San Sebastián International Film Festival

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San Sebastian International Film Festival
Image:San Sebastian Film Festival Logo.jpg San Sebastian Festival logo
Hosted by	Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián, Sociedad Anónima
Number of films	200-250
Location	San Sebastián, Spain
Language	International
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The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival which originated in 1953 and is held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián (officially Donostia-San Sebastián).

Contents 1 History 2 Results 2.1 Donostia Award 2.2 2006 festival results 3 Famous visitors since 1953 4 External links

[edit] History

Although the festival was originally intended to honour Spanish language films, films of other languages became eligible for consideration in the late 1950s.

The majority of awards are determined by a jury, but an audience award is also given for the most popular film. The main awards are the Golden Shell and Silver Shell. Every year the festival honours one, two or three actors with the Donostia Award.

“	People have been telling me for years that I must go to San Sebastian because it is the most beautiful film festival in the world, and I was always aware that many of the directors I've admired the most have presented their work there. I'm delighted to say that I'm finally about to be able to count myself amongst their number. It is an honour that I'm looking forward to with great excitement.	”
	— David Cronenberg, sansebastianfestival.com, August 10 2007

[edit] Results

[edit] Donostia Award

• 2007: Richard Gere, Liv Ullmann
• 2006: Max Von Sydow, Matt Dillon
• 2005: Willem Dafoe, Ben Gazzara
• 2004: Annette Bening, Jeff Bridges, Woody Allen
• 2003: Robert Duvall, Sean Penn, Isabelle Huppert
• 2002: Jessica Lange, Bob Hoskins, Dennis Hopper
• 2001: Julie Andrews, Warren Beatty, Francisco Rabal
• 2000: Michael Caine, Robert De Niro
• 1999: Anjelica Huston, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Vanessa Redgrave
• 1998: Jeanne Moreau, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich
• 1997: Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irons
• 1996: Al Pacino
• 1995: Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn
• 1994: Susan Sarandon, Catherine Deneuve
• 1993: Robert Mitchum
• 1992: Lauren Bacall
• 1991: Anthony Perkins
• 1990: Claudette Colbert
• 1989: Bette Davis
• 1988: Vittorio Gassman
• 1987: Glenn Ford
• 1986: Gregory Peck

[edit] 2006 festival results

• Golden Seashell for Best Film (ex-aequo)

Niwemang/Half Moon, by Bahman Ghobadi (Iran – Iraq – Austria-France)
Mon fils à moi, by Martial Fougeron (France)

• Silver Seashell for Best Actress

Nathalie Baye for Mon fils à moi (France)

• Silver Seashell for Best Actor

Juan Diego for Vete de mí' (Spain)

• Silver Seashell for Best Director

Tom DiCillo for Delirious (USA)

• Jury Prize for Best Photography

Nigel Bluck for Niwemang/Half Moon (Iran – Iraq – Austria - France)

• Jury Prize for Best Screenplay

Tom DiCillo for Delirious (USA)

• Special Jury Prize

El camino de San Diego by Carlos Sorin (Argentina)

[edit] Famous visitors since 1953

Actors and actresses Deborah Kerr Audrey Hepburn Gloria Swanson Kirk Douglas Leslie Caron Monica Vitti Francisco Rabal Anthony Quinn Nicholas Ray Elizabeth Taylor Fernando Rey Imperio Argentina Richard Burton Gina Lollobrigida Harrison Ford Victoria Abril Jacqueline Bisset George Peppard Luise Rainer Alberto Sordi Sydney Pollack Peter O'Toole Sidney Poitier

Charlton Heston Glenn Close Anjelica Huston Sophia Loren Mel Gibson Keanu Reeves Matt Dillon Antonio Banderas Melanie Griffith Gregory Peck Glenn Ford Vittorio Gassman Bette Davis Claudette Colbert Anthony Perkins Lauren Bacall Robert Mitchum Lana Turner Susan Sarandon Catherine Deneuve Al Pacino Michael Douglas Jeremy Irons Jeanne Moreau

Anthony Hopkins John Malkovich Fernando Fernán-Gómez Vanessa Redgrave Michael Caine Robert De Niro Warren Beatty Jessica Lange Bob Hoskins Dennis Hopper Isabelle Huppert Sean Penn Robert Duvall Woody Allen Annette Bening Jeff Bridges Ben Gazzara Willem Dafoe Max von Sydow

Directors Federico Fellini Alfred Hitchcock Jean-Luc Godard King Vidor Anthony Mann Bernardo Bertolucci Franco Zeffirelli Francis Ford Coppola Fritz Lang Robert Altman Howard Hawks François Truffaut Orson Welles Luis Buñuel Steven Spielberg Josef von Sternberg Nikita Mikhalkov Pedro Almodóvar Sergio Leone Roman Polański Sam Peckinpah Joseph L. Mankiewicz Stanley Donen Ethan Coen Bertrand Tavernier

[edit] External links

• San Sebastián International Film Festival official website, in English.

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