out of competition:[11][10]

Latin Horizons

The following films were selected for the Latin Horizons section:[12][13]

Highlighted title indicates award winner.[4]

New Directors

The following films were selected for the New Directors section:[14][15]

Highlighted title indicates award winner.[4]

Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

The following films were selected for the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section:[16]

Highlighted title indicates award winner.[4]

Surprise film

The following film was programmed as a surprise:[17]

Official Selection Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Latanzzio, Ryan (26 September 2020). "Georgia's 'Beginning' Tops This Year's San Sebastián Fest: See the Winners". indiewire.com.
  2. ^ "'Rifkin's Festival', de Woody Allen, abrió la justa de San Sebastián". La Jornada. 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Viggo Mortensen, Premio Donostia 2020: "Agradezco a la gente que sigue yendo al cine, nos da la oportunidad de contar historias"". heraldo.es. 24 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Georgian Film 'Beginning' Sweeps San Sebastian Fest Awards on a Night of Triumph For Female Filmmakers". Variety. 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Viggo Mortensen, Premio Donostia del Festival de San Sebastián 2020". HuffPost. 22 June 2020.
  6. ^ "San Sebastián 2020 anuncia los primeros títulos que competirán por la Concha de Oro". Cinemanía. 3 July 2020 – via 20minutos.es.
  7. ^ "Festival de San Sebastián incluye en sus secciones 17 títulos seleccionados por Cannes". Europa Press. 10 September 2020.
  8. ^ Martos, David (19 September 2020). "El Festival de San Sebastián 2020 arranca con un homenaje a las salas de cine y al Cannes que no fue". Onda Cero.
  9. ^ Domínguez, Mikel (18 September 2020). "El Zinemaldia arranca con una oda a la "distancia salvadora" que permitirá ver cine". EiTB.
  10. ^ a b "Sección Oficial. 68 Edición 2020". sansebastianfestival.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Bollaín, León de Aranoa, Plaza y Jonás Trueba competirán en San Sebastián". HuffPost. 30 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Diez películas latinoamericanas competirán en Horizontes Latinos 2021 del Festival de San Sebastián". Europa Press. 4 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Horizontes Latinos. 68 Edición 2020". sansebastianfestival.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  14. ^ Roxborough, Scott (28 July 2021). "San Sebastian Film Festival Unveils New Directors Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter.
  15. ^ "New Directors. 68 Edición 2020". sansebastianfestival.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Zabaltegi-Tabakalera. 68 Edición 2020". sansebastianfestival.com. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  17. ^ "El documental de Ferrara rodado en el confinamiento, película sorpresa del Zinemaldia". EiTB. 25 September 2020.