The Official Selection Jury at the 73rd edition of the San Sebastián Festival will be presided over by the Spanish filmmaker J.A. Bayona, who was previously selected for the Official Selection with Lo imposible / The Impossible and Un monstruo viene a verme / A Monster Calls. Bayona also won the City of Donostia / San Sebastián Audience Award in 2023 with La sociedad de la nieve / Society of the Snow. The director of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will be accompanied in the deliberations by the Portuguese filmmaker Laura Carreira, winner of the Silver Shell for Best Director for On Falling (2024); the North American director Gia Coppola, winner of the Special Jury Prize for The Last Showgirl (2024); the actress Zhou Dongyu, star of Zhang Yimou's Under the Hawthorn Tree; the Argentinian singer and actor Lali Espósito; the British actor Mark Strong, known for his roles in The Imitation Game, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1917, Tár and the Kingsman saga, and Anne-Dominique Toussaint, the French producer of films such as Capharnaüm (Nadine Labaki) and Sleepless City (Guillermo Galoe), and some films directed by Louis Garrel.

Official Jury

• J.A. Bayona, director, producer and screenwriter, Spain (President)
• Laura Carreira, director, Portugal
• Gia Coppola, director, screenwriter, actress and producer, USA
• Zhou Dongyu, actress, China
• Lali Espósito, actress and singer
• Mark Strong, actor, UK
• Anne-Dominique Toussaint, producer and actress, France

Kutxabank-New Directors Award Jury

• Marco Müller, producer and programmer, Italy (President)
• Beatriz Arias, filmmaker, Chile
• Isabella Eklöf, director and screenwriter, Sweden
• Charlène Favier, director, screenwriter and producer, France
• Elsa Fernández Santos, film critic, Spain

Horizontes Make & Mark Award Jury

• Pilar Palomero, director, Spain (President)
• Christoph Friedel, producer, Germany
• Tatiana Leite, producer, Brazil

Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award Jury

• Yaël Fogiel, producer, France (President)
• Xabier Arakistain, art curator, Spain
• Line Langebek Knudsen, screenwriter, Denmark

Nest The Mediapro Studio Award Jury

• Jonás Trueba, director and producer, Spain (President)

Culinary Zinema Award Jury

• Anna Castillo, actress, Spain (President)
• Pablo Rivero, chef, Argentina
• Matt Goulding, food journalist, USA

Irizar Basque Film Award Jury

• Ane Gabarain, actress (President)
• Aia Kruse, actress
• Urtzi Urkizu, journalist

Eusko Label Awards Jury

• Pedro Subijana, chef (President)
• Karmele Pikabea, manager of the Euskaber cooperative
• Raimundo Ruiz de Escudero, director of HAZI

Loterías Awards Jury

• Carmen Machi, actress (President)
• María Núñez, Head of Communication at Loterías
• José Luis Rebordinos, Director of the San Sebastián Festival

Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Best Project Award Jury

• Óscar Alonso, distributor, Spain
• Carlos A. Gutiérrez, cultural manager, Mexico
• Bárbara Francisco Mendivil, producer, Argentina