Filming ended one week ahead of schedule.
The last scene was shot on August 16 in the morning and in the afternoon a charity market was organized in which props and costumes used in the film were put up for sale.
The benefits were donated to the local foundation "Zaporeak", dedicated to giving food to refugees on the coasts of Greece.
The scene in which Ingmar Bergman's O Sétimo Selo (1957) chess game was recreated was filmed on the same beach where the Dragonstone landing of Game of Thrones (2011) was filmed. Christoph Waltz, dressed in a heavy black robe withstood high temperatures in the sun (40 degrees Celsius) on the hottest day of the last half century in the area.
In the press conference before filming the director said:
"I want to present to the world my vision of San Sebastian which, for me, is the vision of Paradise"
On June 26 it was announced that the world premiere of "Rifkin's Festival" will open the 68th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival.