Festival Calendar
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Festival International de Cine de Donostia - San Sebastián
P.O. Box 397
20080 Donostia - San Sebastián
phone +34-943-48 12 12
fax +34-943-48 12 18
http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/
email: ssiff@sansebastianfestival.com
Director and Program Director
Mr. José Luis Rebordinos
Contact for German Entries
Mrs. Christine Dollhofer
christine@sansebastianfestival.com
Year of Foundation 1953
Event Date from 20 September 2013 till 28 September 2013
in San Sebastian, Spain
International Competition
Sections Official Selection (about 15 feature length films), New Directors Award (competition including all sections for best first/second film), Zabaltegi, Pearls (best films of the year not yet released in Spain), Culinary Zinema (Film and Gastronomy), Savage Cinema (Adventure and Action Sports films) Retrospective, Made in Spain (films from Spain), Horizontes Latinos (film from Latin America), Zinemira (Basque films), International Film Students Meeting, Movies for kids
Category Feature, First FeatureTerms of Entry OFFICIAL SELECTION 35 mm or DCP, productions may not be older than one year and be over 60 min. in length, no prior presentation at any other competitive festival and no prior release out of the country of origin; normally the festival only accepts feature-length films. Documentary and short films only by special invitation.
ZABALTEGI: long-feature films of all genre.
DIRECTORS AWARD: new first and second films with more than 60 min.; no prior screening out of the country of origin.
Subtitles English subtitles recommended Spanish subtitles necessary
Format 35 mm, DCP
Registration Deadline 16 July 2013
Fees 70 €
Attendance Figures 190,000
Participants of the Film Industry about 1,600 professionals (including about 160 sales agents, 200 buyers and 170 distributors)
Prizes/Awards Golden Shell (Best Film), Special Jury Prize, Silver Shell (Best Director, Best Actor/Actress), Jury Prize (Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, any other technical or artistic aspect considered appropriate by the Jury), New Director's Award (€ 50,000, divided between the director and the Spanish distributor), Audience Award, Horizontes Award (€ 35,000), FIPRESCI Prize
2012
Official Section
THE DEAD AND THE LIVING (DIE LEBENDEN) by Barbara Albert (AT/PL/DE, Komplizen Film)
New Directors Competion
DOG FLESH (CARNE DE PERRO) by Fernando Guzzoni (CL/FR/DE, Hanfgarn & Ufer Filmproduktion)
ROCKER by Marian Crisan (RO/DE/FR, DEPARTURES Film)
SHELL by Scott Graham (UK/DE, Flying Moon Filmproduktion)
SUMMER OUTSIDE (DRAUSSEN IST SOMMER) by Friederike Jehn (DE/CH, Zum Goldenen Lamm Filmproduktion)
Zabaltegi Pearls
AMOUR (LOVE) by Michael Haneke (FR/DE/AT, X Filme Creative Pool)
AMOUR will receive the Grand Prix for Best Film of the Year from The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI). The award is the result of votes cast by members of FIPRESCI, 225 critics worldwide, for any feature-length film premièred internationally during the previous year. The prize will be presented at the opening gala of the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Zabaltegi Specials
KING OF COMICS (KÖNIG DES COMICS) by Rosa von Praunheim (Rosa von Praunheim Film)
Horizontes Latinos
THE BELLA VISTA (EL BELLA VISTA) by Alicia Cano (UY/DE, Filmproduktion Thomas Mauch)
POST TENEBRAS LUX by Carlos Reygadas (MX/FR/DE/NL, The Match Factory)
Made In Spain
SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS by Stefan Butzmühlen and Cristina Diz (Salzgeber & Co. Medien)
International Film Students Meeting
HIERS J’ÉTAIS DEUX (GESTERN WAR ICH ZWEI) by Sylvie Coisne (FR/DE, Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris)
WORK by Friederike Fiek, (DE/FR, Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris)
Retrospective: Very Funny Things. New American Comedy
THE HANGOVER by Todd Phillips (US/DE, IFP Westcoast Erste)
SMILEY FACE by Gregg Araki (US/DE, ApolloProMovie 3. Filmproduktion)
ZOOLANDER by Ben Stiller (US/AU/DE, MFP Munich Film Partners)
Number of Films Shown around 220 films from over 40 countries
Media Coverage approx. 1,200 journalists (TV, radio), international reporting in all trade papers
Specific Characteristics Recognized by FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations) as Competitive Feature Film Festival (so-called "A-Festival").Evaluation The most important Spanish festival; very popular within the Spanish film industry and attended by many distributors viewing and buying new films. The film selection is the most "commercially oriented" in Spain, but at the same time presents a wide range of innovative films. The retrospectives are famous for their original choice of subjects. San Sebastián awards the probably highest prize in the world - around $135,000 - to up-and-coming directors and producers. The fair "Sales Office" is an informal market without stands; instead there are video screening possibilities. In general, the festival is a good way to gain access to the South American market.
Services Transport of the print to and from the Festival as well as subtitling costs are at the film producer’s expense.
