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Francois Ozon's In The House won the Golden Shell
The 60th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival will run from September 21 to 29.
Thematic etrospectives include Very Funny Things - New American Comedy and In Progress - Ten Years With Latin American Cinema, while the classic retrospective is dedicated to Georges Franju. There will also be a section dedicated to contemporary Brazilian cinema.
Glenn Close received the Donostia Award for lifetime achievement. Francois Ozon's In The House won the Golden Shell and Fernando Trueba won the Silver Shell for best director for The Artist And The Model.
View Films by Strand:
- Culinary Zinema - Film and Gastronomy
- Horizontes Lantinos
- In Progress - Ten Years With Latin American Cinema
- Made in Spain
- New Directors
- Official Selection
- Very Funny Things
- Zabaltegi-Pearls
- Zabaltegi-Specials
- Zinemara
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