Sunday, September 28, 2008

FESTIVAL 8: San Sebastian, Spain



The most important festival in the Spanish speaking world which serves also as the portal to Latin and South America beyond Spain. The festival has a competitions and juries which makes it attractive for filmmakers around the world. In the top ten it would come in the sixth spot right after Sundance. This year the jury is presided by US director Jonathan Demme.

Official Competition
The Other Man • Richard Eyre • USA (Opening Film)
The Brothers Bloom • Rian Johnson • USA
Aruitemo, aruitemo (Still Walking) • Hirokazu Kore-Eda • Japan
Asbe du-pa (Two-Legged Horse) • Samira Makhmalbaf • Iran (Jury Prize)
La belle personne (The Beautiful Person) • Christophe Honoré • France
Bi mong (Dream) • Kim Ki-duk • Korea
Camino • Javier Fesser • Spain
Den du frygter (Fear Me Not) • Kristian Levring • Denmark
Eid milad Laila (Laila’s Birthday) • Rashid Masharawi • Palestine
Frozen River • Courtney Hunt • USA (Best Actress)
Genova • Michael Winterbottom • UK (Best Director)
Louise-Michel • Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern • France (Best Screenplay)
Maman est chez le coiffeur (Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's) • Léa Pool • Canada
El nido vacío (The Empty Nest) • Daniel Burman • Argentina (Best Actor & Cinematography)
Pandoranin kutusu (Pandora’s Box) • Yesim Ustaoglu • Turkey (Best Film & Actress)
El patio de mi cárcel (My Prison Yard) • Belén Macías • Spain
Tiro en la cabeza (Bullet in the Head) • Jaime Rosales • Spain
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas • Mark Herman • UK
Tropic Thunder • Ben Stiller • USA

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