The Colombian film The Kings of the World (Los reyes del mundo) by Laura Mora has won the Golden Shell at San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition. The film follows five Medellín teenagers from the streets on a desperate journey of survival. Genki Kawamura took the Silver Shell for Best Director for A Hundred Flowers (Hyakka), while the Best Screenplay Award went to Dong Yun Zhou and Wang Chao for their work on the Chao’s movie, A Woman (Kong Xiu); and City of Donostia / Sebastian Audience Award went to Argentina, 1985 by Santiago Mitre.
This is the third year running that a film helmed by a woman has landed the Official Selection’s top prize after Beginning by Dea Kulumbegashvili in 2020 and Blue Moon (Crai nou) by Alina Grigore in 2021, and the Golden Shell went to a Colombian film for the first time in the Festival’s seven decades.
Spare Keys (Fifi), co-directed by Jeanne Aslan and Paul Saintillan, took the Kutxabank-New Directors Award, and another debut, On Either Sides of The Pond (Pokhar ke dunu para), by Parth Saurabh, earned a special mention.
OFFICIAL AWARDS – FIAPF
Golden Shell for Best Film
THE KINGS OF THE WORLD (LOS REYES DEL MUNDO)
LAURA MORA
Special Jury Prize
RUNNER
MARIAN MATHIAS
Silver Shell for Best Director
GENKI KAWAMURA
A HUNDRED FLOWERS (HYAKKA)
Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance
(tie)
PAUL KIRCHER
WINTER BOY (LE LYCÉEN)
CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ
CARLA QUÍLEZ
LA MATERNAL
PILAR PALOMERO
Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance
RENATA LERMAN
THE SUBSTITUTE (EL SUPLENTE)
DIEGO LERMAN
Jury Prize for Best Screenplay
DONG YUN ZHOU, WANG CHAO
A WOMAN (KONG XIU)
WANG CHAO
Jury Prize for Best Cinematography
MANUEL ABRAMOVICH
PORNOMELANCOLÍA
MANUEL ABRAMOVICH
OTHER OFFICIAL AWARDS
Kutxabank-New Directors Award
SPARE KEYS (FIFI)
JEANNE ASLAN, PAUL SAINTILLAN
Kutxabank-New Directors Award – Special Mention
ON EITHER SIDES OF THE POND (POKHAR KE DUNU PAAR)
PARTH SAURABH
Horizontes Award
TENGO SUEÑOS ELÉCTRICOS
VALENTINA MAUREL
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award
GODLAND
HLYNUR PÁLMASON
Nest Award
BLUE MOUNTAIN (MONTAÑA AZUL)
Short film
SOFÍA SALINAS, JUAN DAVID BOHÓRQUEZ
Nest Award – Special Mention
ANABASE
Short film
BENJAMIN GOUBET
CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD
ARGENTINA, 1985
SANTIAGO MITRE
CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD AWARD FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM
THE BEASTS (AS BESTAS)
RODRIGO SOROGOYEN
IRIZAR BASQUE FILM AWARD
SURO
MIKEL GURREA
IRIZAR BASQUE FILM AWARD – SPECIAL MENTION
TO BOOKS AND WOMEN I SING (A LOS LIBROS Y A LAS MUJERES CANTO)
MARIA ELORZA
TCM Youth Award
TO BOOKS AND WOMEN I SING (A LOS LIBROS Y A LAS MUJERES CANTO)
MARIA ELORZA
INDUSTRY AWARDS
WIP LATAM Awards
WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD
THE CASTLE (EL CASTILLO)
MARTÍN BENCHIMOL
EGEDA PLATINO INDUSTRIA AWARD FOR THE BEST WIP LATAM
THE CASTLE (EL CASTILLO)
MARTÍN BENCHIMOL
PROJETO PARADISO FIRST PRIZE
A STRANGE PATH (ESTRANHO CAMINHO)
GUTO PARENTE
PROJETO PARADISO SECOND PRIZE
A HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY (CASA NO CAMPO)
DAVI PRETTO
WIP EUROPA Awards
WIP EUROPA INDUSTRY AWARD
HESITATION WOUND (TEREDDÜT ÇIZGISI)
SELMAN NACAR
WIP EUROPA AWARD
HESITATION WOUND (TEREDDÜT ÇIZGISI)
SELMAN NACAR
XI Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum Awards
XI EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM BEST PROJECT AWARD
SIX MONTHS IN THE PINK AND BLUE BUILDING (SEIS MESES EN EL EDIFICIO ROSA CON AZUL)
BRUNO SANTAMARÍA RAZO
DALE! AWARD (DEVELOPMENT LATIN AMERICA-EUROPE)
SIX MONTHS IN THE PINK AND BLUE BUILDING (SEIS MESES EN EL EDIFICIO ROSA CON AZUL)
BRUNO SANTAMARÍA RAZO
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
MADRE PÁJARO
SOFÍA QUIRÓS UBEDA
FILM CENTER SERBIA AWARD
THE FIRE DOLL (LA MUÑECA DE FUEGO)
NILES ATALLAH
Ikusmira Berriak Award
IRUSOIN POST-PRODUCTION AWARD
BANDEIRA
JOÃO PAULO MIRANDA MARIA
Zinemaldia Startup Challenge Award
BEST SPANISH PROJECT
MOTMO.PRO
BEST EUROPEAN PROJECT
MINE S
BEST ENTREPRENEURIAL PROJECT
KINO_GREENTOKEN
XVIII Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum Awards
IBAIA – BILIBIN CIRCULAR AWARD
CARAPIRÚ: EL SUPERVIVIENTE
Aner Etxebarria, Pablo Vidal
Produced by: Federation Spain (Spain – France)
DISTRIBUTION AND FESTIVAL CONSULTANCY TREELINE AWARD
EL SILENCIO DE LAS HORMIGAS
Francisco Montoro
Produced by: Apnea Films
IBAIA – ELKARGI AWARD
EL SILENCIO DE LAS HORMIGAS
Francisco Montoro
Produced by: Apnea Films
OTHER AWARDS
RTVE – ANOTHER LOOK AWARD
EL SOSTRE GROC
ISABEL COIXET
RTVE – ANOTHER LOOK AWARD – SPECIAL MENTION
CORSAGE
MARIE KREUTZER
Cooperación Española Award
NOISE (RUIDO)
NATALIA BERISTAIN
Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award
TORI AND LOKITA (TORI ET LOKITA)
JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE, LUC DARDENNE
DUNIA AYASO AWARD
TOBACCO BARNS (SECADEROS)
ROCÍO MESA
DUNIA AYASO AWARD – SPECIAL MENTION
EL SOSTRE GROC
ISABEL COIXET
HONORIFIC AWARDS
Donostia Awards
JULIETTE BINOCHE
DAVID CRONENBERG
Zinemira Award
TXEMA AREIZAGA
PARALLEL AWARDS
FIPRESCI Award
SURO
MIKEL GURREA
Feroz Zinemaldia 2022 Award
THE KINGS OF THE WORLD (LOS REYES DEL MUNDO)
LAURA MORA
Euskal Gidoigileen Elkartea Award
MIKEL GURREA, FRANCISCO KOSTERLITZ
SURO
MIKEL GURREA
Sebastiane Award
SOMETHING YOU SAID LAST NIGHT
LUIS DE FILIPPIS
Lurra – Greenpeace Award
ALCARRÀS
CARLA SIMÓN
SIGNIS Award
LOS REYES DEL MUNDO / THE KINGS OF THE WORLD
LAURA MORA
SIGNIS Award – SPECIAL MENTION
RUNNER
MARIAN MATHIAS