The 67th San Sebastián International Film Festival took place from 20 to 28 September 2019 in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain.
The competitive awards were presented on 28 September 2019. Pacified by Paxton Winters won the Golden Shell, as well as Best Actor and Cinematography.
Background In May 2019, actress Penélope Cruz was announced as the recipient of a Donostia Award as well as the protagonist of the official poster of the 67th edition The opening gala was hosted by Cayetana Guillén Cuervo and Loreto Mauleón. The official selection's opener was Roger Michell's Black Bird. The official selection awards were presented on 28 September 2019 during the closing gala at the Kursaal hosted by Natalia de Molina and .
Juries Official Selection Neil Jordan, Irish director and screenwriter (President) Bárbara Lennie, Spanish actress Mercedes Morán, Argentine actress Pablo Cruz, Mexican producer , Israeli producer , Swedish cinematographer Latin Horizons Meritxell Colell Aparicio, Catalan director (president) Sofía Gala Castiglione, Argentine actress Juan Antonio Vigar, director of the Málaga Film Festival New Directors Yuji Sadai, Japanese producer and distributor (President) Mark Adams, director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival Mariana Enríquez, Argentine writer and journalist Isabel Lamberti, German filmmaker Laura Mora, Colombian director Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Laida Lertxundi, filmmaker and artist from Bilbao (President) Silvia Cruz, Brazilian producer , director of FIDMarseille Sections Official Selection The official selection lineup included the following films: Highlighted title indicates award winner. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:2px" |- ! scope="col"| English title ! scope="col"| Original title ! scope="col"| Director(s) ! scope="col"| Production country |- | The Audition || Das Vorspiel || Ina Weisse || |- | And the Birds Rained Down || Il pleuvait des oiseaux || Louise Archambault || Canada |- | colspan = "2" | Blackbird || Roger Michell || United States |- | The Endless Trench || La trinchera infinita || Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, || |- | A Dark, Dark Man || Чёрный, чёрный человек || || |- | Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes || Vendrá la muerte y tendrá tus ojos || José Luis Torres Leiva || |- | || ལྷ་མོ་དང་སྐལ་བྷེ། || Sonthar Gyal || China |- | colspan = "2" | The Other Lamb || Małgorzata Szumowska || |-style="background:#EEDD82" | || Pacificado || Paxton Winters || Brazil |- | colspan = "2" | Patrick || || |- | colspan = "2" | Proxima || Alice Winocour || |- | colspan = "2" | Rocks || Sarah Gavron || United Kingdom |- | colspan = "2" | Thalasso || Guillaume Nicloux || France |- | A Thief's Daughter || La hija de un ladrón || Belén Funes || Spain |- | While at War || Mientras dure la guerra || Alejandro Amenábar || |- | Workforce || Mano de obra || David Zonana || Mexico
Out of competition English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Seventeen Diecisiete Daniel Sánchez Arévalo Spain Zeroville James Franco United States The Song of Names François Girard Special Screenings Heroic Losers La odisea de los giles Sebastián Borensztein
Latin Horizons The following films were selected for the Latin Horizons section: Highlighted title indicates award winner. English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) The Cordillera of Dreams La cordillera de los sueños Patricio Guzmán Chile La Llorona Jayro Bustamante August Agosto Armando Capó Spider Araña Andrés Wood The Moneychanger Federico Veiroj Chicuarotes Gael García Bernal Mexico Argentina The Prince Sebastián Muñoz Diego Vega, Daniel Vega The Sleepwalkers Paula Hernández The Sharks Lucía Garibaldi Monos Alejandro Landes Our Mothers César Díaz Tremors Jayro Bustamante La ola verde (Que sea ley) Juan Diego Solanas
New Directors The following films were selected for the New Directors section: Highlighted title indicates award winner.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" |- !scope="col" | English title !scope="col" | Original title !scope="col" | Director(s) !scope="col" | Production countrie(s) |- | Africa || אפריקה || Oren Gerner || Israel |- | || よあけの焚き火 || Koichi Doi || Japan |- | || Le Milieu de l'horizon || Delphine Lehericey || |- | colspan = "2" | || || Norway |- | colspan = "2" | The Giant || David Raboy || |- | || Las buenas intenciones || Ana García Blaya || Argentina |- | The Innocence || La innocència || Lucía Alemany || Spain |- | Jordi's Letters || Las letras de Jordi || Maider Fernandez Iriarte || Spain |- | colspan = "2" | Lynn + Lucy || Fyzal Boulifa || |- | colspan = "2" | Nematoma || Ignas Jonynas || |- | Noura's Dream || نورا تحلم || Hinde Boujeema || |- | || 흩어진 밤 || Lee Jihyoung, Kim Sol || |- | colspan = "2" | || || |-style="background:#EEDD82" | Some Beasts || Algunas bestias || Jorge Riquelme Serrano || Chile
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera The following films were selected for the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section: Highlighted title indicates award winner. English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s) Atlantics Atlantique Mati Diop Blue Boy Manuel Abramovich Delphine et Carole, insoumuses Nisman. The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy El fiscal, la presidenta y el espía Justin Webster Private Fiction Ficción privada Argentina First Love 初恋 Takashi Miike I Was at Home, But Ich war zuhause, aber Angela Schanelec Bird Island L'Île aux oiseaux Maya Kosa, Sergio da Costa Switzerland Les Enfants d'Isadora Damien Manivel The Golden Legend Leyenda dorada , Chema García Ibarra Spain Lursaguak Izibene Oñederra Spain The Wild Goose Lake 南方車站的聚會 Diao Yinan Yorgos Lanthimos Nos défaites Jean-Gabriel Périot France France Ghost Town Anthology Répertoire des villes disparues Denis Côté Canada Shakti Martín Rejtman Urpean lurra Maddi Barber Spain Zombi Child Bertrand Bonello France
Awards Official selection jury awards The official selection jury (chaired by Neil Jordan and also featuring , Pablo Cruz, Bárbara Lennie, Mercedes Morán, and ) granted the following awards: Golden Shell: by Paxton Winters Special Jury Prize: Proxima by Alice Winocour Silver Shell for Best Director: Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, (The Endless Trench) Silver Shell for Best Actress: Nina Hoss (The Audition) and Greta Fernández (A Thief's Daughter) Silver Shell for Best Actor: (Pacified) Best Screenplay: and (The Endless Trench) Best Cinematography: Laura Merians (Pacified)
Other official awards Kutxabank-New Directors Award: Some Beasts Special Mention: Horizontes Award: Special Mention: Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award: I Was at Home, But Special Mention: City of Donostia / San Sebastián Audience Award: The Specials City of Donostia / San Sebastián Audience Award for Best European Film: Sorry We Missed You Irizar Basque Film Award: The Endless Trench
Non-official awards FIPRESCI Grand Prix: Roma FIPRESCI Award: The Endless Trench Feroz Zinemaldia Award: The Endless Trench SIGNIS Award: Rocks Sebastiane Award: Monos
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