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Jeremy Irons, Orlando Bloom and Marion Cotillard set to attend San Sebastián Film Festival

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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  • Jeremy Irons, Orlando Bloom, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz and Rami Malek are among the stars expected at the 74th San Sebastián Film Festival, which opens on September 18.
  • Ira Sachs will chair the Official Selection jury, while the festival will screen 263 films from 47 countries.
  • The program includes films about Gaza, Latin American cinema, and a 40th-anniversary screening of “The Mission” with Jeremy Irons and director Roland Joffé.

San Sebastián is preparing for a crowded red carpet, with Jeremy Irons, Orlando Bloom, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz and Rami Malek among the stars due to attend the 74th San Sebastián Film Festival.

The festival opens on September 18. Its Official Selection jury will be chaired by U.S. filmmaker Ira Sachs. The newly announced guests join Brad Pitt, who had already been confirmed, as well as Donostia Award recipients Werner Herzog and Naomi Watts.

Other guests scheduled to present films include Ricardo Darín, Lali Espósito, Dolores Fonzi, Vincent Lindon, Noémie Merlant, J.A. Bayona, Mercedes Morán, Lena Olin, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Marcelo Subiotto. The festival will show 263 films from 47 countries.

extremely tough

· Maialen BelokiThe festival’s deputy director described the Gaza film “NAZA.”

Among the new additions is “NAZA,” a British production about Gaza by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. Festival deputy director Maialen Beloki described it as extremely tough and said its inclusion reaffirmed the festival’s condemnation, expressed last year, of what she called the genocide perpetrated by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

Fatih Akin will compete with “Geister (Ghost Song),” while Hans Petter Moland will present “Markens grøde (Growth of the Soil).” Brad Pitt will return after his 2009 visit to support the premiere of David Ayer’s “Heart of the Beast.” The festival will also mark the 40th anniversary of “The Mission” with director Roland Joffé, Jeremy Irons and producer David Puttnam.

reaffirms its condemnation of the genocide perpetrated by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government

· Maialen BelokiBeloki explained the festival’s framing of the film’s inclusion.
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