Euskaraz irakurri: “O corno” Jaione Camborda donostiarraren filmak irabazi by Zinemaldiko Urrezko Maskorra

Or howa drama filmed in Galician in Galicia and Portugal by San Sebastián filmmaker Jaione Camborda, has won the Golden Shell for best film at the 71st edition of the San Sebastián International Film Festival.

The second feature film by the director, born in 1983 and living in Galicia for years (the first is titled Arima), is a very physical, animalistic drama (it talks about the capacity of women to create life) and wild (the untamed landscape of Illa de Arousa and the border between Galicia and Portugal take center stage), which revolves around sisterhood. and the body and will of women.

In 1971, María, a shellfish harvester who helps other women in their births, will have to flee her home in a Galician village after a tragic event. With the help of other women, she will embark on an escape to Portugal through the routes used for smuggling.

In addition to Or howthe jury chaired by filmmaker Claire Denis has awarded a special prize to the film Kalakdirected by Swedish filmmaker Isabella Eklöf.

The Silver Shell for best direction has gone to the Taiwanese Tzu-Hui Peng and Ping-Wen Wang for his movie A trip in springin which they recount the mourning of an old man for his dead wife.

In the interpretations section, the jury has highlighted the performances of Marcelo Subiotto (Puan) and Tatsuya Fuji by Great absence (ex aequo) in the section of protagonists and that of Hovik Keuchkerian in the best supporting performance section for his performance in One Lovethe adaptation that Isabel Coixet has filmed of the successful novel by Sara Mesa.

The jury awards for best photography and best script went to Nadim Carlsen by Kalak and Maria Alche and Benjamin Naishtat by Puan respectively.

Irizar Award for “Sultana’s Dream”

The Irizar award for the best Basque film at the festival went to the feminist animated fable The sultana’s dreambeautiful work by the San Sebastian director Isabel Herguera for, according to the jury, “being a clear example of patience, dedication and diligence at work.”

For its part, the microfilm Latxa (3 minutes), directed by Mikel Urretabizkaia, has won the Eusko Label award for the best short film that disseminates and supports local products through cinema.

Other sections

Finally, the jury of the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section has awarded its prize to the film The rise of the human 3 (Eduardo Williams) and a special mention to The trial (Ulysses of the Order); The Horizontes Latinos section award has gone to the castle, by the Argentine Martín Benchimol; and the winner of the New Directors section has been Bahadur the braveby Diwah Shah.

The Zinemaldia closing gala has ended with the screening of the film Dance firstdirected by James Marsh, which portrays the life and thoughts of Samuel Beckett.

The 71st edition of the Festival has come to an end, but, as filmmaker Víctor Erice said this Friday at the Donostia award ceremony, cinema never ends. “I have always understood cinema as a means of knowledge,” said Erice, “hence its learning for me never ends.”

Source: Eitb

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