Between Two Waters (Entre dos aguas) by Isaki Lacuesta won the top prize, Golden Shell for Best Film at the 2018 San Sebastian International Film Festival.
In the film, Isra and Cheíto are two Roma brothers: Isra was sent to prison for drug dealing and Cheíto signed up for the Marines. When Isra is released from prison and Cheíto returns from a long mission, they return to San Fernando. The reunion between the siblings brings memories of their father’s violent death when they were only boys. Twelve years have passed since La Leyenda del tiempo (The Legend of Time), Lacuesta’s film when Isra and Cheíto were teenagers. Now Isra returns to San Fernando to recover his wife and kids. But will he manage to go straight in a place with the highest unemployment rate in Spain? Their search for redemption, their need to sort out their lives and to find reconciliation between them unites Isra and Cheíto once again.
OFFICIAL AWARDS – FIAPF
Golden Shell for Best Film
BETWEEN TWO WATERS (ENTRE DOS AGUAS)
ISAKI LACUESTA (SPAIN)
Special Jury Prize
ALPHA, THE RIGHT TO KILL
BRILLANTE MENDOZA (PHILIPPINES)
Silver Shell for Best Director
BENJAMÍN NAISHTAT
ROJO
BENJAMÍN NAISHTAT (ARGENTINA – BELGIUM – BRAZIL – GERMANY – FRANCE – SWITZERLAND)
Silver Shell for Best Actress
PIA TJELTA
BLIND SPOT
TUVA NOVOTNY (NORWAY)
Silver Shell for Best Actor
DARIO GRANDINETTI
ROJO
BENJAMÍN NAISHTAT (ARGENTINA – BELGIUM – BRAZIL – GERMANY – FRANCE – SWITZERLAND)
Jury Prize for Best Cinematography
PEDRO SOTERO
ROJO
BENJAMÍN NAISHTAT (ARGENTINA – BELGIUM – BRAZIL – GERMANY – FRANCE – SWITZERLAND)
Jury Prize for Best Screenplay
tie
PAUL LAVERTY
YULI
ICÍAR BOLLAÍN (SPAIN – CUBA – UK – GERMANY)
LOUIS GARREL Y JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIÈRE
A FAITHFUL MAN (L’HOMME FIDÈLE)
LOUIS GARREL (FRANCE)
OTHER OFFICIAL AWARDS
Kutxabank-New Directors Award
BOKU WA IESU-SAMA GA KIRAI / JESUS
HIROSHI OKUYAMA (JAPAN)
SPECIAL MENTION
JOURNEY TO A MOTHER’S ROOM (VIAJE AL CUARTO DE UNA MADRE)
CELIA RICO CLAVELLINO (SPAIN – FRANCE)
Horizontes Award
A FAMILY SUBMERGED (FAMILIA SUMERGIDA)
MARIA ALCHÉ (ARGENTINA – BRAZIL – GERMANY – NORWAY)
SPECIAL MENTION
THE SNATCH THIEF (EL MOTOARREBATADOR)
AGUSTÍN TOSCANO (ARGENTINA – URUGUAY – FRANCE)
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award
SONG FOR THE JUNGLE
Short film
JEAN-GABRIEL PÉRIOT (FRANCE)
SPECIAL MENTION
THOSE WHO DESIRE (LOS QUE DESEAN)
Short film
ELENA LÓPEZ RIERA (SWITZERLAND – SPAIN)
City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award
ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE (UN DÍA MÁS CON VIDA)
RAÚL DE LA FUENTE, DAMIAN NENOW (SPAIN – POLAND – BELGIUM- GERMANY)
City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award. Best European Film
GIRL
LUKAS DHONT (BELGIUM – NETHERLANDS)
Irizar Basque Film Award
THE DEER (OREINA)
KOLDO ALMANDOZ (SPAIN)
Youth Award
JOURNEY TO A MOTHER’S ROOM (VIAJE AL CUARTO DE UNA MADRE)
CELIA RICO CLAVELLINO (SPAIN – FRANCE)
Films in Progress Awards
FILMS IN PROGRESS 34 INDUSTRY AWARD
THE SHARKS (LOS TIBURONES)
LUCÍA GARIBALDI (URUGUAY – ARGENTINA)
FILM FACTORY AWARD
THE SHARKS (LOS TIBURONES)
LUCÍA GARIBALDI (URUGUAY – ARGENTINA)
Glocal in Progress Award
GLOCAL IN PROGRESS INDUSTRY AWARD
INVISIBLE (NEMATOMA)
IGNAS JONYNAS (LITHUANIA – LATVIA – UKRAINE)
GLOCAL IN PROGRESS AWARD
INVISIBLE (NEMATOMA)
IGNAS JONYNAS (LITHUANIA – LATVIA – UKRAINE)
Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum. EGEDA Best Project Award
VII EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM BEST PROJECT AWARD
BROTHER DANGER (HERMANO PELIGRO)
PABLO FENDRIK (ARGENTINA – DENMARK)
EFADs-CAACI EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION GRANT
LA LLORONA
JAYRO BUSTAMANTE (GUATEMALA)
EURIMAGES DEVELOPMENT CO-PRODUCTION AWARD
THE JUNGLE
MATTHIAS HUSER (SWITZERLAND)
ARTE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
LIBERTAD
CLARA ROQUET (SPAIN – DENMARK)
Ikusmira Berriak Award
IKUSMIRA BERRIAK AWARD. REC GRABAKETA ESTUDIOA POST-PRODUCTION AWARD
WATER (EL AGUA)
ELENA LÓPEZ RIERA (SWITZERLAND)
International Film Students Meeting Awards
Panavision Award
EL VERANO DEL LEÓN ELÉCTRICO
DIEGO CÉSPEDES (CHILE)
Panavision Award. Special nominal mention
WHERE THE SUMMER GOES (CHAPTERS ON YOUTH) / ONDE O VERÃO VAI (EPISÓDIOS DA JUVENTUDE)
DAVID PINHEIRO VICENTE (PORTUGAL)
Orona Award
THE GIRL WITH TWO HEADS
BETZABÉ GARCÍA (UK)
OTHER AWARDS
TVE-Another Look Award
THE THIRD WIFE
ASH MAYFAIR (VIETNAM)
Spanish Cooperation Award
LOS SILENCIOS
BEATRIZ SEIGNER (BRAZIL – FRANCE – COLOMBIA)
HONORIFIC AWARDS
Donostia Award
JUDI DENCH
DANNY DEVITO
HIROKAZU KOREEDA
Zinemira Award
RAMÓN AGIRRE
PARALLEL AWARDS
FIPRESCI Award
HIGH LIFE
CLAIRE DENIS (FRANCE – GERMANY – UK – POLAND – USA)
Fedeora Award
JOURNEY TO A MOTHER’S ROOM (VIAJE AL CUARTO DE UNA MADRE)
CELIA RICO CLAVELLINO (SPAIN – FRANCE)
Zinemaldia FEROZ Award
QUIÉN TE CANTARÁ
CARLOS VERMUT (SPAIN – FRANCE)
Award to the Basque Best Screenplay
RAÚL DE LA FUENTE, AMAIA REMÍREZ
ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE (UN DÍA MÁS CON VIDA)
RAÚL DE LA FUENTE, DAMIAN NENOW (SPAIN – POLAND – BELGIUM- GERMANY)
Greenpeace – Lurra Award
DANTZA
TELMO ESNAL (SPAIN)
SIGNIS Award
BETWEEN TWO WATERS (ENTRE DOS AGUAS)
ISAKI LACUESTA (SPAIN)
SPECIAL MENTION
ALPHA, THE RIGHT TO KILL
BRILLANTE MENDOZA (PHILIPPINES)
Guipuzcoan Blood-Donors’ Association Corresponding to the Solidarity Award
BABY (BAO BEI ER)
LIU JIE (CHINA)
Sebastiane Award
GIRL
LUKAS DHONT (BELGIUM – NETHERLANDS)