
The 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) announced the award-winning films with Out of Plain Sight directed by Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia winning the Audience Choice Award.

Afternoons of Solitude (Tardes de soledad) directed by Albert Serra is the winner of the Golden Shell for Best Film at the 72nd San Sebastian Festival. The Silver Shell for Best Director was a tie, shared between Laura Carreira for On Falling and Pedro Martín Calero for The Wailing (El llanto).

17 Spanish produced titles – 12 feature films, one mid-length film, one short and three series – are slated for the 72nd San Sebastian Festival, taking place from September 20-28, 2024, in the Official Selection and the sections New Directors, Horizontes Latinos, Zabaltegi-Tabakalera and Velodrome.