Donostia - San Sebastian 2004

The San Sebastian festival is one of the major events on the international circuit. It is at the opening ceremony of this festival that FIPRESCI awards its Grand Prix for Best Film of the Year (this year, Jean-Luc Godard's Notre musique). But we also establish a regular jury which prized, out of the films in competition, Carlos Sorin's Bombon, el Perro (Bombon, the Dog). Details of the prize

Reports:

Contemplating Film Festivals. Branka Sömen discusses the subject of Filmmaking in the service of politics.

The Last Pintxo. Horacio Bernades comments on Innocence by Lucille Hadzihalilovic while he finishes his last meal before heading back to Argentina.

Brothers: Celebrating a Decade of Fine Danish Cinema. Jan Lumholdt reviews the film by Susanne Bier in the framework of ten years of impressive films from Denmark.

Roma: Almost an Autobiographical Story. Óscar Peyrou reviews the latest film by Adolfo Aristarain, a coproduction between Spain and Argentina.

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