Life of Spanish cartoonist Vazquez in Zinemaldia's Official Selection

Spain''s cartoonist Manuel Vazquez Gallego will be on the spotlight as The Great Vazquez enters competition today on the second day of the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The Great Vazquez, Oscar Aibar''s fourth film, tells the life story of the Bruguera cartoonist, father of the famous characters the Gilda Sisters, Anacleto, the Cebolleta Family.

Spanish actors Santiago Segura, Alex Angulo and Enrique Villen star in this comedy.

I Saw the Devil by Kim Jee-Woon also enters competition in the Official Section today. The film tells the story of Kyung-chul, a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Kim Jee-Woon debuted as a feature film director in 1998 with The Quiet Family, followed by The Foul King (2000) and A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), of which DreamWorks produced a remake. Both A Bittersweet Life (2005) and The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) have participated, out-of-competition, in the Official Selection at Cannes Festival. All of his films are enormous box-office successes in Korea.

Zabaltegi and Zinemira

Buried, by Paul Conroy, shows today at Zabaltegi. The film tells the story of Paul Conroy, a family man and civilian contract worker in Iraq, who wakes to find himself buried alive inside a coffin. With no idea why he''s been put there and far less so why, the only chance of escape from his agonising nightmare is a mobile phone. Poor cover, a low battery and lack of oxygen are the major obstacles in a life and death race against time: Paul has only got 90 minutes to get out of there. Amerikanuak, a documentary based on the lives and struggles of the first Basque communities which formed in the western states of America is to show at Zinemaldia today.

Filmed entirely in Basque, it uses first hand accounts from Basques who travelled to the US in search of employment and a way to make money, most with the intention of returning home. The film looks at themes of adaptation, rootlessness, nostalgia and community.