'O corno / The Rye Horn' lands the Golden Shell at San Sebastian Festival's 71st edition
The feature film O corno / The Rye Horn (Spain-Portugal-Belgium), directed by Jaione Camborda from San Sebastian, carried off the Golden Shell at San Sebastian Festival's 71st edition. In addition, the official jury decided to give 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 film helmed by both.
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. Directed by Isabella Eklöf, Kalak (Denmark-Sweden-Norway-Finland-Greenland-Netherlands) harvested both the Best Cinematography Award for Nadim Carlsen and the Special Jury Prize "because it takes us into a world we knew absolutely nothing about with surprising and empathetic performances, and with a way of showing the country, its conflicts and its hidden beauty through true cinematographic art".
For the fourth year running, the Golden Shell has been garnered by a woman after Dasatskisi / Beginning (Dea Kulumbegashvili, 2020), Crai nou / Blue Moon (Alina Grigore, 2021) and Los reyes del mundo / The Kings of the World (Laura Mora, 2022). Furthermore, O Corno / The Rye Horn is the first film coming from the Ikusmira Berriak programme, co-organised by the San Sebastian Festival, Tabakalera and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE), to win the top accolade in the Official Selection.
The list of winners includes a feature debut (Chun xing / A Journey in Spring) and three second movies (O corno, Great Absence and Kalak).
The official jury responsible for deciding these awards was presided by the filmmaker Claire Denis alongside the actress Fan Bingbing, the producer Cristina Gallego, the photographer Brigitte Lacombe, the producer Robert Lantos, the actress Vicky Luengo and the director Christian Petzold.
The gala was followed by the world premiere of Dance First (UK-Hungary-Belgium), the new movie by James Marsh, who came to San Sebastian with Gabriel Byrne, Sandrine Bonnaire, Aidan Guillen, Fionn O'Shea and Leonie Lojkine.
OTHER OFFICIAL AWARDS
Tonight the Kursaal hosted the closing gala of the Festival's 71st edition, at which other official awards were also given.
Bahadur The Brave (India), the debut from filmmaker Diwa Shah, won the Kutxabank-New Directors Award, while the Horizontes Award went to El castillo (Argentina-France-Spain), first solo feature from Martín Benchimol, which had its premiere in Berlin's Panorama section after receiving the WIP Latam Award and Egeda Platino Industry Award for Best WIP Latam in San Sebastian in 2022. The Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award went to El auge del humano 3 / The Human Surge 3 (Argentina-Portugal-Netherlands-Taiwan-Brazil-Hong Kong-Peru), by Eduardo Williams, and El juicio / The Trial (Argentina-Norway-France-Italy), by Ulises de la Orden, bagged a special mention.
The Nest The Mediapro Studio Award went to the short film Amma ki katha (India), by Nehal Vyas, from the California Institute of the Arts School of Film/Video, and the section's special mention to Entre les autres (Belgium), directed by Marie Falys, from the Institut de Arts de Diffusion-IAD.
Presented once again this edition, the Culinary Zinema Best Film Award went to La passion de Dodin Bouffant / The Pot au Feu (France), by Tran Anh Hung, and the new Eusko Label Award went to Mikel Urretabizkaia, first prize for Latxa (Spain), and to Paolo Tizón, second prize for Soroborda (Spain). In addition, the Irizar Basque Film Award was scooped up by El sueño de la sultana / Sultana's Dream (Spain-Germany), the feature debut from the animation director Isabel Herguera, while Fingernails (USA), second film from Christos Nikou, also included in the Official Selection, won the FIPRESCI Award.
On the other hand, the City of Donostia / San Sebastian Award decided by the audience in the Perlak section went to La sociedad de la nieve / The Society of the Snow (Spain), by J.A. Bayona, closing film of Venice Festival, and the Audience Award for Best European film was carried off by Io capitano / I'm Captain (Italy), which landed Matteo Garrone the Silver Lion for Best Director at Venice and Seydou Sarr the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor. Finally, La estrella azul / The Blue Star (Spain-Argentina), the film by Javier Macipe included in New Directors, won the TCM Youth Award.
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GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM
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O CORNO / THE RYE HORN
JAIONE CAMBORDA (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain - Portugal - Belgium
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KALAK
ISABELLA EKLÖF (SWEDEN)
Country(ies) of production: Denmark - Sweden - Norway - Finland - Greenland - Netherlands
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SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR
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TZU-HUI PENG, PING-WEN WANG (TAIWAN)
CHUN XING / A JOURNEY IN SPRING
Country(ies) of production: Taiwan
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SILVER SHELL FOR BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE (ex aequo)
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MARCELO SUBIOTTO (ARGENTINA)
PUAN
Country(ies) of production: Argentina - Italy - Germany - France - Brazil
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TATSUYA FUJI (JAPAN)
GREAT ABSENCE
Country(ies) of production: Japan
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SILVER SHELL FOR BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
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HOVIK KEUCHKERIAN (LEBANON)
UN AMOR
Country(ies) of production: Spain
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JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
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MARÍA ALCHÉ, BENJAMÍN NAISHTAT (ARGENTINA)
PUAN
Country(ies) of production: Argentina - Italy - Germany - France - Brazil
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JURY PRIZE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
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NADIM CARLSEN (DENMARK)
KALAK
Country(ies) of production: Denmark - Sweden - Norway - Finland - Greenland - Netherlands
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KUTXABANK-NEW DIRECTORS AWARD
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BAHADUR THE BRAVE
DIWA SHAH (INDIA)
Country(ies) of production: India
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EL CASTILLO / THE CASTLE
MARTÍN BENCHIMOL (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina - France - Spain
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ZABALTEGI-TABAKALERA AWARD
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EL AUGE DEL HUMANO 3 / THE HUMAN SURGE 3
EDUARDO WILLIAMS (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina - Portugal - Netherlands - Taiwan - Brazil - Hong Kong - Sri Lanka - Peru
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Special Mention
EL JUICIO / THE TRIAL
ULISES DE LA ORDEN (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina - Norway - France - Italy
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NEST THE MEDIAPRO NEST AWARD
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AMMA KI KATHA
Short film
NEHAL VYAS (INDIA)
Country(ies) of production: India
California Institute of the Arts School of Film/Video (USA)
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Special Mention
ENTRE LES AUTRES
Short film
MARIE FALYS (BELGIUM)
Country(ies) of production: Belgium
Institut de Arts de Diffusion - IAD (Belgium)
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CULINARY ZINEMA BEST FILM AWARD
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LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT / THE POT AU FEU
TRAN ANH HUNG (VIETNAM)
Country(ies) of production: France
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First Prize
LATXA
Short film
MIKEL URRETABIZKAIA (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
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Second Prize
SOROBORDA
Short film
PAOLO TIZÓN (PERU)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
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EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA / SULTANA'S DREAM
ISABEL HERGUERA (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain - Germany
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CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD
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LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE / SOCIETY OF THE SNOW
J.A. BAYONA (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
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CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM
IO CAPITANO / I'M CAPTAIN
MATTEO GARRONE (ITALY)
Country(ies) of production: Italy
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LA ESTRELLA AZUL / THE BLUE STAR
JAVIER MACIPE (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain - Argentina
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WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD
LOS DOMINGOS MUEREN MÁS PERSONAS / MOST PEOPLE DIE ON SUNDAYS
IAIR SAID (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina - Italy - Switzerland
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EGEDA PLATINO INDUSTRIA AWARD FOR THE BEST WIP LATAM
LOS DOMINGOS MUEREN MÁS PERSONAS / MOST PEOPLE DIE ON SUNDAYS
IAIR SAID (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina - Italy - Switzerland
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WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD
MANNEQUINS (WT)
MICHAEL FETTER NATHANSKY (GERMANY)
Country(ies) of production: Germany
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WIP EUROPA AWARDS
MANNEQUINS (WT)
MICHAEL FETTER NATHANSKY (GERMANY)
Country(ies) of production: Germany
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XII EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARDS
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XII EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM BEST PROJECT AWARD
TODO ESTO ERAN MANGAS / THESE WERE ALL FIELDS
DANIELA ABAD LOMBANA (ITALY)
Country(ies) of production: Colombia
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DALE! AWARD (DEVELOPMENT LATIN AMERICA-EUROPE)
LITTLE WAR
BARBARA SARASOLA-DAY (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina - The Netherlands
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ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
LOS DÍAS LIBRES / THE DAYS OFF
LUCILA MARIANI (ARGENTINA)
Country(ies) of production: Argentina - Brazil
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ELAMEDIA EUSKADI POST-PRODUCTION AWARD
AFTER THE NIGHT, THE NIGHT
NAOMI PACIFIQUE (SWITZERLAND - NETHERLANDS)
Country(ies) of production: Switzerland - The Netherlands
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ZINEMALDIA STARTUP CHALLENGE AWARD
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BEST EUROPEAN PROJECT
HYPERATE.IO
Germany
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BEST SPANISH PROJECT
WITSCRIPT
Spain
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XIX LAU HAIZETARA DOCUMENTARY CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARDS
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IBAIA-BILIBIN CIRCULAR AWARD
YO TERRATENIENTE
RODRIGO DEMIRJIAN
Produced by: Tourmalet Films, AH! Cine
(Spain - Argentina)
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DOGWOOF AWARD
DECEMBER
GRZEGORZ PAPRZYCKI
Produced by: Telemark, Just a moment
(Poland Lithuania)
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IBAIA-ELKARGI AWARD
PULSO
VICTORIA ALVARES, QUENTIN DELAROCHE
Produced by: Revoada Produçoes
(Brazil)
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RTVE - ANOTHER LOOK AWARD
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THE ROYAL HOTEL
KITTY GREEN (AUSTRALIA)
Country(ies) of production: Australia
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Special Mention
ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
RAVEN JACKSON (USA)
Country(ies) of production: USA
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COOPERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA AWARD
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LA ESTRELLA AZUL / THE BLUE STAR
JAVIER MACIPE (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain - Argentina
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EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY 2030 AGENDA AWARD
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BÂTIMENT 5 / LES INDÉSIRABLES
LADJ LY (FRANCE)
Country(ies) of production: France
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CREATURA
ELENA MARTÍN GIMENO (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
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Special Mention
MIENTRAS SEAS TÚ / MENTRE SIGUIS TU / WHILE YOU'RE STILL YOU
CLAUDIA PINTO EMPERADOR (VENEZUELA)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
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FINGERNAILS
CHRISTOS NIKOU (GREECE)
Country(ies) of production: USA
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FEROZ ZINEMALDIA 2023 AWARD
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UN AMOR
ISABEL COIXET (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
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EUSKAL GIDOIGILEEN ELKARTEA AWARD
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ISABEL HERGUERA (SPAIN), GIANMARCO SERRA (ITALY)
"EL SUEÑO DE LA SULTANA / SULTANA'S DREAM" (SPAIN - GERMANY)
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20.000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS / 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
ESTIBALIZ URRESOLA (SPAIN)
Country(ies) of production: Spain
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Special Mention
GABI, 8 URTETIK 13 URTERA / GABI: BETWEEN AGES 8 AND 13
ENGELI BROBERG (SWEDEN)
Country(ies) of production: Denmark - Sweden - Norway
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AKU WA SONZAI SHINAI / EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI (JAPAN)
Country(ies) of production: Japan
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ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
RAVEN JACKSON (USA)
Country(ies) of production: USA
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GREAT ABSENCE
KEI CHIKA-URA (JAPAN)
Country(ies) of production: Japan
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