SAN SEBASTIAN — In a surprise – it had hardly figured in Spanish critics’ prize predictions – “Pacified,” directed by Texan Paxton Winters, won San Sebastian’s Golden Shell, the…
SAN SEBASTIAN — In a surprise – it had hardly figured in Spanish critics’ prize predictions – “Pacified,” directed by Texan Paxton Winters, won San Sebastian’s Golden Shell, the festival’s top award, on Saturday night.
The film scooped both best director and screenplay for a tightly composed and allegorical thriller about a man who hides in the walls of his own home during the Spanish Civiil War, rightly fearing for his life, and stays hidden for three decades, supported and protected by his wife. Horizontes Latinos was won by “Again Once Again” directed by and starring another woman, playwright-actress Paula. World premiering in Rotterdam’s Bright Future, it frames an autobiographical account of a single mother’s attempt to discover a sense of identity which goes beyond motherhood.
Apart from “Pacified” and “The Endless Trench,” other male filmmakers did get a look in, however. Chilean Jorge Riquelme won New Directors, the festival’s main sidebar, for “Some Beasts” a reflection on insecurities and the capacity for violence in Chile’s middle class which pairs Chile’s two biggest international stars, Alfredo Castro and Paulina Garcia.
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