{"id":5700,"date":"2022-09-18T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/?p=5700"},"modified":"2022-09-18T15:07:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T15:07:41","slug":"basque-fact-of-the-week-the-san-sebastian-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/2022\/09\/18\/basque-fact-of-the-week-the-san-sebastian-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Basque Fact of the Week: The San Sebasti\u00e1n International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#c4c4c4\">The 70th edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sansebastianfestival.com\/in\/\">San Sebasti\u00e1n International Film Festival<\/a> began on Friday and runs through this week. Donostia Zinemaldia, as it is known in Basque, has been a showcase of some of the best of the film industry since 1953. Some of the most recognized names in cinema have appeared on the festival&#8217;s red carpet.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_37422.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_37422.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5702\" width=\"180\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_37422.jpg 718w, https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/img_37422-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The official poster of the 70th edition of Donostia Zinemaldia, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juliette_Binoche\">Juliette\u00a0Binoche<\/a>. From the festival&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sansebastianfestival.com\/2022\/materials\/4\/1044\/in\">website<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The festival began in 1953. At first, it was intended to only honor Spanish language films, but in 1955 it was opened to a larger selection of films, specializing in recognizing color films. In 1957, it obtained an &#8216;A&#8217; rating from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FIAPF\">International Federation of Film Producers Associations<\/a>, one of fourteen festivals to get this rating. The festival briefly lost this accreditation from 1980-1984, but regained it again in 1985. <\/li><li>The festival was created to extend Donostia&#8217;s summer season, to give people a reason to stay in the city longer. Franco was supportive, as he thought it would present a friendlier face of his regime to the world. However, his regime banned certain films. It wasn&#8217;t until 1977, after Franco&#8217;s death, that all films could be considered.<\/li><li>Donostia Zinemaldia has seen its fair share of history. The famous <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfred_Hitchcock\">Hitchcock<\/a> film <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vertigo_(film)\">Vertigo<\/a> made its premier at the festival with Hitchcock in attendance. That same year, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kirk_Douglas\">Kirk Douglas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Stewart\">James Stewart<\/a> tied for best male performance. And films such as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Wars\">Star Wars<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaws_(film)\">Jaws<\/a> made there European premier here too. Both <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harrison_Ford\">Harrison Ford<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carrie_Fisher\">Carrie Fisher<\/a> were at the festival for the premier of Star Wars.<\/li><li>The best picture award is named the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_Shell\">Golden Shell<\/a> (<em>Urrezko Maskorra<\/em> in Euskara). Clearly the award is named after <a href=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/2021\/12\/12\/basque-fact-of-the-week-la-concha-the-iconic-beach-of-donostia\/\">La Concha<\/a>, the iconic beach of Donostia. The first winner of the Golden Shell was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Was_a_Parish_Priest\">La guerra de Dios<\/a>. The last three winners were <em>Blue Moon (Crai Nou)<\/em> (2021), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beginning_(film)\">Beginning<\/a> (Dasatskisi)<\/em> (2020), and <em>Pacified<\/em> (<em>Pacificado<\/em>) (2019). The last film made in the United States to win the Golden Shell was <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Disaster_Artist_(film)\">The Disaster Artist<\/a><\/em> in 2017. The best lead or supporting performance and best director, the award is the Silver Shell (<em>Zilarrezko Maskorra<\/em>). <\/li><li>In 1986, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donostia_Award\">Donostia Award<\/a> (<em>Donostia Saria<\/em>) was created to honor luminaries in the film industry. The first winner of this award was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gregory_Peck\">Gregory Peck<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juliette_Binoche\">Juliette Binoche<\/a> and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Cronenberg\">David Cronenberg<\/a> have been honored this year. <\/li><li>Basque films have been repeatedly recognized by the festival, including four films &#8211; <a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Letters_from_Alou\">Letters from Alou (Las carts de Alou<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Letters_from_Alou\">)<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alas_de_Mariposa\">Butterfly Wings (Alas de Mariposa)<\/a><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Running_Out_of_Time_(1994_film)\"><i>Running Out of Time (D\u00edas contados)<\/i><\/a>, and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bwana_(film)\">Bwana<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; winning the Golden Shell in the 1990s. And, since 1997, the festival has hosted Basque Film Day, showcasing local films. Amidst criticism that the festival didn&#8217;t do enough to promote Basque cinema, in 2009 Zinemira was created to screen and promote Basque movies along with the Zinemira award to highlight the career of a Basque film personality.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary sources: Rold\u00e1n Larreta, Carlos.&nbsp;<em>Festival de San Sebasti\u00e1n<\/em>. Au\u00f1amendi Encyclopedia. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus\/en\/festival-de-san-sebastian\/ar-65485\/\">https:\/\/aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus\/en\/festival-de-san-sebastian\/ar-65485\/<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Sebasti\u00e1n_International_Film_Festival\"><em>San Sebasti\u00e1n International Film Festival<\/em><\/a>, Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 70th edition of the San Sebasti\u00e1n International Film Festival began on Friday and runs through this week. Donostia Zinemaldia, as it is known in Basque, has been a showcase of some of the best of the film industry since 1953. 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