Maialen Beloki has been appointed as the next director of the San Sebastián Film Festival to replace longtime head José Luis Rebordinos when he steps down at the end of this year.
Beloki, who has been one of the deputy directors of the festival in Spain’s Basque Country since 2016, will take up the post in January 2027.
Her appointment was agreed at an extraordinary meeting on Monday of the festival’s Executive Board, made up of San Sebastián City Council, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, the Basque Government and the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
The decision followed an open competition launched on 4 March to appoint a successor to Rebordinos who has held the post of festival director since 2011.
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