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.
| Location | San Sebastián, Spain |
|---|---|
| Awards | Golden Shell: Between Two Waters |
| Directors | José Luis Rebordinos |
| Festival date | 21–29 September 2018 |
Background
editFor 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
editOfficial Selection
edit- 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
edit- 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)
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
editA list of awards conceded during the festival includes:[9][10]
Main competition
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 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
edit- 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.