Opinions

Valera Sakhnenko

I’m truly grateful to the San Sebastián International Underwater Film Festival (CIMASUB 2025) in Spain for selecting my film “The Tiny Wonders of Anilao” as the Winner in the Music Short Film category, and for honoring it with...

Marianne Christine (Sonja Bader)

What a wonderful and absolutely special time it was for me and my sister Ruth, to join your excellent and unique festival.To get the Award for Sonja… I am very proud of her. This days became a very "special stone in my life...

Julio Junquera

My experience at Cimasub 2025 has been unforgettable. The warmth with which we were treated by both the organisers and the audience in such a beautiful setting as the Principal Theatre in San Sebastian, with wonderful...

Izaskun Suberbiola, director of MATER

Magic, love, hope, unity... everything, for our beloved sea. All that and more is CIMASUB. It evokes so many wonderful and necessary emotions that it is always a luxury and a privilege to be able to enjoy it, year after...

Jorge Martínez Vázquez

For me, Cimasub is and has always been not just an underwater film festival, but a gateway to how things should be done. Its international prestige is indisputable, and its team's attention to detail and commitment to...

Andrea and Marco Spinelli

Our participation in CIMASUB has been an extremely enriching and motivating experience. The festival not only gave us the opportunity to present our work to an audience passionate about the marine environment, but also allowed...

Leandro Blanco

Dear friends, I have had the honour of experiencing and participating in many Cimasub festivals, but I must admit that you always manage to make the Festival feel like a family reunion with great affection and...

Nat Savage

Participating in Cimasub 2025 has been a truly rewarding experience. Attending the festival, I was able to appreciate how well organised and welcoming it is, as well as the care with which the screenings are prepared. It is...

Karlos Simón & Teresa Migoya

There is no other underwater film festival quite like CIMASUB. The organisation, details and gifts for the winners, the call for entries, screening days, awards ceremony, the awards themselves, the party on the last day of the...

David Galvañ Fernández

Undoubtedly the Cimasub is a national reference in terms of underwater film festivals and one of the most important at international level, all this is reflected in the large number of short films, documentaries and...

José Irisarri

Cimasub inspires increased public awareness for the protection of marine biodiversity, and support for the creation of marine protected areas. The communication campaigns it carries out on social networks, traditional media...

Jose Hernández

Participating in the CIMASUB International Underwater Film Series has been an enriching experience that has expanded not only my vision of the ocean, but also my commitment to its defence and conservation. During the...

Enrique Talledo

The magic of CIMASUB is present in every edition. All kinds of details that make this Festival a benchmark for underwater images, full of emotions and works of exquisite quality. I admire this festival of the sea,...

Mario Cuesta Hernando

CIMASUB is an essential festival for all those who enjoy the beauty of the planet. Also for those who care about its conservation, because the ocean has revealed itself as the key piece in the planetary balance. We really...

Julio Martínez

I had the honour of taking part in this 47th edition of CIMASUB, one of the most prestigious film seasons in Europe, with the award-winning photograph in the "ecological awareness" category. Getting to know San Sebastian,...

Morgan Le Faucheur, Franck Corbery (Almo Film)

Honored to have won 2 awards for 2 different projects. This festival is 46 years old (!) but keep getting better and better every year. Perfect crew and location. Agur.

Olivier Bourgeois (Fly and Dive)

We are honored and so happy to have participated in CIMASUB, a unique festival, a warm welcome in a magnificent city. David and the whole team knew how to make this festival an extraordinary event in a magical cinema, the...

Álex del Olmo (Naucrates)

CIMASUB is undoubtedly the lighthouse that lights the way for the most prestigious underwater image festivals in Europe. It is not in vain that it is the most important in Spain and the longest-running - and oldest - on the...

Jesús Manuel Martínez Guerrero

We are very excited to receive this special mention from the CIMASUB jury for our work PLASTONIC LOVE. It is a luxury and a great pleasure to attend this wonderful contest, to enjoy all the great works presented, each one...

Roge Blasco, winner of the Francisco Pizarro Award 2022

It has been an honour and a privilege to be awarded the Francisco Pizarro prize by Cimasub 2022. The San Sebastian International Underwater Film Cycle's vocation for the conservation and protection of the oceans should be...

Joan Barcia y Eva Cruz

We have been to this incredible underwater image event for the first time and we already know that from now on it will be an unmissable annual event, not only because being able to view so many images - video and photographic...

Carlos Bengoa (Radio Viajera y Donosti City)

It is already a classic in my diary to attend the cycle of this amazing underwater cinema. Short films and documentaries of the highest level of work, production and image quality. I also greatly value the day-to-day work of...

Bernard Delemotte, compañero de Jacques Cousteau

In the 45th edition, San Sebastian received a special visit from Bernard Delemotte, marine operations engineer, diving director and underwater filmmaker and cameraman, who was the companion of commander Jacques Cousteau for...

Héctor Ripollés y Lledó Bernat

Héctor Ripollés and Lledó Bernat, runners-up of the videosub world championships in 2021, and participants and winners for the first time in our competition, special mention from the jury for their work "Mediterráneo". He...