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San Sebastián International Film Festival

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    Golden Seashell

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Butterfly Wings

      7.0 (948)
      Juanma Bajo Ulloa
    • [object Object]

      Highway 61

      7.0 (1.5K)
      Bruce McDonald
    • [object Object]

      Nevozvrashchenets

      5.7 (55)
      Sergey Snezhkin
    • [object Object]

      Waiting

      6.8 (84)
      Jackie McKimmie
    • [object Object]

      Zombie ja Kummitusjuna

      7.2 (1.2K)
      Mika Kaurismäki

    Silver Seashell

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    Best Actor

    • Silu Seppälä in Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
      Winner
      • Silu Seppälä
      • Zombie ja Kummitusjuna

    Best Actress

    • Deborra-Lee Furness
      Winners
      • Deborra-Lee Furness
      • Noni Hazlehurst
      • Helen Jones
      • Fiona Press
      • Waiting

    Best Director

    • Bruce McDonald in Hard Core Logo (1996)
      Winner
      • Bruce McDonald
      • Highway 61

    Special Prize of the Jury

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nevozvrashchenets

      5.7 (55)
      Sergey Snezhkin

    Best Film

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    Documentary

    • Kakvi smo takvi smo

      Zelimir Gvardiol(director)

    Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

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    • Anthony Perkins in Tin Star (2017)
      Winner
      • Anthony Perkins

    Best New Director

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      Crack

      5.3 (36)
      Giulio Base(director)

    Documentary Award

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      Winner

      Reiz dzivoja septini Simeoni

      7.3 (49)
      Herz Frank
      Tied with It's a Blue World (1990).
    • Winner

      It's a Blue World

      6.1 (16)
      Torben Skjødt Jensen
      Tied with Reiz dzivoja septini Simeoni (1989).

    OCIC Award

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      The Great Day on the Beach

      6.7 (754)
      Stellan Olsson

    OCIC Award - Honorable Mention

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    • [object Object]
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      Closet Land

      7.0 (3.2K)
      Radha Bharadwaj

    Also known as

    • Donostia Zinemaldia - Festival de San Sebastián
    • Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia - San Sebastián

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    Event date

    September 19, 1991 - September 28, 1991

    Event location

    San Sebastián, Spain

    Event links

    • http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/
    • http://www.fipresci.org/
    • http://www.fipresci.org/
    • http://www.signis.net/
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