San Sebastian Film Festival Articles

Mexican filmmaker Arturo Ripstein isn't at all happy his film Las razones del corazón / The Reasons of the Heart failed to win the Golden Shell at the 2011 edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival a couple of weeks ago. As quoted in the Mexican publication La Jornada (via the Basque publication Vara), Ripstein has lashed out against the festival and its 2011 jury, [...]

Five-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close will receive the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award at the 59th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival. Why is the award called Donostia? Because that's the Basque name of the coastal town of San Sebastian, located in northern Spain's Basque Country. The first recipient of the Donostia Award was Hollywood veteran Gregory Peck (right) at the 1986 festival. Of the [...]

Glenn Close will be this year's recipient of the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award at the 59th San Sebastian International Film Festival, which runs September 16 to 24. The Sept. 18 award ceremony will help to publicize the European premiere of the Close's latest project, the period drama Albert Nobbs. Directed by Colombian filmmaker Rodrigo García (son of Gabriel García Márquez), Albert Nobbs stars Close as [...]

Best Actor winner Conor McCarron (top); Best Actress winner Nora Navas (bottom) Peter Mullan's NEDS Wins Top Prize at San Sebastian Film Festival SPECIAL MENTION to “A JAMA” by DAOUD AOULAD-SYAD (Morocco-France) For the complexity achieved by a simple story. JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to BENT HAMER for “HOME FOR CHRISTMAS“ (Norway-Sweden-Germany) JURY PRIZE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY to JIMMY GIMFERRER for “AITA” (Spain) SILVER [...]