Overview
- San Sebastián announced on Tuesday a second wave of main-competition entries that names Pablo Larraín’s My Sad Dead as a world premiere in feature form and includes Mike Leigh’s Tender Loving Care in the lineup.
- My Sad Dead is a feature adaptation of Mariana Enríquez’s stories produced by Fabula and stars Mercedes Morán, Dolores Fonzi, and Carolina Álvarez; the festival confirmed the San Sebastián screening will be the film’s world premiere.
- Mike Leigh’s Tender Loving Care is slated to arrive at San Sebastián after a planned world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and lists Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Kate O’Flynn, and Alice Bailey Johnson in its cast.
- Other films added on Tuesday include Nicole Garcia’s Milo, Benjamín Naishtat’s Glaxo, Yeşim Ustaoğlu’s What Remains, Hans Petter Moland’s Growth of the Soil, and Maha Harada’s In My Father’s Room, broadening the festival’s mix of Latin American, French, Nordic and Japanese cinema.
- The additions join Spanish titles announced July 17 and further position the 74th San Sebastián Film Festival, running Sept. 18–26, as a key stop for auteur films and literary adaptations that could influence awards momentum and international sales.