Overview
- Festival organizers added five new international films to compete for the Golden Shell, completing the main competition lineup.
- Agnieszka Holland returns with Franz, a biopic tracing Franz Kafka’s life across Czech, German and Polish co-productions.
- Alice Winocour’s Couture stars Angelina Jolie in a drama set during Paris Fashion Week; Milagros Mumenthaler’s The Currents follows an Argentine stylist confronting hidden truths of her past.
- French auteur Arnaud Desplechin makes his Official Selection debut with Two Pianos and Japanese co-directors Kentaro Hirase and Yutaro Seki compete with SAI: Disaster.
- These five films join four Spanish entries previously announced, rounding out the nine-film competition for the September 19–27 festival in San Sebastián.