The Spanish drama The Rye Horn (O corno) set in the rural Galicia of the 70s, directed by Jaione Camborda from San Sebastian, won the Golden Shell at San Sebastian Festival’s 71st edition. This is the fourth year running that the Golden Shell has been won by a woman after Beginning (Dasatskisi) by Dea Kulumbegashvili in 2020; Blue Moon (Crai nou) by Alina Grigore in 2021 and The Kings of the World ( Los reyes del mundo0 by Laura Mora in 2022.
The Silver Shell for Best Director went to Tzu-Hui Peng and Ping-Wen Wang for A Journey in Spring (Chun xing ), while the Best Screenplay Award went to María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat for Puan .
Bahadur The Brave (India), the debut from filmmaker Diwa Shah, won the Kutxabank-New Directors Award, while the Horizontes Award went to El castillo (Argentina-France-Spain), first solo feature from Martín Benchimol, which had its premiere in Berlin’s Panorama section. The Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award went to The Human Surge 3 (El auge del humano 3), by Eduardo Williams, and The Trial ( El juicio), by Ulises de la Orden, bagged a special mention.
On the other hand, the City of Donostia / San Sebastian Award decided by the audience in the Perlak section went to The Society of the Snow ( La sociedad de la nieve), by J.A. Bayona, closing film of Venice Festival, and the Audience Award for Best European film was carried off by I’m Captain (Io capitano), which landed Matteo Garrone the Silver Lion for Best Director at Venice and Seydou Sarr the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor.
Official awards – FIAPF
GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM
O CORNO / THE RYE HORN
JAIONE CAMBORDA (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – Portugal – Belgium
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
KALAK
ISABELLA EKLÖF (SWEDEN)
Country(ies) of production: Denmark – Sweden – Norway – Finland – Greenland – Netherlands
SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR
TZU-HUI PENG, PING-WEN WANG (TAIWAN)
CHUN XING / A JOURNEY IN SPRING
Country(ies) of production: Taiwan
SILVER SHELL FOR BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE (ex aequo)
MARCELO SUBIOTTO (ARGENTINA)
PUAN
Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Italy – Germany – France – Brazil
TATSUYA FUJI (JAPAN)
GREAT ABSENCE
Country(ies) of production: Japan
SILVER SHELL FOR BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
HOVIK KEUCHKERIAN (LEBANON)
UN AMOR
Country(ies) of production: Spain
JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
MARÍA ALCHÉ, BENJAMÍN NAISHTAT (ARGENTINA)
PUAN
Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Italy – Germany – France – Brazil
JURY PRIZE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NADIM CARLSEN (DENMARK)
KALAK
Country(ies) of production: Denmark – Sweden – Norway – Finland – Greenland – Netherlands
Other official awards
KUTXABANK-NEW DIRECTORS AWARD
BAHADUR THE BRAVE
DIWA SHAH (INDIA)
Country(ies) of production: India
HORIZONTES AWARD
EL CASTILLO / THE CASTLE
MARTÍN BENCHIMOL (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina – France – Spain
ZABALTEGI-TABAKALERA AWARD
EL AUGE DEL HUMANO 3 / THE HUMAN SURGE 3
EDUARDO WILLIAMS (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Portugal – Netherlands – Taiwan – Brazil – Hong Kong – Sri Lanka – Peru
Special Mention
EL JUICIO / THE TRIAL
ULISES DE LA ORDEN (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Norway – France – Italy
NEST THE MEDIAPRO NEST AWARD
AMMA KI KATHA
Short film
NEHAL VYAS (INDIA)
Country(ies) of production: India
California Institute of the Arts School of Film/Video (USA)
Special Mention
ENTRE LES AUTRES
Short film
MARIE FALYS (BELGIUM)
Country(ies) of production: Belgium
Institut de Arts de Diffusion – IAD (Belgium)
CULINARY ZINEMA BEST FILM AWARD
LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT / THE POT AU FEU
TRAN ANH HUNG (VIETNAM)
Country(ies) of production: France
EUSKO LABEL PRIZE
First Prize
LATXA
Short film
MIKEL URRETABIZKAIA (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
Second Prize
SOROBORDA
Short film
PAOLO TIZÓN (PERU)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
IRIZAR BASQUE FILM AWARD
EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA / SULTANA’S DREAM
ISABEL HERGUERA (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – Germany
CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD
LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE / SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
J.A. BAYONA (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM
IO CAPITANO / I’M CAPTAIN
MATTEO GARRONE (ITALY)
Country(ies) of production: Italy
TCM YOUTH AWARD
LA ESTRELLA AZUL / THE BLUE STAR
JAVIER MACIPE (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – Argentina
Industry awards
PREMIOS WIP LATAM
WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD
LOS DOMINGOS MUEREN MÁS PERSONAS / MOST PEOPLE DIE ON SUNDAYS
IAIR SAID (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Italy – Switzerland
EGEDA PLATINO INDUSTRIA AWARD FOR THE BEST WIP LATAM
LOS DOMINGOS MUEREN MÁS PERSONAS / MOST PEOPLE DIE ON SUNDAYS
IAIR SAID (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Italy – Switzerland
WIP EUROPA AWARDS
WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD
MANNEQUINS (WT)
MICHAEL FETTER NATHANSKY (GERMANY)
Country(ies) of production: Germany
WIP EUROPA AWARDS
MANNEQUINS (WT)
MICHAEL FETTER NATHANSKY (GERMANY)
Country(ies) of production: Germany
XII EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARDS
XII EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM BEST PROJECT AWARD
TODO ESTO ERAN MANGAS / THESE WERE ALL FIELDS
DANIELA ABAD LOMBANA (ITALY)
Country(ies) of production: Colombia
DALE! AWARD (DEVELOPMENT LATIN AMERICA-EUROPE)
LITTLE WAR
BARBARA SARASOLA-DAY (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina – The Netherlands
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
LOS DÍAS LIBRES / THE DAYS OFF
LUCILA MARIANI (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Brazil
IKUSMIRA BERRIAK AWARD
ELAMEDIA EUSKADI POST-PRODUCTION AWARD
AFTER THE NIGHT, THE NIGHT
NAOMI PACIFIQUE (SWITZERLAND – NETHERLANDS)
Country(ies) of production: Switzerland – The Netherlands
ZINEMALDIA STARTUP CHALLENGE AWARD
BEST EUROPEAN PROJECT
HYPERATE.IO
Germany
BEST SPANISH PROJECT
WITSCRIPT
Spain
XIX LAU HAIZETARA DOCUMENTARY CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARDS
IBAIA-BILIBIN CIRCULAR AWARD
YO TERRATENIENTE
RODRIGO DEMIRJIAN
Produced by: Tourmalet Films, AH! Cine
(Spain – Argentina)
DOGWOOF AWARD
DECEMBER
GRZEGORZ PAPRZYCKI
Produced by: Telemark, Just a moment
(Poland Lithuania)
IBAIA-ELKARGI AWARD
PULSO
VICTORIA ALVARES, QUENTIN DELAROCHE
Produced by: Revoada Produçoes
(Brazil)
Other awards
RTVE – ANOTHER LOOK AWARD
THE ROYAL HOTEL
KITTY GREEN (AUSTRALIA)
Country(ies) of production: Australia
Special Mention
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
RAVEN JACKSON (USA)
Country(ies) of production: USA
COOPERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA AWARD
LA ESTRELLA AZUL / THE BLUE STAR
JAVIER MACIPE (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – Argentina
EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY 2030 AGENDA AWARD
BÂTIMENT 5 / LES INDÉSIRABLES
LADJ LY (FRANCE)
Country(ies) of production: France
DUNIA AYASO AWARD
CREATURA
ELENA MARTÍN GIMENO (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
Special Mention
MIENTRAS SEAS TÚ / MENTRE SIGUIS TU / WHILE YOU’RE STILL YOU
CLAUDIA PINTO EMPERADOR (VENEZUELA)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
Honorary awards
DONOSTIA AWARDS
HAYAO MIYAZAKI
JAVIER BARDEM
VÍCTOR ERICE
ZINEMIRA AWARD
PACO SAGARZAZU
Pararels awards
FIPRESCI AWARD
FINGERNAILS
CHRISTOS NIKOU (GREECE)
Country(ies) of production: USA
FEROZ ZINEMALDIA 2023 AWARD
UN AMOR
ISABEL COIXET (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
EUSKAL GIDOIGILEEN ELKARTEA AWARD
ISABEL HERGUERA (SPAIN), GIANMARCO SERRA (ITALY)
“EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA / SULTANA’S DREAM” (SPAIN – GERMANY)
SEBASTIANE 2023 AWARD
20.000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS / 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
ESTIBALIZ URRESOLA (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
Special Mention
GABI, 8 URTETIK 13 URTERA / GABI: BETWEEN AGES 8 AND 13
ENGELI BROBERG (SWEDEN)
Country(ies) of production: Denmark – Sweden – Norway
LURRA – GREENPEACE AWARD
AKU WA SONZAI SHINAI / EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI (JAPAN)
Country(ies) of production: Japan
SIGNIS AWARD
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
RAVEN JACKSON (USA)
Country(ies) of production: USA
ATENEO GUIPUZCOANO AWARD
GREAT ABSENCE
KEI CHIKA-URA (JAPAN)
Country(ies) of production: Japan