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Samantha Hudson stars in 2026 Horror Film Festival poster

2026.07.02

Singer Samantha Hudson is transformed into a mutant sea creature as the star of the official poster for the 2026 Horror Film Festival (October 3 - November 6), an edition which will, in this image and beyond, be suffused with the leitmotif of the Body Horror subgenre. The official poster for the Festival is meant a...

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The Horror Festival will publish the book “El cuerpo como abismo”

2026.07.02

The publishing house Hermenaute is once again partnering with the Horror Film Festival as part of its Mikro collection, this year releasing the book El cuerpo como abismo. Exploración sobre el body horror cinematográfico, dedicated to a subgenre which is so in vogue right now, written by the journalist and film histo...

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The Horror Festival will be organising the exhibition “Hyakki yagyō: The night-time parade of the hundred demons"

2026.07.02

The exhibition Hyakki yagyō: The night-time parade of the hundred demons, from the program of the 37th Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, will be open between October 30th and November 15th at the Activities Hall of the Municipal Library (San Jeronimo). Step inside the world of the Japanese supernatural throug...

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The submission of films for the 37th Horror and Fantasy Film Festival is open

2026.06.15

The submission of feature films and short films for the 37th Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (October 30 – November 6) is open from today, June 15th, and until August 18th. Feature films can only be submitted using the Movibeta platform and shorts via Shortfilmdepot. Rules and submission: Horror and Fantasy Fil...

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20.542 participants at the 36th Horror & Fantasy Film Festival

2025.11.12

Last Friday, 7 November, saw the end of the movie screenings at the 36th San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival. The number of people who flocked to the movie screenings at the Principal and Victoria Eugenia theatres and TBK stood at 11,845 spectators, and several of the screenings were sold out. Participan...

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'Deathstalker', Audience Award at the 36th Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

2025.11.07

The film Deathstalker (Steve Kostanski, 2025) has won the Audience Award to the Best Feature Film at the 36th San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, that finishes tonight at Main Theatre with the screening of Primate (2025). AWARDS Audience Audience Award to the Best Feature Film Deathstalker (...

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'Pantxineta Endemoniata' is the winner of the 2025 Fanzine War

2025.11.07

Pantxineta Endemoniata is the winner of the 36th Horror and Fantasy Film Festival's Fanzine War. Four fanzines have edited this year special numbers at the Fanzine War: Pantxineta Endemoniata, La Valla, Sangre y Lentejuelas and Generación 5Z. Here you can read them....

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The period for submitting works for the 4th edition of the Oihua! competition for short film projects is now open

2025.11.06

Oihua! was born to promote the creation of screenplays in Basque for fantastic and horror short films. The winner project will be produced advised by Larrotxene Bideo. The film will be premiered at the 37th San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (2026). Oihua! was born in 2019, organized by Donostia Kultura...

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The exhibition "María Jiménez & Letucse: Manga and illustration" is open

2025.11.03

The exhibition Euskadi Fantastikoa 21: María Jiménez & Letucse: Manga and illustration, from the program of the 36th Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, will be open between October 31st and November 22nd at the Central Library (Alderdi Eder). María Jiménez (Irun, 1990) studied nursing at the UPV and is a sel...

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The exhibition "Fernando Vicente: Horror film legends" is open

2025.11.02

The exhibition Fernando Vicente: Horror film legends, from the program of the 36th Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, will be open between October 31st and November 16th at the Municipal Library Activities Hall (San Jeronimo). This exhibition takes in some of the most iconic films of the horror genre, which from the...

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