The 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival (SSIFF) ended on Saturday, September 28 with a ceremony at which the supreme award, the Golden Shell, went to the most French of Catalan filmmakers, Albert Serra, for his documentary Afternoons of Solitude, co-produced by France.
Actor Pierre Lottin won the Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance for his portrayal of an ambiguous character in François Ozon's When Fall Is Coming, which also won Ozon (and co-writer Philippe Piazzo) Best Screenplay.
The Audience Award went to Emmanuel Courcol's The Marching Band, another film at San Sebastián starring Lottin.
All the French films awarded at the 72nd San Sebastián Film Festival
Competition
- Golden Shell for Best Film: Afternoons of Solitude by Albert Serra — which also received won the Zinemaldia FEROZ Award and the Ateneo Guipuzcoano Award (French co-production Idéale Audience)
- Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance: Pierre Lottin for When Fall Is Coming by François Ozon (FOZ)
- Silver Shell for Best Director (ex-aequo): Pedro Martín-Calero for The Wailing (French co-production Noodles Production)
- Jury Prize for Best Screenplay: François Ozon and Philippe Piazzo for When Fall Is Coming
Other awards
- City of Donastia/San Sebastián Audience Award: The Marching Band by Emmanuel Courcol (Agat Films - Ex nihilo)
- City of Donastia/San Sebastián Audience Award for Best European Film: The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof (French co-production: Arte France Cinéma and Parallel45)
- Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award: April by Dea Kulumbegashvili (French co-production First Picture)
- RTVE Otra Mirada Award: All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia (French co-production Petit Chaos)
- Spanish Cooperation Award: Sujo by Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez (French co-production Alpha Violet)
- Irizar Basque Film Award: Charlie Chaplin: The Spirit of the Tramp by Carmen Chaplin (French co-production Wave of Humanity)
- Dunia Ayaso Award: Los pequeños amores by Celia Rico Clavellino (French co-production Noodles Production)
Last but not least, Mariana Saffon's work-in-progress Mar de Leva, (co-produced by France by June Films) won the Artekino International Prize at the XIII Europe/Latin America Co-production Forum Awards.
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