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San Sebastian Unveils New Directors Strand, With New Pic From ‘Sound of Silence’ Director Michael Tyburski

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John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Spain’s San Sebastian Film Festival has unveiled the lineup of its New Directors competition, which takes in “Turn Me On,” the new feature from Michael Tyburski, helmer of Sundance hit “The Sound of Silence.” Starring Bel Powley and Nick Robinson, an IFC Films U.S.

pick-up, “Turn Me On,” a sci-fi romantic comedy, joins buzz titles in the section, the festival’s biggest sidebar, such as “In the Name of Blood,” a Nice-set Georgian mafia movie from Georgia’s Akaki Popkhadze, prized at Clermont Ferrand for his latest short, and “Gulizar,” the first feature from Turkish moviemaker Belkis Bayrak, about a young victim of sexual assault in the run-up to her wedding.

Four Spanish features were announced last week as making San Sebastian’s New Directors cut, led by “La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés,” the awaited feature debut from rapper-singer-songwriter C.Tangana.

All New Directors entries compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award, coming with €50,000 ($54,500) divided equally between the director and distributor of the film in Spain.

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