Mike Leigh Wins Golden Shell at San Sebastian Film Festival
British director's final film 'Tender Loving Care' takes top prize along with Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Kate O'Flynn at the 74th edition.
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- Mike Leigh's 'Tender Loving Care' wins Golden Shell at 74th San Sebastian Festival
- Leigh, 83, suggests film may be his last due to health condition
- Film also takes Best Screenplay and Best Actress (Kate O'Flynn)
- Argentine documentary wins two awards in Horizontes Latinos section
- Spanish film 'La bola negra' receives Audience Award
British filmmaker Mike Leigh, 83, won the Golden Shell for 'Tender Loving Care' at the 74th San Sebastian Film Festival, in what he indicated may be his final film due to a muscular condition. The jury, chaired by Ira Sachs, also awarded the film Best Screenplay and a shared Silver Shell for Best Actress to Kate O'Flynn.
Danish film 'Growth of the Soil' received the other Silver Shell for Best Actress for Asta Kamma August and the Best Cinematography award for Oskar Dahlsbakken. The Argentine documentary 'La ilusión de un verano sin fin' by Alessandra Sanguinetti won the Horizontes Latinos Award and the DAMA Youth Award.
“This film has the grace Leigh has always sought to tell his dramatic depths”
Spanish productions 'La bola negra' by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi won the Audience Award, while Argentine entries 'Glaxo' and 'Mis muertos tristes' in the official competition left empty-handed. María Aparicio's 'A veces me entra tristeza, otras veces rebelión' received a special mention in the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section.
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