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The Spanish film "Los pasos dobles" directed by Isaki Lacuesta received the Golden Shell award at the 59th San Sebastian Film Festival.

Last night and for the first time live during the closin gala, we received attonished the news of the palmares. Jury and critics not always coincide so that most of the awards came as a surprise.

Here they are! the 59th San Sebastian Film Festival Awards

OFFICIAL SELECTION

GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM
LOS PASOS DOBLES, Isaki Lacuesta (Spain- Switzerland

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
LE SKYLAB, Julie Delpy ( France)

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR
FILIPPOS TSITOS, ADIKOS KOSMOS / UNFAIR WORLD (Greece)

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTRESS
MARÍA LEÓN, LA VOZ DORMIDA (Spain)

SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTOR
ANTONIS KAFETZOPOULOS, ADIKOS KOSMOS / UNFAIR WORLD, (Greece)

PRIZE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ULF BRANTÅS, HAPPY END (Sweden)

JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
HIROKAZU KORE-EDA, KISEKI / I WISH (Japan)

KUTXA-NEW DIRECTORS AWARD

THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN / DER FLUSS WAR EINST EIN MENSCH, Jan Zabeil (Germany)

SPECIAL MENTION
EMEK TIFERET / A BEAUTIFUL VALLEY, Hadar Friedlich (Israel-France)

SPECIAL MENTION
STILLLEBEN / STILL LIFE, Sebastian Meise (Austria)

HORIZONTES AWARD

LAS ACACIAS, Pablo Giorgelli (Argentina-Spain)

SPECIAL MENTION
HISTORIAS QUE SÓ EXISTEM QUANDO LEMBRADAS, Julia Murat (Brasil-Argentina-France)

SPECIAL MENTION
MISS BALA, Gerardo Naranjo (Mexico)

AUDIENCE AWARD

THE ARTIST, Michel Hazanavicius (France)

AWARD TO THE EUROPEAN FILM

ET MAINTENANT ON VA OÙ?

TVE OTRA MIRADA AWARD

JODAEIYE NADER EZ SIMIN / NADER AND SIMIN, A SEPARATION, Asghar Farhadi (Iran)

SPECIAL MENTION
SANGUE DO MEU SANGUE, João Canijo (Portugal)

FILMS IN PROGRESS 20 AWARDS

FILMS IN PROGRESS INDUSTRY AWARD

7 CAJAS, Juan Carlos Maneglia y Tana Schémbori (Paraguay)

CASA DE AMÉRICA AWARD

INFANCIA CLANDESTINA, de Benjamín Avila (Argentina-Spain-Brazil)

CINEMA IN MOTION 7 AWARDS

THE LAST FRIDAY, Yahya Alabdallah (Jordan).

CONFESSION AND STRUGGLE, Eliane Raheb (Lebanon)

10th INTERNATIONAL FILM STUDENTS MEETING AWARDS

Panavision AWARD

EVA-SHEM ZMANI, Dor Fadlon (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

PREMIO EUSKALTEL DE LA JUVENTUD - YOUTH AWARD

WILD BILL , Dexter Fletcher

PREMIO FIPRESCI

SANGUE DO MEU SANGUE, João Canijo (Portugal)