San Sebastian Head José Luis Rebordinos Talks ‘Emmanuelle’, Johnny Depp & Avoiding Competition With Other Fall Festivals
deadline.comJosé Luis Rebordinos, director of the San Sebastian Film Festival, has just over a week until opening night when he sits down for an interview with Deadline, and he is still plagued by one niggling organizational issue. “It’s always so difficult to close the jury,” Rebordinos explains as he rushes out of the room to take a call about his potential jury head.
When he returns, he explains: “A few weeks ago I was speaking with Thierry Fremaux. He said even for him it’s always a problem because jury members have to be at your festival for 10 days, you don’t pay, and it’s complicated because people are often working and when they aren’t, they want to spend time with their families and friends.” A few days later, the competition jury is finally confirmed, with Spanish filmmaker Jaione Camborda leading alongside Leila Guerriero, Fran Kranz, Christos Nikou, Carole Scotta, and Ulrich Seidl.
This year San Sebastian, which opens this evening and runs until September 20, celebrates its 72nd edition. The festival will screen new films from established filmmakers such as Edward Berger, Gia Coppola, Costa-Gavras, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Mike Leigh, Diego Lerman, Joshua Oppenheimer, and François Ozon alongside works from new filmmakers including Laura Carreira and Xin Huo.
Coppola’s The Last Showgirlheads to San Sebastián following a debut in Toronto. The film stars Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Dave Bautista.
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