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71st San Sebastián International Film Festival

The 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival ran 22–30 September 2023 in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The awards were announced on 30 September 2023, with The Rye Horn winning the Golden Shell, being the first film directed by a female Spanish director to win said award.

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Official poster of the 71st San Sebastián Film Festival featuring Javier Bardem
The Boy and the Heron
San Sebastián, Spain
Golden Shell: The Rye Horn
22–30 September 2023

The 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival ran 22–30 September 2023 in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The awards were announced on 30 September 2023, with The Rye Horn winning the Golden Shell, being the first film directed by a female Spanish director to win said award.

In May 2023, actor Javier Bardem was announced as a recipient of a Donostia Award as well as the main feature of the 71st edition's official poster. An early subset of the official selection film slate was announced on 7 July 2023. New official selection titles were announced on 14 July 2023. In August 2023, The Boy and the Heron was announced as the out-of-competition opening film. Later that month, Spanish director Víctor Erice was announced to be the recipient of a Donostia Award. The entire official selection line-up was announced on 25 August. On 8 September, it was announced that Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki would receive a Donostia Award, presented to him virtually, while the award for Bardem would be postponed to next year's festival due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, which forbids the US-unionised actor to attend to the media or to record thank-you videos.

Claire Denis, French filmmaker – Jury president
Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
Cristina Gallego, Colombian producer, writer and director
Brigitte Lacombe, French photographer
Robert Lantos, Hungarian-Canadian producer
Vicky Luengo, Spanish actress
Christian Petzold, German director
Emily Morgan, British producer – Jury president
Christian Jeune, French director of the Film Department and Deputy of the General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival
Ricardo Aldarondo, Spanish journalist and film critic
Juanita Onzaga, Colombian director and artist
Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Norwegian-Guatemalan producer
David Hurst, French producer – Jury president
Manuela Martelli, Chilean director, screenwriter and actress
Elisa McCausland, Spanish journalist, critic and researcher
Fiorella Moretti, Mexican producer and president of Luxbox – Jury president
Cecilia Barrionuevo, Argentine film curator
Telmo Irureta, Spanish actor – Jury president
Mikele Landa, Spanish director
Kristina Zorita, Spanish journalist, screenwriter and director

The lineup of the official selection includes:

Highlighted title indicates award winner.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt	Raven Jackson	United States
A Journey in Spring	春行	Tzu-Hui Peng, Ping-Wen Wang	Taiwan
Un amor	Isabel Coixet	Spain
Ex-Husbands	Noah Pritzker	United States
Fingernails	Christos Nikou	United States
Great Absence	Kei Chika-Ura	Japan
Kalak	Isabella Eklöf	Denmark
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Puan	María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat	ArgentinaItalyGermanyFranceBrazil
The Practice	La práctica	Martín Rejtman	ArgentinaChilePortugal
Red Island	L'île rouge	Robin Campillo	FranceBelgium
The Royal Hotel	Kitty Green	Australia
The Rye Horn	O corno	Jaione Camborda	SpainPortugalBelgium
A Silence	Un silence	Joachim Lafosse	BelgiumFranceLuxembourg
The Successor	Le Successeur	Xavier Legrand	France
Sultana's Dream	El sueño de la Sultana	Isabel Herguera	SpainGermany

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
The Boy and the Heron	君たちはどう生きるか	Hayao Miyazaki	Japan
La Mesías (TV series)	Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo	Spain
Dance First	James Marsh	United KingdomHungaryBelgium
Special Screenings
They Shot the Piano Player	Dispararon al pianista	Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal	SpainFranceNetherlandsPortugal
A Real Job	Un métier sérieux	Thomas Lilti	France

The New Directors slate includes:

Highlighted title indicates award winner.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Achilles	Ashil	Farhad Delaram	GermanyIranFrance
Bahadur The Brave	Diva Shah	India
Bauryna Salu	Askhat Kuchinhirekov	Kazakhstan
Beyond The Fog	Kiri No Fuchi	Daichi Murase	Japan
The Blue Star	La estrella azul	Javier Macipe	SpainArgentina
Carefree Days	Xiao Yao You	Jiang Ming	China
Hi Mom	Ilia Malakhova	Russia
Last Shadow At First Light	Nicole Midori Woodford	SingaporeJapanSloveniaPhilippinesIndonesia
The Other Son	El otro hijo	Juan Sebastián Quebrada	ColombiaFranceArgentina
Gamma Rays	Les Rayons Gamma	Henry Bernadet	Canada
Mother, Couch	Niclas Larsson	United StatesDenmarkSweden

The Latin Horizons slate includes the following films:

Highlighted title indicates award winner.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Alemania	María Zanetti	ArgentinaSpain
Blondi	Dolores Fonzi	ArgentinaSpainUnited States
The Castle	El castillo	Martín Benchimol	ArgentinaFranceSpain
Clara Gets Lost in the Woods	Clara se pierde en el bosque	Camila Fabbri	Argentina
The Echo	El eco	Tatiana Huezo	MexicoGermany
Heroic	Heroico	David Zonana	Mexico
Los impactados	Lucía Puenzo	Argentina
A Ravaging Wind (opening film)	El viento que arrasa	Paula Hernández	ArgentinaUruguay
The Settlers	Los colonos	Felipe Gálvez Haberle	ChileArgentinaUnited KingdomTaiwanFranceDenmarkSweden
A Strange Path	Estranho caminho	Guto Parente	Brazil
Toll (closing film)	Pedágio	Carolina Markowicz	BrazilPortugal
Totem	Tótem	Lila Avilés	Mexico

Highlighted title indicates award winner.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Absence	Xue Yun	Wu Lang	China
Camping du Lac	Éléonore Saintagnan	BelgiumFrance
Contadores	Irati Gorostidi	Spain
The Delinquents	Los delinquentes	Rodrigo Moreno	ArgentinaBrazilChileLuxembourg
Even Though It's Night	Aunque es de noche	Guillermo García López	SpainFrance
Grace	Blazh	Ilya Povolotsky	Russia
Here	Bas Devos	Belgium
The Human Surge 3	El auge del humano 3	Eduardo Williams	ArgentinaPortugalNetherlandsTaiwanBrazilHong KongSri LankaPeru
The Island	L'île	Damien Manivel	France
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell	Bên trong vỏ kén vàng	Pham Thien An	SingaporeVietnamFranceSpain
Mamántula	Ion de Sosa	GermanySpain
Mixtape La Pampa	Andres Di Tella	ArgentinaChile
Nights Gone By	Alberto Martín Menacho	SwitzerlandSpain
Orlando, My Political Biography	Orlando, ma biographie politique	Paul B. Preciado	France
Oyu	Atsushi Hirai	France
La Palisiada	Philip Sotnuchenko	Ukraine
Remembering Every Night (opening film)	Subete No Yoru Wo Omoidasu	Yui Kiyohara	Japan
Through the Night	Quitter la nuit	Delphine Girard	BelgiumFranceCanada
The Trial	El juicio	Ulises de la Orden	ArgentinaNorwayFranceItaly
Two of Us	Suigyo no Mayawari	Kohei Igarashi	JapanFrance
Sīlan	Ashmita Guha Neogi	France
Single Light	Or panas yachid	Shaylee Atary	Israel
Short Story	Duan pian gu shi	Wu Lang	China
We Are the Hollow Men	Gamopitulo khalkhi	Rati Oneli	Georgia

The 'Perlak' lineup includes:

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
Afire	Roter Himmel	Christian Petzold	Germany
Anatomy of a Fall	Anatomie d'une chute	Justine Triet	France
Dumb Money	Craig Gillespie	United States
The Eternal Memory	La memoria infinita	Maite Alberdi	Chile
Evil Does Not Exist	悪は存在しない	Ryusuke Hamaguchi	Japan
Fallen Leaves	Kuolleet lehdet	Aki Kaurismäki	FinlandGermany
Les Indésirables	Bâtiment 5	Ladj Ly	France
I'm Captain	Io capitano	Matteo Garrone	Italy
May December	Todd Haynes	United States
Memory	Michel Franco	MexicoUnited States
Monster	怪物	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Japan
The New Boy	Warwick Thornton	Australia
Past Lives	Celine Song	United States
Perfect Days	Wim Wenders	JapanGermany
The Promised Land	Bastarden	Nikolaj Arcel	Denmark
Rosalie	Stéphanie Di Giusto	France
Society of the Snow	La sociedad de la nieve	J.A. Bayona	SpainUruguayChile
The Zone of Interest	Jonathan Glazer	United Kingdom

The following film was programmed as a surprise:

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production countrie(s)
The Killer	David Fincher	United States

Golden Shell: The Rye Horn by Jaione Camborda
Special Jury Prize: Kalak by Isabella Eklöf
Silver Shell for Best Director: Tzu-Hui Peng & Ping-Wen Wang for A Journey in Spring
Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance: Marcelo Subiotto for Puan & Tatsuya Fuji for Great Absence
Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance: Hovik Keuchkerian for Un amor
Jury Prize for Best Screenplay: María Alché & Benjamín Naishtat for Puan
Jury Prize Best Cinematography: Nadim Carlsen for Kalak
Kutxabank-New Directors Award: Bahadur The Brave by Diva Shah
Horizontes Award: The Castle by Martín Benchimol
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award: The Human Surge 3 by Eduardo Williams
- Special Mention: The Trial by Ulises de la Orden
Nest Award: Amma Ki Katha by Nehal Vyas
- Special Mention: Entre les autres by Marie Falys
Culinary Zinema Award: The Pot-au-Feu by Trần Anh Hùng
Eusko Label Award: Latxa by Mikel Urretabizkaia
- Eusko Label Second Prize: Soroborda by Paolo Tizón
Irizar Basque Film Award: Sultana's Dream by Isabel Herguera
San Sebastian Audience Award: Society of the Snow by J. A. Bayona
San Sebastian Audience Award for Best European Film: I'm Captain by Matteo Garrone
TCM Youth Award: The Blue Star by Javier Macipe
WIP LATAM Industry Award: Most People Die on Sundays by Iair Said
EGEDA PLATINO Industria Award for the Best WIP LATAM: Most People Die on Sundays by Iair Said
WIP Europa Industry Award: Mannequins by Michael Fetter Nathansky
WIP Europa Award: Mannequins by Michael Fetter Nathansky
XII Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Best Project Award: These Were All Fields by Daniela Abad Lombana
DALE! Award: Little War by Barbara Sarasola-Day
Artekino International Prize: The Days Off by Lucila Mariani
ELAMEDIA - Euskadi Post-Production Award: After the Night, the Night by Naomi Pacifique
RTVE-Another Look Award: The Royal Green by Kitty Green
- Special Mention: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt by Raven Jackson
Spanish Cooperation Award: The Blue Star by Javier Macipe
Euskadi Basque Country 2030 Agenda Award: Les Indésirables by Ladj Ly
Dunia Ayaso Award: Creatura by Elena Martín Gimeno
- Special Mention: While You're Still You by Claudia Pinto Emperador
FIPRESCI Award: Fingernails by Christos Nikou
Feroz Zinemaldia Award: Un amor by Isabel Coixet
Euskal Gidoigileen Elkartea Award: Sultana's Dream by Isabel Herguera
Sebastiane Award: 20,000 Species of Bees by Estibaliz Urresola
- Special Mention: Gabi: Between Ages 8 and 13 by Engeli Broberg
Lurra - Greenpeace Award: Evil Does Not Exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
SIGNIS Award: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt by Raven Jackson
Ateneo Guipuzcoano Award: Great Absence by Kei Chika-Ura
Donostia Award for Lifetime Achievements: Javier Bardem, Victor Erice and Hayao Miyazaki.
Zinemira Award: Paco Sagarzazu
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