A-list film festival · September · Donostia
For producers, international distributors, brand activators, press teams and delegations taking part in the San Sebastián International Film Festival (Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, September), with screenings and premieres at the Kursaal and Teatro Victoria Eugenia, competitive sections (Concha de Oro / Concha de Plata), industry markets (Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, Zabaltegi-Tabakalera), parallel sections (New Directors, Zinemira, Perlak) and a hospitality operation closely linked to hotels in Gros, Centro and the Concha area. EUR + 21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT) and 24–48 h delivery from the Madrid hub or the SEUR / DHL network in northern Spain.
The San Sebastián International Film Festival, popularly known as Zinemaldia, is one of the highlights of the European and Latin American film calendar: every September it brings to Donostia-San Sebastián producers, sales agents, specialised press, distributors, festival programmers, talent teams and delegates from streamers and broadcasters who negotiate, premiere and present films in a week of screenings, premieres, press conferences and industry sessions. The event draws several thousand professional accreditations per edition and around 160,000 spectators who pass through the halls of the Kursaal, the Teatro Victoria Eugenia, the Museo San Telmo, the Cines Príncipe and Trueba and the satellite venues across the Donostia cultural network.
For production teams, brand activators and international delegations the operational challenge is to work with an A-list festival that combines cinematic glamour, premium hospitality, an industry market and a very dense cultural agenda: staff apparel that holds up to a long agenda and the typical Cantabrian rain in September, places that respect the sober image usual in the sector, lanyards and badges per level, multilingual press kits and a final gifting set for talent, juries and buyers at Zabaltegi-Tabakalera or at the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum.
The Madrid production hub handles the entire order and delivers by road (SEUR, Correos Express, DHL Express España) to the named consignee in Donostia — distributor office, reference hotel in Gros or Centro, press team headquarters, festival storage enabled at the Kursaal or sales-agent offices in the industry network. The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT); for intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the corresponding EU directive article.
Shirts and 220 GSM polos in neutral colours (black, charcoal grey, off-white) with screen-print or embroidery of the producer or distributor monogram, light jackets for the Kursaal hall team, light blazers for the Teatro Victoria Eugenia welcome desk, fine pashminas and foldable raincoats for Cantabrian rain and canvas aprons for the press booth at the Museo San Telmo.
Woven-ribbon lanyards with screen-printed brand per level (general, industry, press, Zinemira section), A6 hard-bound premium notebooks with the event logo, fine-tip engraved pens, organic-cotton tote bags with the festival poster or the sales-agent brand, reusable steel bottles and sunglasses in Spanish-Basque-English bilingual packaging for international accreditations — 200 to 2,500 units per edition.
Compact power banks in matte black, foldable USB-C chargers for the press team, screen-printed notebook + pen kits for accredited journalists and film critics, USB hubs for the accreditation desk, notebook + pen-drive set with festival coverage and thermal bottles for programming delegates and platforms — 50–150 premium units per edition.
Premium hard-bound notebooks stamped with the sales-agent or producer seal, gourmet gift sets with Basque products (Idiazábal cheese, txakolí, premium preserves), limited-edition catalogue pieces, multilingual packaging (Spanish-Basque-English-French, due to the usual presence of European producers) and named delivery to the Teatro Victoria Eugenia dressing room, the Kursaal hall, the talent reference hotel in Centro or the sales-agent headquarters in the industry network.
The brand operation at the San Sebastián Film Festival is usually coordinated between Madrid, Bilbao and Donostia: the Madrid production hub handles the entire order and delivers by road to the named consignee — producer office in Madrid or Barcelona, distributor headquarters in Madrid, press-team office in Donostia, reference hotel in Gros, Centro or the Concha area, storage at the Kursaal or sales-agent offices in the industry network. The usual delivery window is 24–48 hours with prior appointment, since the event falls in mid-to-late September and the N-I and AP-8 from Madrid and Bilbao see heavy traffic from international accreditations on those days.
We keep reserved stock at the Madrid hub for the recurring items — white shirts, black polos, notebooks and tote bags with generic artwork — that we can produce and ship in 7–10 working days. For pieces with personalised embroidery (producer monogram, limited-edition number, sales-agent brand of the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum) the window moves to 12–14 working days. For producers with bespoke hospitality pieces (numbered gift boxes, premium sets with Basque product) we recommend closing the order 4–5 weeks before the official inauguration.
The B2B invoice is issued in EUR with 21% VAT added via FACe / SII (AEAT); for intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the corresponding EU directive article. Every delivery is confirmed with a signed delivery note on arrival and, when the client requests it, with a photo of the unloaded material at the Kursaal, the Teatro Victoria Eugenia or the team headquarters.
Historically in the third week of September, with screenings and premieres at the Kursaal, the Teatro Victoria Eugenia, the Museo San Telmo, the Cines Príncipe and Trueba and other venues in central Donostia. Exact dates for each edition are confirmed on the festival's own agenda and in the Zinemaldia / Donostia Zinemaldia film coverage.
Yes, to a named consignee: producer or distributor office in Madrid, Barcelona or Bilbao, press-team office in Donostia, talent reference hotel in Gros, Centro or the Concha area, storage enabled at the Kursaal or sales-agent office in the industry network. For producers with several recipients we consolidate to a single hub address and the client's internal team distributes.
21% VAT via FACe / SII (AEAT). For intra-EU clients with a valid VIES number reverse-charge applies without Spanish VAT; for UK and non-EU clients the invoice is issued without VAT citing the corresponding EU directive article.
No. Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier that helps producers, distributors, brand activators and delegations prepare their own merch for the event. It does not organise, sponsor or represent the San Sebastián Film Festival, the Kursaal, the Teatro Victoria Eugenia or the Museo San Telmo.
Corp-Merch is an independent external supplier for companies that take part in the San Sebastián Film Festival. This page helps those teams prepare their own merch for the event; it does not represent the San Sebastián Film Festival, the Kursaal, the Teatro Victoria Eugenia or the Museo San Telmo.