San Sebastián International Film Festival
san sebastián international film festival abbr ssiff spanish festival internacional de san sebastián basque donostia zinemaldia annual fiapf category film festival held spanish city donostiasan sebastián september basque country since creation established one category competitive festival accredited fiapf one lowest budget hosted several important event history cinema international premiere vertigo alfred hitchcock attended festival european premiere star war first festival attended roman polanski helped advance professional career filmmaker francis ford coppola bong joonho pedro almodóvar josé luis rebordinos served director festival since festival founded september nonspanish language film became eligible consideration festival specialized color film acknowledged fiapf category festival since exception – period major award given ssiff hosted european premiere star war international premiere vertigo presented alfred hitchcock roman polanskis first attendance film festival main section festival official selection selection recent fulllength cinematographic work previously screened festival except fiapfregulated noncompetitive festival national competition festival country production compete major award spanishproduced film competition must world premiere film included competition new director first second movie new talent horizontes latino selection film latin america unreleased spain pearl selection best movie screened international festival throughout year zabaltegi – tabakalera competitive section aiming heterogeneity formal norm made spain showcase year spanish movie international launch zinemira showcase movie produced directed basque retrospective retrospective included program present work renowned filmmaker work represent particular theme culinary cinema noncompetitive selection gastronomyrelated film velodrome projection movie big audience giant screen installed velódromo de anoeta nest film student selected short mostly graduation project film school around world international jury evaluates film official selection award following prize golden shell best film special jury prize silver shell best leading performance since silver shell best supporting performance since silver shell best director jury prize best cinematography jury prize best screenplay donostia award former award include silver shell best actress – replaced best leading performance best supporting performance silver shell best actor – replaced best leading performance best supporting performance following main award film parallel section new director award decided special jury film new director section compete prize audience award audience chooses film among pearl section youth award jury composed youngster aged chooses film competing new director award horizontes award specific jury chooses best film horizontes latino section otra mirada award tve give another look award film section best reflects female world sebastiane award jury chooses film section best reflects value reality lesbian gay bisexual transgender people official website san sebastián international film festival internet movie database