| Opening: | Emmanuelle |
| Date: | 20–28 September 2024 |
| Location: | San Sebastián, Spain |
| Main: | San Sebastián International Film Festival |
| Previous: | 71st |
| Next: | 73rd |
| Directors: | José Luis Rebordinos |
The 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival will take place from 20 to 28 September 2024 in San Sebastián,[1] Gipuzkoa, Spain.
A restored 4K version of Montxo Armendariz's film Tasio (which premiered at the 1984 San Sebastián Film Festival) was announced to be part of the 'Klasikoak' slate.[2] Audrey Diwan's Emmanuelle was later revealed to be the festival's opening film, as well as part of the official selection's competitive lineup.[3] [4] [5] 2023 Donostia Award winner Javier Bardem is expected to receive the award in 2024, as the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike prevented him from attending the 71st festival.[6] On 9 May 2024, the festival's organization unveiled the official poster for the 72nd edition; it features Donostia Award winner Cate Blanchett and it was designed by José Luis Lanzagorta based on a black and white photograph by Gustavo Papaleo.[7] [8] On 12 July 2024, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain disclosed the 17 Spanish-produced titles which are to be part of the festival slate.[9] On 14 August 2024, filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar was announced as the recipient of another Donostia Award.[10]
The official selection slate includes the following pictures:[11] [12] [13] [14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bound in Heaven | 捆绑上天堂 | Huo Xin | China | |
| Conclave | Germany | |||
| Emmanuelle | France | |||
| The End | ||||
| Glimmers | Los destellos | Spain | ||
| Hard Truths | ||||
| The Man Who Loved UFOs | El hombre que amaba los platos voladores | Argentina | ||
| Last Breath | Le dernier souffle | France | ||
| The Last Showgirl | United States | |||
| In Her Place | El lugar de la otra | Chile | ||
| I'm Nevenka | Soy Nevenka | Spain | ||
| Laura Carreira | ||||
| Serpent's Path | Hebi no Michi | |||
| Tardes de soledad | ||||
| The Wailing | El llanto | Pedro Martín-Calero | ||
| When Fall Is Coming | Quand vient l'automne | France | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Querer | Spain | |||
| Modì | ||||
| Special Screenings | ||||
| I, Addict | Yo, adicto | Javier Giner, | Spain | |
| Lumiere! The adventure continues | Lumière!, l'aventure continue | |||
| The Red Virgin | La virgen roja | |||
The New Directors slate includes:[15] [16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés | Spain | |||
| Azken erromantikoak | Spain | |||
| Bagger Drama | Switzerland | |||
| In The Name Of Blood | Brûle le sang | Akaki Popkhadze | ||
| Gulizar | Gülizar | Belkis Bayrak | ||
| Winter In Sokcho | Hiver à Sokcho | Koya Kamura | ||
| The Arrival of the Son | La llegada del hijo | , | ||
| My Eternal Summer | Min evige sommer | Sylvia Le Fanu | Denmark | |
| Where the Silence Passes | Por donde pasa el silencio | Sandra Romero | Spain | |
| Regretfully at Dawn | Sivaroj Kongsakul | Thailand | ||
| Stars and the Moon | Yongkang Tang | China | ||
| Turn Me On | United States | |||
The Latin Horizons slate includes the following films:[17] [18]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beloved Tropic | Querido trópico | |||
| Cidade; Campo | ||||
| El aroma del pasto recién cortado | ||||
| Kill the Jockey | El jockey | |||
| Maybe It's True What They Say About Us | Quizás es cierto lo que dicen de nosotras | Sofía Paloma Gómez, Camilo Becerra | ||
| Most People Die on Sundays | Los domingos mueren más personas | |||
| Ramón y Ramón | ||||
| La piel en primavera | Yennifer Uribe Alzate | |||
| Simon of the Mountain | Simón de la montaña | |||
| Sleep With Your Eyes Open | Dormir de olhos abertos | |||
| Sujo | Astrid Rondero, Fernanda Valadez | |||
| When Clouds Hide the Shadow | Cuando las nubes esconden las sombras | |||
| Zafari | ||||
The Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section includes:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Every You Every Me | Alle Die Du Bist | |||
| When It Comes (It Will Have Your Eyes) | Etorriko da (Eta zure begiak izango ditu) | Izibene Oñederra | Spain | |
| Southern Brides | Las novias del sur |
The 'Perlak' section includes:[19]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emilia Pérez | ||||
| Marco | Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi | Spain | ||
| I'm Still Here | Ainda Estou Aqui | |||
| All We Imagine as Light | ||||
| Anora | United States | |||
| Bird | United Kingdom | |||
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig | دانهی انجیر معابد | |||
| The Marching Band | En fanfare | France | ||
| Megalopolis | United States | |||
| Memoir of a Snail | Australia | |||
| Oh, Canada | United States | |||
| Parthenope | ||||
| The Substance | United Kingdom | |||
| A Traveler's Needs | 여행자의 필요 | South Korea | ||
| Maria Callas: Letters and Memoirs | Tom Volf, Yannis Dimolitsas | |||
| The Wild Robot | United States | |||
The following pictures will be screened at the Velodrome:
The retrospective section 'Violent Italy', dedicated to Italian crime films, includes the following titles:[20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obsession | Ossessione | Italy | ||
| Escape to France | Fuga in Francia | Italy | ||
| In the Name of the Law | In nome della legge | Italy | ||
| The Crossroads | Il bivio | Italy | ||
| Four Ways Out | La città si difende | Pietro Germi | Italy | |
| The City Stands Trial | Processo alla città | Italy | ||
| The Facts of Murder | Un maledetto imbroglio | Italy | ||
| Mafioso | Italy | |||
| The Violent Four | Banditi a Milano | Italy | ||
| The Day of the Owl | Il giorno della civetta | |||
| Inquiry of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto | |||
| Caliber 9 | Milano calibro 9 | Italy | ||
| Execution Squad | La polizia ringrazia | |||
| Revolver | ||||
| Almost Human | Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare | Italy | ||
| Illustrious Corpses | Cadaveri eccellenti | |||
| The Tough Ones | Roma a mano armata | Italy | ||
| The Iron Prefect | Il prefetto di ferro | Italy | ||
| Il caso Moro | Italy | |||
| Good Morning, Night | Buongiorno, notte | Italy | ||
| Gomorrah | Gomorra | Italy | ||
| Last Night of Amore | L'ultima notte di Amore | Italy | ||
The Klasikoak selection includes the following films:[21]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tasio (1984) | Spain | |||
| Tattoo, the First Adventure of Pepe Carvalho (1978) | Tatuaje, primera aventura de Pepe Carvalho | Spain | ||
| The Woman of Wrath (1984) | Sha fu | Tseng Chuang-hsiang | Taiwan | |
| Furrows (1951) | Surcos | Spain | ||
| The Piano (1993) | Australia | |||
| Un rêve plus long que la nuit (1976) | France | |||