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San Sebastian awards

Turkish female filmmaker Yeşim Ustaoğlu's latest feature "Pandora'nın Kutusu" (Pandora's Box) won the Golden Shell for Best Film at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival, which wrapped up its 56th edition Saturday.
French actress Tsilla Chelton has also received one of two best actress awards for her role as Nusret in "Pandora's Box,".
Iranian filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf's Two-Legged Horse has won the Special Jury Prize of the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

Makhmalbaf's 2008 production recounts the story of an Afghan boy who in order to get a job enters a contest in which the object is to be the fastest to piggyback a crippled boy to school.

GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM

PANDORANIN KUTUSU / PANDORA’S BOX, Yesim Ustaoglu (Turkey-France- Germany-Belgium)

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

ASBE DU-PA / TWO-LEGGED HORSE, Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran-France)
SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR

MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM, GENOVA (UK)

EMAKUMEZKO AKTORE ONENAREN ZILARREZKO MASKORRA ex-aequo
CONCHA DE PLATA A LA MEJOR ACTRIZ ex-aequo
SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTRESS ex-aequo

MELISSA LEO, FROZEN RIVER (USA)

TSILLA CHELTON, PANDORANIN KUTUSU / PANDORA’S BOX (Turkey-France- Germany-Belgium)
SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTOR

OSCAR MARTÍNEZ, EL NIDO VACÍO (Argentina-Spain-France)

JURY PRIZE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

HUGO COLACE, EL NIDO VACÍO (Argentina-Spain-France)

JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY

BENOÎT DELÉPINE y GUSTAVE KERVERN, LOUISE-MICHEL (France)
ALTADIS-NEW DIRECTORS AWARD

LI MI DE CAI XIANG / THE EQUATION OF LOVE AND DEATH, Cao Baoping (China-Hong Kong)

HORIZONTES AWARD

GASOLINA, Julio Hernández Cordón (Guatemala)

SPECIAL MENTIONS

INTIMIDADES DE SHAKESPEARE Y VICTOR HUGO, Yulene Olaizola (Mexico)

PARQUE VÍA, Enrique Rivero (Mexico)

TCM AUDIENCE AWARD

BURN AFTER READING, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (USA)

AWARD TO THE EUROPEAN FILM

LEMON TREE, Eran Riklis (Israel-France-Germany)

YOUTH AWARD

AMOROSA SOLEDAD, Martín Carranza, Victoria Galardi (Argentina)
FILMS IN PROGRESS 14 AWARDS
CINEMA IN MOTION 4 AWARDS
VII INTERNATIONAL FILM SCHOOL MEETING AWARDS

OTHER AWARDS
FIPRESCI AWARD

TIRO EN LA CABEZA, Jaime Rosales (Spain)

TVE OTRA MIRADA AWARD

FROZEN RIVER, Courtney Hunt (USA)

SIGNIS AWARD

FROZEN RIVER, Courtney Hunt (USA)

SPECIAL MENTION

ARUITEMO, ARUITEMO/ STILL WALKING, Hirokazu Kore-Eda (Japan)
2008 CEC AWARD FOR BEST FILM

ARUITEMO, ARUITEMO/ STILL WALKING, Hirokazu Kore-Eda (Japan)
GUIPUZCOAN BLOOD-DONORS’ ASSOCIATION CORRESPONDING TO THE SOLIDARITY AWARD

EL PATIO DE MI CÁRCEL, Belén Macías (Spain)

SEBASTIAN 2008 AWARD

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, Woody Allen (Spain-USA)

For further information:
www.sansebastianfestival.com
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29.09.2008 | sansebastian's blog

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