The 65th San Sebastián International Film Festival took place from 22 to 30 September 2017 in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The festival opened with Wim Wenders' Submergence, which competed for the Golden Shell, and closed with Björn Runge's The Wife, screened out of competition.
The Official Selection jury was chaired by American actor and filmmaker John Malkovich. The Golden Shell was awarded to James Franco's The Disaster Artist, while Handia, directed by Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño, received the Special Jury Prize.
The festival presented three Donostia Awards, honouring Argentine actor Ricardo Darín, Italian actress Monica Bellucci and French filmmaker Agnès Varda.
Juries
Official Selection The jury for the Official Selection was composed of:
John Malkovich, American actor, director and producer – Jury President Dolores Fonzi, Argentine actress Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Spanish screenwriter William Oldroyd, British film director Emma Suárez, Spanish actress André Szankowski, Brazilian cinematographer Paula Vaccaro, Italian producer and screenwriter
New Directors The New Directors jury was composed of: Rossitsa Valkanova – Jury President Carlos Muguiro Fionnuala Halligan Javier Porta Fouz Valérie Mréjen
Horizontes Latinos The Horizontes Award jury was composed of: Ángela Molina – Jury President Gaël Nouaille Lina Paola Rodríguez Fernández
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera The Zabaltegi-Tabakalera jury was composed of: Calmin Borel – Jury President Savina Neirotti Carla Simón
Official Selection
The Official Selection consisted of 18 films competing for the Golden Shell, three productions screened out of competition and four special screenings.
In competition
The following films competed for the Golden Shell:
English title Original title Director(s) Country Alanis Alanis Anahí Berneri Argentina Beyond Words Beyond Words Urszula Antoniak Poland / Netherlands The Captain Der Hauptmann Robert Schwentke Germany / France / Poland The Motive El autor Manuel Martín Cuenca Spain / Mexico Handia Handia Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño Spain Memoir of War La douleur Emmanuel Finkiel France The Lion Sleeps Tonight Le lion est mort ce soir Nobuhiro Suwa France / Japan C'est la vie! Le sens de la fête Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano France Mademoiselle Paradis Licht Barbara Albert Austria / Germany Life and Nothing More Life and Nothing More Antonio Méndez Esparza Spain / United States Love Me Not Love Me Not Alexandros Avranas Greece / France Ni juge, ni soumise , Belgium / France Pororoca Pororoca Constantin Popescu Romania / France Soldiers. Story from Ferentari Soldații. Poveste din Ferentari Romania / Serbia / Belgium Sollers Point Sollers Point Matthew Porterfield United States / France Submergence Submergence Wim Wenders Germany / France / Spain The Disaster Artist The Disaster Artist James Franco United States A Sort of Family Una especie de familia Diego Lerman Argentina / Brazil / Poland / France
Out of competition
The following productions were screened out of competition:
English title Original title Director Country The Wife The Wife Björn Runge United Kingdom / Sweden / United States Marrowbone Marrowbone Sergio G. Sánchez Spain / United States The Plague La peste Alberto Rodríguez Spain
The Wife was the festival's closing film. La peste was a television series, of which the first two episodes were screened.
Special screenings
The following films were presented as special screenings:
English title Original title Director(s) Country Dying Morir Fernando Franco Spain See You Up There Au revoir là-haut Albert Dupontel France Fireworks Uchiage hanabi, shita kara miruka? Yoko kara miruka? Akiyuki Shinbo, Nobuyuki Takeuchi Japan Wonders of the Sea 3D Wonders of the Sea 3D Jean-Michel Cousteau, Jean-Jacques Mantello United Kingdom / France
New Directors
The following films were selected for the New Directors section:
English title Original title Director(s) Country The Charmer Charmøren Milad Alami Denmark A Fish Out of Water A Fish Out of Water Lai Kuo-An Taiwan Alberto García-Alix. The Shadow Line Alberto García-Alix. La línea de sombra Nicolás Combarro Spain Apostasy Apostasy Daniel Kokotajlo United Kingdom Blue My Mind Blue My Mind Lisa Brühlmann Switzerland Cargo Cargo Gilles Coulier Belgium / Netherlands / France From Where We've Fallen He ri jun zai lai Wang Feifei China Ravens Korparna Jens Assur Sweden The Price of Success Le prix du succès Teddy Lussi-Modeste France The Sower Le Semeur Marine Francen France Killing Jesus Matar a Jesús Laura Mora Colombia / Argentina Underground Pailalim Daniel Palacio Philippines The Seeds of Violence Pok-ryuk-eui Ssi-at Lim Tae-gue South Korea Princess Princesita Marialy Rivas Chile / Spain / Argentina Tigre Tigre Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra Guardiola Argentina Village Rockstars Village Rockstars Rima Das India
The Charmer was the opening film of the section. The Sower, directed by Marine Francen, received the Kutxabank-New Directors Award, while Killing Jesus, directed by Laura Mora, received a special mention.
Horizontes Latinos
Twelve films were selected for the Horizontes Latinos section.
English title Original title Director(s) Country The Desert Bride La novia del desierto Cecilia Atán, Valeria Pivato Argentina / Chile A Fantastic Woman Una mujer fantástica Sebastián Lelio Chile / Germany / Spain / United States To the Desert Al desierto Ulises Rosell Argentina / Chile Araby Arábia Affonso Uchôa, João Dumans Brazil Cocote Cocote Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias Dominican Republic / Argentina / Germany / Qatar Rey's Education La educación del Rey Santiago Esteves Argentina / Spain La familia La familia Gustavo Rondón Córdova Venezuela / Chile / Norway April's Daughter Las hijas de Abril Michel Franco Mexico The Waves Las olas Adrián Biniez Uruguay / Argentina Los perros Los perros Marcela Said Chile / France Medea Medea Alexandra Latishev Costa Rica / Argentina / Chile Hunting Season Temporada de caza Natalia Garagiola Argentina / Germany / France / United States / Qatar
A Fantastic Woman, directed by Sebastián Lelio, opened the section in competition. Los perros, directed by Marcela Said, received the Horizontes Award.
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera
The following works were selected for the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section:
English title Original title Director(s) Country The Square The Square Ruben Östlund Sweden 12 Days 12 jours Raymond Depardon France 3/4 3/4 Ilian Metev Germany / Bulgaria Braguino Braguino Clément Cogitore France Calipatria Calipatria Gerhard Treml, Leo Calice Austria El sueño de Ana El sueño de Ana José Luis Torres Leiva Chile Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Frederick Wiseman United States Flores Flores Jorge Jácome Portugal The Day After Geu-hu Hong Sang-soo South Korea Gwendolyn Green Gwendolyn Green Tamyka Smith United States Lover for a Day L'amant d'un jour Philippe Garrel France The Night I Swam La nuit où j'ai nagé / Oyogisugita Yoru Damien Manivel, Kohei Igarashi France / Japan Muchos hijos, un mono y un castillo Gustavo Salmerón Spain In the Intense Now No intenso agora João Moreira Salles Brazil Plague Plágan Spain Plus Ultra Plus Ultra Helena Girón, Samuel M. Delgado Spain Saura(s) Saura(s) Spain Soldier Soldado Manuel Abramovich Argentina Spell Reel Spell Reel Filipa César France Shame Sram Petar Krumov Bulgaria Closeness Tesnota Kantemir Balagov Russia Vergüenza Vergüenza , Álvaro Fernández Armero Spain
The Square, directed by Ruben Östlund, opened the section. Braguino, directed by Clément Cogitore, received the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award. Special mentions were given to actress Darya Zhovner for Closeness and to Filipa César's Spell Reel.
Perlak
The following films were selected for the Perlak section, referred to by the festival in English at the time as "Pearls":
English title Original title Director(s) Country Happy End Happy End Michael Haneke France / Austria / Germany Custody Jusqu'à la garde Xavier Legrand France The House by the Sea La Villa Robert Guédiguian France Loveless Nelyubov Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia / France / Belgium / Germany The Third Murder Sandome no satsujin Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan Call Me by Your Name Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino Italy / France Loving Pablo Loving Pablo Fernando León de Aranoa Spain / Bulgaria 120 Beats per Minute 120 battements par minute Robin Campillo France Borg McEnroe Borg/McEnroe Janus Metz Sweden / Denmark / Finland Mother! Mother! Darren Aronofsky United States On Body and Soul Teströl és lélekröl Ildikó Enyedi Hungary The Big Sick The Big Sick Michael Showalter United States The Florida Project The Florida Project Sean Baker United States The Leisure Seeker The Leisure Seeker Paolo Virzì Italy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh United Kingdom Wonderstruck Wonderstruck Todd Haynes United States You Were Never Really Here You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay United States / France
Call Me by Your Name opened the section, while Loving Pablo was the closing film and screened out of competition. The City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award went to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, while Custody received the award for Best European Film.
Made in Spain
The Made in Spain section presented eleven recent Spanish productions.
English title Original title Director(s) Country Analysis of Blue Blood Análisis de sangre azul Blanca Torres, Gabriel Velázquez Spain Sister of Mine Demonios tus ojos Pedro Aguilera Spain / Colombia The Bar El bar Álex de la Iglesia Spain / Argentina Summer 1993 Estiu 1993 Carla Simón Spain Uncertain Glory Incerta glòria Agustí Villaronga Spain Júlia Ist Elena Martín Spain The Invisible Hand La mano invisible David Macián Spain Can't Say Goodbye No sé decir adiós Spain Skins Pieles Eduardo Casanova Spain Selfie Selfie Víctor García León Spain Verónica Verónica Paco Plaza Spain
Awards
Official awards The following awards were presented by the Official Selection jury:
Golden Shell: The Disaster Artist – James Franco Special Jury Prize: Handia – Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño Silver Shell for Best Director: Anahí Berneri – Alanis Silver Shell for Best Actress: Sofía Gala Castiglione – Alanis Special mention: Anne Gruwez – So Help Me God Silver Shell for Best Actor: Bogdan Dumitrache – Pororoca Jury Prize for Best Screenplay: Diego Lerman and María Meira – A Sort of Family Jury Prize for Best Cinematography: Florian Ballhaus – The Captain
Other official awards Kutxabank-New Directors Award: The Sower – Marine Francen Special mention: Killing Jesus – Laura Mora Horizontes Award: Los perros – Marcela Said Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award: Braguino – Clément Cogitore Special mention: Darya Zhovner for Closeness Special mention: Spell Reel – Filipa César Irizar Basque Film Award: Handia – Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño
Donostia Awards The recipients of the Donostia Award were: Ricardo Darín Agnès Varda Monica Bellucci
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