Víctor Erice will receive the Donostia Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival

2023-08-22 11:13:00

Film director Víctor Erice will receive the Donostia Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival in its 71st edition, to be held from September 22 to 30. The San Sebastian festival has announced this Tuesday the name of the winner of the highest award in the contest, the second to be announced in this edition, in which another Donostia Award will be presented to the Spanish actor Javier Bardem. It remains to be seen if it will be completed with another Donostia award, since as explained by its director, José Luis Rebordinos, talks with a Hollywood actress were very advanced and it seems that in the end it will not be able to materialize due to the actors’ strike that is affecting the industry. .

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Erice will receive the award from Ana Torrent, the actress who starred in her film The Spirit of the Beehive as a child, with which she won the Golden Shell in the same competition 50 years ago. She will receive him on Friday, September 29, the day her new film, Close Your Eyes, premieres, which was presented at the last Cannes Film Festival and which can also be seen at the ceremony that will take place at Zinemaldia.

In 2023, the most important honorary award at the San Sebastian Festival pays tribute to a filmmaker who, with only four feature films, has won the Silver Shell for Best Director, the Golden Shell for Best Film and the Jury Award. and International Critics at the Cannes Film Festival, among many other awards.

Víctor Erice’s career has always had an echo at the San Sebastian Festival. His directorial debut, filming one of three episodes of The challenges (1969) together with José Luis Egea and Claudio Guerín, he was selected in the Official Selection and received the Silver Shell for best direction. Four years later, with his first solo feature film, The spirit of the hive / The Spirit of Beehive (1973), was recognized with the Golden Shell. the quince sun / Dream of Light (1992) was selected in the Made in Spain section, after receiving the International Jury and Critics Award at Cannes, and the collective film Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet he was part of the Zabaltegi section in 2002.