Donostia Zinemaldia 2020
Films at the San Sebastian International Film Festival 2020
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- DirectorPablo AgüeroStarsAmaia AberasturiAlex BrendemühlDaniel FanegoBasque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea and Amaia takes part for the first time in the nightly dances in the woods with the other villager girls. She is only 20. At dawn, they are all arrested.
- DirectorDanielle ArbidStarsLaetitia DoschSergei PoluninLou-Teymour ThionA mother falls into an addictive relationship with a Russian diplomat, with whom she has nothing in common.
- DirectorNuria GiménezIt combines fragments of Vivian Barrett´s diary with footage by Léon Barrett over the 40s through to the 60s of the 20th century.
- CreatorSean ConwayPaolo GiordanoLuca GuadagninoStarsJack Dylan GrazerJordan Kristine SeamónChloë SevignyTwo American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy explore friendship, first love, identity, and all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager.
- DirectorMarco DutraCaetano GotardoStarsMawusi TulaniClarissa KisteCarolina Bianchi1899. The fates of the women in two families become entangled when the Soareses, former land and slave owners, request help from Iná, a woman of African descent they once dismissed due to religious differences.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsShane MacGowanThe PoguesSiobhan MacGowanA look at the life of Irish singer/songwriter and Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.
- DirectorPaula ConsStarsNerea BarrosAna OcaSergio QuintanaIn the early morning of January 2, 1921, amid a thick fog, the steam Santa Isabel, with 260 emigrants bound for Buenos Aires, sank off the rugged and rugged coast of the island of Sálvora.
- DirectorNicolás PeredaStarsGabino RodríguezLuisa PardoFrancisco BarreiroA pair of estranged offspring visit their parents in an abandoned Mexican village.
- CreatorEduard CortésStarsIrene EscolarOriol PlaPierre KiwittWe revisit the history of the 20th century through the eyes of a woman: Amelia Garayoa.
- DirectorDavid Pérez SañudoStarsPatricia López ArnaizJone LaspiurMikel LosadaLide discovers that her daughter Ane has gone missing and together with ex-husband Fernando investigates her whereabouts.New Directors
- DirectorEliza HittmanStarsSidney FlaniganTalia RyderThéodore PellerinA pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWallace ShawnDamian ChapaBobby SlaytonA married American couple goes to the San Sebastian Festival and gets caught up in the magic of the event, the beauty and charm of the city, and the fantasy of movies.
- DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsHiromi NagasakuArata IuraAju MakitaA woman with an adopted child is contacted unexpectedly by the child's birth mother.
- DirectorSusanna NicchiarelliStarsRomola GaraiPatrick KennedyJohn Gordon SinclairBright and passionate, Eleanor links feminism and socialism. Partaking in workers' battles, she fights for women's rights and against child labor. Meeting Edward Aveling in 1883, her life is overtaken by a tragic love affair
- DirectorChristian Johannes KochStarsRachel BraunschweigAleksey SerebryakovMasha DemiriA high school teacher's double life begins to come apart at the seams when well-hidden secrets gradually emerge.New Directors
- DirectorCatarina VasconcelosStarsManuel RosaJoão MóraAna VasconcelosThe passing away of their mothers makes Catarina and her own father meet in an emotional place that is different from the one most fathers and daughters know.
- DirectorFernando TruebaStarsJavier CámaraNicolás Reyes CanoJuan Pablo UrregoAn author recalls life with his father, a university professor who fought against oppression and social inequality in Colombia in the seventies.
- DirectorSharunas BartasStarsArvydas DapsysMarius Povilas Elijas MartynenkoAlina Zaliukaite-RamanauskieneA historical drama set in Lithuania in 1948, "Au Crépuscule" focuses on Ounté, a 19-year old boy who experiences passion and violence after joining a group of partisans resisting the Soviet occupation.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenMagnus MillangFour high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsFélix LefebvreBenjamin VoisinPhilippine VelgeWhen 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams, who opens his eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art and sexual bliss.
- CreatorAitor GabilondoStarsElena IruretaJosé Ramón SoroizIñigo AranbarriThe story of two families affected by ETA's terrorism in the Basque Country.
- CreatorIsabel PeñaRodrigo SorogoyenStarsVicky LuengoRaúl ArévaloÁlex GarcíaA fictionalised look into the human tragedy of riot police and police brutality in Spain.
- DirectorMatt DillonStarsJoey AltrudaFelloveA documentary about Cuban scat musician Francisco Fellove.
- DirectorHarry MacqueenStarsColin FirthStanley TucciPippa HaywoodSam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have.
- DirectorZiyang ZhouStarsXuan HuangZishan YangTumenAfter continuous quarrels, a young couple living in Wuhai city decided to figure things out on the day of wedding anniversary, while a deadly storm waiting on the cliff.
- DirectorEduardo CrespoStarsBrian AlbaRomina EscobarJésica FrickelRodrigo and his mother travel to the town where his older brother has just died. In that calm place, Rodrigo will start to feel the pain of adults and imperceptibly leave his childhood behind.
- DirectorTakuma SatôStarsTaiga NakanoRiho YoshiokaKan'ichirô SatôA naked drunk man shows up on a national live TV in the middle of a sacred festival Namahage, where men dressed in ogre-like costume visit homes to scare kids not to do bad things in the next year. The man, young father Tasuku, gets ostracized for shaming the village and its tradition, flees to Tokyo by himself. After two years, he comes back to his hometown to make it up to his ex-wife and their little daughter, but the reality bites.
- DirectorAntonio Méndez EsparzaA look into family court in Tallahasee (Florida), a unique court to the United States that specializes in cases involving minors.
- DirectorDea KulumbegashviliStarsIa SukhitashviliRati OneliKakha KintsurashviliWhen a Jehovah's Witness community is attacked, leader's wife Yana questions her desires as her familiar world crumbles.
- DirectorLeonardo MedelStarsMariana Di GirólamoValeryia AlfirovichStephan CabezasVeronica, a very popular model on social networks, falls out of favor when she discovers that she is the main suspect in an investigation for the murder of her first daughter.
- DirectorSol Berruezo Pichon-RivièreStarsAgustina MilsteinChloé CherchykCamila ZolezziA veil of sadness lies over the oppressively hot summer days. Cleo dives into daydreams with her cousins, the girls share secret signs and rituals. Flowing gently, in impressionistic images, the empty space that the death of Cleo's sister has left in the family is poetically encircled.
- DirectorSuzanne LindonStarsSuzanne LindonArnaud ValoisFrédéric PierrotA 16 year old girl, bored with her own age group, becomes involved with an older man at a theater she passes.New Directors
- DirectorJoão Paulo Miranda MariaStarsAntonio PitangaAna Flavia CavalcantiSam LouwyckCristovam, a native from the brazilian hinterland, works in a milk factory in a former Austrian colony in Brazil. He feels lonely, ostracized by cultural and ethnic differences. One day, he discovers an abandoned house filled with objects that remind him of his origins. He slowly settles in this house. Curiously, more objects start to appear without explanation, as if the place was "alive".New Directors
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- DirectorXingyi DongStarsLusheng XuAfter two years in prison, Junsheng returns to his hometown. He believes that he is still the toughest young man, but finds himself estranged from his village.New Directors
- DirectorImanol RayoStarsItziar ItuñoEneko SagardoyYon GonzálezWhen a skeleton turns up in their land, Fermin and Karmen reach out to their son Nestor, who comes to their aid. Next morning both Fermin and the skeleton are gone.New Directors
- DirectorPiotr DomalewskiStarsZofia StafiejKinga PreisArkadiusz JakubikOla, a seventeen-year-old, sets off to a foreign country on her own. It turns out to be the trip of her lifetime, where she tries to reconnect with her estranged father, comes to know a different world and changes her approach to life.New Directors
- DirectorBen SharrockStarsSidse Babett KnudsenKenneth CollardAmir El-MasryOmar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.New Directors
- DirectorIsabel LambertiStarsMaría Duro RegoDavid Gabarre DuroDavid Gabarre JiménezIn a shanty town near Madrid, a group of squatters are forced to leave their self-built homes when the land they live on is sold. While this process slowly unfolds, the different members of the Spanish Gabarre Mendoza family struggle, each in their own way, with their newly uprooted lives.New Directors
- DirectorAkio FujimotoStarsPhuong HoangAnh Huynh TuyetNhu Quynh Nguyen LinhPhuong, An, and Nhu are Vietnamese women in their early 20s. The three become illegal residents in Japan after escaping from their workplace as technical trainees. An contacts a broker to help them find work. The broker takes them to a fisherman's ice-covered hut where they can stay in exchange for labour. They are happy because, as well as finding a job, they have also doubled their salary. As they start their work, Phuong suddenly falls to the ground, stricken with severe pain. Worried, An and Nhu take Phuong to a hospital, but they are refused admission for not having an ID card. Second feature film by its director.New Directors
- DirectorEugène GreenStarsSaia HiriartLukas HiriartAinara LeemansAdapts the Basque legend of Atarrabi and Mikelats, the tragic story of the sons of goddess Mari-Mother Earth- who are given to the devil for him to raise them.
- DirectorYulene OlaizolaStarsIndira Rubie AndrewinGilberto BarrazaMariano Tun XoolTo escape an arranged marriage, a woman flees into the depths of the Mayan jungle, where untamed nature merges the human and the supernatural.