{"id":23770,"date":"2025-09-28T01:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T01:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/09\/28\/sunness-wins-the-best-film-in-san-sebastian\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T01:18:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T01:18:24","slug":"sunness-wins-the-best-film-in-san-sebastian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/09\/28\/sunness-wins-the-best-film-in-san-sebastian\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sunness&#8217; wins the best film in San Sebasti\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>San Sebasti\u00e1n Film Festival Winners<\/h2>\n<p>The San Sebasti\u00e1n Film Festival, which took place from September 19 to September 27th in the Spanish Basque Country, has announced its winners. Spanish filmmaker Alauda Az\u00faas Ruiz&#8217;s film &quot;Sundays&quot; won the Golden Shell for the best film, along with four other awards.<\/p>\n<h2>Notable Winners<\/h2>\n<p>Other notable winners include &quot;The Voice of the Hind Rajab,&quot; which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival and received two awards at the San Sebasti\u00e1n Film Festival, including the Audience Award. &quot;Good Valley Stories&quot; by Jos\u00e9 Luis Guerin won the Special Jury Award and took home three additional awards.<\/p>\n<h2>Jury and Ceremony<\/h2>\n<p>The official jury was headed by director JA Bayona, who announced the list of winners along with other jurors, including Portuguese filmmaker Laura Carreira, last year&#8217;s special award winner Gia Coppola, actress Zhou Dongyu, Argentine singer Lali Esp\u00f3sito, actor Mark Strong, and French producer Anne-Dominique Toussaint. The final ceremony was presented by Itsaso Arana and \u00d3scar Lasarte at the Kursaal Auditorium.<\/p>\n<h2>Award Winners<\/h2>\n<p>Here is the list of award winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Golden Shell for the Best Film<\/strong>: &quot;Sundays&quot; by Alauda Ruiz von Az\u00faa (Spain, France)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Special Jury Prize<\/strong>: &quot;Good Valley Stories&quot; by Jos\u00e9 Luis Guerin (Spain, France)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silver Shell for the Best Director<\/strong>: Joachim Lafosse for &quot;Six Days in Spring&quot; (Belgium, France, Luxembourg)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silver Shell for the Best Leading Performance<\/strong>: Jose Ramon Soroiz for &quot;Maspalome&quot; (Spain) and Zhao Xiaohong for &quot;Jianyu Laide Mama&quot; (China)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silver Shell for the Best Supporting Performance<\/strong>: Camila Sosa Villada for &quot;Bel\u00e9n&quot; (Argentina)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jury Prize for the Best Script<\/strong>: Joachim Lafosse, Chlo\u00e9 Duponchelle, and Paul Isma\u00ebl for &quot;Six Days in Spring&quot; (Belgium, France, Luxembourg)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jury Prize for the Best Cinematography<\/strong>: Pau Esteve for &quot;The Tigers&quot; (Spain, France)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Additional Awards<\/h2>\n<p>Other awards included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kutxabank New Directors Award<\/strong>: Emilie Thalund for &quot;Vaegtloes&quot; (Denmark)<\/li>\n<li><strong>HORIZONTES Make &amp; Mark Award<\/strong>: Sim\u00f3n Mesa Soto for &quot;A Poet&quot; (Colombia, Germany, Sweden)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award<\/strong>: Lucile Hadzihalilovic for &quot;La Tour de Glace&quot; (France, Germany)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nest the Mediapro Studio Award<\/strong>: Eva Sajanov\u00e1 for &quot;How to Listen to Fountains&quot; (Slovakia)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Movistar Plus+ Award for the Best Short Film<\/strong>: Nues Nunes for &quot;The Loneliness of Lachern&quot; (Spain, Portugal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Honorary Awards<\/h2>\n<p>Honorary awards were given to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Donostia Awards<\/strong>: Esther Garc\u00eda and Jennifer Lawrence<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zinemira Award<\/strong>: Asier Altuna and Telmo Esnal<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fipsci Award<\/strong>: Alauda Ruiz von Az\u00faa for &quot;Sundays&quot; (Spain, France)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feroz Film Festival 2025 Award<\/strong>: Alauda Ruiz von Az\u00faa for &quot;Sundays&quot; (Spain, France)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Special Mentions<\/h2>\n<p>Special mentions were given to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe<\/strong> for &quot;New Age&quot; (Spain)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ana Cristina Barrag\u00e1n<\/strong> for &quot;Efeu&quot; (Ecuador, Mexico, France, Spain)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daniel Levers<\/strong> for &quot;A Loose End&quot; (Uruguay, Argentina, Spain)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marta Medina and Enrique L\u00f3pez Lavigne<\/strong> for &quot;The Last Outbreak&quot; (Spain)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dolores Fonzi<\/strong> for &quot;Bel\u00e9n&quot; (Argentina)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Sebasti\u00e1n Film Festival Winners The San Sebasti\u00e1n Film Festival, which took place from September 19 to September 27th in the Spanish Basque Country, has announced its winners. Spanish filmmaker Alauda Az\u00faas Ruiz&#8217;s film &quot;Sundays&quot; won the Golden Shell for the best film, along with four other awards. 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