Sociedad General de Autores y Editores to sponsor audience award for the first time at this year’s festival.
Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winner Amour and Paolo & Vittorio Taviani’s Berlin Golden Bear winner Caesar Must Die are among the films selected for San Sebastian’s Zabaltegi-Pearls section for the 60th edition of the festival, which runs Sept 21-29.
Other films picked include Bart Layton’s critically acclaimed documentary The Imposter and Ken Loach’s comedy The Angels’ Share, which has been selected the section’s closing film.
Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) and Fundación Autor sponsor the audience award, with all the films selected eligible for the SGAE-Fundación Autor Audience Award. The winning film will receive €60,000 and an additional €20,000 will be awarded to the European film with the most votes.
Full line-up:
Amour (Fr/Ger/Aust) dir. Michael Haneke (opening film)
The Angels’ Share (UK/Fr/Bel/It) dir. Ken Loach (closing film)
Beasts Of The Southern Wild (US) dir. Benh Zeitlin
Caesar Must Die (It) dirs. Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
Hope Springs (US) dir. David Frankel
The Imposter (UK) dir. Bart Layton
Me And You (It) dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
No (Chile/US/Mex) dir. Pablo Larraín
Savages (US) dir. Oliver Stone
The Sessions (US) dir. Ben Lewin
Something In The Air (Fr) dir. Olivier Assayas
This Is Not The Private Life Of Javier Krahe (Sp) dirs. Ana Murugarren & Joaquín Trincado (special screening, out of competition)
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