Mike Leigh’s new film “Tender Loving Care” dominated the awards on the final night of the San Sebastián Film Festival, taking a trifecta of awards — the Golden Shell for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Lead Performance for Kate O’Flynn — from a jury headed by U.S. filmmaker Ira Sachs.
To the surprise of no one, home favorites Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi won the Audience Award for their Spanish queer epic “La Bola Negra,” a week after taking the People’s Choice Award at Toronto; a second Audience Award, for Best European Film, went to docmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor for “NAZA,” their searing exposé of Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
To be updated with full story. Full list of award winners below:
OFFICIAL SELECTION AWARDS
Golden Shell for Best Film: “Tender Loving Care,” Mike Leigh
Special Jury Prize: “Border,” Ah Biao
Silver Shell for Best Director: “Brace Your Heart,” Amanda Kernell
Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance: “Tender Loving Care,” Kate O’Flynn; “Growth of the Soil,” Asta Kamma August
Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance: “5 More Minutes,” Javier Cámara
Jury Prize for Best Cinematography: “Growth of the Soil,” Oskar Dahlsbakken
Jury Prize for Best Screenplay: “Tender Loving Care,” Mike Leigh
OTHER OFFICIAL AWARDS
New Directors Award: “Body of Glass,” Naëmi Ada
Special Mention: “The World Before,” Yoon Dan-bi
Latin Horizons Award: “The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer,” Alessandra Sanguinetti
Special Mention: “Flies,” Fernando Eimbcke
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award: “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” Jane Schoenbrun
Special Mention: “Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion,” María Aparicio
Best Original Music Award: “Milo,” Amine Bouhafa
Audience Award for Best Film: “La Bola Negra,” Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi
Audience Award for Best European Film: “NAZA,” Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
Irizar Basque Film Award: “Txakun txakür,” Elsa Oliarj-Inès
Culinary Zinema Award: “Burgundy,” Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw
RTVE Another Look Award: “All of a Sudden,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Spanish Cooperation Award: “Five Years, Four Months,” Juan Miguel Gelacio and Esteban Hoyos García
Transforma Award: “Tender Loving Care,” Mike Leigh
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED AWARDS
Nest Award: “Erased From the Map,” Maarij Reka
Special Mention: “Nobody Barks,” Julia Coldwell Serra
Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award: “Ashes,” Diego Luna
Zinemaldia Startup Challenge Best Spanish Project: Pixentinel, Luis Zabala
Zinemaldia Startup Challenge Best European Project: Virtual Location Scouting, Antti Ahokoivu
Zinemaldia Startup Challenge Special Mention for Entrepreneurship: Virtual Location Scouting, Antti Ahokoivu
WIP Latam Industry Award: “Lovers Go Home!,” Juan Sebastián Mesa
Egeda Platino Industria Award For The Best WIP Latam: “Galerna,” Tatiana Huezo
WIP Europa Industry Award: “In a Manner of Speaking,” Val Jashari
WIP Europa Award: “In a Manner of Speaking,” Val Jashari
XIII Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum Best Project Award: “The Amateurs,” Felipe Solari Yrigoyen
DALE! Award: “The Illusions,” Ingrid Pokropek
Artekino International Award: “Mourning Sound,” Selma Cervantes
Casa Wabi-ESCINE Award: “The Spirit Healer Is Away for the Weekend,” Inês Nunes
Tanta Award: “Akira,” Ekain Albite
Sideral Award: “Akira,” Ekain Albite
Music Library & SFX Award: “Shady Birds,” Zaira Zanguitu
Dogwoof Award: “Different Colors of Sabir,” Safaa Khatib
Epe-Ibaia-Elkargi Award: “The Hammock,” Alfonso García
Eusko Label Micro Short Film Award: “Esperantza,” Josu Ozaita
Runner-up: “Hands,” Mikel Urretabizkaia
Loterias Award: “Prejuicios,” Javi Prada
Runner-up: “Headscarf,” Lucía Saavedra
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