With a French film to open the event (150 Milligrams) and another closing it (The Odyssey), French cinema will be at the forefront of the 2016 San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF), which will be held from September 16 through 24.
Counting four majority-French productions in competition (including the opening film), France is the second most strongly represented country in this year's Official Selection, after Spain. Some twenty French movie personalities will take part in the event to support their films, several of which feature in the three competitive sections (the Official Competition, New Directors, and Zabaltegi section).
Bertrand Bonello—who, as well as presenting his film Nocturama, will introduce his short film Sarah Winchester, Ghost Opera, which was directed in collaboration with the Paris Opera—will lead a master class. Jean-Gabriel Périot will also hold a master class.
The following French actors and directors will be in attendance:
- Emmanuelle Bercot, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Irène Frachon for 150 Milligrams
- Bertrand Tavernier for A Journey Through French Cinema
- François Ozon, Pierre Niney and Paula Beer for Frantz
- Mia Hansen-Løve for Things to Come
- Arnaud Des Pallières, Adèle Haenel, Christelle Barthevas, Solène Rigot and Sergi López for Orphan
- Michael Dudok De Wit for The Red Turtle
- Bertrand Bonello for Nocturama
- Paul Verhoeven and Isabelle Huppert for Elle
- Morgan Simon, Nathan Willcocks, and Kévin Azaïs (to be confirmed) for A Taste of Ink
- Jean-Gabriel Périot and Nicolas Brevière for Summer Lights
- Jean-François Laguionie and Dominique Frot for Louise by the Shore
- Jérôme Salle and Lambert Wilson for The Odyssey
Official Selection
- 150 Milligrams by Emmanuelle Bercot (opening film—in competition)
- Orphan by Arnaud Des Pallières
- Nocturama by Bertrand Bonello
- Jesús - Petit Criminel by Fernando Guzzoni
- The Winter by Emiliano Torres (minority production)
- The Odyssey by Jérôme Salle (closing film—out of competition)
New Directors
- A Taste of Ink by Morgan Simon
- In Between by Maysaloun Hamoud
- Summer Lights by Jean-Gabriel Périot
- Porto by Gabe Klinger (minority production)
Pearls Section
- Frantz by François Ozon
- Elle by Paul Verhoeven
- Things to Come by Mia Hansen-Løve
- The Red Turtle by Michael Dudok De Wit
- My Life as a Courgette by Claude Barras (minority production)
- Neruda by Pablo Larraín (minority production)
- Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi (minority production)
- I, Daniel Blake by Ken Loach (minority production)
- After Love by Joachim Lafosse (minority production)
Horizons Section
- Hotel Cambridge by Eliane Caffé (minority production)
- Much Ado About Nothing by Alejandro Fernandez Almendras (minority production)
- The Blind Christ by Christopher Murray (minority production)
- Santa y Andrés by Carlos Luchega (minority production)
Zabaltegi
- Louise by the Shore by Jean-François Laguionie
- A Journey Through French Cinema by Bertrand Tavernier
- Memory Exercices by Paz Encina (minority production)
- 489 Years by Hayoun Kwon (minority production)
- Eat That Question - Frank Zappa in His Own Words by Thorsten Schütte (minority production)
- The Ornithologist by João Pedro Rodrigues (minority production)
- Zoology by Ivan Tverdovsky (minority production)
For further information, visit the festival's official website.
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