A few hours into the 71st episode of Zinemaldia, as the title goes, Oscar winner Tammy Faye, joined by French actress and director Sandrine Bonnaire, rattles off a roster of figures from the seventh art. in the city of Vasco Country.
Jessica Chastain, who also stars in Darkest Night, Miss Sloane or Molly’s Game, is among the renowned list that will grace the event, including Juliette Binoche, Gabriel Byrne, François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devaux, Griffin Dunne, Aidan Gillen, Miles Heiser. and Mads Mikkelsen alongside Sandrine Bonner.
On this occasion, the film will star in the screening of the large-scale film “Memory”, selected by Perlak (Audience Award), directed by Michel Franco, in the 27th film.
On the other hand, Bonner, who has worked with directors such as Agnès Varda, André Téchinet, Claude Sautet, Claude Chabrol or Audrey Divan, will travel to San Sebastian to present “The Closed Dance of the Belt” on the 30th, together with its director James . March and actors Gabriel Byrne, Aidan Guillen, Fionn O’Shea and Leonie Loikin.
Actor Dominic West is expected to arrive in San Sebastian today to attend the inauguration gala; various members of the official film, such as Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, Colombian producer and writer Cristina Gallego, French photographer Brigitte Lacombe, Hungarian producer Robert Lantos, Spanish actress Vicky Luengo and German director Christian Petzold.
Asimismo, Ex-Husbands director Noah Pritzker and the team of Sociedad de la Nieve, led by its director J. A. Bayona, a film that will be presented in Spain at the Oscars.
The quote will refer to the Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki at the beginning of the film “Chico and Garza”, which is also an excuse to recognize the director’s outstanding path.
Numerous Latin American films will compete in various categories in San Sebastian, including the Official Section, which will include the directors of The Assistant (Kitty Green) and Holiday (Isabella Eklöf), as well as the directors of Just a Garden (Xavier Legrand), Complicity (Kei Chika-Ura) and Apples (Christos Nikou), as well as Tzu-Hui Peng and Ping-Wen Wang’s debut Journey in Spring.
Similarly, the French production “Serial Case” directed by Thomas Lilti, which will be part of the special projects of the competition.
These announcements are part of a list of 11 contenders for Concha de Oro removed with priority: Maria Alche and Benjamin Naishtat, Hayone Camborda, Robin Campillo, Isabelle Coixe, Isabelle Herguera, Raven Jackson, Joachim Lafosse, Noah Pritzker, Cristi Puiu and Martin Reitman. .
In addition, the series “La Mesías” by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo was programmed during the competition; and a special performance of “Dispararon” for pianist Fernando Trueb and Javier Mariscal.
Spaniard Victor Erice with the Donostia Prize on the 29th; and Javier Bardem, who will be presented in the next edition due to the restrictions imposed on him by the elections called by the Actors’ Union, are other highlights of the festival.
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