The new works directed by Manuel Abramovich, Christophe Honoré, Sebastián Lelio, Diego Lerman, Marco Martins, Laura Mora, Frelle Petersen, Hong Sang-soo, Ulrich Seidl and Petr Václav will compete in the Official Selection at San Sebastian Festival's 70th edition, to run from September 16-24. The competition will also show the debut films from Genki Kawamura and Marian Mathias.
The special screening of ‘La (très) grande evasion / Tax Me If You Can’, a documentary by Yannick Kergoat, will also show out of competition. This documentary joins El sostre groc, Isabel Coixet’s non-fiction and another of this edition’s special screenings, and Apagón / Offworld, the Movistar Plus+ series programmed out of competition with five episodes and directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Raúl Arévalo, Isa Campo, Alberto Rodríguez and Isaki Lacuesta. Furthermore, the film Modelo 77 / Prison 77 by Alberto Rodríguez will open the Festival out of competition.
Selection of unscreened feature films – they can only have been released in the country of their production – meeting the conditions indicated by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) for the competitive film festivals category. Feature films in the Official Selection compete for the Concha de Oro/Golden Shell.
EL SUPLENTE / THE SUBSTITUTE - DIEGO LERMAN (ARGENTINA)
GREAT YARMOUTH - PROVISIONAL FIGURES - MARCO MARTINS (PORTUGAL)
HYAKKA / A HUNDRED FLOWERS - GENKI KAWAMURA (JAPAN)
IL BOEMO - PETR VÁCLAV (CZECH REPUBLIC)
LE LYCÉEN / WINTER BOY - CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ (FRANCE)
LOS REYES DEL MUNDO / THE KINGS OF THE WORLD - LAURA MORA (COLOMBIA)
PORNOMELANCOLÍA / PORNOMELANCHOLIA - MANUEL ABRAMOVICH (ARGENTINA)
RESTEN AF LIVET / FOREVER - FRELLE PETERSEN (DENMARK)
RUNNER - MARIAN MATHIAS (USA)
SPARTA - ULRICH SEIDL (AUSTRIA)
THE WONDER - SEBASTIÁN LELIO (CHILE)
TOP / WALK UP - HONG SANG-SOO (SOUTH KOREA)
GIRASOLES SILVESTRES / WILD FLOWERS - JAIME ROSALES (SPAIN)
LA CONSAGRACIÓN DE LA PRIMAVERA / THE RITE OF SPRING - FERNANDO FRANCO (SPAIN)
LA MATERNAL - PILAR PALOMERO (SPAIN)
SURO - MIKEL GURREA (SPAIN)
OUT OF COMPETITION
MODELO 77 / PRISON 77 -- OPENING NIGHT FILM - ALBERTO RODRÍGUEZ (SPAIN)
RODRIGO SOROGOYEN (SPAIN), RAÚL ARÉVALO (SPAIN), ISA CAMPO (SPAIN), ALBERTO RODRÍGUEZ (SPAIN), ISAKI LACUESTA (SPAIN)
LA (TRÈS) GRANDE ÉVASION / TAX ME IF YOU CAN - YANNICK KERGOAT (FRANCE)
EL SOSTRE GROC - ISABEL COIXET (SPAIN)
