Rúnar Rúnarsson’s “Sparrows” is the winner of the Golden Shell for Best Film at the 63rd San Sebastian Film Festival. “Sparrows” is a drama about Ari, 16, who has been living with his mother in Reykjavik and is suddenly sent back to the remote Westfjords to live with his father Gunnar. Here he has to navigate a difficult relationship with his father, and he finds his childhood friends changed. In these hopeless and declining surroundings, Ari has to step up and find his way.
63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival Award-Winners
Golden Shell for Best Film
SPARROWS
RÚNAR RÚNARSSON (ICELAND – DENMARK – CROATIA)
Special Jury Prize
EVOLUTION
LUCILE HADZIHALILOVIC (FRANCE – BELGIUM – SPAIN)
Silver Shell for Best Director
JOACHIM LAFOSSE
LES CHEVALIERS BLANCS / THE WHITE KNIGHTS
JOACHIM LAFOSSE (BELGIUM – FRANCE)
Silver Shell for Best Actress
YORDANKA ARIOSA
EL REY DE LA HABANA (THE KING OF HAVANA)
AGUSTÍ VILLARONGA (SPAIN – DOMINICAN REP.)
Silver Shell for Best Actor
(tie)
RICARDO DARIN
TRUMAN
CESC GAY (SPAIN – ARGENTINA)
(tie)
JAVIER CÁMARA
TRUMAN
CESC GAY (SPAIN – ARGENTINA)
Jury Prize for Best Cinematography
MANU DACOSSE
EVOLUTION
LUCILE HADZIHALILOVIC (FRANCE – BELGIUM – SPAIN)
Jury Prize for Best Screenplay
ARNAUD LARRIEU, JEAN-MARIE LARRIEU
21 NUITS AVEC PATTIE / 21 NIGHTS WITH PATTIE
JEAN-MARIE LARRIEU, ARNAUD LARRIEU (FRANCE)
Jury Special Mention
EL APÓSTATA ( THE APOSTATE)
FEDERICO VEIROJ (SPAIN – URUGUAY – FRANCE)
Kutxabank-New Directors Award
LE NOUVEAU / THE NEW KID
RUDI ROSENBERG (FRANCE)
SPECIAL MENTION
TJUVHEDER / DRIFTERS
PETER GRÖNLUND (SWEDEN)
SPECIAL MENTION
VIDA SEXUAL DE LAS PLANTAS (SEX LIFE OF PLANTS)
SEBASTIÁN BRAHM (CHILE)
Horizontes Award
PAULINA
SANTIAGO MITRE (ARGENTINA – BRAZIL – FRANCE)
SPECIAL MENTION – LUIS SILVA
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR)
LORENZO VIGAS (VENEZUELA – MEXICO)
SPECIAL MENTION
TE PROMETO ANARQUÍA ( I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY)
JULIO HERNÁNDEZ CORDÓN (MEXICO – GERMANY)
Irizar Basque Film Award
AMAMA (WHEN A TREE FALLS)
ASIER ALTUNA IZA (SPAIN)
SPECIAL MENTION – IRENE ESCOLAR
UN OTOÑO SIN BERLÍN
LARA IZAGIRRE
Audience Award
UMIMACHI DIARY / OUR LITTLE SISTER
HIROKAZU KOREEDA (JAPAN)
AWARD TO THE EUROPEAN FILM
SHAN HE GU REN / MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART
JIA ZHANG-KE (CHINA – FRANCE – JAPAN)
EZAE Youth Award
PAULINA
SANTIAGO MITRE (ARGENTINA – BRAZIL – FRANCE)
International Film Students Meeting Awards
FIRST PRIZE
NUEVA VIDA (NEW LIFE)
KIRO RUSSO (ARGENTINA – BOLIVIA)
Universidad del Cine (Argentina)
SECOND PRIZE
EL ENEMIGO (THE ENEMY)
ALDEMAR MATIAS (CUBA)
Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV) (Cuba)
THIRD PRIZE
WADA’ / PREDICTION
KHALED MZHER (GERMANY)
Deutsche Film – und Fernsehakademie Berlin (Germany)
ORONA AWARD
NUEVA VIDA (NEW LIFE)
KIRO RUSSO (ARGENTINA – BOLIVIA)
Universidad del Cine (Argentina)
TORINO AWARD
VOLANDO VOY (I’LL FLY HIGHER)
ISABEL LAMBERTI (NETHERLANDS)
Netherlands Film Academy (Netherlands)
Tokyo Gohan Film Festival Award
NOMA, MY PERFECT STORM
PIERRE DESCHAMPS (UK – DENMARK)
Films in Progress Awards
ERA O HOTEL CAMBRIDGE / THE CAMBRIDGE SQUATTER
ELIANE CAFFÉ (BRASIL – FRANCE)
Films in Progress Industry Award
Ibermedia TV Films in Progress Award
Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum. EGEDA Best Project Award
LA OMISIÓN (THE OMISSION)
SEBASTIÁN SCHJAER (ARGENTINA – GERMANY – FRANCE)
SPECIAL MENTION TO THE PROYECT
MEMORIAS DEL CALABOZO
ÁLVARO BRECHNER (SPAIN-URUGUAY)
Directed by Álvaro Brechner and Tornasol Films
TVE-Another Look Award
PAULINA
SANTIAGO MITRE (ARGENTINA – BRAZIL – FRANCE)
Spanish Cooperation Award
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
CÉSAR AUGUSTO ACEVEDO (COLOMBIA – CHILE – BRAZIL – NETHERLANDS – FRANCE)
FIPRESCI Award
EL APÓSTATA ( THE APOSTATE)
FEDERICO VEIROJ (SPAIN – URUGUAY – FRANCE)
Zinemaldia FEROZ Award
TRUMAN
CESC GAY (SPAIN – ARGENTINA)
SIGNIS Award
MOIRA
LEVAN TUTBERIDZE (GEORGIA)
SPECIAL MENTION
AMAMA (WHEN A TREE FALLS)
ASIER ALTUNA IZA (SPAIN)
Guipuzcoan Blood-Donors’ Association Corresponding to the Solidarity Award
FREEHELD
PETER SOLLETT (USA)
Sebastiane Award
FREEHELD
PETER SOLLETT (USA)THE KING OF HAVANA
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63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival Award Winners; SPARROWS Wins Best Film
Rúnar Rúnarsson’s “Sparrows” is the winner of the Golden Shell for Best Film at the 63rd San Sebastian Film Festival. “Sparrows” is a drama about Ari, 16, who has been living with his mother in Reykjavik and is suddenly sent back to the remote Westfjords to live with his father Gunnar. Here he has to navigate a difficult relationship with his father, and he finds his childhood friends changed. In these hopeless and declining surroundings, Ari has to step up and find his way.
63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival Award-Winners
Golden Shell for Best Film
SPARROWS
RÚNAR RÚNARSSON (ICELAND – DENMARK – CROATIA)
Special Jury Prize
EVOLUTION
LUCILE HADZIHALILOVIC (FRANCE – BELGIUM – SPAIN)
Silver Shell for Best Director
JOACHIM LAFOSSE
LES CHEVALIERS BLANCS / THE WHITE KNIGHTS
JOACHIM LAFOSSE (BELGIUM – FRANCE)
Silver Shell for Best Actress
YORDANKA ARIOSA
EL REY DE LA HABANA (THE KING OF HAVANA)
AGUSTÍ VILLARONGA (SPAIN – DOMINICAN REP.)
Silver Shell for Best Actor
(tie)
RICARDO DARIN
TRUMAN
CESC GAY (SPAIN – ARGENTINA)
(tie)
JAVIER CÁMARA
TRUMAN
CESC GAY (SPAIN – ARGENTINA)
Jury Prize for Best Cinematography
MANU DACOSSE
EVOLUTION
LUCILE HADZIHALILOVIC (FRANCE – BELGIUM – SPAIN)
Jury Prize for Best Screenplay
ARNAUD LARRIEU, JEAN-MARIE LARRIEU
21 NUITS AVEC PATTIE / 21 NIGHTS WITH PATTIE
JEAN-MARIE LARRIEU, ARNAUD LARRIEU (FRANCE)
Jury Special Mention
EL APÓSTATA ( THE APOSTATE)
FEDERICO VEIROJ (SPAIN – URUGUAY – FRANCE)
Kutxabank-New Directors Award
LE NOUVEAU / THE NEW KID
RUDI ROSENBERG (FRANCE)
SPECIAL MENTION
TJUVHEDER / DRIFTERS
PETER GRÖNLUND (SWEDEN)
SPECIAL MENTION
VIDA SEXUAL DE LAS PLANTAS (SEX LIFE OF PLANTS)
SEBASTIÁN BRAHM (CHILE)
Horizontes Award
PAULINA
SANTIAGO MITRE (ARGENTINA – BRAZIL – FRANCE)
SPECIAL MENTION – LUIS SILVA
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR)
LORENZO VIGAS (VENEZUELA – MEXICO)
SPECIAL MENTION
TE PROMETO ANARQUÍA ( I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY)
JULIO HERNÁNDEZ CORDÓN (MEXICO – GERMANY)
Irizar Basque Film Award
AMAMA (WHEN A TREE FALLS)
ASIER ALTUNA IZA (SPAIN)
SPECIAL MENTION – IRENE ESCOLAR
UN OTOÑO SIN BERLÍN
LARA IZAGIRRE
Audience Award
UMIMACHI DIARY / OUR LITTLE SISTER
HIROKAZU KOREEDA (JAPAN)
AWARD TO THE EUROPEAN FILM
SHAN HE GU REN / MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART
JIA ZHANG-KE (CHINA – FRANCE – JAPAN)
EZAE Youth Award
PAULINA
SANTIAGO MITRE (ARGENTINA – BRAZIL – FRANCE)
International Film Students Meeting Awards
FIRST PRIZE
NUEVA VIDA (NEW LIFE)
KIRO RUSSO (ARGENTINA – BOLIVIA)
Universidad del Cine (Argentina)
SECOND PRIZE
EL ENEMIGO (THE ENEMY)
ALDEMAR MATIAS (CUBA)
Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV) (Cuba)
THIRD PRIZE
WADA’ / PREDICTION
KHALED MZHER (GERMANY)
Deutsche Film – und Fernsehakademie Berlin (Germany)
ORONA AWARD
NUEVA VIDA (NEW LIFE)
KIRO RUSSO (ARGENTINA – BOLIVIA)
Universidad del Cine (Argentina)
TORINO AWARD
VOLANDO VOY (I’LL FLY HIGHER)
ISABEL LAMBERTI (NETHERLANDS)
Netherlands Film Academy (Netherlands)
Tokyo Gohan Film Festival Award
NOMA, MY PERFECT STORM
PIERRE DESCHAMPS (UK – DENMARK)
Films in Progress Awards
ERA O HOTEL CAMBRIDGE / THE CAMBRIDGE SQUATTER
ELIANE CAFFÉ (BRASIL – FRANCE)
Films in Progress Industry Award
Ibermedia TV Films in Progress Award
Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum. EGEDA Best Project Award
LA OMISIÓN (THE OMISSION)
SEBASTIÁN SCHJAER (ARGENTINA – GERMANY – FRANCE)
SPECIAL MENTION TO THE PROYECT
MEMORIAS DEL CALABOZO
ÁLVARO BRECHNER (SPAIN-URUGUAY)
Directed by Álvaro Brechner and Tornasol Films
TVE-Another Look Award
PAULINA
SANTIAGO MITRE (ARGENTINA – BRAZIL – FRANCE)
Spanish Cooperation Award
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
CÉSAR AUGUSTO ACEVEDO (COLOMBIA – CHILE – BRAZIL – NETHERLANDS – FRANCE)
FIPRESCI Award
EL APÓSTATA ( THE APOSTATE)
FEDERICO VEIROJ (SPAIN – URUGUAY – FRANCE)
Zinemaldia FEROZ Award
TRUMAN
CESC GAY (SPAIN – ARGENTINA)
SIGNIS Award
MOIRA
LEVAN TUTBERIDZE (GEORGIA)
SPECIAL MENTION
AMAMA (WHEN A TREE FALLS)
ASIER ALTUNA IZA (SPAIN)
Guipuzcoan Blood-Donors’ Association Corresponding to the Solidarity Award
FREEHELD
PETER SOLLETT (USA)
Sebastiane Award
FREEHELD
PETER SOLLETT (USA)
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8 Films to Compete for New ‘ Cooperación Española Award ‘ at 63rd San Sebastian Festival
The 63rd San Sebastian Festival will award, for the first time, the new Cooperación Española Award to the producer of the Latin American Film that best contributes to human development, the eradication of poverty and the full exercise of human rights.
Any of the Ibero-American films selected for the Official Selection, New Directors and Horizontes Latinos sections can compete for the Award, to be decided by a 3-member jury.
Films eligible for the Award:
OFFICIAL SELECTION
EVA NO DUERME / EVA DOESN’T SLEEP
PABLO AGÜERO (ARGENTINA – FRANCE – SPAIN)
Evita Perón has died. She is the most loved, but also the most hated political figure of Argentina. A leading expert is given the task of embalming her. After months of hard work, the result is perfect. Meanwhile in Argentina, the coups come one after the other and some dictators want to delete Evita’s legacy from the people’s memory. Her body therefore becomes the focal point of clashes lasting for 25 years. 25 years during which Evita was a more powerful figure than any other living politician.
EL REY DE LA HABANA / THE KING OF HAVANA (pictured in main image above)
AGUSTÍ VILLARONGA (SPAIN – DOMINICAN REP.)
Agustí Villaronga adapts the novel of the same name by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez. Recently escaped from reformatory, young Reinaldo tries to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, good humour and above all hunger, accompany him in his wanderings until he meets Magda and Yunisleidy, survivors like himself. In one or the other’s arms, he will try to escape the material and moral misery surrounding him, living love, passion, tenderness and uninhibited sex to the limit.
HORIZONTES LATINOS
EL ABRAZO DE LA SERPIENTE / EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT
CIRO GUERRA (COLOMBIA – ARGENTINA – VENEZUELA)
Premiered at the Cannes Festival Directors’ Fortnight, the latest film from Ciro Guerra tells the epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between an Amazonian shaman and two Western explorers.
EL BOTÓN DE NÁCAR / THE PEARL BUTTON
PATRICIO GUZMÁN (FRANCE – SPAIN – CHILE)
Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán talks to us in his latest documentary about water, the cosmos and ourselves, human beings. It all begins with the discovery of two mysterious buttons in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Chile. Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Script at the Berlin Festival.
IXCANUL
JAYRO BUSTAMANTE (GUATEMALA – FRANCE)
María, a 17 year-old Mayan girl, lives and works with her family in a plantation on the Guatemalan plateau. Her days go by uneventfully until her parents arrange her marriage to the estate foreman, Ignacio. A film that landed a special mention at the last edition of Films in Progress and competed at the Berlin Festival, where it won the Alfred Bauer Award.
LA OBRA DEL SIGLO / THE PROJECT OF THE CENTURY
CARLOS M. QUINTELA (CUBA – ARGENTINA – GERMANY -SWITZERLAND)
Amidst a mosquito plague, Leonardo, struggling with the breakdown of his relationship, moves back to live with a grandfather who fights with everyone and everything, and a father living with the melancholy of the unfinished. Tiger Award-winner at the last Rotterdam Festival.
PAULINA
SANTIAGO MITRE (ARGENTINA – BRAZIL – FRANCE)
Paulina decides to leave her brilliant law career to teach in a downtrodden Argentinian region. In a hostile atmosphere, she will set about her pedagogical mission, even if it means losing her boyfriend and confrontation with her father. Winner of the Grand Prix and Fipresci Award at the last Cannes Festival Critics’ Week.
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA / LAND AND SHADE
CÉSAR AUGUSTO ACEVEDO (COLOMBIA – CHILE – BRAZIL – NETHERLANDS – FRANCE)
Winner of the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Festival, after having participated at the San Sebastian Co-Production Forum in 2013, this film portrays a family as they try to repair the fragile ties that bind them in the face of their imminent disappearance, brought about by the overwhelming power of progress.