San Sebastian: The Awards

71^st San Sebastian International Film Festival
OFFICIAL AWARDS 2023:

GOLDEN SHELL for best film
THE RYE HORN (O Corno)
directed by Jaione Camborda
Spain-Portugal-Belgium

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
KALAK
directed by Isabella Eklof
Sweden-Denmark-Norway-Finland-Greenland-Netherlands

SILVER SHELL for best director
Tzu-hui Peng and Ping-wen Wang
for A JOURNEY IN SPRING (Chun Xing)
Taiwan

SILVER SHELL for best leading performance
Ex aequo to:

• Marcelo Subiotto
  in PUAN
  Argentina
• Tatsuya Fuji
  in GREAT ABSENCE
  Japan

SILVER SHELL for best supporting performance
Hovik Keuchkerian
in UN AMOR
Spain

JURY PRIZE for best screenplay
Maria Alché and Benjamin Naishtat
for PUAN
Argentina

JURY PRIZE for best cinematography
Nadim Carlsen
for KALAK

KUTXABANK – NEW DIRECTORS AWARD
BAHADUR THE BRAVE
directed by Diwa Shah
India

HORIZONTES AWARD
THE CASTLE (El Castillo)
directed by Martin Benchimol
Argentina

ZABALTEGI – TABAKALERA AWARD
THE HUMAN SURGE 3 (El auge del humano 3)
directed by Eduardo Williams
Argentina

SPECIAL MENTION
THE TRIAL (El juicio)
directed by Ulises de la Orden
Argentina

NEST – THE MEDIAPRO NEST AWARD
AMMA KI KATHA
directed by Nehal Vyas
India

SPECIAL MENTION
ENTRE LES AUTRES
directed by Marie Falys
Belgium

CULINARY ZINEMA BEST FILM AWARD
THE POT AU FEU (La passion de Dodin Bouffant)
directed by Tran Anh Hung
Vietnam – France

EUSKO LABEL PRIZE
*           FIRST PRIZE: LATXA
directed by Mikel Urretabzkaia
(Spain)

• SECOND PRIZE: SOROBORDA
  directed by Paolo Tizon
  (Peru – Spain)

IRIZA BASQUE FILM AWARD
SULTANA’S DREAM (El Sueno de la sultana)
directed by Isabel Herguera
(Spain)

CITY OF DONOSTIA/SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (La Sociedad de la nieve)
directed by J.A. Bayona
(Spain)
CITY OF DONOSTIA/SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD
for best European film
IO CAPITANO (I’m Captain)
directed by Matteo Garrone
(Italy)

TCM YOUTH AWARD
THE BLUE STAR (La Estrella azul)
directed by Javier Macipe
(Spain)