The San Sebastian Festival with science

The San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF), DIPC and the Basque Film Archive have been collaborating in recent years, combining two of the hallmarks of our city: its dedication to cinema and its great specialization in science. As a result of this collaboration, since 2019, we jointly organize the well-known “Ikastetxeak Belodromoan” sessions that are aimed at primary schools during the Festival. Every morning, thousands of boys and girls gather to enjoy in Basque on the big screen. In addition, in each edition a scientific topic is chosen and a scientist is invited to make the presentation of the event at the Velodrome with the aim of promoting scientific culture among the new generations. In total, more than 13,000 children gather every year.

Ikastetxeak Belodromoan 2026: A flight into the world of birds

Posters and films screened in previous editions:

2022 Edition

Terra Willy: Planeta Ezezaguna (Enric Tosti, 2022) with Pepper, the humanoid robot from the Faculty of Computer Science at EHU. 

2021 Edition

Tadeo Jones 2 (Enrique Gato & David Alonso, 2017), with marine archaeologist Maria Intxaustegi.

2020 Edition

Harrapatu Bandera (Enrique Gato, 2015), with Eneko Axpe, researcher at NASA.

2019 Edition

Tximinoen Erresuma (Jamel Debbouze, 2015) with DIPC scientists.