The San Sebastian Festival kicks off with the premiere of Immersion, Win Wenders During the opening gala will be the Fipresci Prize to film director Finnish Aki Kaurism ki for his film The other side of hope, which already got the silver bear for Best Director at the last Berlinale. Friday kicks off the 65th Edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival with a gala hosted by Leticia Dolera and Anne Igartiburu in which dive, Win Wenderss new film, will be screened and the Fipresci prize will be delivered to the film director Finnish Aki Kaurism ki for his film The other side of hopethat already got the silver bear for Best Director at the last Berlinale.
On this occasion, the jury will be chaired by actor, producer and director John Malkovich, who will be accompanied by the Argentine actress Dolores Fonzi)The aura), the British director William Oldroyd)Lady Macbeth), the actress Emma Su rez Spanish)Julieta), the producer and screenwriter Italian Paula Vaccaro and Italian director of photography Fabio Cianchetti. In addition, the Spanish actress ngela Molina will preside over the jury that will deliver the horizons Prize to the best of the Latin American cinema, while the filmmaker Carla Simon, whose summer 1993 will represent Spain in the race for the Oscar, will be part of the jury that the Zabaltegi prize will be.
Until 30 September they will compete for the Golden shell 17 of the titles of official section, including the Spanish films The author, by Manuel Mart n Cuenca, Die, the second feature film as director Fernando Franco, after The wound; HandiaAitor Arregi, Jon Gara o and Jose Mari Goenaga following the success of Loreak, and Life and Nothing More, Antonio Mendez Esparza, director of Here and there. James Franco will also participate with The Disaster Artist and Le sens de la F te / C cest la vie, the new comedy from the directors of Untouchable.
Donostia prizes
This 65th Edition will be handed out three awards Donostia. In addition to distinguish the Argentine actor Ricardo Dar n, the Festival will recognize the trajectories of Italian actress Monica Bellucci and French filmmaker Agn s Varda. In his journey as an interpreter for more than 25 years, Bellucci has worked with some related filmmakers both in Europe and United States, among them Francis Ford Coppola, Gaspar No , the Wachowski sisters, Mel Gibson, Terry Gilliam, Spike Lee, Paolo Virzi, Philippe Garrel, Sam Mendes or Emir Kusturika. Agn s Varda, for its part, is a legend of European cinema, whose career has been recognized with major awards in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno and the French Academy of cinema.
In addition to the three Donostia prizes, a long list of performers and directors have confirmed their presence in San Sebastian. To present their films in the official section, they will visit the Festival actor James Franco, who will be competing for the Golden shell with his film The Disaster Artist, Glenn Close, which will close the section with The Wife, Jean-Pierre L aud - the unforgettable Antoine Doinels Les quatre cents coups-, who stars in the films Nobuhiro Suwa)Le lion est mort ce soir); Arnold Schwarzenegger, the voice of the special screening Wonders of the Sea 3D; and Alicia Vikander, who stars in the films opening, directed by Wim Wenders)Submergence).
Some of the most important directors of the current scene will come to San Sebastian to present their films in the sections of pearls and Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Horizontes Latinos: Darren Aronofsky, Kantemir Balagov, Robin Campillo, Raymond Depardon, Ildiko Enyedi Michel Franco, Robert Gu diguian, Todd Haynes, Hirokazu Koreeda, Sebasti n Lelio, Martin McDonagh, Janus Metz, Ruben stlund, Lynne Ramsay, Carlos Saura (in his case, a F lix Viscarret film over it) and Frederick Wiseman, among others.
Javier Bardem and Pen lope Cruz, who will attend the closing of pearls in the velodrome)Loving Pablo) and the Jaeger-LeCoultre award to Paz Vega Latin film lead the representation of Spanish cinema, made up the cast of The authorwhich contains Javier Guti rrez (who will also Shame), Maria Leon and Antonio de la Torre; the delegation of The plagueled by Alberto Rodr guez and Paco Le n; the protagonist of the co-production A kind of family, B rbara Lennie; the couple of Dieformed by Marian lvarez and Andr s Gertr dix; Elena Anaya, who participates in the Donostia award special screening The mountain range; the teams of the two premieres of the velodrome, Jordi Moll , Karra Elejalde and Unax Ugalde)Operation shell) and Javier C mara, Miren Ibarguren, Gorka Otxoa and Julian Lopez)Faith of ETA), among many others.
French cinema will also have large representation. In the official section, with The douleur director Emmanuel Finkiel and Beno t Magimel performers will travel)La Haine), and Gr goire Leprince-Ringuet)The belle personne), and to present Le lion est mort ce soir, Jean Pierre L aud will be accompanied by the actress who gives the replica in the film, Pauline Etienne)Eden). In the section pearls, L a Drucker)The chambre bleue) and Denis M nochet)Inglourious Basterds) embody the parents of Jusqu la garde, and Jean-Pierre Darrousin, one of the three brothers of The villa of Gu diguian. And the actress B r nice Bejo present in Savage the film Tout l -hautalong with the director, Serge Hazanavicius, and Julie Gayet and Nadia Turincev producers.
In addition, new film talent will be present at the Festival not only through the present in all sections and especially Nuev@s Director@s raw operas, but also through the visit of interpreters who are at the beginning of his career as the protagonists of Marrowbone, Charlie Heaton)Stranger Things, As You Are) and George MacKay)Captain Fantastic); of Sollers Point McCaul Lombardi)American Honey); Esther Garrel, which participates in the Festival twice in LAmant d a jour and Call Me By Your Name; N
