The San Sebastian Festival announced the selection of new directors

The San Sebastian Festival announced the selection of new directors

Thirteen productions from 15 countries compete for this year’s Kutxabank-New Directors Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain’s most important film festival.

San Sebastián announced the new director titles for the first and second directors on Thursday. The 2022 lineup includes 12 premieres from Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Indian filmmaker Parth Saurabh travels to San Sebastian on both sides of the poolA drama about a couple forced to return from Delhi to their hometown due to economic hardship caused by the pandemic, they see their relationship begin to blossom.

First European rosters include ’90s black comedy carbon From Moldovan director Ion Borsch, who won the WIP Europe Industry and WIP Europe awards last year; great silence starting Danish director Katrine Brox, the story of a novice nun who receives an awkward visit from her twin at a convent; tobacco barns From the Spanish Rocío Mesa, a story of magical realism set in tobacco dryers; Period drama Carmen Jacquier invisible on the emancipation of women in Switzerland at the beginning of the 20th century; survival trait great martin French-Russian actress Dinara Drukarova, who also plays a woman who leaves everything to board a fishing boat in the northern seas; s carbide, the first feature film by Croatian director Josip Zhuvan. San Sebastián announced earlier I sing about books and womenThis year, the festival premieres the debut feature by Basque director María Elorza, the story of the anonymous and defenseless legion of women who take care of books.

Turkish director Jan Aslan and French filmmaker Paul Saintilian make their debuts. spare keysThe story of a teenager who starts a relationship with her lover’s brother in San Sebastián, as well as with Nicaraguan Laura Baumeister, with her first film at the 2022 festival, daughter of anger, a story about an 8-year-old girl who lives in a dump. Baumeister’s film received the Best Project award at the VIII Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum (2019) and the WIP Latam Industry Award (2021) and was made with the support of the San Sebastian Film Festival.

Asian tickets include Jeong Suna Korean drama about a woman who has a secret affair with a fellow factory worker, director Ji-hye Jong; nagisaJapanese filmmaker Takeshi Kogahara’s story of two brothers separated by death; s uroloFrom the trio of directors Masahiko Sato, Yutaro Seki and Kentaro Hirase, it follows the trials and tribulations of a cable car operator who is left out as an extra in the film.

The thirteen films will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award, which implies an economic allocation of 56,000 dollars (50,000 euros) that will be divided equally between the director and the Spanish distributor of the film.

The 70th San Sebastian Film Festival will be held September 16-24

Source: Hollywood Reporter

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