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\n\tBuzzy new projects from \u201cJacky,\u201d \u201cSpencer\u201d and \u201cMaria\u201d director Pablo Larra\u00edn, and Benjam\u00edn Naishtat will be joined by Mike Leigh\u2019s \u201cTender Loving Care\u201d in main competition at September\u2019s San Sebasti\u00e1n Film Festival. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more Lee Chang-dong\u2019s Venice and Toronto-Bound \u2018Possible Love\u2019 Sets Theatrical Release Dates Ahead of Netflix Bow<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tAlso making the cut are new titles from Nicole Garcia \u2013 Marion Coillard starrer \u201c7:40 ce matin-l\u00e0\/Milo,\u2019 as well as Maha Harada\u2019s \u201cIn My Father\u2019s Room,\u201d Hans Petter Moland\u2019s \u201cGrowth\u00a0 of the Soil\u201d and Ye\u015fim Ustao\u011flu\u2019s \u201cWhat Remains.\u201d Announced Tuesday, the new titles reflect San Sebasti\u00e1n\u2019s hallmark mix of international name auteurs \u2013 often drawn from its key source markets of Latin America, France and the Nordics \u2013 and newer talent, a key focus for San Sebasti\u00e1n whose New Directors strand, set to be announced on Friday, is one of the most prestigious in Europe.<\/p>\n

\n\tA feature version of Larra\u00edn\u2019s Netflix four-part horror miniseries produced by Fabula, \u201cMy Sad Dead\u201d (\u201cMis muertos tristes\u201d) adapts Argentinean writer Mariana Enriquez, who suggests that the true terror is not the supernatural itself, but the horrors that society hides.\u00a0Top Argentine actors Mercedes Mor\u00e1n, Dolores Fonzi and Alejandra Flechner star.<\/p>\n

\n\tLeigh\u2019s \u201cTender Loving Care\u201d stars Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Kate O\u2019Flynn, Alice Bailey Johnson in what the festival describes as his \u201cinsightful exploration of the\u00a0modern world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom the director of \u201cRojo,\u201d a big hit at San Sebasti\u00e1n, Naishtat\u2019s \u201cGlaxo\u201d is a tale of shattered friendship Set in a small provincial town between the late 1950s and the 1980s, described as \u201cabout desire and revenge, set at a time when a whole country lost its innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Kill Jackie,\u2019 Starring a Glamorous, Lethal Catherine Zeta-Jones, Acquired by Warner Bros. Discovery for HBO Max (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tSan Sebasti\u00e1n\u2019s newly announced Golden Shell contenders join three Spanish features in main competition which were announced on July 17: Mikel Gurrea\u2019s \u201cSants,\u201d with \u201cThe Beloved\u201d star Vicky Luengo, top comedian Berto Romero\u2019s time-loop relationship comedy \u201cFive Minutes More\u201d and Roberto Bueso\u2019s family dramedy \u201cEl mal padre.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 74th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival, the biggest film event in the Spanish-speaking world, runs Sept. 18-26 in the capital of Gipuzcoa, in Spain\u2019s verdant and stunning Basque Country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMore to come.<\/p>\n

\nNewly Announced San Sebasti\u00e1n Main Competition Titles<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMilo\u201d (\u201c7:40 ce matin-l\u00e0,\u201d Nicole Garcia, France)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat Remains\u201d (\u201cArtakalan,\u201d Ye\u015fim Ustao\u011flu, Turkey\/France\/ \/Luxembourg\/Bulgaria)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGlaxo\u201d (Benjam\u00edn Naishtat, Brazil\/Argentina)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGrowth of the Soil\u201d (\u201cMarkens Grode,\u201d Hans Petter Moland, Norway\/Denmark\/Germany )<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Spider-Man: Brand New Day\u2019 First Reactions: Tom Holland Has \u2018Never Been Better\u2019 in a Sequel That Ditches \u2018Multiverse Tedium\u2019 and Delivers a \u2018Grounded Spider-Man Tale\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMy Sad Dead\u201d (\u201cMis muertos tristes,\u201d Pablo Larra\u00edn, Argentina-Chile)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn My Father\u2019s Room\u201d (\u201cMuyou no hito,\u201d Maha Harada, Japan)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTender Loving Care\u201d (Mike Leigh, United Kingdom\/USA\/Singapore)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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