Since the beginning of the festival last Friday, there were different demonstrations of actors and other referents of the entertainment world in repudiation of Israel’s attacks in the Gaza Strip.
The Film Festival of San Sebastián It began last Friday and, in addition to the exhibition of important films -among them 3 Argentines -the focus was put in the repeated manifestations against the “genocide of Israel in Gaza” and in support of the Palestinian cause.
During their appearances in red carpet or a press conference, the renowned artists who went to the festival to present their respective films preferred Leaving aside their works and instead talked about the situation in the Middle East, almost two from the beginning of the conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group.
Within this framework, around 2,000 protesters cut the bridge that functions as a route of access to the Kursaal Palace, the main headquarters of the festival, to express their support for Palestine. In addition, two people were hung on each side of the bridge to claim the rupture of relations with Israel.
In addition to this protest, which took place on Saturday afternoon, on Friday, during the gala opens, about 2,000 people gathered around the Kursaal with Palestinian flags, posters and slogans like “Israel Boicot”, “It is not a war, it is a genocide” and “Netanyahu murderer.”
Actor Eduard Fernández received the National Cinematography Award 2025 of Spain Accompanied by the vice president of the Spanish Government, Yolanda Díaz and the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun(both with a pin with the colors of Palestine. For his part, the interpreter wore a Palestinian keffiyeh handkerchief on his shoulders and repudiated: “What happens in Gaza is a savage.”
With similar expressions, the presenters Silvia April and Toni Acosta They opened the exhibition from the Kursaal stage condemning “the genocide made by Israel in Palestine” Luis Rebordinos.
San Sebastián Festival: The three Argentine films
Regarding the cinema, Argentina will have three films representing the country and will seek to keep the maximum prize of the exhibition, the Golden Concha, which will be delivered on the closing day of Saturday 27.
The first is 27 nightsdirected by Daniel Hendlerthe inaugural film of the San Sebastián Festival.
The other two films that will represent the country in the Festival will be Bethlehem, directed and starring Dolores Fonzi, and the Corrientes, of Milagros Mummenthaler.
Source: Ambito
