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San Sebastian Film Festival · 2026

San Sebastian Film Festival 2026

Made In Spain

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5 films · 3 reviews

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Bitter Christmas

Melodrama featuring parallel stories asks what right a filmmaker has to plunder reality of those close to them for their work.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Pedro Almodóvar; Writer: Pedro Almodóvar; Stars: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Victoria Luengo, Patrick Criado, Milena Smit, Quim Gutiérrez, Rossy de Palma, Carmen Machi, Antonio Araque, Diogo Belizario, Nourdin Batán, Laura Ledesma, Tusti de las Heras, Gloria Muñoz)

La Carn

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The genre elements never quite lock into a clean payoff, but the refusal to resolve things neatly leaves the viewer in a similarly unstable, hyper-vigilant state.

Edin Custo · 4.5 out of 5
Lluís Garau, a young dancer, has created a performance inspired by Chatroulette, a platform that connects strangers at random via video call. In his restless search for connection and meaning, he becomes entangled in a series of increasingly unsettling encounters.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Joan Porcel; Writer: Joan Porcel, Pere Antoni Sastre, Lluís Garau; Stars: Lluís Garau)

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The Good Daughter

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Director Júlia De Paz Solvas shows the effect a violent and manipulative father can have on others without giving him the centrestage attention he would crave – notably we never even hear his name.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
A teenager finds herself being manipulated by her violent father after her parents divorce.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Júlia de Paz Solvas; Writer: Núria Dunjó, Júlia de Paz Solvas; Stars: Kiara Arancibia, Janet Novas, Julián Villagrán, Petra Martínez)

Full review See: Júlia de Paz Solvas and Núria Dunjó on resilience and hope in the face of 'vicarious' violence in The Good Daughter

Iván & Hadoum

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Iván & Hadoum announces de la Rosa as a filmmaker with uncommon emotional precision.

Edin Custo · 3.5 out of 5
In a greenhouse in southern Spain, Iván falls in love with his newly hired co-worker, Hadoum. But his long-awaited promotion interferes with their relationship, forcing Iván to decide what kind of person he wants to be.

(Country: Spain, Belgium, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Ian de la Rosa; Writer: Ian de la Rosa; Stars: Silver Chicón, Herminia Loh, Gregor Acuña-Pohl)

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Sixteen Moments Of My Life (Seize moments de ma vie)

Ingrid Caven sings about 16 moments from her life in a unique concert at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris.

(Country: Spain, France; Year: 2026; Director: Albert Serra; Stars: Ingrid Caven, Ferran Font, Enric Juncà, Marc Verdaguer)