Jury - Awards On Saturday night, September 30, the San Sebastian Festival awarded its prizes at the closing gala. How fitting for a Mexican - and not just any Mexican, his name is Arturo Ripstein - to receive the Golden Shell for the Best Film and Best Screenplay: The Ruination of Men. This is the director's 24th feature film. Several other prizes were bestowed on European filmmakers, but when it comes comes to acting, San Sebastian once again honored the best in the Spanish world: Carmen Maura and Gianfranco Brero. And let us remind you that the jury was headed by British director Stephen Frears. Official Competition Awards Golden Shell for Best Film La Perdicion de los Hombres by Arturo Ripstein (Mexico-Spain) Silver Shell for Best Director Reza Parsa for Before the Storm (Sweden) Special Jury Award Paria by Nicolas Klotz (France) For the courage of its commitment, for the outstanding collective labour of its actors and the importance of the subject, over and above its many artistic and cinematographic qualities. Silver Shell for Best Actress Carmen Maura for La Comunidad Silver Shell for Best Actor Gianfranco Brero for Tinta Roja (Peru-Spain) Jury Award for Best Photography Nicola Pecorini for Harrison's Flowers (France) Jury Award for Best Screenplay Paz Alicia Garciadiego for La Perdicion de los Hombres (Mexico-Spain) New Directors Award Special Mention El Factor Pilgrim for its exhilarating freshness and energy Special Mention El Otro Barrio (Spain) for its masterful portrayal of a complex set of personal and social relations in the urban world. New Directors Prize Sangue Vivo by Edoardo Winspeare for its unique approach to a specific cultural conflict transformed into a passionate universal drama, in which music becomes a central character FIPRESCI Awards To a film in competition La Perdicion de los Hombres by Arturo Ripstein for the creative use of video to develop a complex black comedy, for its sense of irony, and for the freedom and richness of its cinematic style. To encourage young filmmakers The Jury decided to award a Prize to La Espalda del Mundo by Javier Corcuera (Spain) for the way the director engages with three of the great horrors of our time and, through the people he shows us, constructs a stylistically strong and shocking film Circle of Cinematographic Writers Award Harrison's Flowers by Elie Chouraqui Pearl of the Audience Award Nationale 7 by Jean-Pierre Sinapi (France) Youth Jury Award Before the Storm by Reza Parsa (Sweden)