San Sebastian International Film Festival
Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián
The festival is organised by Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián S.A., a company owned in equal parts by the San Sebastián City Council, the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa and the Spanish Ministry of Culture, Education and Sport. It is accredited by FIAPF in the "competitive film festivals" category, and its Official Selection jury awards the Golden Shell for Best Film. The festival dates back to 1953.
About 200 films are selected for seven competitive and six non-competitive sections, among them New Directors, Horizontes Latinos and Zabaltegi-Tabakalera. The works-in-progress programmes WIP Latam and WIP Europa, the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum and the Thought and Discussion area with Film Talks complete the programme. The dates of the 74th edition in Donostia-San Sebastián are 18-26 September 2026.
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Contacts
- sansebastianfestival.com
- ssiff@sansebastianfestival.com — General enquiries
- films@sansebastianfestival.com — Films Department: film submission and selection
- industria@sansebastianfestival.com — Industry Department: industry events and activities
- wips@sansebastianfestival.com — WIP Latam and WIP Europa works-in-progress programmes
- nest@sansebastianfestival.com — Nest: film school short films
- +34 943 481212 — Festival office
- Tabakalera, Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea, Plaza de las Cigarreras 1, 2ª planta, 20012 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain — Festival office