Overview

• The 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival launched at the Kursaal with an opening ceremony that honored the late Marisa Paredes, the face of this year’s poster.
• Pedro Almodóvar presented producer Esther García with the Donostia Award and closed his remarks with “Viva Palestina libre,” drawing applause, while Juliette Binoche voiced support for ending the bloodshed in Gaza.
• Cayetana Guillén-Cuervo celebrated Paredes’s decades-long career and social commitment, and singer Izaro performed 'Argia' with a nod to 'Piensa en mí' linked to Paredes’s role in Almodóvar’s Tacones lejanos.
• The International Federation of Film Critics’ Grand Prix (FIPRESCI) for 2025 went to Walter Salles’s Aún estoy aquí, voted by more than 700 critics from 75 countries.
• Star arrivals and industry socials continued across the city, including a Vanity Fair x Armani Beauty event at Tabakalera, with many guests based at the Hotel María Cristina and Hotel Londres.