San Sebastian International Film Festival 2006
by Andre Soares
Among the nineteen films in the main section of the San Sebastián International Film Festival are John Boorman’s The Tiger’s Tail, about twins whose radically different paths become intertwined later in life; Lars von Trier’s big-business charade Direktøren for det Hele / The Boss of It All; and Forever, director Heddy Honigmann’s look at the importance — for the living — of Paris’ Père-Lachaise cemetery, where lie the remains of Edith Piaf, Jim Morrison, Marcel Proust, and Chopin, among others.
The festival’s Golden Shell winner will be announced on Sept. 30. Jeanne Moreau is the head of this year’s jury.
Also at San Sebastián, Max von Sydow and Matt Dillon will receive the Donostia Award for the bulk of their careers. Previous winners — most of whom were Hollywood stars — include Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Claudette Colbert, Isabelle Huppert, Lauren Bacall, Susan Sarandon, Francisco Rabal, and Catherine Deneuve. (Unlike the Lifetime Achievement Oscars, the career Donostia has gone to numerous female performers.)
Main Competition Films:
El camino de San Diego / The Road to San Diego
Carlos Sorin • Argentina •
Copying Beethoven
Agnieszka Holland • USA - UK - Hungary •
Delirious
Tom DiCillo • USA •
Direktøren for det Hele / The Boss of It All
Lars von Trier • Denmark - Sweden - France •
Forever
Heddy Honigmann • Holland •
Ghosts
Nick Broomfield • UK •
Hana yori mo naho / Hana
Kore-eda Hirokazu • Japan •
Karaula / Border Post
Rajko Grlic • Croatia - Bosnia Herzegovina - Macedonia - Slovenia - Serbia - UK - Hungary - Austria - France •
Lo que sé de Lola / Ce que je sais de Lola / What I Know About Lola
Javier Rebollo • Spain - France •
Lonely Hearts
Todd Robinson • USA •
Más allá del espejo / Beyond the Mirror
Joaquín Jordá • Spain •
Mon fils à moi / My Son
Martial Fougeron • France •
Niwemang / Half Moon
Bahman Ghobadi • Iran - Iraq - Austria - France •
Orae doin jung won / The Old Garden
Im Sang-soo • South Korea •
Si le vent soulève les sables / Sounds of Sand
Marion Hänsel • Belgium - France •
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Bobcat Goldthwait • USA •
The Tiger’s Tail
John Boorman • UK - Ireland •
Vete de mí
Víctor García León • Spain •
Las vidas de Celia / Celia’s Lives
Antonio Chavarrías • Spain - Mexico •
Pedro Almodóvar’s VOLVER Wins Critics’ FIPRESCI Prize
Silent Film Actress Betty Compson Tell-All Ad
The Legacy of Mexican Cinema in Beverly Hills
Kannada (Indian) 2006 Film Awards
BLACK BOOK and KING AND THE CLOWN Submitted for Oscars
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