San Sebastián: New Titles From J.A. Bayona, ’The Beloved’ Scribe Isabel Peña and Fernando Trueba; Mikel Gurrea, Berto Romero and Roberto Bueso Set for Competition
J.A.Bayona will unveil doc series ‘Beyond Society’; Trueba's 'Bajañi' and Peña's 'El Castillo' screen out of competition Mikel Gurrea’s “Sants,” with “The Beloved” star Vicky Luengo, joins in San Sebastian’s main competition alongside Berto Romero’s time-loop relationship comedy “Five Minutes More” and Roberto Bueso’s family dramedy “El mal padre.” Also selected for this year’s San Sebastián, playing out of competition is “El Castillo,” from Rodrigo Sorogoyen regular co-scribe Isabel Peña, and Eduardo Villanueva, who co-wrote with them Sorogoyen’s hit first series “Riot Police.” September’s San Sebastián marks the last headed by San Sebastián director José Luis Rebordinos. As he prepared to present the 23 Spanish titles at this year’s festival he received a standing applause from the whole of the industry audience at the unveil in Madrid.
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J.A.Bayona will unveil doc series ‘Beyond Society’; Trueba's 'Bajañi' and Peña's 'El Castillo' screen out of competition Mikel Gurrea’s “Sants,” with “The Beloved” star Vicky Luengo, joins in San Sebastian’s main competition alongside Berto Romero’s time-loop relationship comedy “Five Minutes More” and Roberto Bueso’s family dramedy “El mal padre.” Also selected for this year’s San Sebastián, playing out of competition is “El Castillo,” from Rodrigo Sorogoyen regular co-scribe Isabel Peña, and Eduardo Villanueva, who co-wrote with them Sorogoyen’s hit first series “Riot Police.” September’s San Sebastián marks the last headed by San Sebastián director José Luis Rebordinos. As he prepared to present the 23 Spanish titles at this year’s festival he received a standing applause from the whole of the industry audience at the unveil in Madrid. With the three biggest upscale Spanish films of the year, “The Beloved,” Pedro Almodóvar’s “Bitter Christmas,” and Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s “The Black Ball” all selected for main competition at Cannes, this year’s selection of Spanish titles for San Sebastián is slightly less obvious. This is the first time, for example, that Romero and Bueso compete for the festival’s Golden Shell.
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San Sebastián: New Titles From J.A. Bayona, ’The Beloved’ Scribe Isabel Peña and Fernando Trueba; Mikel Gurrea, Berto Romero and Roberto Bueso Set for Competition
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