Opening film | The Boy and the Heron |
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Location | San Sebastián, Spain |
Awards | Golden Shell: The Rye Horn |
Festival date | 22–30 September 2023 |
The 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival ran 22–30 September 2023 in San Sebastián, [1] Gipuzkoa, Spain. The awards were announced on 30 September 2023, with The Rye Horn winning the Golden Shell, being the first film directed by a female Spanish director to win said award. [2]
In May 2023, actor Javier Bardem was announced as a recipient of a Donostia Award as well as the main feature of the 71st edition's official poster. [1] [3] An early subset of the official selection film slate was announced on 7 July 2023. [4] [5] New official selection titles were announced on 14 July 2023. [6] In August 2023, The Boy and the Heron was announced as the out-of-competition opening film. [7] Later that month, Spanish director Víctor Erice was announced to be the recipient of a Donostia Award. [8] The entire official selection line-up was announced on 25 August. [9] On 8 September, it was announced that Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki would receive a Donostia Award, presented to him virtually, while the award for Bardem would be postponed to next year's festival due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, which forbids the US-unionised actor to attend to the media or to record thank-you videos. [10]
The lineup of the official selection includes: [13]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | Raven Jackson | United States | |
A Journey in Spring | Chun Xing | Tzu-Hui Peng, Ping-Wen Wang | Taiwan |
Un amor | Isabel Coixet | Spain | |
Ex-Husbands | Noah Pritzker | United States | |
Fingernails | Christos Nikou | United States | |
Great Absence | Kei Chika-Ura | Japan | |
Kalak | Isabella Eklöf | Denmark | |
MMXX | Cristi Puiu |
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Puan | María Alché , Benjamín Naishtat |
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The Practice | La práctica | Martín Rejtman |
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Red Island | L'île rouge | Robin Campillo |
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The Royal Green | Kitty Green | Australia | |
The Rye Horn | O corno | Jaione Camborda |
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A Silence | Un silence | Joachim Lafosse |
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The Successor | Le Successeur | Xavier Legrand | France |
Sultana's Dream | El sueño de la Sultana | Isabel Herguera |
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English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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The Boy and the Heron | 君たちはどう生きるか | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
La Mesías (TV series) | Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo | Spain | |
Dance First | James Marsh |
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Special Screenings | |||
They Shot the Piano Player | Dispararon al pianista | Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal |
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A Real Job | Un métier sérieux | Thomas Lilti | France |
The New Directors slate includes: [14]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Achilles | Ashil | Farhad Delaram |
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Bahadur The Brave | Diva Shah | India | |
Bauryna Salu | Askhat Kuchinhirekov | Kazakhstan | |
Beyond The Fog | Kiri No Fuchi | Daichi Murase | Japan |
The Blue Star | La estrella azul | Javier Macipe |
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Carefree Days | Xiao Yao You | Jiang Ming | China |
Hi Mom | Ilia Malakhova | Russia | |
Last Shadow At First Light | Nicole Midori Woodford |
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The Other Son | El otro hijo | Juan Sebastián Quebrada |
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Gamma Rays | Les Rayons Gamma | Henry Bernadet | Canada |
Mother, Couch! | Niclas Larsson |
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The Latin Horizons slate includes the following films: [15]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Alemania | María Zanetti |
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Blondi | Dolores Fonzi |
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The Castle | El castillo | Martín Benchimol |
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Clara Gets Lost in the Woods | Clara se pierde en el bosque | Camila Fabbri | Argentina |
The Echo | El eco | Tatiana Huezo |
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Heroic | Heroico | David Zonana | Mexico |
Los impactados | Lucía Puenzo | Argentina | |
A Ravaging Wind (opening film) | El viento que arrasa | Paula Hernández |
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The Settlers | Los colonos | Felipe Gálvez |
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A Strange Path | Estranho caminho | Guto Parente | Brazil |
Toll (closing film) | Pedágio | Carolina Markowicz |
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Totem | Tótem | Lila Avilés | Mexico |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Absence | Xue Yun | Wu Lang | China |
Camping du Lac | Éléonore Saintagnan |
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Contadores | Irati Gorostidi | Spain | |
The Delinquents | Los delinquentes | Rodrigo Moreno |
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Even Though It's Night | Aunque es de noche | Guillermo García López |
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Grace | Blazh | Ilya Povolotsky | Russia |
Here | Bas Devos | Belgium | |
The Human Surge 3 | El auge del humano 3 | Eduardo Williams |
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The Island | L'île | Damien Manivel | France |
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Pham Thien An |
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Mamántula | Ion de Sosa |
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Mixtape La Pampa | Andres Di Tella |
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Nights Gone By | Alberto Martín Menacho |
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Orlando, My Political Biography | Orlando, ma biographie politique | Paul B. Preciado | France |
Oyu | Atsushi Hirai | France | |
La Palisiada | Philip Sotnuchenko | Ukraine | |
Remembering Every Night (opening film) | Subete No Yoru Wo Omoidasu | Yui Kiyohara | Japan |
Through the Night | Quitter la nuit | Delphine Girard |
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The Trial | El juicio | Ulises de la Orden |
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Two of Us | Suigyo no Mayawari | Kohei Igarashi |
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Sīlan | Ashmita Guha Neogi | France | |
Single Light | Or panas yachid | Shaylee Atary | Israel |
Short Story | Duan pian gu shi | Wu Lang | China |
We Are the Hollow Men | Gamopitulo khalkhi | Rati Oneli | Georgia |
The 'Perlak' lineup includes: [16] [17]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Afire | Roter Himmel | Christian Petzold | Germany |
Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
Dumb Money | Craig Gillespie | United States | |
The Eternal Memory | La memoria infinita | Maite Alberdi | Chile |
Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki |
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Les Indésirables | Bâtiment 5 | Ladj Ly | France |
I'm Captain | Io capitano | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
May December | Todd Haynes | United States | |
Memory | Michel Franco |
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Monster | 怪物 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
The New Boy | Warwick Thornton | Australia | |
Past Lives | Celine Song | United States | |
Perfect Days | Wim Wenders |
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The Promised Land | Bastarden | Nikolaj Arcel | Denmark |
Rosalie | Stéphanie Di Giusto | France | |
Society of the Snow | La sociedad de la nieve | J.A. Bayona |
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The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom |
The following film was programmed as a surprise: [18]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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The Killer | David Fincher | United States |