Madrid – Alejandro Amenábar, Ricardo Darín and Paco Cabezas, director of episodes from “Peaky Blinders” and “American Gods,” look set to join Penelope Cruz, already confirmed as a Donostia Award winner, at this year’s 67th San Sebastian Intl.
Film Festival.The biggest movie event in the Spanish-speaking world, this year’s San Sebastian runs Sept.20-28.Amenábar’s awaited “While at War” will compete in main competition, where it will face off, among Spanish titles announced Friday by the San Sebastian Festival, with banner Basque title “The Endless Trench” and“La hija del ladrón,” the already buzzy feature debut of Catalan Belén Funes.Darín stars in and co-produces “Heroic Losers” which receives a Special Screening.
Daniel Sánchez-Arevalo’s “Diecisiete” will play out of competition – the first time a Netflix Original Film makes San Sebastian’s Official Selection cut.New Directors, San Sebastian’s main sidebar, frames among Spanish world premieres
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