56th San Sebastian International Film Festival Award Winners

Today at 4:00pm local time the Jury announced the award winners and here they are.

Golden Shell for Best Film: Pandoranin Kutusu (Pandora’s Box), Yesim Ustaoglu, Turkey, France, Germany and Belgium

Special Jury Prize: Asbe Du-Pa (Two-Legged Horse), Samira Makhmalbaf, Iran and France Silver Shell for Best Director: Michael Winterbottom for Genova, UK
Silver Shell for Best Actress: Melissa Leo for Frozen River, Courtney Hunt, USA and Tsilla Chelton for Pandoranin Kutusu (Pandora’s Box), Yesim Ustaoglu, Turkey, France, Germany and Belgium
Silver Shell for Best Actor: Oscar Martinez for El Nido Vacío (The Empty Nest), Daniel Burman, Argentina, Spain and France
Jury Prize for Best Cinematography: Hugo Colace for El Nido Vacío (The Empty Nest), Daniel Burman, Argentina, Spain and France
Jury Prize for Best Screenplay: Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kevern for Louise-Michel, Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern, France

FIPRESCI Award: Tiro en la Cabeza (Bullet in the Head), Jaime Rosales, Spain
SIGNIS Award: Frozen River, Courtney Hunt, USA
Special Mention: Aruitemo, Aruitemo (Still Walking), Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Japan

Altadis-New Directors Award: Li Mi De Cai Xiang (The Equation of Love and Death), Cao Baoping, China

Horizontes Award: Gasolina, Julio Hernández Cordón, Guatemala
Special Mention to
Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo (Shakespeare and Victor Hugo’s Intimacies), Yulene Olaizola, Mexico
Parque Vía, Enrique Rivero, México

TCM Audience Award: Burn After Reading, Joel and Ethan Cohen, USA
Award to the European Film: Lemon Tree, Eran Riklis, Israel, France and Germany
Youth Award: Amorosa Soledad (Lovely Loneliness), Martín Carranza and Victoria Galardi, Argentina
Sebastian 2008 Award: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen, Spain and USA
2008 CEC Award for Best Film: Aruitemo, Aruitemo (Still Walking), Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Japan
Guipozcoan Blood-Donor’s Association Corresponding to the Solidarity Award: El Patio de Mi Cárcel (My Prison Yard), Belén Macías, Spain

TVE-Another Look Award: Frozen River, Courtney Hunt, USA
Jury Statement: The film is a magnificent portrait of two female characters, removed far from any stereotypes, who struggle in the face of adversity, finding very original methods and daring solutions to the problems they face as individuals and mothers. In a society that still allows women who are the sole providers of their families to live in borderline misery, even in the so-called developed countries, the film uses humour and intelligence to convey the two women’s ability to find bonds that reach beyond their differences.

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