| Opening: | Rifkin's Festival |
| Directors: | José Luis Rebordinos |
| Location: | San Sebastián, Spain |
| Awards: | Golden Shell (Beginning) |
| Date: | 18–26 September 2020 |
| Main: | San Sebastián International Film Festival |
| Previous: | 67th |
| Next: | 69th |
The 68th San Sebastián International Film Festival took place from 18 to 26 September 2020 in San Sebastián,[1] Gipuzkoa, Spain. The festival opened with Woody Allen's Rifkin's Festival.[2] Viggo Mortensen was awarded the Donostia Award for lifetime achievements.[3]
The competitive awards were presented on 26 September 2020. Beginning by Dea Kulumbegashvili swept the official selection prizes, winning the Golden Shell, as well as Best Actress, Screenplay, and Director. Another Round ensemble lead cast won the Silver Shell for Best Actor.
In June 2020, American actor Viggo Mortensen was announced as recipient of a Donostia Award.[4] Other than the announcement of the opener (Rifkin's Festival, out of competition), the first films confirmed to be in for screening were official selection competitive titles Another Round, True Mothers, Summer of 85, In the Dusk, Beginning, and Any Crybabies Around?.[5] The festival picked up 17 works (13 feature films and 4 short films) that have been pre-selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[6] Cannes Festival director Thierry Fremaux participated in the Zinemaldia's opening gala on 18 September, making together with José Luis Rebordinos a plea for the return of people to the theatres.[7] [8]
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| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer of 85 | French: Été 85 | France | ||
| True Mothers | Asa ga Kuru / Japanese: 朝が来る | Japan | ||
| Courtroom 3H | ||||
| United Kingdom | ||||
| Beginning | Dasatskisi / Georgian: დასაწყისი | |||
| Another Round | Danish: Druk | |||
| Any Crybabies Around? | Nakuko Wa Ineega | Takuma Sato | Japan | |
| We Will Never Die | Spanish; Castilian: Nosotros nunca moriremos | Eduardo Crespo | Argentina | |
| Simple Passion | French: Passion simple | |||
| Supernova | Harry Macqueen | United Kingdom | ||
| In the Dusk | Lithuanian: Sutemose | |||
| Wuhai | Zhou Ziyang | China | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifkin's Festival | ||||
| Forgotten We'll Be | Spanish; Castilian: El olvido que seremos | Colombia | ||
| Coven | Basque: Akelarre | |||
| Riot Police | Spanish; Castilian: Antidisturbios | Spain | ||
| Special Screenings | ||||
| The Great Fellove | Spanish; Castilian: El gran Fellove | |||
| Patria | Spain | |||
| We Are Who We Are | Italy | |||
The following films were selected for the Latin Horizons section:[11] [12]
Highlighted title indicates award winner.| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Intruder | Spanish; Castilian: El prófugo | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: Edición ilimitada | Edgardo Cozarinsky, Santiago Loza,, | Argentina | ||
| La Verónica | Chile | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: Las mil y una | ||||
| Spanish; Castilian: Mamá, mamá, mamá | Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière | Argentina | ||
| Tragic Jungle | Spanish; Castilian: Selva trágica | |||
| Identifying Features | Spanish; Castilian: Sin señales particulares | |||
| All the Dead Ones | Portuguese: Todos os mortos | Caetano Gotardo, Marco Dutra | ||
| Night Shot | Spanish; Castilian: Visión nocturna | Carolina Moscoso | Chile | |
The following films were selected for the New Directors section:[13] [14]
Highlighted title indicates award winner.| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Blossom | French: 16 printemps | France | ||
| Ane Is Missing | Basque: Ane | Spain | ||
| Memory House | Portuguese: Casa de antiguidades | |||
| Chupacabra | Grigory Kolomytsev | Russia | ||
| Gal-mae-gi / Korean: 갈매기 | Kim Mi-jo | South Korea | ||
| Slow Singing | Gē shēng yuán hé màn bàn pāi | Dong Xingyi | China | |
| Basque: Hil kanpaiak | Spain | |||
| Polish: Jak najdalej stąd | ||||
| Last Days of Spring | Spanish; Castilian: La última primavera | |||
| Limbo | Ben Sharrock | United Kingdom | ||
| Spagat | Switzerland | |||
| Along the Sea | Umibe no kanojotachi / Japanese: 海辺の彼女たち | Akio Fujimoto | ||
The following films were selected for the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section:[15]
Highlighted title indicates award winner.| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Metamorphosis of Birds | Portuguese: A metamorfose dos pássaros | Portugal | ||
| Autofiction | Spanish; Castilian: Autoficción | |||
| Cold Meridian | ||||
| Correspondence | Spanish; Castilian: Correspondencia | |||
| The Woman Who Ran | Domangchin yeoja / Korean: 도망친 여자| | South Korea | ||
| Dustin | Naïla Guiguet | France | ||
| Fauna | ||||
| Having a Good Time | Huan Le Shi Guang | Bell Zhong | China | |
| I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face | ||||
| The Salt of Tears | French: Le Sel des larmes | |||
| Los conductos | Camilo Restrepo | |||
| Perpetual Night | Noche perpetua | Pedro Peralta | ||
| Ping jing | China | |||
| Days | Rìzi / Chinese: 日子 | Taiwan | ||
| Simon Calls | Portuguese: Simon chama | Marta Sousa Ribeiro | Portugal | |
| Stephanie | Leonardo Van Dijl | Belgium | ||
| The Trouble with Being Born | Austria | |||
| An Optical Illusion | Spanish; Castilian: Un efecto óptico | Spain | ||
| Ya no duermo | Marina Palacio | Spain | ||
| Yellow Cat | Zheltaya koshka | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | ||
The following film was programmed as a surprise:[16]