The San Sebastian Film Festival awarded O Corno (The Rye Horn) with the Golden Shell for Best Film. San Sebastián native Jaione Camborda took the top prize of the night for the feature she directed.
Additionally, the jury gave the Silver Shell for Best Director to Tzu-Hui Peng and Ping-Wen Wang for Chun xing / A Journey in Spring (Taiwan), while the Best Screenplay Award went to María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat for Puan (Argentina-Italy-Germany-France-Brazil).
The Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance fell ex aequo upon Marcelo Subiotto and Tatsuya Fuji for their respective roles in Puan, by Alché and Naishtat, and Great Absence (Japan), by Kei Chika-ura, while the Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance went to Hovik Keuchkerian for his character in Un amor (Spain) by Isabel Coixet.
Check out the full list of winners below.
San Sebastian 2023 Award Winners List
Golden Shell For Best Film
O Corno (The Rye Horn)Jaione Camborda (Spain)Spain – Portugal – Belgium
Special Jury Prize
KalakIsabella Eklöf (Sweden)Denmark – Sweden – Norway – Finland – Greenland – Netherlands
Silver Shell For Best Director
Tzu-Hui Peng, Ping-Wen Wang (Taiwan)Chun Xing (A Journey In Spring)Taiwan
Silver Shell For Best Leading Performance
Marcelo Subiotto (Argentina)PuanArgentina – Italy – Germany – France – Brazil
Tatsuya Fujo (Japan)Great AbsenceJapan
Silver Shell For Best Supporting Performance
Hovik Keuchkerian (Lebanon)Un AmorSpain
Jury Prize For Best Screenplay
María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat (Argentina)PuanArgentina – Italy – Germany – France – Brazil
Jury Prize For Best Cinematography
Nadim Carlsen (Denmark)KalakDenmark – Sweden – Norway – Finland – Greenland – Netherlands
New Directors Award
Bahadur The BraveDiwah Shah (India)India
Horizontes Award
El Castillo (The Castle)Martín Benchimol (Argentina)Argentina – France – Spain
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award
El Auge del Humano 3 (The Human Surge 3)Eduardo Williams (Argentina)Argentina – Portugal – Netherlands – Taiwan – Brazil – Hong Kong – Sri Lanka – Perú
Special Mention: El Juicio (The Trial)Ulises de la Orden (Argentina)Argentina – Norway – France – Italy
Nest The Mediapro Nest Awards
Amma Ki KathaNehal Vyas (India)
Special Mention: Entre Les AutresMarie Falys (Belgium)
Culinary Zinema Best Film Award
La Passion de Dodin Bouffant (The Pot Au Feu)Tran Anh Hung (Vietnam)
Eusko Label Prize
First Prize: LatxaMike Urretabizkaia (Spain)
Second Prize: SorobordaPaolo Tizón (Perú)
IRIZAR BASQUE FILM AWARD
EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA / SULTANA’S DREAMISABEL HERGUERA (SPAIN)
CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD
LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE / SOCIETY OF THE SNOWJ.A. BAYONA (SPAIN)
CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM
IO CAPITANO / I’M CAPTAINMATTEO GARRONE (ITALY)
TCM YOUTH AWARD
LA ESTRELLA AZUL / THE BLUE STARJAVIER MACIPE (SPAIN)
WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD
LOS DOMINGOS MUEREN MÁS PERSONAS / MOST PEOPLE DIE ON SUNDAYSIAIR SAID (ARGENTINA)
EGEDA PLATINO INDUSTRIA AWARD FOR THE BEST WIP LATAM
LOS DOMINGOS MUEREN MÁS PERSONAS / MOST PEOPLE DIE ON SUNDAYSIAIR SAID (ARGENTINA)
WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD
MANNEQUINS (WT)MICHAEL FETTER NATHANSKY (GERMANY)
WIP EUROPA AWARDS
MANNEQUINS (WT)MICHAEL FETTER NATHANSKY (GERMANY)
XII EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM BEST PROJECT AWARD
TODO ESTO ERAN MANGAS / THESE WERE ALL FIELDSDANIELA ABAD LOMBANA (ITALY)
DALE! AWARD (DEVELOPMENT LATIN AMERICA-EUROPE)
LITTLE WARBARBARA SARASOLA-DAY (ARGENTINA)
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
LOS DÍAS LIBRES / THE DAYS OFFLUCILA MARIANI (ARGENTINA)
ELAMEDIA EUSKADI POST-PRODUCTION AWARD
AFTER THE NIGHT, THE NIGHT NAOMI PACIFIQUE (SWITZERLAND – NETHERLANDS)
ZINEMALDIA STARTUP CHALLENGE AWARD
BEST EUROPEAN PROJECTHYPERATE.IOGermany
BEST SPANISH PROJECTWITSCRIPTSpain
IBAIA-BILIBIN CIRCULAR AWARD
YO TERRATENIENTERODRIGO DEMIRJIANProduced by: Tourmalet Films, AH! Cine(Spain – Argentina)
DOGWOOF AWARD
DECEMBERGRZEGORZ PAPRZYCKIProduced by: Telemark, Just a moment(Poland Lithuania)
IBAIA-ELKARGI AWARD
PULSOVICTORIA ALVARES, QUENTIN DELAROCHEProduced by: Revoada Produçoes(Brazil)
RTVE – ANOTHER LOOK AWARD
THE ROYAL HOTELKITTY GREEN (AUSTRALIA)
Special Mention: ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALTRAVEN JACKSON (USA)
COOPERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA AWARD
LA ESTRELLA AZUL / THE BLUE STARJAVIER MACIPE (SPAIN)
EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY 2030 AGENDA AWARD
BÂTIMENT 5 / LES INDÉSIRABLESLADJ LY (FRANCE)
DUNIA AYASO AWARD
CREATURAELENA MARTÍN GIMENO (SPAIN)
Special Mention: MIENTRAS SEAS TÚ / MENTRE SIGUIS TU / WHILE YOU’RE STILL YOUCLAUDIA PINTO EMPERADOR (VENEZUELA)
DONOSTIA AWARDS
HAYAO MIYAZAKI
JAVIER BARDEM
VÍCTOR ERICE
ZINEMIRA AWARD
PACO SAGARZAZU
FIPRESCI AWARD
FINGERNAILSCHRISTOS NIKOU (GREECE)
FEROZ ZINEMALDIA 2023 AWARD
UN AMORISABEL COIXET (SPAIN)
EUSKAL GIDOIGILEEN ELKARTEA AWARD
ISABEL HERGUERA (SPAIN), GIANMARCO SERRA (ITALY)“EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA / SULTANA’S DREAM” (SPAIN – GERMANY)
SEBASTIANE 2023 AWARD
20.000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS / 20,000 SPECIES OF BEESESTIBALIZ URRESOLA (SPAIN)
Special Mention: GABI, 8 URTETIK 13 URTERA / GABI: BETWEEN AGES 8 AND 13ENGELI BROBERG (SWEDEN)
LURRA – GREENPEACE AWARD
AKU WA SONZAI SHINAI / EVIL DOES NOT EXISTRYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI (JAPAN)
SIGNIS AWARD
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALTRAVEN JACKSON (USA)
ATENEO GUIPUZCOANO AWARD
GREAT ABSENCEKEI CHIKA-URA (JAPAN)
