‘O corno / The Rye Horn’ Takes Home the Golden Shell at San Sebastian Festival’s 71st Edition | Here Is The List of All The Awardees at The 2023 San Sebastián International Film Festival

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.

OFFICIAL AWARDS – FIAPF

GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM

O corno / The Rye Horn

Jaione Camborda (Spain)

Country(ies) of production: Spain – Portugal – Belgium

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Kalak

Isabella Eklöf (Sweden)

Country(ies) of production: Denmark – Sweden – Norway – Finland – Greenland – Netherlands

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR

TZU-HUI PENG, PING-WEN WANG (Taiwan)

Chun xing / A Journey in Spring

Country(ies) of production: Taiwan

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST LEADING PERFORMANCE (ex aequo)

MARCELO SUBIOTTO (Argentina)

Puan

Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Italy – Germany – France – Brazil

TATSUYA FUJI (Japan)

Great Absence

Country(ies) of production: Japan

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

HOVIK KEUCHKERIAN (Lebanon)

Un amor

Country(ies) of production: Spain

JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY

MARÍA ALCHÉ, BENJAMÍN NAISHTAT (Argentina)

Puan

Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Italy – Germany – France – Brazil

JURY PRIZE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

NADIM CARLSEN (Denmark)

Kalak

Country(ies) of production: Denmark – Sweden – Norway – Finland – Greenland – Netherlands

OTHER OFFICIAL AWARDS

KUTXABANK-NEW DIRECTORS AWARD

BAHADUR THE BRAVE

Bahadur the Brave

Diwa Shah (India)

Country(ies) of production: India

HORIZONTES AWARD

EL CASTILLO

El castillo / The Castle

Martín Benchimol (Argentina)

Country(ies) of production: Argentina – France – Spain

ZABALTEGI-TABAKALERA AWARD

EL AUGE DEL HUMANO 3

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

EL JUICIO

Special Mention

El juicio / The Trial

Ulises de la Orden (Argentina)

Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Norway – France – Italy

NEST THE MEDIAPRO NEST AWARD

AMMA KI KATHA

Amma ki katha (Short film)

Nehal Vyas (India)

Country(ies) of production: India

ENTRE LES AUTRES

Special Mention

Entre les autres (Short film)

Marie Falys (Belgium)

Country(ies) of production: Belgium

CULINARY ZINEMA BEST FILM AWARD

LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT

La passion de Dodin Bouffant / The Pot au Feu

Tran Anh Hung (Vietnam)

Country(ies) of production: France

EUSKO LABEL PRIZE

LATXA

First Prize

Latxa (Short film)

Mikel Urretabizkaia (Spain)

Country(ies) of production: Spain

SOROBORDA

Second Prize

Soroborda (Short film)

Paolo Tizón (Peru)

Country(ies) of production: Spain

IRIZAR BASQUE FILM AWARD

EL SUEñO DE LA SULTANA

El sueño de la sultana / Sultana’s Dream

Isabel Herguera (Spain)

Country(ies) of production: Spain – Germany

CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD

LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE

© Quim Vives

La sociedad de la nieve / Society of the Snow

J.A. Bayona (Spain)

Country(ies) of production: Spain

CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM

Io Capitano / I’m Captain

Matteo Garrone (Italy)

Country(ies) of production: Italy

IO CAPITANO

TCM YOUTH AWARD

La estrella azul / The Blue Star

Javier Macipe (Spain)

Country(ies) of production: Spain – Argentina

LA ESTRELLA AZUL

INDUSTRY AWARDS

PREMIOS WIP LATAM / WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD

Los domingos mueren más personas / Most People Die on Sundays

Iair Said (Argentina)

Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Italy – Switzerland

LOS DOMINGOS MUEREN MáS PERSONAS

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

MANNEQUINS (WT)

© Contando Films/Network Movie&Studio Zentral/ZDF

WIP LATAM INDUSTRY AWARD

Mannequins (WT)

Michael Fetter Nathansky (Germany)

Country(ies) of production: Germany

MANNEQUINS (WT)

© Contando Films/Network Movie&Studio Zentral/ZDF

WIP EUROPA AWARDS

Mannequins (WT)

Michael Fetter Nathansky (Germany)

Country(ies) of production: Germany

XII EUROPE-LATIN AMERICA CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARDS

TODO ESTO ERAN MANGAS

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

LITTLE WAR

DALE! AWARD (DEVELOPMENT LATIN AMERICA-EUROPE)

Little war

Barbara Sarasola-Day (Argentina)

Country(ies) of production: Argentina – The Netherlands

LOS DíAS LIBRES

ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

Los días libres / The Days Off

Lucila Mariani (Argentina)

Country(ies) of production: Argentina – Brazil

IKUSMIRA BERRIAK AWARD

AFTER THE NIGHT, THE NIGHT

ELAMEDIA EUSKADI POST-PRODUCTION AWARD

after the night, the night

Naomi Pacifique (Switzerland – Netherlands)

Country(ies) of production: Switzerland – The Netherlands

ZINEMALDIA STARTUP CHALLENGE AWARD

HYPERATE.IO

BEST EUROPEAN PROJECT

HypeRate.io

Germany

WITSCRIPT

BEST SPANISH PROJECT

WitScript

Spain

XIX LAU HAIZETARA DOCUMENTARY CO-PRODUCTION FORUM AWARDS

IBAIA-BILIBIN CIRCULAR AWARD

YO TERRATENIENTE

Rodrigo Demirjian

Produced by: Tourmalet Films, AH! Cine
(Spain – Argentina)

DOGWOOF AWARD

DECEMBER

Grzegorz Paprzycki

Produced by: Telemark, Just a moment
(Poland Lithuania)

IBAIA-ELKARGI AWARD

PULSO

Victoria Alvares, Quentin Delaroche

Produced by: Revoada Produçoes
(Brazil)

FURTHER AWARDS

RTVE – ANOTHER LOOK AWARD

THE ROYAL HOTEL

The Royal Hotel

Kitty Green (Australia)

Country(ies) of production: Australia

ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT

Special Mention

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Raven Jackson (USA)

Country(ies) of production: USA

COOPERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA AWARD

LA ESTRELLA AZUL

La estrella azul / The Blue Star

Javier Macipe (Spain)

Country(ies) of production: Spain – Argentina

EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY 2030 AGENDA AWARD

BâTIMENT 5

Bâtiment 5 / Les Indésirables

Ladj Ly (France)

Country(ies) of production: France

DUNIA AYASO AWARD

CREATURA

Creatura

Elena Martín Gimeno (Spain)

Country(ies) of production: Spain

MIENTRAS SEAS Tú / MENTRE SIGUIS TU

Special Mention

Mientras seas tú / Mentre siguis tu / While You’re Still You

Claudia Pinto Emperador (Venezuela)

Country(ies) of production: Spain

HONORARY AWARDS

DONOSTIA AWARDS

Hayao Miyazaki

Javier Bardem

Víctor Erice

ZINEMIRA AWARD

Paco Sagarzazu

PARALELS AWARDS

FIPRESCI AWARD

FINGERNAILS

Fingernails

Christos Nikou (Greece)

Country(ies) of production: USA

FEROZ ZINEMALDIA 2023 AWARD

UN AMOR

© Alfredo Tobía

Un amor

Isabel Coixet (Spain)

Country(ies) of production: Spain

EUSKAL GIDOIGILEEN ELKARTEA AWARD

EL SUEñO DE LA SULTANA

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 especies de abejas / 20,000 Species of Bees

Estibaliz Urresola (Spain)

Country(ies) of production: Spain

GABI, 8 URTETIK 13 URTERA

Special Mention

Gabi, 8 urtetik 13 urtera / Gabi: Between Ages 8 and 13

Engeli Broberg (Sweden)

Country(ies) of production: Denmark – Sweden – Norway

LURRA – GREENPEACE AWARD

AKU WA SONZAI SHINAI

Aku wa Sonzai Shinai / Evil Does Not Exist

Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan)

Country(ies) of production: Japan

SIGNIS AWARD

ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Raven Jackson (USA)

Country(ies) of production: USA

ATENEO GUIPUZCOANO AWARD

GREAT ABSENCE

Great Absence

Kei Chika-Ura (Japan)

Country(ies) of production: Japan


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