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Pedro Almodóvar to receive 2024 San Sebastian Donostia Career Achievement Award

News Desk14th August 202428th August 2024

14th August 202428th August 20244009

Spain’s most internationally famous film director, screenwriter and producer, Pedro Almodóvar, is to receive a Donostia Career Achievement Award at the prestigious 72nd San Sebastian Film...

Unseasonal warm weather continues, as drought forces shutdown of power plant

News Desk2nd November 20228th November 2022

2nd November 20228th November 20223946

Spain has been experiencing unusually warm autumn weather, with the national weather agency AEMET predicting that the country has just seen the hottest October at least...

‘Spanish Screenings XXL’ launched to further promote Spain’s audiovisual sector

Steph Osborn21st January 202225th January 2022

21st January 202225th January 20222783

The Spanish government has announced its latest initiative to boost the country’s audiovisual sector, with the promotion of ‘Spanish Screening XXL’, an international market for...

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San Sebastian Film Festival changes acting awards to gender neutral categories

Steph Osborn24th June 202127th June 2021

24th June 202127th June 20212107

The San Sebastian International Film Festival will this year change its acting awards to be gender neutral and will be the first time that male...

Images of arrest in Basque Country of Covid-infected female surfer go viral

News Desk13th September 202028th September 2020

13th September 202028th September 20208310

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (28 Sept) Images of the female surfer arrested on Monday on a beach in the Basque Country have gone viral...

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Focus: Sant Sebastian International Film Festival (20-28 Sept)

Ben Norman19th September 20198th October 2020

19th September 20198th October 20204401

The prestigious San Sebastian International Film Festival kicks off its 67th edition this Friday 20 September and will run until 28 September. Among those already...

Basque Country Food & Drink

The 13 Spanish restaurants ranked in the World’s Best 120: ‘Mugaritz’ (No.7)

Features22nd July 201915th September 2025

22nd July 201915th September 20258853

Following on from our first article about The World’s 50 Best, an organisation that ranks restaurants around the world, we now focus on Mugaritz in the Basque Country....

Basque Country Culture Film

Woody Allen to film in San Sebastian this summer

AFP26th February 201927th February 2019

26th February 201927th February 20193647

US director Woody Allen plans to film in the Basque Country this summer, the production company Mediapro has said. ‘Mediapro will produce the new Woody...

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