Laura Mora .’s Colombian TV Series Kings of the world won the Golden Shell for best film at the 2022 San Sebastián film festival, Spain’s premier film festival. Mora’s sophomore film follows five young men growing up on the streets of Medellín who embark on a journey in search of the promised land.
Best Director goes to Japanese filmmaker Genki Kawamura for a film focusing on dementia Hyakka, his debut feature. Kawamura is best known as a producer of popular Japanese animated films such as Your name (2016) and With you through the weather (2019).
TV series by Marian Mathias runner-upThe story of an 18-year-old girl who decides to fulfill her late father’s last wish to be buried in her hometown along the Mississippi River, has won the festival’s special jury prize.
Silver Shell for Best Performance was awarded to Paul Kircher for his performance in Christophe Honoré’s French TV series. Winter boy and Carla Quilez for the lead role in the Spanish-language film by Pilar Palomero La Maternal.
Dong Yun Zhou and Wang Chao won the title of Best Screenplay by San Sebastián for Director Wang A womantells the story of a factory worker in the 1960s who struggles to become a writer.
San Sebastián Audience Award for Best Film Goes to Santiago Mitre’s True Courtroom Drama Argentina, 1985. Viewers chose the horror film set in France by Rodrigo Sorogoyen The animals like the best European movie.
The awards for the 70th San Sebastián festival were presented on Saturday night.
Full list of San Sebastián winners in 2022
Golden Shell for Best Film
Kings of the world, dir. Laura Mora
Special Jury Prize
runner-up, dir. Marian Mathias
Silver Case for Best Director
Hyakka, dir. Genki Kawamura
Silver case for best flagship performance
Paul Kircher for Winter boy and Carla Quilez for La Maternal (ex aequo)
Silver case for best support performance
Renata Lerman cho Substitute
Jury Award for Best Cinematography
Manuel Abramovich for Pornomelancolia
Jury Award for Best Screenplay
Dong Yun Zhou, Wang Chao cho A woman
Irizar . Basque Film Award
Suro, dir. Mikel Gurrea
Special mention
To the books and the women I sing, dir. Maria Elorza
Audience Award of the City of Donostia / San Sebastian
Argentina, 1985, dir. Santiago Mitre
City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award for Best European Film
The animals, dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen
TCM . Youth Award
To the books and the women I sing, dir. Maria Elorza
Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award
Tori and Lokita, dirs. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Dunia Ayaso Award
Tobacco barn, dir. Rocio Mesa
Special mention
Golden ceiling, dir. Isabel Coixet
The Fibresci Award
Suro, dir. Mikel Gurrea
Feroz Zinemaldia Award 2022
Kings of the world, dir. Laura Mora
Euskal Gidoigileen Elkartea Award
Suro, dir. Mikel Gurrea
The Sebastiane Award
Something you said last night, dir. Luis de Filippis
Lurra – Greenpeace Award
Alcarras, dir. Carla Simon
Signis Award
Kings of the world, dir. Laura Mora
Special mention
runner-up, dir. Marian Mathias
