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72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival

San Sebastian, Spain, September 20 to 28, 2024

Deadline to apply with Telefilm

June 7, 2024

CALL FOR ENTRIES  

(Feature, narrative, and documentaries)  

The San Sebastián International Film Festival is Spain’s leading film festival specializing in feature-length narrative films. Its primordial role is to showcase the year’s most disquieting and innovative films. 

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DETAILS 

  • Competitive: Yes 
  • Submission fees: Registration fees are waived for films submitted via Telefilm Canada. 

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 

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*The festival will send you an email inviting you to complete the registration form with a waiver code. Wait until you receive this email to proceed with the registration and upload of your link. 

ABOUT 

The festival boasts many awards and some monetary prizes. The festival attracts more than 150,000 spectators and presented around 200 films in different categories. 

  • The Official Competition presents films that have not yet competed in other international festivals. 
  • Zabaltegi-Tabakalera is a competitive section with a cash award of €20,000, open to the most varied, surprising, and attractive film proposals of the year. 
  • New Directors is a competitive showcase with first or second films features, with a cash award, the Kutxa–New Directors Award, of €50,000 to be shared between the director and Spanish distributor. 
  • Perla (”Pearls”) presents a selection of the best films shown at festivals during the year and the Audience Award comes with €50,000. 
  • Culinary Cinema is a non-competitive section gastronomy-related films ac-companied by themed dinners. 

Canadian films programmed recently at San Sebastian: SOMETHING YOU SAID LAST NIGHT (2023), CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, LE BRUIT DES MOTEURS, IL PLEUVAIT DES OISEAUX, RÉPERTOIRE DES VILLES DISPARUES, THE SONG OF NAMES, LES DÉMONS, FÉLIX ET MEIRA, TAKE THIS WALTZ, BARNEY’S VERSION.

Telefilm Canada recognizes the selection of a feature film in the festival for application to its International Promotion Program. 

Promotion and Communications 
Telefilm Canada, Montréal
dl-festivals@telefilm.ca  
1 800 567-0890