66th San Sebastián International Film Festival
| Location | San Sebastián, Spain |
|---|---|
| Awards | Golden Shell: Between Two Waters |
| Directors | José Luis Rebordinos |
| Festival date | 21–29 September 2018 |
The 66th San Sebastián International Film Festival took place from 21 to 29 September 2018 in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. Between Two Waters won the Golden Shell for Best Picture.
Background
For its 66th edition, the festival revamped its image, including the use of a minimalist sea shell logo,[1] presented on 3 May 2018.[2] In August 2018, the festival revealed the festival poster featuring Isabelle Huppert.[3] The opening gala was hosted by Nagore Aranburu and Belén Cuesta.[4]
The festival closed with the screening of A Star Is Born.[5] The closing gala was hosted by Maribel Verdú and Edurne Ormazabal.[6]
The composition of the official selection jury consisted of Alexander Payne (Jury President), Bet Rourich, Agnes Johansen, Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Constantin Popescu, and Rossy de Palma.[7][8]
Films
Official Selection
- In competition
The lineup of films selected for the Official Selection competition was as follows:
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Unexpected Love | El amor menos pensado | Juan Vera | Argentina |
| Alpha, the Right to Kill | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines | |
| Angelo | Markus Schleinzer |
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| Baby | Bao Bei Er | Liu Jie | China |
| Beautiful Boy | Felix Van Groeningen | United States | |
| Blind Sport | Tuva Novotny | Norway | |
| The Innocent | Der Unschuldige | Simon Jaquemet |
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| The Realm | El reino | Rodrigo Sorogoyen |
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| Between Two Waters | Entre dos aguas | Isaki Lacuesta | Spain |
| High Life | Claire Denis |
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| Illang: The Wolf Brigade | 인랑 | Kim Jee-woon | South Korea |
| In Fabric | Peter Strickland | United Kingdom | |
| A Faithful Man | L'homme fidèle | Louis Garrel | France |
| The Black Book | Le Cahier Noir | Valeria Sarmiento |
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| Quién te cantará | Carlos Vermut |
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| Rojo | Benjamín Naishtat |
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| Vision | Naomi Kawase |
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| Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story | Yuli | Icíar Bollaín |
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- Out of competition
The following works were selected to screen out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Times at the El Royale | Drew Goddard | United States | |
| Gigantes (series) | Enrique Urbizu, Jorge Dorado | Spain | |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Dantza | Telmo Esnal | Spain | |
| Some Time Later | Tiempo después | José Luis Cuerda |
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New Directors
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes for a Heist Film | Apuntes para una película de atracos | León Siminiani | Spain |
| Jesus | 僕はイエス様が嫌い | Hiroshi Okuyama | Japan |
| Midnight Runner | Der Läufer | Hannes Baumgartner | Switzerland |
| Julia and the Fox | Julia y el zorro | Inés María Barrionuevo | Argentina |
| The Chambermaid | La camarista | Lila Avilés | Mexico |
| Meteorites | Les Météorites | Romain Laguna | France |
| Cold November | Nëntor i ftohtë | Ismet Sijarina |
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| Neon Heart | Usynligt hjerte | Laurits Flensted-Jensen | Denmark |
| The Deer | Oreina | Koldo Almandoz | Spain |
| To War | Para la guerra | Francisco Marise |
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| Breeze | 清风的味道 | Kun Yang | China |
| Core of the World | Serdtse Mira | Nataliya Meshchaninova |
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| The Third Wife | Vợ ba | Ash Mayfair | Vietnam |
| A Decent Man | Un om la locul lui | Hadrian Marcu | Romania |
| Journey to a Mother's Room | Viaje al cuarto de una madre | Celia Rico Clavellino |
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Latin Horizons (Horizontes Latinos)
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Heiresses | Las herederas | Marcelo Martinessi |
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| Buy Me a Gun | Cómprame un revólver | Julio Hernández Cordón | Mexico |
| The Snatch Thief | El motoarrebatador | Agustín Toscano |
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| Enigma | Ignacio Juricic Merillán | Chile | |
| A Family Submerged | Familia sumergida | Maria Alché |
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| Rust | Ferrugem | Aly Muritiba | Brazil |
| Figures | Figuras | Eugenio Canevari |
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| A Twelve-Year Night | La noche de 12 años | Álvaro Brechner |
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| Los silencios | Beatriz Seigner |
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| Marilyn | Martín Rodríguez Redondo |
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| Our Time | Nuestro tiempo | Carlos Reygadas |
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| Florianópolis Dream | Sueño Florianópolis | Ana Katz |
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Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.[9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Above 592 metres | 592 metroz goiti | Maddi Barber | Spain |
| Belmonte | Federico Veiroj |
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| Bergman: A Year in a Life | Bergman — ett ar, ett liv | Jane Magnusson | Sweden |
| Coincoin and the Extra-Humans | Coincoin et les z'inhumains | Bruno Dumont | France |
| An Elephant Sitting Still | 大象席地而坐 | Hu Bo | China |
| De natura | Lucile Hadzihalilovic | Romania | |
| Long Day's Journey into Night | 地球最後的夜晚 | Bi Gan | China |
| Manta Ray | กระเบนราหู | Phuttiphong Aroonpheng |
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| The Wolf House | La casa lobo | Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León | Chile |
| Song for the Jungle | Jean-Gabriel Périot | France | |
| Sophia Antipolis | Virgil Vernier | France | |
| Theatre of War | Teatro de guerra | Lola Arias |
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| The Men Behind the Wall | Ines Moldavsky | Israel | |
| Trot | Trote | Xacio Baño |
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| The Daughters of Fire | Las hijas del fuego | Albertina Carri | Argentina |
| The Image Book | Le livre d'image | Jean-Luc Godard |
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| Those Who Desire | Los que desean | Elena López Riera |
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| Sobre cosas que me han pasado | José Luis Torres Leiva | Chile | |
Perlak
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Star Is Born | Bradley Cooper | United States | |
| 3 Faces | سه رخ | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
| Ash Is Purest White | 江湖儿女 | Jia Zhangke |
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| BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee | United States | |
| Capernaum | Capharnaüm | Nadine Labaki | Lebanon |
| The Angel | El Ángel | Luis Ortega |
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| First Man | Damien Chazelle | United States | |
| Girl | Lukas Dhont |
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| Summer | Лето | Kirill Serebrennikov |
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| Mirai | 未来のミライ | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan |
| Asako I & II | 寝ても覚めても | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Birds of Passage | Pájaros de verano | Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra |
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| Petra | Jaime Rosales |
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| Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | Mexico | |
| The Sisters Brothers | Jacques Audiard |
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| Another Day of Life | Jeszcze dzień życia | Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow |
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| Cold War | Zimna wojna | Pawel Pawlikowski |
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Made in Spain
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almost Forty | Casi 40 | David Trueba | Spain |
| Facing the Wind | Con el viento | Meritxell Colell |
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| The Warning | El aviso | Daniel Calparsoro | Spain |
| I Hate New York | Gustavo Sánchez | Spain | |
| Sunday's Illness | La enfermedad del domingo | Ramón Salazar | Spain |
| Distances | Les distàncies | Elena Trapé | Spain |
| Hopelessly Devout | Mi querida cofradía | Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz | Spain |
| Perfect Strangers | Perfectos desconocidos | Álex de la Iglesia | Spain |
| Querido Fotogramas | Sergio Oksman | Spain | |
| The Bookshop | Isabel Coixet |
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| Thirty Souls | Trinta lumes | Diana Toucedo | Spain |
Awards
A list of awards conceded during the festival includes:[9][10]
Main competition
- Golden Shell for Best Film: Between Two Waters
- Special Jury Prize: Alpha, the Right to Kill
- Silver Shell for Best Director: Benjamín Naishtat (Rojo)
- Silver Shell for Best Actress: Pia Tjelta (Blind Spot)
- Silver Shell for Best Actor: Darío Grandinetti (Rojo)
- Jury Prize For Best Cinematography: Pedro Sotero (Rojo)
- Jury Prize For Best Screenplay: Paul Laverty (Yuli) and Louis Garrel and Jean-Claude Carrière (A Faithful Man)
Other
- Horizontes Award: A Family Submerged
- Special Mention: The Snatch Thief
- Kutxabank New Directors' Award: Jesus
- Ezae Youth Award: Journey to a Mother's Room
- Audience Award for Best Picture: Another Day of Life
- Audience Award for Best European Picture: Girl
- Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award: Song for the Jungle
- Special Mention: Those Who Desire
- Irizar Basque Film Award: The Deer
- FIPRESCI Award: High Life
References
- ^ Rubio Pobes 2018, p. 140.
- ^ "Isabelle Huppert, protagonista del cartel del 66 Festival de San Sebastián". Diario de Navarra. 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Isabelle Huppert, protagonista del cartel oficial de la 66 edición del Festival de San Sebastián". Fotogramas. 30 August 2018.
- ^ "La 66ª edición de Zinemaldia abre el telón en clave de humor". Naiz.eus. 21 September 2018.
- ^ Rubio Pobes 2018, p. 148.
- ^ Serrano, María (30 September 2018). ""Entre dos aguas", de Isaki Lacuesta, se lleva la Concha de Oro en San Sebastián". Telva. Unidad Editorial.
- ^ ""Entre dos aguas", de Isaki Lacuesta, ganadora del Festival de San Sebastián". Euronews. 29 September 2018.
- ^ Iglesias, Ainhoa; Campuzano, Beatriz. "Concha de Oro para la aplaudida 'Entre dos aguas', de Isaki Lacuesta". El Diario Vasco. Grupo Vocento.
- ^ a b c d e Cabeza, Elisabet (29 September 2018). "'Between Two Waters' wins Golden Shell at San Sebastian 2018". ScreenDaily.
- ^ Hopewell, John; Lang, Jamie. "San Sebastian Festival: Isaki Lacuesta's 'Between Two Waters' Wins Golden Shell". Variety.
Bibliography
- Rubio Pobes, Coro (2018). "66 Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián. Una inmensa oferta y una nueva imagen". Filmhistoria Online. 28 (1–2). Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona.