San Sebastián, Spain — The San Sebastián International Film Festival has unveiled the juries for its 73rd edition, which is scheduled from September 19 to 27. The festival recently finalized its program, generating excitement among filmmakers and cinephiles alike.
Spanish director J.A. Bayona will lead the Official Selection jury. Bayona, an illustrious figure who previously competed with films like The Impossible and A Monster Calls, earned the City of Donostia – San Sebastián Audience Award earlier this year for his Oscar-nominated work, Society of the Snow. His jury will include American filmmaker Gia Coppola, recognized for her Special Jury Prize-winning film The Last Showgirl in 2024; Portuguese director Laura Carreira, who took home the Silver Shell for Best Director at the same festival last year for On Falling; and British actor Mark Strong, prominent for his roles in The Imitation Game, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and 1917. Chinese actress Zhou Dongyu, known for Under the Hawthorn Tree, Argentinian actress and singer Lali Espósito, of Sky Rojo, and Belgian-French producer Anne-Dominique Toussaint, whose company has collaborated with notable directors like Nadine Labaki, complete the jury.
The Kutxabank-New Directors Award jury will be chaired by Marco Müller, a notable Italian producer and programmer, previously at the helm of the Venice Film Festival. Joining him are Swedish director Isabella Eklöf, who received the Special Jury Prize in 2023 for Kalak; French filmmaker Charlène Favier, known for her films Slalom and Oxana; emerging Chilean director Beatriz Arias; and Spanish film critic Elsa Fernández Santos.
Pilar Palomero, a Goya winner for her film Schoolgirls, will lead the Horizontes Award jury. She will be joined by German producer Christoph Friedel, associated with Pandora Filmproduktion, and Brazilian producer Tatiana Leite, known for her work with Bubbles Project.
The Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award jury will be headed by French producer Yaël Fogiel from Les Films du Poisson. This jury includes Spanish art curator Xabier Arakistain and Danish screenwriter Line Langebek Knudsen, who is recognized for The Girl with the Needle.
As the festival approaches, its diverse panels of jurors promise to bring a wealth of international talent and expertise to the forefront, celebrating a wide array of cinematic artistry.
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