Donostia Zinemaldia Festival de San Sebastián International Film Festival 16/24 IRAILA - SEPTIEMBRE 2016 - SANSEBASTIANFESTIVAL.COM
REPORT
#64SSIFF INSTITUZIO KIDEAK / INSTITUCIONES SOCIAS / ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS Instituzio Kideak / Instituciones Socias
BABESLE OFIZIALAK / PATROCINADORES OFICIALES / OFFICIAL SPONSORS
LAGUNTZAILE OFIZIALAK / COLABORADORES OFICIALES / OFFICIAL COLLABORATORS INTRODUCTION 04
CONTENTS LA 64TH EDITION IN FIGURES 05
SECTIONS 11 Official Selection 12 New Directors 14 Horizontes Latinos 16 Zabaltegi-Tabakalera 18 Pearls 20 Culinary Zinema 22 Savage Cinema 24 Zinemira 26 ETB Special Screenings 28 Made in Spain 30 TVE Special Screenings 32 International Film Students Meeting 34 Velodrome 36 Movies for Kids 38 Retrospectives 40 JURIES 44 Official Jury 45 Kutxabank-New Directors Award Jury 46 Horizontes Award Jury 46 Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award Jury 46 Irizar Basque Film Award Jury 46 Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum Award Jury 47 International Film Students Meeting Jury 47 TVE-Otra Mirada Award Jury 47 Cooperación Española Award Jury 47 AWARDS 48 FIAPF official awards 49 Other official awards 50 Other awards 52 Parallel awards 52 Honorary awards 53 INDUSTRY 56 The Industry Club 57 Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum 58 Films in Progress 62 European Film Forum 63 Lau Haizetara 64 Video Library 66 THE FESTIVAL IN 32 IMAGES 67 REPORT 4
Introduction
The 64th edition of the San Sebastian Festival could The list of prestigious directors who accompanied be defined as a balanced edition, positively appraised their films is also impressive: Amat Escalante, in the main by the media, with widespread media and Bertrand Tavernier, Joao Pedro Rodrigues, Jia Zhang- industrial coverage and huge audience success. ke, Paul Verhoeven, François Ozon, Gianfranco Rosi, Joachim Lafosse, Pablo Larrain and Hirozaku The Official Selection was exceedingly Koreeda, among others. In addition to all of those who heterogeneous, where some of the works by big- participated in the Official Selection. name hallowed directors joined (Oliver Stone, Bertrand Bonello, J.A. Bayona, Hong Sang-soo, Baltasar The Festival is still a Festival popular with the Kormákur, Emmanuelle Bercot, Alberto Rodríguez and public. 175,267 spectators in 9 days is a truly Xiaogang Feng, among others) 6 competing debut spectacular figure representing a rise of 0.2% movies. compared to 2015 and 13% compared to 2010 (155,060 spectators in 2010). The commitment to new talents becomes even stronger. In addition to the Film Students Meeting and The number of accredited guests continues to rise, the New Directors section, this year there were 6 debut 3,845 compared to the 3,650 of 2015 (+5.34%) and to films in the Official Competitive Selection. the 2,820 of 2010 (+36.3%).
There was an ample representation of film stars The pledge to turn San Sebastian into a festival where who accompanied the presentation of the films, treating one of the core pillars are industrial activities has the audience to their presence and turning the spotlight borne fruit. Thanks to the Europe-Latin America on San Sebastian as the focus of world news for nine Co-production Forum and Films in progress, the days. Among others, Ethan Hawke and Sigourney presence of film industry professionals continues to Weaver (Donostia Awards), Gael García Bernal (Jaeger- rise: 1,569 compared to the 1,495 of 2015 (+4.9%) and LeCoultre Latino Award), Monica Bellucci, Richard Gere, the 985 of 2010 (+59.3%). Isabelle Huppert, Javier Bardem, Eduard Fernández, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Leonor Watling, Ken Watanabe, Ángela Molina, Fan Bingbing, Cynthia Nixon, Hugh Grant, Inma Cuesta, José Coronado, Joseph Gordon- Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Jorge Perugorría and Juana Acosta came to San Sebastian. REPORT 5
The 64th edition in figures REPORT 6
175.267 SPECTATORS 182 PRESENTATIONS
230 FILMS 120 TALKS 53 WORLD PREMIERES
11 INTERNATIONAL PREMIERES 45 22 EUROPEAN PREMIERES FILMS PRESENTED AT THE TCM MEETINGS AND HORIZONTES 56 SPANISH PREMIERES LATINOS BREAKFASTS
718 SCREENINGS 3 MASTER CLASSES (BERTRAND BONELLO, JEAN-GABRIEL PÉRIOT AND IVAN I. TVERDOVSKY) 25 CINEMAS
908.000 FESTIVAL WEBSITE VISITS 3.845 ACCREDITED GUESTS 500.000 UNIQUE VISITS
1.136 JOURNALISTS 4.730.000 PAGES VIEWED
597 MEDIA 41.000 FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS 1.569 INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS 64.000 TWITTER FOLLOWERS 1.149 14.800 OTHER GUESTS INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS REPORT 7
Attendance
Compared to 2010 Compared to 2015 2010 2015 2016 Absolute Percentage Absolute Percentage
Spectators 155.060 174.901 175.267 20.207 +13% 366 +0,2 %
Accredited 2.820 3.650 3.845 1.025 +36,3% 195 +5,34% guests
Box office 691.929,6 840.395,7 861.625,6 169.696 +24,5% * 21.229,88 +2,5 % takings
(*) In 2010 a general 18% rate of VAT was applied, and 8% at the box office, in place of the 21% of 2015 and 2016. Excluding the effect of the VAT, the increase would be 12.2%.
Accredited guests
Compared to 2010 Compared to 2015 2010 2015 2016 Absolute Percentage Absolute Percentage
Journalists 1.012 1.068 1.136 124 +12,25% 68 +6,4%
Media 516 569 597 81 +15,7% 28 +4,9%
Guests 1.808 2.582 2.709 901 +49,8% 127 +4,9%
Industry 984 1.495 1.569 585 +59,5% 74 +4,9% REPORT 8 Industry EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM Compared to 2012 Compared to 2015 2012* 2015 2016 Absolute Percentage Absolute Percentage
Attendees 433 728 843 410 +94,7% 115 +15,8%
Projects submitted 104 173 194 90 +86,5% 21 +12%
(*) In the case of the Co-production Forum the first year is taken as 2012, the year it began.
Compared to 2010 Compared to 2015 2010 2015 2016 Absolute Percentage Absolute Percentage
FILMS IN PROGRESS 172 207 208 36 +21% 1 +0,5% Attendees
Films Registered with the 61 91 102 41 +67,2% 11 +12% VIDEO LIBRARY Website and Social Media
Compared to 2010 Compared to 2015 2016 2010 2015 (until October) Absolute Percentage Absolute Percentage
Visit 680.000 863.000 908.000 228.000 +33,5% 45.000 +5,2%
Web users Unique visitors 410.000 502.000 500.000 90.000 +22% -2.000 -0,4%
Pages visited 3.300.000 3.580.000 4.730.000 1.430.000 +43,3% 1.150.000 +32,1%
FesTV Video 140.911 230.000 205.000 64.089 +45,5% -25.000 -10,9% spectators reproductions
Facebook 3.450 33.000 41.000 37.550 +1.088% 8.000 +24% Social media Twitter 2.000 51.500 64.000 62.000 +3.100% 12.500 +24,3% followers Instagram 530* 5.750 14.800 14.270 +2.692% 9.050 +157%
(*) This measurement corresponds to 2013 REPORT 9 Collaborations with other Festivals, Institutions and Bodies
AECID (Agencia Española de San Sebastian, European Europa Distribution: Cooperación Internacional): Capital of Culture 2016: Europe-Latin America Cooperación Española Award, Pearls, Retrospective The Act Co-production Forum. Europe-Latin America of Killing. Cinema and global Co-production Forum, sesión violence, European Film Forum, FAPAE: Europe-Latin America Cine, desarrollo y sostenibilidad. International Film Students Co-production Forum. session. Meeting, Ikusmira Berriak. Guadalajara International ARTE France Cinema: Europe- San Sebastián SHOPS: Film Festival (Mexico): Latin America Co-production Film shopping. Europa Tendencias. Forum. EFAD (European Film Agency Filmoteca Vasca: Retrospective Basque Culinary Center: Directors): Europe-Latin America The Act of Killing. Cinema and Culinary Zinema. Co-production Forum. global violence, Zinemira.
Berlinale: Culinary Zinema. Eiken Basque Audiovisual: Filmoteca de Madrid: Europe-Latin America Retrospectiva The Act of Killing. BIFF (Bogota International Co-production Forum. Cinema and global violence. Film Festival): International Film Students Meeting. EITB: Zinemira. Fundación RAIS: Special screening of Time Out of Mind. CACI (Conferencia de EPE-APV (Association of Autoridades Cinematográficas Basque Producers): Fundación SGAE: Made in Spain, de Iberoamérica): Europe-Latin Europe-Latin America Film Music in the Velodrome. America Co-production Forum, Co-production Forum, Zinemira. Films in Construction. Gas Natural Fenosa: Cinergía ESCAC (Escola Superior de Project. Cultura ARTS IVAC, Generalitat Cinema i Audiovisuals de Valenciana: Retrospective The Catalunya): Film shopping. Gehitu: Sebastiane Award, Act of Killing. Cinema and global Sebastiane Latino Award and the violence. Europa Creativa Desk MEDIA Meeting of Ibero-American LGBT Euskadi: Europe-Latin America Film Festivals. Basque Government Co-production Forum. Department of Economic Hispasat: Hispasat 4K Development and Creative Europe MEDIA. The International Festival, Cinema Competitiveness: The Industry Industry Club, European Film and technology. The challenges of Club, Europe-Latin America Co- Forum, Europe-Latin America filming in 4K workshop. production Forum. Co-production Forum. HUHEZI (Mondragon University Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences): Film Students Meeting. REPORT 10
IBAIA (Association of Basque Basque Symphony Orchestra: Rencontres Cinémas Producers): Europe-Latin Film music at the Velodrome. d’Amérique Latine de Toulouse: America Co-production Forum, Films in Progress. Zinemira. Orona Fundazioa: International Film School Meeting, Zinetek Tabakalera: Zabaltegi- ICAA: National Cinematography (screenings and debates with Tabakalera, Instalacion 327 Award (Ángela Molina). baccalaureate, vocational Notebooks (Andrés di Tella), training and university students International Film Students Etxepare Basque Institute: from schools and universities in Meeting, Ikusmira Berriak Europe-Latin America Gipuzkoa). Co-production Forum. TOPIC: Recreating the Marché du Film-Festival de underwater world of Jacques LatAm Cinema: Europe-Latin Cannes: Europe-Latin America Cousteau (workshop for America Co-production Forum. Co-production Forum, Festival children). Film Library. Movistar +: Summer Cinema, Variety: The Industry Club media session: The creative process Ibermedia Programme: Europe- partner. in original fiction and Film Latin America Co-production workshops (El hombre de las mil Forum, Films in Construction. Ventana Sur: Europe-Latin caras (Smoke & Mirrors), Que America Co-production Forum. Dios nos perdone and A Monster Red Bull Media House: Savage Calls). Cinema. Zineuskadi: Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum, San Telmo Museum: Movies for Kids. Retrospective The Act of Killing. Cinema and global violence. REPORT 11
Sections REPORT 12 REPORT 13
COMPETING FILMS OUT OF COMPETITION Official La fille de Brest / 150 Milligrams, A Monster Calls, J.A. Bayona Emmanuelle Bercot (France) (Spain) OPENING FILM Colossal, Nacho Vigalondo Selection American Pastoral, Ewan (Canada) McGregor (USA) Snowden, Oliver Stone Debut film (USA - Germany - France) As You Are, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte L’Odyssée / The Odissey, Jérôme (USA) Salle (France - Belgium) The Official Selection contains Debut film CLOSING FILM a rundown of the most recently produced films not to have Dangsinjasingwa dangsinui geot / competed in other festival Yourself and Yours, Hong Sang- in keeping with the FIAPF soo (South Korea) SPECIAL SCREENINGS (International Federation of Film Eidurrinn / The Oath, Baltasar Bigas x Bigas, Bigas Lunas & Producers Associations) regulations Kormákur (Iceland) for competitive non-specialised Santiago Garrido Rua El hombre de las mil caras festivals. Besides the competing (Spain) (Smoke & Mirrors), Alberto films, this section also includes Kimo no na wa / Your Name, Rodríguez (Spain) films out of competition and special Makoto Shinkai (Japan) screenings. El invierno (The Winter), Emiliano Manda huevos, Diego Galán Torres (Argentina - France) (Spain) Debut film Vivir y otras ficciones,Jo Sol Ikari / Rage, Lee Sang-il (Japan) (Spain) Jätten / The Giant, Johannes Nyholm (Sweden-Denmark) Debut film DONOSTIA AWARD Jesús, Fernando Guzzoni SCREENINGS (Chile - France - Germany - Greece - Colombia) Ethan Hawke: La reconquista, Jonás Trueba (Spain) The Magnificent Seven, Antoine Fuqua (USA) Lady Macbeth, William Oldroyd (UK) Born to Be Blue, Robert Budreau Debut film (Canada - UK) Nocturama, Bertrand Bonello (France - Germany - Belgium) Sigourney Weaver: Orpheline / Orphan, Arnaud Des A Monster Calls, J.A. Bayona Pallières (France) (Spain) Plac Zabaw / Playground, Bartosz M. Kowalski (Poland) Debut film Que Dios nos perdone, Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain) Wo Bu Shi Pan Jinlian / I Am Not Madame Bovary, Xiaogang Feng (China) REPORT 14 REPORT 15
New Directors
International competition of first Anis¸oara / Anishoara, Ana Felicia Scutelnicu and second works by their directors, (Moldavia - Germany) made in the last year. With this Compte tes blessures / A Taste of Ink, Morgan Simon section, the Festival consolidates its (France) mission to discover new filmmakers and new ways of approaching and Fin de semana, Moroco Colman making film. (Argentina) Hu xi zheng Chang / Something in Blue, Yunbo Li (China) Bar Bahar / In Between, Maysaloun Hamoud (Israel - France) Le ciel flamand, Peter Monsaert (Belgium) Lumières d’été - Natsu no hikari / Summer Lights, Jean-Gabriel Périot (France) María (y los demás), Nely Reguera (Spain) Park, Sofia Exarchou (Greece-Poland) Pinamar, Federico Godfrid (Argentina) Porto, Gabe Klinger (Portugal - France - USA) Teesklejad / Pretenders, Vallo Toomla (Estonia - Lithuania - Latvia) Vanatoare / Prowl, Alexandra Balteanu (Germany) Waldstille, Martijn Maria Smits (Netherlands) Yeon-ae-dam / Our Love Story, Lee Hyun-Ju (South Korea) Yi bai wu shi sui de sheng huo / One Hundred and Fifty Years of Life, Liu Yu (China) REPORT 16 REPORT 17
Horizontes Latinos
Horizontes Latinos presents films Alba, Ana Cristina Barragán not yet screened in Spain produced (Ecuador - Mexico - Greece) totally or partially in Latin America, Aquí no ha pasado nada, Alejandro Fernández Almendras directed by Latin filmmakers or (Chile - USA - France) about aspects related to Latin communities in the rest of the El amparo, Rober Calzadilla world. (Venezuela - Colombia) El Cristo ciego, Christopher Murray (Chile - France) El rey del Once, Daniel Burman (Argentina) Era o Hotel Cambridge (Hotel Cambridge), Eliane Caffé (Brazil - France - Spain) La idea de un lago, Milagros Mumenthaler (Argentina - Switzerland - Qatar) La larga noche de Francisco Sanctis, Andrea Testa & Francisco Márquez (Argentina) La región salvaje, Amat Escalante (Mexico - Denmark - France - Germany - Norway - Switzerland) Rara, Pepa San Martín (Chile - Argentina) Santa y Andrés, Carlos Lechuga (Cuba - France-Colombia) Viejo Calavera, Kiro Russo (Bolivia - Qatar) X500, Juan Andrés Arango (Canada - Colombia - Mexico) REPORT 18 REPORT 19
Zabaltegi- Tabakalera
Section open to unusual and surprising film projects from the COMPETING FILMS narrative and formal points of view. This section was competitive for the Voyage à travers le cinéma Louise en hiver / Louise by the first time this year. français / A Journey Through Shore, Jean-Françoise Laguionie French Cinema, Bertrand (France) Tavernier (France) O Ornitólogo / L’Ornithologue, OPENING FILM João Pedro Rodrigues 489 Years, Hayoun Kwon (France) (Portugal - France - Brazil) Short film Oscuro animal, Felipe Guerrero A cidade onde envelheço / (Argentina - Colombia - Where I Grow Old, Marilia Rocha Netherlands - Germany - Greece) (Brazil - Portugal) Sarah Winchester, opéra fantôme, A Quiet Passion, Terence Davies Bertrand Bonello (France) (UK - Belgium) Short film Caminan, Mikel Rueda (Spain) Sipo Phantasma (Barco fantasma), Short film Koldo Almandoz (Spain) Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in The Hedonists, Jia Zhang-ke His Own Words, Thorsten Schütte (China) Short film (France - Germany) The Illinois Parables, Deborah Ejercicios de memoria, Paz Encina Stratman (USA) (Argentina - Paraguay - France - Uncle Howard, Germany - Qatar) Aaron Brookner (UK) El extraño, Pablo Álvarez (Chile) Wiener-Dog, Tod Solondz (USA) Short film Zoologiya / Zoology, Ivan I. El viento sabe que vuelvo a casa, Tverdovsky (Russia - France - José Luis Torres Leiva (Chile) Germany) Gimme Danger, Jim Jarmusch (USA) OUT OF COMPETITION Gure hormek (Nuestras paredes), Las chicas de Pasaik (Spain) Midnight Special, Jeff Nichols Short film (USA) Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis / A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, Lav Diaz (Philippines) La disco resplandece, Chema García Ibarra (Turkey) REPORT 20 REPORT 21
Pearls
A selection of the year’s feature A CONCURSO films, not yet screened in Spain, and which have been acclaimed Elle, Paul Verhoeven (France) by critics or won awards at other festivals. Florence Foster Jenkins, Stephen Frears (UK) Frantz, François Ozon (France) Fuocoammare / Fire at Sea, Gianfranco Rosi (Italy - France) I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach (UK - France - Belgium) L’Avenir / Things to Come, Mia Hansen-Løve (France) L’Économie du couple / After Love, Joachim Lafosse. (Belgium - France) La tortue rouge / The Red Turtle, Michael Dudok de Wit (France - Belgium) Little Men, Ira Sachs (USA) Ma vie de courgette / My Life as a Zucchini, Claude Barras (Switzerland - France) Na mlijecnom putu / On the Milky Road, Emir Kusturica (UK - Serbia) Neruda, Pablo Larraín (Chile - Argentina - Spain - France) Sieranevada, Cristi Puiu (Romania - France) Toni Erdmann, Maren Ade (Germany - Austria) FIPRESCI GRAND PRIX 2016 Umi yorimo mada fukaku / After the Storm, Hirokazu Koreeda (Japan)
FUERA DE CONCURSO
Arrival, Denis Villeneuve (USA) CLOSING FILM REPORT 22 REPORT 23
Culinary Zinema
A competitive selection of films Theather of Life, Peter Svatek (Canada) related to gastronomy. The OPENING FILM screenings are followed by themed Dinner at Basque Culinary Center dinners. The section was created in prepared by its own chefs-teachers. 2011 in collaboration with the Berlin International Film Festival and is organised jointly with the Basque Todo sobre el asado, Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat Culinary Center. (Argentina-Spain) Dinner at theAsador Illarra a cargo de Joxean Eizmendi, prepared by Joxean Eizmendi, in collaboration with the film crew.
The Turkish Way, Luis González (Spain) Dinner at the Basque Culinary Center prepared by Mehmet Gürs.
Mama, gohan mada? / What’s for Dinner, Mom?, Mitsuhito Shiraha (Japan) Dinner at the ni neu prepared by chefs Mikel Gallo and Cheung Yat Sing.
BajaTaste, Roberto Nájera (Mexico) Dinner at the Basque Culinary Center prepared by Javier Plascencia.
Bugs, Andreas Johnsen (Denmark) Dinner at the Basque Culinary Center prepared by Roberto Flore.
Tsukiji Wonderland, Naotaro Endo (Japan) CLOSING FILM Dinner at the Basque Culinary Center prepared by Ricardo Sanz. REPORT 24 REPORT 25
Savage Cinema
Section created in 2013 in Bunker77, Takuji Masuda (Switzerland) collaboration with Red Bull Media Let’s Be Frank, Peter Hamblin (UK) House. Annual showcase of movies in any genre focussed on sport Orange Sunshine, William A. Kirkley (USA) and adventures, using narrative Surfers’ Blood, Patrick Trefz (USA) scenarios or tools to tell real or fictional stories. The Fourth Phase, Jon Klaczkiewicz (USA) REPORT 26
Zinemira REPORT 27
Zinemira
Nola?, Fermín Muguruza (Spain) Section dedicated to Basque COMPETING FILMS film organised with the Basque Oihalak adarretan (Telas en las Government Department of Baskavígin. La matanza de los ramas), Juanmi Gutiérrez Culture with the collaboration balleneros vascos, Aitor Aspe Fid (Spain) of the Filmoteca Vasca and the (Spain - Iceland) Pelota II, Olatz González producers’ associations IBAIA and Abrisketa & Jorgen Leth (Spain) EPE/APV. The section also includes Berlin. Iragan gunea Berlin, a selection of short films from the Maider Oleaga (Spain) Skhvisi Sakhli / House of Others, Kimuak programme. Chillida: Esku huts, Juan Barrero Rusudan Glurjidze (Spain) (Spain - Georgia - Russia) El fin de ETA, Justin Webster (Spain) KIMUAK (Short films) Gutik Zura, Jon Maia Soria (Spain) Beti bezperako koplak, Ageda Kopla Taldea (Spain) Igelak (Ranas), Patxo Telleria (Spain) Caminan, Mikel Rueda (Spain) BASQUE FILM AND ETB GALA False Flag, Asier Urbieta (Spain) Nueva York. Quinta Planta, Mikel Gure Hormek (Nuestras paredes), Rueda (Spain) Las chicas de Pasaik (Spain) Pedaló, Juan Palacios (Spain) Hileta, Kepa Sojo (Spain) Rockanrollers, Juanma Bajo Ulloa Ihesa, Alejandro Díaz-Castaño (Spain) (Spain) Renovable, Jon Garaño & Jose OUT OF COMPETITION Mari Goenaga (Spain)
Acantilado, Helena Taberna (Spain) Gaur irekiko ditu ateak (Hoy abrirá sus puertas), Eriz Zapirain (Spain) Irrintziaren oihartzunak (Los ecos del irrintzi), Iratxe Fresneda (Spain - France) Mara mara, David Aguilar (Spain) REPORT 28
ETB Special Screenings REPORT 29
ETB Special Screenings
The Basque Film Gala featured Berlin. Iragan gunea Berlin (Berlín punto de fuga), the premiere of the documentary Maider Oleaga (Spain) Buscando a Aguirre, directed by Buscando a Aguirre, Francesc Escribano. Throughout Francesc Escribano (Spain) the Festival the other productions in this ETB project related to the Gernika. Markak, Basque President Aguirre were Hannot Mintegia (Spain) presented: Nueva York. Quinta Plata, Mikel Rueda (Spain) París. Voces de papel. Un ensayo sobre el movimiento, Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain) REPORT 30 Made in Spain REPORT 31
Made in Spain
A selection of some of the most Berserker, Pablo Hernando (Spain) interesting Spanish films of the year, Callback, Carles Torras (Spain - USA) bringing them to the attention of the international press and industry. Cien años de perdón, Daniel Calparsoro (Spain - Argentina - France) El olivo / Der Olivenbaum, Iciar Bollaín (Spain - Germany) Julieta, Pedro Almodóvar (Spain) Palmeras en la nieve, Fernando González Molina (Spain) Política, manual de instrucciones, Fernando León de Aranoa (Spain) To ro, Kike Maíllo (Spain) Zipi y Zape y la isla del capitán, Oskar Santos (Spain) REPORT 32
TVE Special Screenings REPORT 33
TVE Special Screenings
Also screened at the Festival were Spain In a Day, Isabel Coixet (Spain) the film Spain in a Day, by Isabel Vientos de La Habana, Félix Viscarret (Spain - Cuba - Coixet, as was the feature film Germany). Feature film. Vientos de La Habana and the series Cuatro estaciones en La Habana, Vientos de La Habana, Félix Viscarret (Spain - Cuba - both directed by Félix Viscarret. Germany). First episode in the series Cuatro estaciones en La Habana. Pasado Perfecto, Félix Viscarret (Spain - Cuba - Germany). Second episode in the series Cuatro estaciones en La Habana. Máscaras, Félix Viscarret (Spain - Cuba - Germany). Third episode in the series Cuatro estaciones en La Habana. Paisaje de otoño, Félix Viscarret (Spain - Cuba - Germany). Fourth episode in the series Cuatro estaciones en La Habana. REPORT 34
XV International Film Students Meeting REPORT 35
XV International Film Students Meeting
At open sessions, students present 24º51’ Latitud Norte, Carlos Lenin Gabber Lover, Anna Cazenave- the selected shorts, discovering the Treviño (Centro Universitario de Cambet (La Fémis, France) film world first hand thanks to the Estudios Cinematográficos Grad / The City, Masa Sarovic experiences of directors, producers, CUEC - UNAM, Mexico) (Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Serbia) distributors or critics who visit the A Nice Place To Leave, Maya Meeting to share their knowledge Kupranugaris / The Camel, Connors (HFBK-Academy of Fine with the future moviemakers. Laurynas Bareisa (Lithuanian Arts Hamburg, Germany) Academy of Music and Theatre, A quien corresponda, Valeria Lithuania) Fernández (Universidad del Cine, Mariâ / Mary, Grigory Kolomytsev Argentina) (Russian State University of Adaptacja / Adaptation, Bartosz Cinematography named after Kruhlik (The Polish National Film S.Gerasimov, Russia) Television and Theatre School - O Noapte În Tokoriki / A Night In Lodz Film School, Poland) Tokoriki, Roxana Stroe (National Celebració / Celebration University of Drama and Film (Celebración), Pau Cruanyes Bucharest, Romania) and Gerard Vidal (Facultad de Sweet Maddie Stone, Brady Comunicación de la Universidad Hood (NFTS - National Film and Pompeu Fabra, Spain) Television School, UK) Etage X / Floor X, Francy Fabritz Take Away, Geòrg Cantos (DFFB - Berlin Film Conservatory, (ECAM - Escuela de Germany) Cinematografía y del Audiovisual Evyona / Jouissance, Segev Shaw de la Comunidad de Madrid, (Beit Berl College Faculty of Arts - Spain) Film Department, Israel) Umpire, Leonardo van Dijl (LUCA School of Arts, Belgium) REPORT 36
Velodrome REPORT 37
Velodrome
Famous for being one of the biggest Kalebegiak, Koldo Almandoz, Asier Altuna, Luiso film theatres in the world, the Berdejo, Daniel Calparsoro, Iñaki Camacho, Las chicas Antonio Elorza Velodrome housed de Pasaik, Borja Cobeaga, Telmo Esnal, Isabel Herguera, the premieres of the collective Ekain Irigoien, Julio Medem, Izibene Oñederra, Gracia film made for San Sebastian, Querejeta, Imanol Uribe (Spain) European Capital of Culture 2016, Sausage Party (La fiesta de las salchichas), Greg Tiernan Kalebegiak, Storks and Sausage & Conrad Vernon (USA) Party. It was also the setting for a relay of the closing gala, including Storks (Cigüeñas), Nicholas Stoler & Doug Sweetland the screenings of L’Odyssée/The (USA) Odyssey and Arrival, a Savage Cinema screening (The Fourth Phase) and the morning sessions for schoolchildren (Albert). REPORT 38
Movies for Kids REPORT 39
Movies for Kids
Selection of films particularly Albert, Kartsen Kiilerich (Denmark) devised for an audience of children, Marco Macaco (Marko Makako), Jan Rahbek (Denmark) dubbed into Basque thanks to the collaboration with Zineuskadi, Pan, Joe Wright (USA) as part of the Zinema Euskaraz Phantom Boy, Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol (France) programme. Pourquoi j’ai pas mangé mon père / Evolution Man - Monkey Business (Tximinoen erresuma), Jamel Debbouze (France) Snezhnaya koroleva / The Snow Queen, Maksim Sveshnikov (Russia) Zipi y Zape y la isla del capitán (Zipi y Zape eta Kapitainaren Irla), Oskar Santos (Spain) REPORT 40 REPORT 41
Classic retrospective
Jacques Becker The classic retrospective was Le commissaire est bon enfant, le gendarme est sans dedicated to Jacques Becker pitié /Pitiless Gendarme, Jacques Becker, Pierre Prévert (Paris, 1906 – Paris, 1960). All of (France, 1935) the feature films by the French La vie est à nous, Jacques Becker, Jean Renoir, Jacques filmmaker were programmed; this B. Brunius, Henri Cartier-Bresson, André Zwobada, was the first commercial screening Jean-Paul Le Chanois (France, 1936) in Spain for half of them. Dernier Atout, Jacques Becker (France, 1942) Goupi Mains Rouges / It Happened At The Inn, Jacques Becker (France, 1943) Falbalas / Paris Frills, Jacques Becker (France, 1945) Antoine et Antoinette / Antoine and Antoinette, Jacques Becker (France, 1947) Rendez-vous de juillet / Rendezvous in July, Jacques Becker (France, 1949) Édouard et Caroline / Edward And Caroline, Jacques Becker (France, 1951) Casque D’ Or, Jacques Becker (France, 1952) Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs / Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves, Jacques Becker (France, 1954) Rue de l’estrapade, Jacques Becker (France, 1953) Touchez pas au Grisbi, Jacques Becker (France-Italy, 1954) Les aventures d’Arsène Lupin / The Adventures Of Arsène Lupin, Jacques Becker (France-Italy, 1957) Les amants de Montparnasse / Modigliani of Montparnasse, Jacques Becker (France-Italy, 1958) Le trou, Jacques Becker (France - Italy, 1960) REPORT 42 REPORT 43
Themed retrospective
The Act of Killing. Cinema and global violence The themed retrospective The Le jour où Dieu est parti en voyage / Act of Killing. Cinema and global The Day God Walked Away, Philippe Van Leeuw violence, jointly organised with (Belgium - France, 2009) San Sebastian, European Capital Armadillo, Janus Metz Pedersen (Denmark, 2010) of Culture 2016, was made up of a selection of films that help to Cirkus Columbia, Danis Tanovic´ analysis situations of violence (Bosnia - Herzegovina - France - Belgium - UK - occurring all over the world. Germany - Slovenia, 2010) El problema: testimonio del pueblo saharaui, Jordi Ferrer, Pablo Vidal (Spain, 2010) 5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi Die innere sicherheit / The State I Am In, Christian (Palestine - Israel - France, 2011) Petzold (Germany, 2000) Al final del túnel / Bakerantza, Eterio Ortega Bloody Sunday, Paul Greengrass (UK - Ireland, 2002) Santillana (Spain, 2011) S-21, La machine de mort Khmère rouge / La désintégration / The Disintegration, Philippe S-21, The Khmer Rouge Death Machine, Rithy Panh Faucon (France - Belgium, 2011) (Cambodia - France, 2003) The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer La pelota vasca. La piel contra la piedra, Julio Medem (Denmark - Norway - Gran Bretaña, 2012) (Spain, 2003) The Attack (El atentado), Ziad Doueiri Darwin’s Nightmare, Hubert Sauper (Lebanon - France - Qatar - Belgium, 2012) (Austria - Belgium - France - Germany, 2004) Asier ETA biok (Asier y yo), Aitor Merino, Amaia Omagh, Pete Travis (Ireland - UK, 2004) Merino (Spain - Ecuador, 2013) Turtles Can Fly, Bahman Ghobadi (Iran - Iraq, 2004) Heli, Amat Escalante (Mexico, 2013) Paradise Now, Hany Abu-Assad (Netherlands - Israel - Maidan, Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine - Netherlands, 2014) Germany - France - Palestine, 2005) Lasa eta Zabala / Lasa y Zabala, Pablo Malo (Spain, Daratt / Dry Season, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun 2014) (Chad - France - Belgium - Austria, 2006) The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer El violín, Francisco Vargas (Mexico, 2006) (Denmark - Indonesia - Norway - Finland - USA - UK - Israel - France - Germany - Netherlands, 2014) To Die In Jerusalem, Hilla Medalia (Israel - USA, 2007) 1980, Iñaki Arteta (Spain, 2014) Hunger, Steve McQueen (UK - Ireland, 2008) Je suis Charlie, Daniel Leconte, Emmanuel Leconte Johnny Mad Dog, Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (France, 2015) (France - Liberia - Belgium, 2008) Mugaminak (Fronteras compartidas), Xuban Intxausti El olvido, Heddy Honigmann (Spain, 2016) (Netherlands - Germany, 2008) Itsasoaren alaba, Josu Martínez (Spain, 2009) REPORT 44
Juries REPORT 45
Bille August, director, Denmark (Chair)
Official Jury Anahí Berneri, screenwriter and director, Argentina
The Official Selection Jury has the Bina Daigeler, costume designer, obligation to give six awards: Golden Germany Shell for Best Film, Silver Shell for Best Director, Silver Shell for Best Esther García, producer, Spain Actress, Silver Shell for Best Actor, Jury Prize for Best Screenplay and Jia Zhang-ke, director, screenwriter Jury Prize for Best Cinematography. and producer, China It can also give a Special Jury Prize. Matthew Libatique, cinematographer, USA
Nadia Turincev, producer, Russia REPORT 46
Kutxabank-New Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Directors Award Jury Award Jury
Carlo Chatrian, director of the Locarno Virginia García del Pino, director, Spain Festival, Italy (Chair) (Chair)
Pablo Álvarez, director, Chile Corinne Castel, curator and producer, France
Victória Guerra, actress, Portugal Federico Veiroj, screenwriter, director and producer, Uruguay Eulàlia Iglesias Huix, journalist and critic, Spain
Isabel Stevens, writer and art curator, UK
Horizontes Irizar Basque Film Award Jury Award Jury
Inma Cuesta, actress, Spain (Chair) Anjel Lertxundi, writer and screenwriter, Andrés Di Tella, filmmaker, Argentina Spain (Chair)
Shari Frilot, Sundance Festival programmer, Maite Arroitajauregi, composer and USA performer, Spain
Jon Garaño, director, Spain REPORT 47
Europe-Latin America TVE-Otra Mirada Co-production Forum Award Jury Award Jury Toni Sevilla, Head of Content, Channels and Programme Production at TVE, Spain (Chair) Julie Bergeron, Head of Industry Programmes Marché du Film – Cannes Festival, Canada Bárbara Goenaga, actress, Spain
Simón de Santiago Aréizaga, producer, Spain Clara Montero, Head of Programming at Azkuna Zentroa, Spain Alejandra Paulín Albor, General Coordinator of Los Cabos Festival, Mexico Inma Shara, orchestra conductor and composer, Spain
International Film Cooperación Students Meeting Española Award Jury Jury
Joao Pedro Rodrigues, director, Portugal, Rubén López-Pulido, Head of Communications (Chair), together with one student from each at AECID, Spain (Chair) school participating in the Meeting. Lur Olaizola, Coordinator of audiovisual programmes at Tabakalera-International Centre for Contemporary Culture, Spain
Xabier Paya, Head of the Cultural Programme at San Sebastian, European Capital of Culture 2016, Spain REPORT 48
Awards REPORT 49
Fiapf Official Awards
Golden Shell for Best Film Silver Shell for Best Director Jury Prize for Best Screenplay Wo Bu Shi Pan Jinlian / I Am Not Hong Sang-soo Isabel Peña, Rodrigo Sorogoyen Madame Bovary Dangsinjasingwa dangsinui geot / Que Dios nos perdone Xiaogang Feng (China) Yourself and Yours (Lo tuyo y tú) Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain) Hong Sang-soo (South Korea) Special Jury Prize ex-aequo Jury Prize for Best Cinematography El Invierno Silver Shell for Best Actress Ramiro Civita Emiliano Torres (Argentina - France) Fan Bingbing El Invierno Wo Bu Shi Pan Jinlian / I Am Not Emiliano Torres (Argentina - France) Jätten / The Giant Madame Bovary Johannes Nyholm (Sweden - Xiaogang Feng (China) Denmark) Silver Shell for Best Actor Eduard Fernández El hombre de las mil caras Alberto Rodríguez (Spain) REPORT 50
Other Official Awards
Kutxabank-New Directors Award This Award comes with €50,000 for the director and distributor of the film in Spain. San Sebastian, European Capital of Park Culture 2016 Audience Award Sofia Exarchou (Greece - Poland) Decided by the audience at the first public screening of each SPECIAL MENTION film in the Pearls section. The Compte tes blessures / A Taste Of Ink Audience Award is composed of Morgan Simon (France) two acknowledgements: the Best Film Award, with €50,000, and Best European Film, with €20,000. The Horizontes Latinos Award Comes with €35,000: €10,000 for the director of the film and FILM AWARD €25,000 for its distributor in Spain. I, Daniel Blake This award seeks to promote Latin Ken Loach (UK - France - Belgium) cinema and to offer a privileged EUROPEAN FILM AWARD platform for its exhibition and Ma vie de courgette / My Life As A commercialisation in Spain. Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award Courgette Comes with €20,000: €6,000 Claude Barras (Switzerland - Rara for the director of the film and France) Pepa San Martín (Chile - Argentina) €14,000 for its distributor.
SPECIAL MENTION Irizar Basque Film Award Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In Alba Pedaló His Own Words Ana Cristina Barragán (Ecuador - Juan Palacios (Spain) Thorsten Schüte (France - Mexico - Greece) Germany) EROSKI Youth Award SPECIAL MENTION Bar Bahar / In Between La Disco Resplandece (Short Film) Maysaloun Hamoud (Israel - France) Chema García Ibarra (Turkey) REPORT 51
V Europe-Latin America Films in Progress 30 Awards XV International Film Students
Co-production Forum Award FILMS IN PROGRESS 30 INDUSTRY AWARD Meeting Awards EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION La educación del Rey PANAVISION AWARD FORUM BEST PROJECT AWARD Santiago Esteves (Argentina) Étage X / Floor X 7:35am Francy Fabritz (Germany) Javier Van de Couter (Argentina) CACI/IBERMEDIA TV FILMS IN PROGRESS AWARD La educación del Rey DFFB - Berlin Film Conservatory SPECIAL MENTION TO THE PROJECT Santiago Esteves (Argentina) (Germany) Hogar PANAVISION AWARD. NOMINAL MENTION Maura Delpero (Italy - Argentina) Umpire EFADS/CACI EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION Leonardo Van Dijl (Belgium) FORUM AWARD LUCA School of Arts (Belgium) Los días según ellos Juan Pablo Félix ORONA AWARD (Argentina - Spain - France) 24° 51’ Latitud Norte Carlos Lenin Treviño (Mexico) ARTE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE Centro Universitario de Estudios Hogar Cinematográficos CUEC-UNAM Maura Delpero (Italy - Argentina) (Mexico)
ORONA AWARD SPECIAL NOMINAL MENTION A Quien Corresponda Valeria Fernández (Argentina) Universidad del Cine (Argentina) REPORT 52
Other Parallel Awards Awards
TVE-Otra Mirada Award FIPRESCI Prize Signis Award Bar Bahar / In Between Lady Macbeth Nocturama Maysaloun Hamoud (Israel-France) William Oldroyd (UK) Bertrand Bonello (France-Germany- Belgium)
Cooperación Española Award CICAE Award SPECIAL MENTION Oscuro Animal Bar Bahar / In Between A Monster Calls Felipe Guerrero (Colombia- Maysaloun Hamoud (Israel - J.A. Bayona (Spain) Argentina - Netherlands - France) Germany - Greece) Gipuzkoa Blood Donors Association FEROZ Zinemaldia Award SPECIAL MENTION El hombre de las mil caras Solidarity Award Viejo Calavera La fille de Brest / 150 Milligrams Alberto Rodríguez (Spain) Kiro Russo (Bolivia-Qatar) Emmanuelle Bercot (France) SPECIAL MENTION Best Basque Screenplay Award Era O Hotel Cambridge (Hotel Nueva York. Quinta Planta Sebastiane Award Bar Bahar / In Between Cambridge) Mikel Rueda Eliane Caffé (Brazil - France - Spain) Maysaloun Hamoud (Israel-France) Lurra Greenpeace Award L’Odyssée / The Odyssey Premio Tokyo Gohan Jérôme Salle (France-Belgium) Tokyo Gohan Award. A jury chosen by Stylejam and Pictures dept. co. ltd. gave one of the films in Culinary Zinema an award including €10,000 for the international distributor of the work.
Theater of Life Peter Svatek (Canada) REPORT 53
Honorary Awards
“ For me cinema is the church that I have chosen and festivals Donostia Award like this are sacred institutions. Ethan Hawke, actor, writer and director (USA) We are reaffirming our faith, love and hope in the power of cinema. “
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke REPORT 54
Donostia Award Sigourney Weaver, actress (USA)
“ This award means so much to me, because, as some of you will know, San Sebastian was the very first festival I ever went to, in 1979, with a little film calledAlien , which I actually hadn’t seen before that night. “
Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver REPORT 55
Jaeger-LeCoultre Latin Cinema Award Gael García Bernal, actor, “ director and producer (Mexico) Heartfelt thanks for this award, Zinemira Award which has a special Ramón Barea, actor and director meaning for me, (Spain) given that San Sebastian was my first event. It was right there on its red carpet that I discovered I could make cinema, and I took it seriously. “ Ramón Barea Ramón Barea Gael García Bernal “ I’m very proud. It’s fantastic to see Latin American cinema in the limelight. “
Gael García Bernal REPORT 56
Industry REPORT 57
The Industry Club
The Festival’s Industry department, the Industry Club, provides industry guests and crews from the selected “ films with tools and activities to A total of 1,569 industry professionals ensure that the professionals may go about their work in the best of attended the 64th edition of the Festival, conditions and that their stay in San representing 1,060 companies in Sebastian is as satisfactory 60 countries. This means a rise of 4.8% as possible. compared to 2015, and a sustained increase A total of 1,569 industry of 59% compared to 2010. professionals attended the 64th edition of the Festival, representing “ 1,060 companies in 60 countries. This means a rise of 4.8% the European and Latin American Also running throughout the Festival compared to 2015, and a sustained film worlds. One noteworthy new was the Industry Club space at the increase of 59% compared to 2010. feature of the year was the EFADs- Kursaal centre, where meetings were CACI Europe-Latin America Co- enabled between accredited guests Over the nine days of the Festival, Production Forum Award, given and there were different areas for project presentations were by the European Film Agency presentations, professional meetings, organised and films were screened Directors Association (EFADs) and round tables and other activities, at different stages of production; the Conferencia de Autoridades such as the XII Lau Haizetara there were also gatherings, Cinematográficas de Iberoamérica Documentary Co-production Forum, meetings and round tables intended (CACI), consisting of €20,000 organised by the Basque Producers to foster co-productions and help for the majority producer of one Association, IBAIA. Similarly promote the films and audiovisual of the projects selected for the V organised in this area is the Festival projects in the different Festival Coproduction Forum. Film Library for the online viewing of sections. films programmed at the Festival. For the second year running the The two most important workshop Audiences in Motion, Yet again this year, the Industry professional activities, the Europe- Listening to the User was organised Club acknowledges the essential Latin America Co-production jointly with Creative Europe Media support of the Basque Government Forum and Films in Progress, and with the collaboration of San Department of Economic offered a meeting point for the Sebastian, European Capital of Development and Competitiveness international industry interested in Culture 2016. and of Creative Europe MEDIA. REPORT 58
V Europe-Latin America Co-Production 843 Forum ATTENDEES (728 IN 2015) 194 PROJECTS SUBMITTED The Co-production Forum is a platform for presenting developing projects received and (173 IN 2015) selected in response to a call for submissions, including pitching sessions and one-to-one meetings between the project representatives 358 and interested professionals. In this edition, ROUND TABLE accredited professionals enjoyed a first-hand ATTENDEES look at a selection of 17 projects, mostly (319 IN 2015) unreleased, from Europe and Latin America. 538 ONE-TO-ONE The San Telmo Museum Cloister was set up as MEETINGS a networking area where industry guests could (469 IN 2015) arrange meetings with the help of a team of matchmakers. Breakfasts, lunches and Happy Hours were laid on for the guests in this space.
Meanwhile, in the Function Hall different 752 Round Tables and Presentations took place, NETWORKING where professionals exchanged experiences AREA ATTENDEES and addressed interesting issues, such as the (666 IN 2015) latest trends in the field of audiovisuals, co- productions, distribution and new business models. 196 PITCHING SESSION ATTENDEES (142 IN 2015) REPORT 59
Awards Selected projects EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO- 194 projects from 28 countries were submitted to Co-production Forum. PRODUCTION FORUM BEST PROJECT The Festival selection committee selected 16 projects based on preliminary AWARD reports drawn up by three international experts: Javier Martín, Manuel Pérez With €10,000 gross for the Estremera and Andrea Stavenhagen. In addition to the above, a project from majority producer. the Workshop to Develop Projects from Central America and the Caribbean 7:35 AM by Javier Van de participated in the Forum (not competing for an award) under the Festival’s Couter and produced by agreement with the Ibermedia Programme. Varsovia Films (Argentina) 7:35am, Javier Van de Couter SPECIAL MENTION TO THE PROJECT: Production company: Varsovia Film SRL (Argentina) Hogar by Maura Delpero and A dos grados del otoño, Patricio Suarez Quiroga produced by Dispàrte (Italy - Production company: El Dedo en el Ojo (Spain - Argentina) Argentina) Azor, Andreas Fontana Production company: Alina Film (Switzerland - Argentina) EFADS-CACI EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARD Barba ensopada de sangue, Aly Muritiba With €20,000 for the Production company: RT Features (Brazil) majority producer. Estrada para Livramento, Giuliana Monteiro Los días según ellos Production company: Elefanti Films (Brazil) by Juan Pablo Félix and Hogar, Maura Delpero produced by por Utópica Production company: Dispàrte (Italy - Argentina) Cine (Argentina - Spain - France) Iniciales SG, Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia Production company: Frutacine (Argentina) EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO- Irene, Celina Murga PRODUCTION FORUM. ARTE Production company: Cepa Audiovisual (Argentina) INTERNATIONAL PRIZE La civil, Teodora Ana Mihai Consisting of €5.000 for the Production company: One for the Road BVBA (Belgium - Mexico - Romania) majority producer. La mami, Laura Herrero Garvín Hogar by Maura Delpero Production company: Cacerola Films S.A. (Mexico) and produced by Dispàrte (Italy - Argentina) Los días según ellos (LDSE), Juan Pablo Felix Production company: Bikini Films (Argentina - Spain - France) Panza de burro, Rosario García-Montero, Daniel Vega, Diego Vega, Joanna Lombardi, Gianfranco Quatrinni, Javier Fuentes-León Production company: Maretazo Cine (Peru) Perro negro, George Walker Torres Production company: Cine Cercano C.A. (Venezuela - France - Brazil) Suicidios telefónicos, Sandra Gugliotta Production company: Ojoblindado SRL (Argentina) Una periodista, Alejandro Fernández Almendras Production company: Parox S.A. (Chile) Vendrá la muerte y tendrá tus ojos, José Luis Torres Leiva Production company: Globo Rojo Producciones (Chile)
IBERMEDIA PROJECT (NOT COMPETING FOR AN AWARD) Las hijas de Alonso, Kattia González Zúñiga Production company: Ceibita Films (Costa Rica-Chile–Panama) REPORT 60
Focus on Presentations and Round Nordic Glocal Tables
This year the San Sebastian Festival PRESENTATION ROUND TABLE promoted a Focus on Nordic Sørfond: backing to co- Digital Talent: new creators, new Glocal at the V Europe-Latin production between Norway and channels, new audiences. America Co-production Forum. A the South Promoted by PROA (Productores delegation of professionals from Audiovisuales Federados de Speakers: Dag Asbjornsen, Iceland, Denmark and Norway came Cataluña) Norwegian Film Institute (Norway); to San Sebastian to discover the and Benedikte Danielsen, Moderator: David Matamoros, Festival first hand, make professional Norwegian MEDIA Desk (Norway). ZENTROPA SPAIN (Spain). contacts and participate in the Co-production Forum and the other Speakers: Pau Brunet, LA PANDA industry activities. ROUND TABLE PRODUCTIONS (USA); María Gold fever, or how can Zamora, AVALON (Spain); Antonio This Focus is preceded by independent cinema find its Saura, LATIDO FILMS (Spain); creation of the Glocal Cinemas seam at the Vod? Imanol Uribe, AIETE ARIANE FILMS Network, promoted by the Basque Promoted by Europa Distribution (Spain); and Juan Carlos Tous, Government Department of FILMIN (Spain). Moderator: Michael Gubbins, Education, Language Policy and Sampo Media (UK). Culture, and was the starting point for the creation of this new Speakers: Alexandra Poch, EUIPO Industry activity in 2017. Glocal (Spain); Kobi Shely, DISTRIFY in Progress consists of the MEDIA (Israel); Quentin Carbonell, screening of European films in non- MUBI (UK); Anna Harding, FOLKETS hegemonic languages at the post- BIO (Sweden); and Emmanuel Joly, production stage to an audience European Commission - CREATIVE of producers, distributors, sales EUROPE MEDIA (Belgium). agents and programmers capable of contributing to their completion and international circulation. REPORT 61
ROUND TABLE ROUND TABLE Film Branding & Marketing. Co-productions between Tools to generate added value Europe and Latin America. for your film. 3 practical cases Promoted by AECID (Agencia de Moderator: Elena Neira, LA OTRA Cooperación Internacional para el PANTALLA (Spain). desarrollo). Speakers: Eduardo Escudero, Moderator: Fernanda del Nido, A CONTRACORRIENTE FILMS Setembro Cine (Spain). (Spain); Luis Ángel Ramírez, IMVAL (Spain); Paula Gastaud, SOFA Speakers: DIGITAL (Brazil); and Sandro Fiorín, Aquí no ha pasado nada FIGA FILMS (USA). Alejandro Fernández Almendras (Chile) and Augusto Matte, Jirafa (Chile). MESA REDONDA A cinema affair, promotion of co- Ejercicios de memoria productions between Europe and Paz Encina (Paraguay); Latin America. Constanza Sanz Palacios (Argentina); Paulo Roberto de Moderator: Gerardo Michelin, Carvalho, AUTENTIKA FILMS LATAM CINEMA (Uruguay). (Germany); Claire Gadéa and Speakers: Elena Vilardell, Marie-Pierre Macia, MPM FILM IBERMEDIA (Spain); Julie-Jeanne (France). Régnault CNC (in representation Era o Hotel Cambridge of EFADs, France); Manoel Rangel, Elianne Caffé and André ANCINE (in representation of Montenegro, AURORA FILMES CACI, France); and Sergio García, (Brazil); Edgard Tenenbaum, TU EURIMAGES (France). VAS VOIR (France); and Jorge Moreno, NEPHILIM Producciones (Spain). REPORT 62
Films in Progress 30 121 FILMS Films in Progress is an initiative SUBMITTED organised jointly by the San Sebastian Festival and Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse. It is held twice yearly. It has the objective of 22 contributing to the completion of COUNTRIES feature films with Latin American production faced with difficulties at the post-production stage. Six films were selected by the committees of 6 both festivals and screened for an FILMS exclusive audience of professionals SELECTED so that they could contribute to their completion and international distribution. 208 ATTENDEES FROM Films selected 31 COUNTRIES Un gran dragón by Jaime Osorio (Colombia) La familia by Gustavo Rondón (Venezuela - Chile - Norway) Awards Las olas by Adrián Biniez (Uruguay - Argentina) FILMS IN PROGRESS 30 INDUSTRY AWARD CACI/IBERMEDIA TV CINE EN CONSTRUCCIÓN AWARD La educación del Rey by Santiago The companies Daniel Goldstein, Going for the second year running Esteves (Argentina) Deluxe Spain, Dolby Iberia, Laserfilm Cine y Video, Nephilim to the winning film of the Industry El silencio del viento by Álvaro producciones, No Problem Sonido Films in Progress Award. Presented Aponte Centeno (Puerto Rico - and Wanda Vision assume the by the Conferencia de Autoridades Dominican Republic - France) post-production of a film up to Cinematográficas Iberoamericanas Medea by Alexandra Latishev a DCP (Digital Cinema Package) (CACI) through the Ibermedia Salazar (Costa Rica - Chile) with subtitles in English and its Programme; the award consists of distribution in Spain. including the film in the Programme of Subsidies to Television La educación del Rey by Santiago Broadcasting: authorisation for Esteves and produced by non-exclusive broadcasting on 13 Conejos (Argentina). Ibermedia TV and Ibermedia Digital for 25,000 USD.
La educación del Rey by Santiago Esteves and produced by 13 Conejos (Argentina). REPORT 63
European Film Forum - Audiences In Motion Listening to the User
Audiences in Motion celebrated its second edition during the 64th San Sebastian Festival. This year 156 the event was entitled: Audiences ATTENDEES in Motion: Listening to the User, analysing the central role played by the public in the production, distribution and exhibition of audiovisual content in the digital era.
The event, jointly organised by the San Sebastian Festival and At Audiences in Motion, Listening Panel 1 Creative Europe MEDIA with the to the User practical cases of Audience participation collaboration of San Sebastian, public participation were presented European Capital of Culture 2016, together with examples of Speakers: Marianne Furevold, falls within the European Film managing social media by means of NRK (Norway); Fernando López Forum, a platform created by the data analysis as the epicentre of the Puig, TVE (Spain); Camille Lopato, European Commission to facilitate digital conversation. DIVERSION (France). structured dialogue between policymakers and agents in the The event was divided into two Panel 2 audiovisual sector with a view to panels moderated by Elena Neira developing strategic policies for from LA OTRA PANTALLA (Spain) Distribution: understanding successfully tackling the challenges and was attended by Martin Dawson European audiences and opportunities generated by the from the EUROPEAN COMMISSION Speakers: Felipe Pontón, digital revolution. – CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA TELEFÓNICA-MOVISTAR+ (Spain); (Belgium) and Stefan Schmitz from Arturo Guillén, COMSCORE (USA); AVALON (Spain) who introduced and Tania Sutherland, MUBI (USA). the event. The conclusions of the Event were formulated by Dag Asbjornsen, EUROPEAN COMMISSION – CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA (Belgium). REPORT 64
XII Documentary Co-Production Forum – Lau Haizetara
The Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-production Forum is promoted by IBAIA (Association of Independent Audiovisual Producers of the Basque Country) in 73 collaboration with the Industry Club. Its core objective is to provide a meeting point for professionals ATTENDEES interested in documentaries with a view to promoting co-production relationships between producers in the regions of Europe.
The event was structured into a morning session where the selected projects were presented to a panel of European Commissioning Editors; and an afternoon Selected projects conference at which Ove Rishøj Jensen (Film Consultant Amal, Liliana Torres and Sofi Escudé of the European Documentary Network) gave examples Boogaloo Fims (Spain) of good practices in distribution strategies and of Degenerando Argentina, Isabelle Solas launches of the latest successful documentaries. Dublin Films (France)
The Commissioning Editors panel was made up of El amanecer del gallo, Antonio Díaz Huerta different European televisions and distributors: Aintzane Marmoka Films - Frida Films (Spain) Pérez del Palomar, EITB (Spain); Andrés Luque Experimento Stuka, Rafa Molés y Pepe Andreu Pérez, TVE (Spain); Anne Charbonnel ARTE FRANCE Suica Films - Parabellum Films - (France); Claudia Schreiner, ARD / MITTELDEUTSCHER Rec Grabateka Estudioa, S.L. (Spain) RUNDFUNK (Germany); Elena Mera Dios, TREELINE DISTRIBUTION (Spain); Iñigo Trojaola, Movistar+ Goodbye Jerusalem, Gabrielle Laurent&Mariette (Spain); Jordi Ambrós Hortensi, TV3 (Spain); Auvray Mohammed Belhaj, ALJAZEERA DOCUMENTARY Les Films du Tambour de Soie (France) CHANNEL (Qatar); and Pentti Väliahdet, YLE (Finland). Impulso, Emilio Belmonte Les Films de La Butte (France) Live of Marzouk, Ernesto Pagano Ladok - Alva Film - Dublin Films (France) Probation (Fipa - Festival International De Programmes Audiovisuels), Belisario Franca Giros (Brazil) Neighbors, Tomislav Zaja Gral Films (Croatia) Strip And War, Andrei Kutsila Studio Sonica - Andrei Kutsila (Poland) Tesoros Abandonados, Josu Venero Signo Digital (Spain) Transición (There Is No Alternative), Víctor Luengo Del Alma Salon Indien Films (Spain) REPORT 65
Other Meetings, Presentations and Professional Events
Presentation - Canaries: The best tax Hispasat - Workshop Film and Technology: benefits in Europe. The challenges of filming in 4K.
Short Film Associations - Balance of the year Basque Government Department of and objectives for 2016-2017. Education, Language Policy and Culture, Elkargi, Triodos Bank and CREA SGR - EFADs (European Film Agency Directors Funding at the service of the Audiovisual Association) and CACI (Conference of Ibero- Sector. American Film Authorities) working group meeting. FAPAE - Discussion Table: Situation of the Cinema Industry in Europe. Ibermedia Programme - CACI Advisory Committee (Conferencia de Autoridades Presentation - Filmarket Hub: Online Cinematográficas de Iberoamérica). screenplay and co-production market.
Donostia Film Commission - Filming ARRI - Presentation of new equipment for opportunities in San Sebastián. film shoots. REPORT 66
Festival Video Library 103 FILMS AVAILABLE The Festival Video Library offered (91 IN 2015) industry guests an online platform 823 (in collaboration with Cinando VL) VIEWINGS IN for the streaming of registered films THE 9 DAYS OF (from the first day of the Festival THE FESTIVAL until a month after it ends). (653 IN 2015) The films registered in the Video Library were: Feature films selected for the Festival 2,063 (59 films). TOTAL VIEWINGS Spanish (3) and Latin American (5) films by production companies which included (1,804 IN 2015) films of the year in their catalogue, having paid the corresponding fee. Sales agents were able to register a second film (of the year) from their catalogue for every selected film registered to participate in the platform (27 films). The previous works of directors in the Co-production Forum (5) and the previous works of directors in Films in Progress (2). Films to have participated in previous editions of the Co-production Forum (2).
The six films viewed most during the period were:
Que Dios nos perdone Manda huevos Cien años de perdón After Love Playground THE SPANISH Kalebegiak FILM WITH MOST VIEWINGS 169 97 79 69 67 65 VIEWINGS VIEWINGS VIEWINGS VIEWINGS VIEWINGS VIEWINGS The Festival in 24 Images REPORT 68
Eduard Fernández, Silver Shell for Best Actor, signs the Festival book.
Ethan Hawke greets spectators of The Magnificent Seven. REPORT 69
Meetings at the Industry Club.
Queues outside the Kursaal Centre, the Festival hub. REPORT 70
Actor Ken Watanabe, on the red carpet at the closing gala.
Ángela Molina celebrates her National Cinematography Prize at the San Telmo Museum. REPORT 71
J.A. Bayona waits to present Sigourney Weaver with a Donostia Award as part of the presentation of A Monster Calls. REPORT 72
The actress Fan Bingbing, on the red carpet at the opening gala.
Richard Gere and Alejandra Silva at the talk following the screening of Time Out of Mind. REPORT 73
The team of Bigas x Bigas: the co-producer Javier Bardem, actors Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Jordi Mollá and Leonor Watling and Bigas Luna’s widow, Celia Oros.
Isabelle Huppert and Paul Verhoeven at the presentation of Elle in the Victoria Eugenia Theatre. REPORT 74
Bertrand Tavernier and Jean Becker explain the retrospective dedicated to Jacques Becker.
Cynthia Nixon and Terence Davies at the presentation of A Quiet Passion in Tabakalera. REPORT 75
Hugh Grant takes a selfie with his admirers on arriving at the María Cristina hotel.
Actress Monica Bellucci with the press. REPORT 76
The Festival Director, José Luis Rebordinos, and Otilio García, Head of Golem, at the homage to Josetxo Moreno, who passed away in July.
Masterclass by the filmmaker Bertrand Bonello at the XV International Film Students Meeting. REPORT 77
Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabel Peña, after receiving the Jury Prize for Best Screenplay for Que Dios nos perdone.
Chair of the Horizontes Latinos Jury, Inma Cuesta, presenting the award Actress Sigourney Weaver, at the photocall on the Aquarium terrace. to the director of Rara, Pepa San Martín. REPORT 78
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Oliver Stone, after the screening of Snowden.
Movies for Kids session at the Velodrome. REPORT 79
Ewan McGregor and Jennifer Connelly at the American Pastoral news conference.
Julio Medem waves to the audience at the premiere of Kalebegiak in the Velodrome. REPORT 80
Emmanuelle Bercot and Sidse Babett Knudsen, director and star of the opening film.
Pablo Larraín and Gael García Bernal, at the photo shoot prior to the news conference for Neruda. REPORT 81
The crew of El hombre de las mil caras, headed by Alberto Rodríguez.
Filmmaker François Ozon and actress Paula Beer, at the presentation of Frantz. REPORT 82
The director and cast of La reconquista re-encounter the musician Rafa Berrio.
Hirokazu Koreeda and Kirin Kiki, before the screening of Umi yorimo mada fukaku / After the Storm at the Victoria Eugenia. REPORT 83
Félix Viscarret, director of the series Vientos de La Habana and its stars, Mariam Hernández, Jorge Perugorria and Juana Acosta.
Director and actors of L’Odysée during their visit to the city Aquarium.