San Sebastian Festival announces “Latin Horizons” section with large Argentine presence

The San Sebastian Festival has just announced the titles of one of its most interesting sections each year, the Latin Horizons. Within the prestigious San Sebastian competition, one of the leading film festivals alongside Venice, Berlin or Cannes, there is a section dedicated to South American cinema, which from time to time presents great films to remember and discovers new and promising filmmakers or artists. This year will be no less, and for this reason the organization has presented a program full of interesting names and with a great Argentine presence.

River Plate Filmmakers Federico Luis, Lola Arias, Iyer Said And Luis Ortegaas well as megalomania. Selena MorganaNearly half of the directors in this category are from Argentina, and as many as eight out of the fourteen titles feature Argentinians in production. The list includes filmmakers from other parts of South America such as Mariana Rondon (Venezuela), Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez (Mexico), Sofia Paloma Gomez And Camilo Becerra (Chili pepper), Salvador del Solar (Peru), Anna Indara (Panama), Yennefer Uribe Alzate (Colombia), Jose Luis Torres Leiva (Chili pepper), Juliana Rojas (Brazil) or Nelly Wohltza German director but also based in Argentina.

The San Sebastian Festival has previously announced its official competition section, which includes high-profile international names such as: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Costa Gavras also Mike Leeas well as the Spanish names for the place. Pilar Palomero (the girls), Albert Serra or Issiar Poulin, who presents his long-awaited film about Nevenka caseThe competition will take place between September 20 and 28, and there are those who are already counting the days until they arrive in the city in the Basque Country to enjoy the best titles and the presence of the big stars. With Latin Horizons There are many directors and actors who also travel to the capital Guipuzcoa to screen and promote their films. But what can you expect from this edition of this section, other than the names mentioned?

Well, you only have to look at the festival program to see the diversity and richness of its offerings, with films that are very different from each other even when they come from common countries such as Argentina or Chile. However, there is a series of basic and common themes that intertwine with many of this year’s proposals, which will take viewers not only to travel through the wonderful places of South America, but also to discover the most personal stories of the people who inhabit those places. One of the great themes of this edition will be loneliness, present in the stories of When the clouds hide the shadows, you sleep with open eyes, and on Sundays more people die. also Dear orbiteramong other things.

Among the selected films there are also romantic novels, true stories, social commentaries and above all great existential dramas about life and death. Some of them will have a Spanish presence, either from the production in some cases or with the participation of a Spanish translator. This is the case the KnightThe film stars Luis Ortega. Nahuel Perez Biscayart And Ursula Corberoalso Ramon and Ramonwhich features Alvaro Cervantes in the cast.