Eleven filmmakers will present their first and second films in the New Directors section of the Zinemaldia

Eleven filmmakers will present their first or second feature films in the New Directors section of the San Sebastian Film Festival, which will celebrate its 72nd edition from 20 to 28 September. All these films and others that will be announced in the coming weeks will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award, worth 50,000 euros.

Gulizar / Gulizar (Belkis Bayrak) is a co-production between Turkey and Kosovo about a young woman who suffers sexual assault before her wedding; Roschdy Zem and Bella Kim star. Hiver à Sokcho / Winter in Sokchothe first film by French-Japanese director Koya Kamura; and Regretfully at Dawn is the second feature film by Thai director Sivaroj Kongsakul.

Brûle le sang / In the Name of Blood This is the first work of Georgian Akaki Popkhadze, Chinese filmmaker Yongkang Tang will participate with his second filmStars and the Moon, and Michael Tyburski will compete with Turn Me Onalso his second film, a science fiction romantic comedy.

These films are added to others previously announced, among which stands out Azken erromantikoakdirected by Alava-born David Pérez Sañudo based on a novel by Txani Rodríguez.

In addition, you will also be able to see the debuts The flamenco guitar of Yerai Cortés (Anton Alvarez, C. Tangana), Where silence passes (Sandra Romero) and The arrival of the sonsecond feature film by Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato.

José Luis Rebordinos, director of the Zinemaldia, said that there is “a bit of everything” in the section. “I think it will possibly be the edition with the most genre films at the festival,” he said.