Official selection Jury Members

THE INTERNATIONAL JURY at the 57th SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL, made up of the members

• Mr. LAURENT CANTET (France) (President)
• Mr. BONG JOON-HO (Korea)
• Mr. DANIEL GIMÉNEZ CACHO (Spain)
• Mr. JOHN MADDEN (United Kingdom)
• Ms.LEONOR SILVEIRA (Portugal)
• Ms. PILAR LÓPEZ DE AYALA (Spain)
• Ms. SAMIRA MAKHMALBAF (Iran)

at a meeting on 25th September 2009, has decided by majority to grant the following awards:

• JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY to
  ANDREW BOVELL, MELISSA REEVES, PATRICIA CORNELIUS AND CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS for "BLESSED" (Australia)
• JURY PRIZE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY to
  CAO YU for "CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH" (China)
• SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTOR to
  PABLO PINEDA for "YO, TAMBIÉN" (Spain)
• SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTRESS to
  LOLA DUEÑAS for "YO, TAMBIÉN" (Spain)
• SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR to
  JAVIER REBOLLO for "LA MUJER SIN PIANO" (Spain-France)
• SPECIAL JURY PRIZE to
  "LE REFUGE" by FRANÇOIS OZON (France)
  The Jury wish to recognize a sensitive and personal cinematic experiment, that builds its story around the circumstance of its actress, Isabelle Carré. François Ozon presents this character's experience without judgement or comment leaving each of us free to share it.
• GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM to
  "CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH" by LU CHUAN (China)