🎬 Zinemaldia – San Sebastián International Film Festival 2025
📅 Dates: 19–27 September 2025
📍 Where: Donostia / San Sebastián, Basque Country (Spain)
🌍 Edition: 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival
🎟️ Key figures:
- 254 films from 56 countries
- 38 Basque productions, including:
- 18 in Euskara
- 14 directed by women
⭐ Official poster: featuring Marisa Paredes — a heartfelt nod to a Spanish cinema icon
🎤 Ceremonies:
- Opening hosted by Sílvia Abril, Toni Acosta & Itziar Ituño
- Closing hosted by Itsaso Arana
✨ For nine days, Donostia changes gear: lively squares, packed cinemas, multilingual terraces. Here, cinema isn’t only watched — it’s in the air.
⚡ Zinemaldia 2025 — Flashes
🗓️ 5 September 2025 — Festival condemns “genocide” in Gaza
The Festival’s Management Committee read a statement —in Spanish and in Euskara— calling for an immediate ceasefire and the release of hostages. The wording was unflinching: “genocide” and “systematic human-rights violations”. A civic jolt at the outset: less red carpet, more conscience.
🗓️ 5 September 2025 — J. A. Bayona to chair the Jury (full line-up)
The Official Selection jury brings together Laura Carreira, Gia Coppola, Zhou Dongyu, Lali Espósito, Mark Strong and Anne-Dominique Toussaint, with J. A. Bayona as president. A deliberately mixed panel —from indie filmmaking to European production and international acting— which, to be honest, promises lively deliberations.
🗓️ 5 September 2025 — Confirmed guests that lit up the build-up
The festival confirmed a sparkling line-up: Juliette Binoche, Colin Farrell, Matt Dillon, Charlotte Rampling, Paul Dano, plus filmmakers Richard Linklater, François Ozon, Jafar Panahi and Agnieszka Holland. Handy tip for audiences: when in doubt, follow who’s presenting their film.
🗓️ 3 September 2025 — Klasikoak unveils 12 restorations
A heritage programme spanning from Furtivos (1975) to El callejón de los milagros (1994), with works in Euskara and a nod to Lillian Hellman. Restored, contextualised and ready for big-screen rediscovery — the past in clear dialogue with today.
🗓️ 1 September 2025 — Opening and closing announced
27 noches / 27 Nights (Daniel Hendler) was named as the Official Selection opener; Winter of the Crow (La conspiración del cuervo) (Kasia Adamik) as the closing title out of competition. Useful diary markers: first ovation… and the final bow.
🗓️ 27 August 2025 — Culinary Zinema presents its film-and-table menu
Highlights included Morte cucina (Pen-Ek Ratanaruang) paired with Kitchen 154, plus documentary screenings with bespoke dinners (around Tetsuro Maeda, Javier Urondo) and a tribute evening to Joan Roca led by Dani García. In Donostia, “film + dinner” isn’t a novelty — it’s a ritual.
🗓️ 26 August 2025 — Jennifer Lawrence to receive the Donostia Award
The festival announced the Donostia Award for Jennifer Lawrence and a gala screening of Die My Love (dir. Lynne Ramsay). Zinemaldia also programmed a Zinemaldia+Plus session with Winter’s Bone — a nod to her breakthrough. Leaving her out before wasn’t an option; she sits here with full weight.
🗓️ 30 July 2025 — Esther García, Donostia Award + poster with Marisa Paredes
The festival announced the Donostia Award for veteran producer Esther García and unveiled the 2025 poster featuring Marisa Paredes. Two gestures telling one story: celebrating both the faces on screen and the hands that make films happen. Source: official announcement
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