The Donostia Award (; ) is an honorary award created in 1986 which is given every year to a number of actors and filmmakers in the San Sebastián International Film Festival. It derives its name from Donostia, the Basque name of San Sebastián. «Donostia-San Sebastián: Onomástica», Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia.
Recipients Year Recipient Donostia Awards, sansebastianfestival.com. Profession Nationality Notes 1986 Gregory Peck Actor United States Gene Tierney Actress United States The award to Tierney was announced prior to the festival, but was not handed as Tierney did not eventually travel to San Sebastián. 1987 Glenn Ford Actor Canada / United States 1988 Vittorio Gassman Actor, filmmaker and screenwriter Italy 1989 Bette Davis Actress United States 1990 Claudette Colbert Actress United States 1991 Anthony Perkins Actor United States 1992 Lauren Bacall Actress United States 1993 Robert Mitchum Actor United States 1994 Lana Turner Actress United States 1995 Susan Sarandon Actress United States Catherine Deneuve Actress France 1996 Al Pacino Actor United States 1997 Michael Douglas Actor and producer United States Jeremy Irons Actor United Kingdom 1998 Jeanne Moreau Actress and filmmaker France Anthony Hopkins Actor, filmmaker and producer United Kingdom John Malkovich Actor United States 1999 Anjelica Huston Actress United States Fernando Fernán Gómez Actor, screenwriter and filmmaker Spain Vanessa Redgrave Actress United Kingdom 2000 Michael Caine Actor United Kingdom Robert De Niro Actor United States 2001 Julie Andrews Actress and singer United Kingdom The award was announced prior to the festival, but was not handed in person as Andrews cancelled her trip to San Sebastián in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Warren Beatty Actor and filmmaker United States The award was announced prior to the festival, but was not handed in person as Beatty cancelled his trip to San Sebastián in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Francisco Rabal Actor Spain Rabal died weeks before the festival, and the award was handed posthumously to his grandson . 2002 Jessica Lange Actress United States Bob Hoskins Actor and filmmaker United Kingdom Dennis Hopper Actor and filmmaker United States Francis Ford Coppola Filmmaker, producer and screenwriter United States 2003 Robert Duvall Actor and filmmaker United States Sean Penn Actor and filmmaker United States Isabelle Huppert Actress France 2004 Annette Bening Actress United States Jeff Bridges Actor United States Woody Allen Actor, filmmaker and screenwriter United States 2005 Willem Dafoe Actor United States Ben Gazzara Actor United States 2006 Max von Sydow Actor Sweden / France Matt Dillon Actor United States 2007 Liv Ullmann Actress and filmmaker Norway Richard Gere Actor United States 2008 Meryl Streep Actress United States Antonio Banderas Actor and filmmaker Spain 2009 Ian McKellen Actor United Kingdom 2010 Julia Roberts Actress United States 2011 Glenn Close Actress United States 2012 Oliver Stone Filmmaker, producer and screenwriter United States Ewan McGregor Actor United Kingdom Tommy Lee Jones Actor United States John Travolta Actor United States Dustin Hoffman Actor United States 2013 Carmen Maura Actress Spain Hugh Jackman Actor Australia 2014 Denzel Washington Actor, producer and filmmaker United States Benicio del Toro Actor Puerto Rico 2015 Emily Watson Actress United Kingdom 2016 Sigourney Weaver Actress United States Ethan Hawke Actor, filmmaker and screenwriter United States 2017 Ricardo Darín Actor and producer Argentina Monica Bellucci Actress Italy Agnès Varda Filmmaker, screenwriter and artist France 2018 Hirokazu Kore-eda Filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor Japan Danny DeVito Actor and filmmaker United States Judi Dench Actress United Kingdom 2019 Penélope Cruz Actress Spain Costa-Gavras Filmmaker, producer and screenwriter Greece / France Donald Sutherland Actor Canada 2020 Viggo Mortensen Actor United States / Denmark 2021 Johnny Depp Actor United States Marion Cotillard Actress France 2022 Juliette Binoche Actress France David Cronenberg Filmmaker, screenwriter and actor Canada 2023 Javier Bardem Actor Spain The award to Bardem was announced for the 2023 edition, but the award event was later postponed for the 2024 edition due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Víctor Erice Filmmaker and screenwriter Spain Hayao Miyazaki Animator and filmmaker Japan Miyazaki was handed the award virtually from Tokyo. 2024 Cate Blanchett Actress Australia Pedro Almodóvar Filmmaker and screenwriter Spain 2025 Esther García Producer Spain Jennifer Lawrence Actress United States Lawrence became the youngest recipient of the award ever.2026 Werner Herzog Filmmaker and actor Germany Naomi Watts Actress United Kingdom
See also Golden Shell for Best Film Silver Shell for Best Director Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance Silver Shell for Best Actor Silver Shell for Best Actress Sebastiane Award
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