the film “Calm,” directed by Texan Paxton Winters from Brazil , was selected as the winner of the Golden Shell , the main award at the San Sebastian Film Festival
The film, which tells the story of a father-daughter relationship, won the Silver Shell Award for Best Actor for Bokassa Kabengele and the Cinematography Award for Laura Marianes. Darren Aronofsky’s production company was one of the producers of the film
Among the other big winners at the 67th San Sebastian Film Festival, one of the biggest film events in the Spanish-speaking world, was “The Endless Trench,” which won the Silver Shell for director Aitor Argi, Jun Guarano and José María Guenaga. The film, about a man who hides in the walls of his house during the Spanish Civil War, also won the award for best screenplay
The Silver Shell Award for Best Actress at San Sebastian, which had a few competitors this year, was shared between two actresses. Greta Fernandez from Spain won for her role as a working-class woman who has to raise her child as a single mother in the film “The Thief’s Daughter” by Belen Funes, and Nina Haas from the German-French film “Audition,” who played the role of Villon’s teacher Anna
The San Sebastian Special Jury Prize, the second prize after the Golden Shell, went to “Proxima,” the third feature film by Alice Winokur from France. The film, which premiered in Toronto and received positive reviews, is about an astronaut mother, played by Eva Green, who works for the European Space Agency in Cologne and has to go into space for a while and is upset about leaving her eight-year-old daughter alone
The Latin Horizons Award went to “Again, Again,” directed by and starring Romina Paula. The Argentine film, which premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival, is an autobiographical film about a single mother who struggles to define her identity as a mother
In this section, the film “Rage” by Diego Vega and Daniel Vega from Peru and Colombia received special praise
The Young Director Award went to Ana Garcia Bella from Argentina for her debut feature film, “Good Intentions”
Angela Chanellek from Germany also won the main prize in the “Zabaletgi Tabacalera” side section for her drama about a mother-son relationship, “I Was Home, But.” This section also honored “Isadora’s Children” by Damien Manuel from France and Korea
Jorge Riquelme also won the Cotexa Bank New Directors Award in the supporting category for his film “Some Monsters,” which is about violence in the Chilean middle class
In this section, special recognition was given to “Sister” by Svetla Tsotsurkova from Bulgaria and Qatar
A documentary in support of women’s rights in Argentina, directed by Juan Salanas and titled “Let It Be the Law,” won the festival’s Another Look Award
The FIPRESCI International Film Critics Association Award for Best Film of the Year also went to Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma”
Other festival winners were:
Festival Audience Award: “The Specials” by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano from France
According to Mehr, the Audience Award for Best European Film: “Sorry, You Left Me” by Ken Loach from Britain, France, and Germany
Arte International Award: “The Girl of Anger” by Laura Baumeister
Penelope Cruz also received the last Donostia Award of this year the night before the festival ended. She spoke with Gael García Bernal about Olivier Assayas’s film “The Wasp’s Web”
Penelope Cruz, Costa-Gavras and Donald Sutherland were the winners of the three Donostia Awards at this year’s festival
The festival held its 67th edition from September 20 to 28 (September 29 to October 6)
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