San Sebastian 2025: The Awards

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VERDICT: Spanish director Alauda Ruiz de Azua won San Sebastian's best film prize with her witty, paradoxical and often quite moving 'Sundays'.

GOLDEN SHELL
Sundays
Directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azua

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Good Valley Stories
Directed by José Luis Guerin

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Joachim Lafosse
for Six Days in Spring

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE
Zhao Xiaohong
for Her Heart Beats in its Cage

Ramon Soroiz
for Maspalomas

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Camila Plaate
for Belén

JURY PRIZE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Los Tigros
Pau Esteve

JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Six Days in Spring
Joachim Lafosse, Chloé Duponchelle, Paul Ismael

NEW DIRECTORS AWARD
Weightless
Emilie Thalund

HORIZONTES LATINOS AWARD
A Poet
Simon Mesa Soto

ZABALTEGI-TABAKALERA AWARD
The Ice Tower
Lucile Hadzihalilovic

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FILM
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Kaouther Ben Hania