Mike Figgis' Hotel and Garry Marshall's Julie Andrews-starrer The Princess Diaries have been added as "special sessions" to the official section of the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
The announcement, along with three additional films in other sections and the unveiling of the juries, was made in a presentation on September 7 in the Spanish coastal town which hosts the festival from September 20 to 29.
Other new additions include Giuseppe Bertolucci's L'Amore Probabilmente, in the Festivals' Top division of the Zabaltegi (Open Zone) section, and two high-profile films for the "It Happened Yesterday" retrospective: Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now and Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor.
French director Claude Chabrol will preside over the official competition jury, made up of members Giuseppe Bertolucci (Italy), Yvonne Blake (UK), Florinda Bolkan (Brazil), Sandra Hebron (UK), Eloy de la Iglesia (Spain) and Jorge Edwards (Chile). The new directors' competition jury includes Piers Handling (Canada) Vittorio Boarini (Italy), Catherine Gautier (Spain), Marie-Pierre Macia (France), Bertha Navarro (Mexico), Jorge Ruffinelli (Uruguay) and Arantxa Urretabizkaia (Spain).
The three-person jury for the newly created Made In Spanish award are Paulo Antonio Paranagua (Brazil), Carmelo Romero (Spain) and Esther Saint-Dizier (France).
Full Line-ups Official Section and Zabaltegi (Open Zone)
Official Section
Opening film: The Safety Of Objects (Rose Troche, USA)
Closing Film: Bunuel Y La Mesa Del Rey Salomon (Carlos Saura, Spain)
Butterfly Smile (He Jianjun, China)
C'est La Vie (Jean-Pierre Ameris, France)
En Construccion (Jose Luis Guerin, Spain)
Escape To Paradise (Nino Jacusso, Switzerland)
Et Rigtigt Menneske (Truly Human) (Ake Sandgren, Denmark)
La Fuga (Eduardo Mignogna, Argentina-Spain)
The Grey Zone (Tim Blake Nelson, USA)
Juana La Loca (Vicente Aranda, Spain)
Lantana (Ray Lawrence, Australia) - also competing for New Directors award
Last Orders (Fred Schepisi, UK)
Magonia (Ineke Smits, Holland) - also competing for New Directors award
Taxi Para Tres (Orlando Lubbert, Chile)
Le Velo De Ghislain Lambert (Philippe Harel, France)
Visible Secret (Ann Hui, Hong Kong)
Visionaries (Visionarios) (Manuel Gutierrez Aragon, Spain)
The Warrior (Asif Kapadia, UK) - also competing for New Directors award
Special Sessions:
Hotel (Mike Figgis, UK)
The Princess Diaries (Garry Marshall, USA)
Zabaltegi (Open Zone)
Opening Film: Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain (Amelie) (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, France)
Closing Film: The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel Coen, USA)
New Directors subsection:
Apsolutnih Sto (Absolute Hundred) (Srdan Golubovic, Yugoslavia)
Asuddelsole (Pasquale Marrazzo, Italy)
L'Attente Des Femme (Naguel Belouad, France-Algiers)
Autrement (Christophe Otzenberger, France)
The Bank (Robert Connolly, Australia)
De La Calle (Streeters) (Gerardo Tort, Mexico)
Drift (Adrift) (Michael Van Jaarsveld, Holland)
Elling (Me, My Friend And I) (Peter Naess, Norway)
Last Ball (Peter Callahan, USA)
Naufragos (Stranded) (Luna, Spain)
Paralelni Svety (Parallel Worlds) Petr Vaclav, Czech Republic
Point Of View (P.O.V.) (Tomas Gislason, Denmark)
Le Prix Du Pardon/Ndeysaan (Mansour Sora Wade, France-Senegal)
Salvajes (Savages) (Carlos Molinero, Spain)
Stiller Sturm (Silent Storm) (Tomasz Thomson, Germany)
El Sueno Del Caiman (Beto Gomez, Mexico-Spain)
Un Perro Llamado Dolor (Luis Eduardo Aute, Spain)
Vidas Privadas (Private Lives) (Fito Páez, Argentina-Spain)
Festivals' Top subsection:
L'Amore Probabilmente (Giuseppe Bertolucci, Italy-Switzerland)
La Chambre Des Officiers (Francois Dupeyron, France)
La Cienaga (Lucrecia Martel, Argentina)
L'Emploi Du Temps (Laurent Cantet, France)
Le Fate Ignoranti (Ferzan Ozpetek, Italy-France)
Intimacy (Patrice Chereau, France)
Je Rentre A La Maison (I'm Going Home) (Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal-France)
No Man's Land (Danis Tanovic, France-Italy-Slovenia-UK-Belgium)
Le Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) (Michael Haneke, France)
Shi Qu Sui De Dan Che (Beijing Bicycle) (Wang Xiaoshuai, China)
La Stanza Del Figlio (The Son's Room) (Nanni Moretti, Italy-France)
Storytelling (Todd Solondz, USA)
The Triumph Of Love (Claire Peploe, Italy-UK)
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