| Opening: | Prison 77 |
| Directors: | José Luis Rebordinos |
| Location: | San Sebastián, Spain |
| Awards: | Golden Shell |
| Date: | 16–24 September 2022 |
| Main: | San Sebastián International Film Festival |
| Previous: | 69th |
| Next: | 71st |
The 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival took place from 16 to 24 September 2022 in San Sebastián,[1] Gipuzkoa, Spain. The awards were announced on 24 September 2022, with The Kings of the World winning the Golden Shell.[2]
Partnering with the Málaga Film Festival, the 70th edition will feature 'Spanish Screenings XXL', a beefed up joint version of the 'Spanish Screenings' film market, hitherto showcased at Málaga.[3] In May 2022, French actress Juliette Binoche was revealed to be the protagonist of the film's official poster as well as the recipient of a Donostia honorary career award.[4] In June 2022, Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg was disclosed as the recipient of another Donostia Award.[5]
The official selection's film Prison 77 will open the festival, screened out of competition. Other than the opener, an initial lineup with some titles from Spain was announced on 15 July 2022.[6] [7] [8] A slate of 12 international main competition works was announced on 2 August.[9]
American actress Glenn Close was slated to feature as Jury president, but cancelled her visit in the wake of a "family emergency".[11]
The lineup of titles selected for the official selection include:[13] [14] [15]
Highlighted title indicates award winner.| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | Catalan; Valencian: Suro | Spain | ||
| Danish: Resten af livet | Denmark | |||
| Great Yarmouth-Provisional Figures | ||||
| Hyakka | Japan | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: Los reyes del mundo | ||||
| Spain | ||||
| Spanish; Castilian: Pornomelancolía | Manuel Abramovich | |||
| Spanish; Castilian: La consagración de la primavera | Spain | |||
| Marian Mathias | ||||
| Sparta | ||||
| Spanish; Castilian: El suplente | ||||
| Walk Up | Korean: 탑 | South Korea | ||
| Wild Flowers | Spanish; Castilian: Girasoles silvestres | |||
| Winter Boy | French: Le Lycéen | France | ||
| A Woman | Kong Xiu (孔秀) | China | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlowe | ||||
| Offworld | Spanish; Castilian: Apagón | Spain | ||
| Prison 77 | Spanish; Castilian: Modelo 77 | Spain | ||
| Special Screenings | ||||
| Spain | ||||
| Tax Me If You Can | French: La (très) grande évasion | France | ||
The line up of films selected for the Latin Horizons section is as follows:[16] [17]
Highlighted title indicates award winner.| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Imaginary Country | Spanish; Castilian: Mi país imaginario | |||
| Octopus Skin | Spanish; Castilian: La piel pulpo | |||
| 1976 | Chile | |||
| Charcoal | Portuguese: Carvão | |||
| Dos estaciones | Juan Pablo González | |||
| The Padilla affair | Spanish; Castilian: El caso Padilla | |||
| The Pack | La Jauría | Andrés Ramírez Pulido | ||
| Noise | Spanish; Castilian: Ruido | Mexico | ||
| Sublime | Argentina | |||
| I Have Electric Dreams | Tengo sueños eléctricos | Valentina Maurel | ||
| A Male | Un varón | Fabián Hernández | ||
| Vicenta B. | Carlos Lechuga | |||
The initial lineup of films selected for the Kutxabank-New Directors section is as follows:[18] [19] [20]
Highlighted title indicates award winner.| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Books and Women I Sing | Spanish; Castilian: A los libros y a las mujeres canto | María Elorza | Spain | |
| Carbon | Ion Bors | |||
| The Great Silence | German: Den Store Stilhed | Katrine Brocks | Denmark | |
| Spare Keys | Fifi | Jeanne Aslan, Paul Saintillan | France | |
| Thunder | Foudre | Carmen Jaquier | Switzerland | |
| Carbide | Garbura | Josip Žuvan | Croatia | |
| Grand Marin | Dinara Drukarova | France | ||
| Jeong-sun | Ji-hye Jeong | South Korea | ||
| Daughter of Rage | Spanish; Castilian: La hija de todas las rabias | Laura Baumeister | ||
| Roleless | Miyamatsu To Yamashita | Masahiko Sato, Yutaro Seki, Kentaro Hirase | Japan | |
| Nagisa | Takeshi Kogahara | Japan | ||
| On Either Sides of the Pond | Pokhar Ke Dunu Para | Parth Saurabh | India | |
| Tobacco Barns | Spanish; Castilian: Secaderos | Rocío Mesa | ||
| A Tale of Shemroon | French: Chevalier noir | Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi | ||
| Something You Said Last Night | ||||
A list of films selected for the 'Perlak' lineup is as follows:[21] [22]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina, 1985 | ||||
| Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Spanish; Castilian: Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades | Mexico | ||
| The Beasts | Galician: As bestas | |||
| Broker | Korean: 브로커 | South Korea | ||
| Corsage | ||||
| Don't Worry Darling | United States | |||
| God's Crooked Lines | Spanish; Castilian: Los renglones torcidos de Dios | Spain | ||
| The Innocent | French: L'innocent | France | ||
| Living | United Kingdom | |||
| Moonage Daydream | United States | |||
| On the Fringe | Spanish; Castilian: En los márgenes | |||
| One Fine Morning | French: Un beau matin | France | ||
| One Year, One Night | Spanish; Castilian: Un año, una noche | |||
| Peter von Kant | France | |||
| R.M.N. | ||||
| Tori and Lokita | French: Tori et Lokita | |||
| Triangle of Sadness | Sweden | |||
The lineup of films in the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section is as follows:[23] [24]
Highlighted title indicates award winner.| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French: La montagne | France | |||
| Les créatures qui fondent au soleil | Diego Céspedes | |||
| Trenque Lauquen | ||||
| A Human Position | Anders Emblem | |||
| Friends on a Country Road | Spanish; Castilian: Amigas en un camino de campo | Argentina | ||
| Blank Narcissus (Passion of the Swamp) | ||||
| Piggy | Spanish; Castilian: Cerdita | Carlota Pereda | ||
| Chords | Spanish; Castilian: Cuerdas | Estibaliz Urresola | Spain | |
| Diarios | Argentina | |||
| The Water | Spanish; Castilian: El agua | Elena López Riera | ||
| Godland | ||||
| Heartbeat | South Korea | |||
| Third Notebook | Basque: Hirugarren koadernoa | Spain | ||
| Robe of Gems | Spanish; Castilian: Manto de gemas | |||
| Meet Me in the Bathroom | Dylan Southern | United Kingdom | ||
| Austria | ||||
| Itchan and Satchan | Naname no rouka | Takayuki Fukata | Japan | |
| Nest | ||||
| Nowhere to Go But Everywhere | Erick Shirai, Masako Tsumura | Japan | ||
| Piaffe | Germany | |||
| A Short Story | Po Sui Tai Yang Zhi Xin | China | ||
| Unrest | Unrueh | Switzerland | ||
| Letter to My Mother for My Son | Spanish; Castilian: Carta a mi madre para mi hijo | Spain | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | ||||
| Rainbow | Spain | |||
| Feeling It | Spanish; Castilian: Sintiéndolo mucho | |||
The slate of films selected for screening in the 'Made in Spain' section is as follows:[25] [26]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color of Heaven | Spanish; Castilian: El color del cielo | Joan Marc Zapata | ||
| The House Among the Cactuses | Spanish; Castilian: La casa entre los cactus | Carlota González-Adrio | Spain | |
| Alcarràs | ||||
| Love Gets a Room | Spanish; Castilian: El amor en su lugar | Spain | ||
| The Critic | Spanish; Castilian: El crítico | Juan Zavala, Javier Morales Pérez | Spain | |
| Alone in the Mountains | Spanish; Castilian: Entre montañas | Unai Canela | Spain | |
| Girlfriends and Girlfriends | Spanish; Castilian: La amiga de mi amiga | Zaida Carmona | Spain | |
| Unfinished Affairs | Spanish; Castilian: La maniobra de la tortuga | |||
| Full of Grace | Spanish; Castilian: Llenos de gracia | Roberto Bueso | Spain | |
| My Emptiness and I | Spanish; Castilian: Mi vacío y yo | Adrián Silvestre | Spain | |
| You Have to Come and See It | Spanish; Castilian: Tenéis que venir a verla | Spain | ||
| Tequila. Sex, Drog and Rock and Roll | Spanish; Castilian: Tequila. Sexo, drogas y rock and roll | Spain | ||
| Pacifiction | French: Tourment sur les îles | |||
The following film was programmed as a surprise:[27]