San Sebastian International Film Festival (Donostia)

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San Sebastian, Spain September 18 - 27, 2008
Call for Entry Deadline: July 30, 2008
Festival Data:
- Established: 1952
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 220000
- Media Attendance: 1138
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 1604
- Total Number of Films Screened: 227
- Total Screenings: 679
- Accreditations: BAFTA, FIAPF, FIPRESCI
- Competitive
- Students Section
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
www.sansebastianfestival.com
Festival Description:

This year the Festival will be celebrating its 55th consecutive edition with the same enthusiasm felt the day it first saw the light on September 21st 1953.

Conceived as an International Film Week for the purpose of screening and marketing films, it was not long before the IFFPA granted it B status (non-competitive), thanks to the success of its first edition. A year later it was called the International Film Festival, and in 1955 the IFFPA recognised the festival as competitive, specialising in colour films. In other words, it could now grant official prizes. This marked the emergence of the "Concha", or shell - at the time only awarded in silver - determined by an international jury.

In 1957 the festival was granted "A" status and the Shell awarded in the main categories turned to gold. The festival symbols became increasingly recognisable, as did the direction the festival was aiming for and still strives for to this day. That is, a tendency towards liberalisation, shying away from the corseted censorship of the past, still alive today. The festival's primordial role is to serve as a showcase for each year's most disquieting and innovative films.
Film Submissions:
- Call for Entry: http:/ / www.sansebastianfestival.com

Email:	ssiff(at)sansebastianfestival.com
Phone:	(34) 943 48 12 12
Fax:	(34) 943 48 12 18
Mailing Address:	P.O. Box, 397 Donostia - San Sebastián 20080 Spain

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OCT 11, 2007 03:27PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Awards for the 2007 San Sebastian International Film Festival (Donostia)

Golden Shell for Best Film: “A Thousand Years Of Good Prayers"
Directed By: Wayne Wang (Usa)

Special Jury Prize: “Buda Az Sharm Foru Rikht” (Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame)
Directed By: Hana Makhmalbaf (France-Iran)

Silver Shell for Best Director: Nick Broomfield for “Battle for Haditha” (UK)

Silver Shell for Best Actress: Blanca Portillo for “Siete Mesas De Billar Francés” (Spain)

Silver Shell for Best Actor: Henry O. for “A Thousand Years Of Good Prayers” (USA)

Jury Prize for Best Cinematography: Charlie Lam for “Ceot Oi Kap Gei” (Exodus) (Hong Kong)

Jury Prize for Best Screenplay (Ex-Aequo)
Gracia Querejeta Y Daniel Planell for “Siete Mesas De Billar Francés” (Spain)
John Sayles for “Honeydripper” (USA)

Altadis-New Directors Award: “Soul Carriage”
Directed By: Conrad Clark (China-UK)

Horizontes Award: “El Baño Del Papa”
Directed By: Enrique Fernández and César Charlone (Uruguay-Brazil-France )

Special Mentions:
“Párpados Azules”
Directed By: Ernesto Contreras (Mexico)
“Satanás”
Directed By: Andrés Baiz (Colombia)

Tcm Audience Award: “Caramel”
Directed By: Nadine Labaki (Lebanon-France)

Award to the European Film: “Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon”
Directed By: Julian Schnabel (France)

Youth Award: “Caramel”
Directed By: Nadine Labaki (Lebanon-France)

Films in Progress Awards:
“Gasolina”
Directed By: Julio Hernández Cordón (Guatemala)
Tve Award

“Acné”
Directed By: Federico Veiroj (Uruguay-Argentina-Spain-Mexico)
“Sol Na Neblina”
Directed By: Werner Schumann (Brazil)
Casa De América Award

“Gasolina”
Directed By: Julio Hernández Cordón (Guatemala)
SIGNIS AWARD

Cinema in Motion Awards

Each Of The Four Films Selected Will Receive A Total Of 13,000 Euros Toward Subtitles In Spanish By Casa Arabe.

“Salt of This Sea”
Directed By: Anne-Marie Jacir (Palestine)
-to be determined in agreement with production.
- to aid toward post-production for the amount of 15,000 euros, provided by the MACTARI mixing auditorium (www.mactari.fr) in Paris.
- one 35 mm copy provided by the Amiens Festival

“Recycle”
Directed By: Mahmoud Al Massad (Jordan)
- for the amount of 15,000 euros.
- digital calibration provided by Mikros Image.
- conversion from digital to 35 mm provided by Swiss Effects and Kodak Suisse
- subtitles in French and English provided by Titra Film.
- one 35mm copy provided by the Fribourg Festival.
The chosen filmmakers will have the opportunity to participate in the yearly Cinema in Motion tour of Latin America, organised by the San Sebastian and Tarifa Festivals, and in screenings of Cinema in Motion at different centres belonging to the international network of Cervantes Institute centres.

VI INTERNATIONAL FILM SCHOOL MEETING AWARDS
Panavision Award: “Vita De Giacomo”
Directed By: Luca Governatori (La Femis, France)

Special Mentions
“Idioma”
Directed By: Ian Menoyot (Belgium)
“De Las Relaciones”
Directed By: Jorge Acebo.(Barcelona)
“La Invención”
Directed By: Andrés García Franco (Mexico)
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