73rd San Sebastian Festival - 19/27 September 2025
73SSIFF - 19/27 September 2025
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Z365" or "Festival all year round" is the new strategic point of the Festival in which converge investigation, accompaniment and development of new talents (Ikusmira Berriak, Nest); training and cinematic knowledge transfer (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Zinemaldia + Plus, Filmmakers' dialogue); and investigation, disclosure and cinematic thought (Z70 project, Thought and Discussion and Research and publications).
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Awards and Jury Members
City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award
Awards
Audience Award
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2024. 72nd Edition
En fanfare
Emmanuel Courcol (France)
CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Mohammad Rasoulof (Germany - France - Iran )
2023. 71st Edition
CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD AWARD FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM
Io Capitano
Matteo Garrone (Italy)
2022. 70th Edition
CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD AWARD FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM
As bestas
Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain - France)
2021. 69th Edition
CITY OF DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN AUDIENCE AWARD AWARD FOR BEST EUROPEAN FILM
Ouistreham
Emmanuel Carrère (France)
2020. 68th Edition
The Father
Florian Zeller (UK)
2019. 67th Edition
Hors normes
Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano (France)
2018. 66th Edition
Un día más con vida / Another Day of Life
Raúl De la Fuente, Damian Nenow (Spain - Poland - Belgium- Germany)
City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award. Best European Film
Girl
Lukas Dhont (Belgium - Netherlands)
2017. 65th Edition
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Martin McDonagh (UK)
2016. 64th Edition
I, Daniel Blake
Ken Loach (UK - France - Belgium)
AWARD TO THE EUROPEAN FILM
Ma vie de courgette / My Life as a Courgette
Claude Barras (Switzerland - France)
2015. 63rd Edition
Umimachi Diary / Our Little Sister
Hirokazu Koreeda (Japan)
AWARD TO THE EUROPEAN FILM
Shan He Gu Ren / Mountains May Depart
Jia Zhang-ke (China - France - Japan)
2014. 62nd Edition
The Salt of the Earth
Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado (France)
2013. 61st Edition
Soshite chichi ni naru / Like Father, Like Son
Hirokazu Koreeda (Japan)
2012. 60th Edition
THE SESSIONS
Ben Lewin (USA)
2011. 59th Edition
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius (France)
2010. 58th Edition
Barney’s Version
Richard J. Lewis (Canada-Italy)
AWARD TO THE EUROPEAN FILM
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?
Norberto López Amado, Carlos Carcas (UK-Spain)
2009. 57th Edition
Precious
Lee Daniels (USA)
2008. 56th Edition
Burn After Reading
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (AEB)
2007. 55th Edition
Caramel
Nadine Labaki (Lebanon - France)
2006. 54th Edition
Little Miss Sunshine
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris (USA)
2005. 53rd Edition
Holy Lola
Bertrand Tavernier (France)
2004. 52nd Edition
Diarios de motocicleta
Walter Salles (USA-France-Argentina-UK)
2003. 51st Edition
Bom, yeoreum, gaeul, gyeowool, geurigo, bom (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring)
Kim Ki-duk (South Korea - Germany)
2002. 50th Edition
Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore (Germany - Canada - USA)
2001. 49th Edition
Ničija zemlja / No Man's Land
Danis Tanovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina - France - Slovenia - Italy - UK - Belgium)
Compete for the prize:
City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award
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All films in the Perlak Section will compete for the City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award, which will be decided by the spectators who attend the first public screening of each film in the said section.
The City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award is made up of two different awards: a 1st Award for Best Film, carrying €50,000 euros, and a 2nd Award for Best European Film carrying €20,000.
The City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award goes to the distributor of the film in Spain.
Perlak Section: A selection of the best films of the year not yet released in Spain to have received critical acclaim and/or awards at other international festivals.
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