Sixteen first or second directors will vie for the San Sebastian Film Festival’s (20-28 Sept) new directors award.

The films will compete for the $67,000 (€50,000) Kutxa-New Directors Award, granted by an international jury.

Represented countries include Spain, the US, Israel, France, Turkey, Lithuania, Costa Rica, Greece, Mexico, China, Iceland, Ukraine, Holland and Belgium.

Films

El Arbol Magnetico (The Magnetic Tree) (Spain-Chile)
Dir Isabel Ayguavives

Ci Yan De Yan Guang (The Blinding Sunlight) (China)
Dir Yu Liu

Cainele Japonez (Japanese Dog) (Romania)
Dir Tudor Cristian Jurgiu

La Dune (France-Israel)
Dir Yossi Aviram

Las Horas Muertas (The Empty Hours) (Mexico-France-Spain)
Dir Aaron Fernandez

Hross I Oss (Of Horses and Men) (Iceland-Germany)
Dir Benedikt Erlingsson

Levaya Bazaharaim (Funeral at Noon) (Israel)
Dir Adam Sanderson

Losejas (The Gambler) (Lithuania-Latvia)
Dir Ignas Jonynas

Luton (Greece)
Dir Michalis Konstantatos

Mother of George (US)
Dir Andrew Dosunmu

Por Las Plumas (All About the Feathers) (Costa Rica)
Neto Villalobos

Puppy Love (Belgium-Sweden-France-Luxembourg)
Dir Delphine Lehericey

El Rayo (El Rayo (Hassan’s Way)) (Spain-Portugal)
Dir Fran Araujo, Ernesto De Nova Roldan

Wolf (Holland)
Dir Jim Taihuttu

Yozgat Blues (Turkey-Germany)
Dir Mahmut Fazil Coskun

Zelena Kofta (The Green Jacket) (Ukraine)

Dir Volodymyr Tykhyy

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