THE San Sebastian Film Festival on Friday unveiled the first competition titles for its 65th edition.

The festival, which runs from Sept. 22 to 30, will in its competition program premiere “Life and Nothing More,” the second film by Antonio Mendez Esparza; “Handia,” the latest film from Jon Garano and Aitor Arregi; as well as “El Autor,” by Manuel Martin Cuenca. The competition winner will be honored with the Golden Shell award. “Loving Pablo,” by Fernando Leon de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, will be the closing-night film of the Pearls section and screen out of competition. The film tells “the true story of the notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who struck up an unlikely love affair with a glamorous television host named Virginia Vallejo.”

(SD-Agencies)