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)
San Sebastian dailies
30.09.2009 | Editor's blog
Cat. : actor actress Australia Best CDATA Christos Tsiolkas CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH Daniel Giménez Cacho Director Entertainment Entertainment Film France François Ozon Francois Ozon Golden Shell Isabelle Carré John Madden Laurent Cantet LEONOR SILVEIRA LIFE AND Lola Dueñas MELISSA REEVES PATRICIA CORNELIUS Person Career Pilar López de Ayala president Samira Makhmalbaf Samira Makhmalbaf SAN San Sebastián International Film Festival the 57th SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL United Kingdom