73rd San Sebastián Festival Winners – Sundays Wins Golden Shell, The Voice of Hind Rajab and Little Amélie Nab Audience Awards

Sundays (Los domingos) directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa has won the Golden Shell at the 73rd San Sebastián Festival, along with the FIPRESCI Prize, Feroz Zinemaldia 2025 Award, SIGNIS Award and the Irizar Basque Film Award.

Sundays is a Spanish drama about Ainara, a 17-year-old idealistic student who surprises her family by expressing a desire to become a nun instead of going to college.

Joachim Lafosse won the Silver Shell for Best Director for Six Days in Spring (Six jours ce printemps-là), as well as the Jury Prize for Best Screenplay, the award he shares with Chloé Duponchelle and Paul Ismaël for Los Tigres. Lafosse previously won Best Director for The White Knights (Les chevaliers blancs) in 2015.

Six Days in Spring is a family drama about a single mother who, after her vacation plans fall apart, secretly takes her twin children to stay in her ex-in-laws’ villa on the French Riviera for six days.

The Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance was shared between Jose Ramon Soroiz, for his role in Maspalomas, and to Zhao Xiaohong, for role in Her Heart Beats in Its Cage (Jianyu laide mama). Camila Plaate won the Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance for her role in Belén.

Weightless (Vaegtloes), the debut film from Emilie Thalund, won the Kutxabank-New Directors Award, and the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award went to The Ice Tower (La tour de glace), the latest film from Lucile Hadzihalilovicn.

The City of Donostia / San Sebastián Audience Award went to The Voice of Hind Rajab, while the the animated film Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes) walked away with the Audience Award for Best European Film.

Official Awards of 73rd San Sebastián Festival

GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM
Sundays (Los domingos)
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – France

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Good Valley Stories (Historias del buen valle)
José Luis Guerin (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – France

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR
JOACHIM LAFOSSE (Belgium)
Six Days in Spring (Six jours ce printemps-là)
Country(ies) of production: Belgium – France – Luxembourg

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE (ex aequo)
JOSE RAMON SOROIZ (Spain)
Maspalomas
Country(ies) of production: Spain

ZHAO XIAOHONG (Txina)
Her Heart Beats in Its Cage (Jianyu laide mama)
Country(ies) of production: China

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
CAMILA PLAATE (Argentina)
Belén
Country(ies) of production: Argentina

JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
JOACHIM LAFOSSE (Belgium), CHLOÉ DUPONCHELLE (France), PAUL ISMAËL (France)
Six Days in Spring (Six jours ce printemps-là)
Country(ies) of production: Belgium – France – Luxembourg

JURY PRIZE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
PAU ESTEVE (Spain)
Los Tigres
Country(ies) of production: Spain – France

Other official awards

CULINARY ZINEMA AWARD
Mam
Nan Feix (France)
Country(ies) of production: France
EUSKO LABEL AWARDS

EUSKO LABEL FIRST AWARD
Soul (Hatsa)
Josu Ozaita Azpiroz (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain

EUSKO LABEL SECOND AWARD
Salt Valley (Gatz Harana)
Saioa Miguel (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
LOTERÍAS AWARDS

LOTERÍAS FIRST AWARD
Maruja
Álvaro G. Company (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain

LOTERÍAS SECOND AWARD
Jellyfish (Medusas)
Iñaki Sánchez Arrieta (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain

IRIZAR BASQUE FILM AWARD
Sundays (Los domingos)
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – France

Special Mention
The Last Rapture (El último arrebato)
Marta Medina (Spain), Enrique López Lavigne (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain

KUTXABANK-NEW DIRECTORS AWARD

Weightless (Vaegtloes)
Emilie Thalund (Denmark)
Country(ies) of production: Denmark

Special Mention
Aro berria
Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
Ikusmira Berriak 2022

HORIZONTES MAKE & MARK AWARD

A Poet (Un poeta)
Simón Mesa Soto (Colombia)
Country(ies) of production: Colombia – Germany – Sweden

Special Mention
The Ivy (Hiedra)
Ana Cristina Barragán (Ecuador)
Country(ies) of production: Ecuador – Mexico – France -Spain
Ikusmira Berriak 2022

Special Mention
A Loose End (Un cabo suelto)
Daniel Hendler (Uruguay)
Country(ies) of production: Uruguay – Argentina – Spain
WIP Latam 2024
Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum 2023

ZABALTEGI-TABAKALERA AWARD

The Ice Tower (La tour de glace)
Lucile Hadzihalilovic (France)
Country(ies) of production: France – Germany

‘Coup de Coeur’
Two Times João Liberada (Duas vezes João Liberada)
Paula Tomás Marques (Portugal)
Country(ies) of production: Portugal

Special Mention
Blue Heron
Sophy Romvari (Canada)
Country(ies) of production: Canada – Hungary

NEST AWARDS

Premio Nest The Mediapro Award 2025
How to Listen to Fountains (Ako počúvať fontány)
Short film
Eva Sajanová (Slovakia)
Country(ies) of production: Slovakia
Academy of Music and Performing Arts (FTF VSMU) (Slovakia)

Special Mention
The Old Bull Knows, Or Once Knew
Short film
Milan Kumar (India)
Country(ies) of production: India
Film & Television Institute of India, Pune, India (India)

Movistar Plus+ Award for the Best Short Film
The Loneliness of Lizards (A solidão dos lagartos)
Short film
Inês Nunes (Portugal)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – Portugal
Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola – EQZE (Spain)

Tabakalera Award
Life is Like That and Not Otherwise (So ist das Leben und nicht anders)
Short film
Lenia Friedrich (Germany)
Country(ies) of production: Germany
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) (Germany)

CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD

CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)
Country(ies) of production: Tunisia – France

CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes)
Maïlys Vallade (France), Liane-Cho Han (France)
Country(ies) of production: France

DAMA YOUTH AWARD
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (La misteriosa mirada del flamenco)
Diego Céspedes (Chile)
Country(ies) of production: Chile – France – Germany – Spain – Belgium

Industry awards

WIP LATAM AWARDS

WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD
A Contracorriente Films / Best Digital / Deluxe Content Services Spain / Dolby Iberia / Laserfilm Cine y Video / Nephilim Producciones / No Problem Sonido
Flies (Moscas)
Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico)
Country(ies) of production: Mexico

EGEDA PLATINO INDUSTRIA AWARD FOR THE BEST WIP LATAM
We Were No Longer Five (A la hora de poner la mesa ya no éramos cinco)
Esteban Hoyos García (Colombia), Juan Miguel Gelacio Ramírez (Colombia)
Country(ies) of production: Colombia – USA

WIP EUROPA AWARDS

WIP EUROPA INDUSTRY AWARD
A Contracorriente Films / Best Digital / Deluxe Content Services Spain / Dolby Iberia / Laserfilm Cine y Video / Nephilim Producciones / No Problem Sonido
February, Seven Days (Sieben tage februar)
Tatjana Moutchnik (Germany)
Country(ies) of production: Germany – Austria

WIP EUROPA AWARD
February, Seven Days (Sieben tage februar)
Tatjana Moutchnik (Germany)
Country(ies) of production: Germany – Austria

XIV EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARDS

XIV EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM BEST PROJECT AWARD
Do Not Let Me Die Alone (No me dejen morir solo)
Francisco Rodríguez Teare (Chile)
Country(ies) of production: Chile – Belgium

DALE! AWARD (DEVELOPMENT LATIN AMERICA-EUROPE)
What Follows Is My Death (Lo que sigue es mi muerte)
Laura Baumeister (Nicaragua)
Country(ies) of production: Mexico – Spain

ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
La piel del león
Alvaro Brechner (Uruguay)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – Uruguay – Brazil

CASA WABI-ESCINE AWARD
Do Not Let Me Die Alone (No me dejen morir solo)
Francisco Rodríguez Teare (Chile)
Country(ies) of production: Chile – Belgium

QCINEMA AWARD
What Follows Is My Death (Lo que sigue es mi muerte)
Laura Baumeister (Nicaragua)
Country(ies) of production: Mexico – Spain
IKUSMIRA BERRIAK AWARD

SIDERAL AWARD
La Koreana, un poema ferromagnético de luz y memoria
Joana Moya Blanco (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
ZINEMALDIA STARTUP CHALLENGE AWARDS

BEST SPANISH PROJECT
Quickets
Felipe Ortiz
Spain

BEST EUROPEAN PROJECT
Novel Fire Masks engineered with 3D technology
Raoul Peltier
United Kingdom

SPECIAL MENTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Quickets
Felipe Ortiz
Spain

XXI LAU HAIZETARA DOCUMENTARY CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARDS

MUSIC LIBRARY&SFX AWARD
MARIANA X BHP – Renan Flumian
Produced by: Droma Productions – Quijote Films
(Brazil – Chile)

EUROREGIONAL DOCUMENTARY AWARD
ALTXALILIAK – Maia Iribarne Olhagarai
Produced by: Doxa Producciones – Gastibeltza Filmak (Spain – France)

EPE-IBAIA-ELKARGI AWARD
LA INCREÍBLE HISTORIA DE UNA PELÍCULA QUE NO HEMOS VISTO – Claudia Chávez Levano – Christine Mladic Janney
Produced by: Amazona Producciones – Eleven Hands
(USA – Peru)

Otros premios

RTVE-ANOTHER LOOK AWARD
The Currents (Las corrientes)
Milagros Mumenthaler (Argentina)
Country(ies) of production: Switzerland – Argentina

Special Mention
Belén
Dolores Fonzi (Argentina)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina

COOPERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA AWARD
Good Valley Stories (Historias del buen valle)
José Luis Guerin (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – France

EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY 2030 AGENDA AWARD
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia)
Country(ies) of production: Tunisia – France

DUNIA AYASO AWARD
The Exiles (Los Tortuga)
Belén Funes (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – Chile

Special Mention
My Friend Eva (Mi amiga Eva)
Cesc Gay (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain

Honorary awards

DONOSTIA AWARDS

ESTHER GARCÍA

JENNIFER LAWRENCE

ZINEMIRA AWARD

ASIER ALTUNA, TELMO ESNAL

Pararels awards

FIPRESCI AWARD
Sundays (Los domingos)
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – France

FEROZ ZINEMALDIA 2025 AWARD
Sundays (Los domingos)
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – France

GIDOI + SGAE AWARD FOR THE BEST SCREENWRITER IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY 2025
BORJA COBEAGA (Spain)
Breaking Walls (Los aitas)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – Belgium

SEBASTIANE 2025 AWARD
Maspalomas
Jose Mari Goenaga (Spain), Aitor Arregi (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain

LURRA – GREENPEACE AWARD
Good Valley Stories (Historias del buen valle)
José Luis Guerin (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – France

SIGNIS AWARD
Sundays (Los domingos)
Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Spain)
Country(ies) of production: Spain – France

ATENEO GUIPUZCOANO AWARD
Nuremberg
James Vanderbilt (USA)
Country(ies) of production: USA