Donostia Award
The Donostia Award (Spanish: Premio Donostia; Basque: Donostia Saria) is an honorary award created in 1986 which is given every year to a number of actors and filmmakers in the San Sebastián International Film Festival.[1] It derives its name from Donostia, the Basque name of San Sebastián.[2]
Recipients
[edit]| Year | Recipient[3] | Profession | Nationality | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Gregory Peck | Actor | United States | |
| Gene Tierney | Actress | United States | The award to Tierney was announced prior to the festival, but was not handed as Tierney did not eventually travel to San Sebastián.[4] | |
| 1987 | Glenn Ford | Actor | Canada / United States | |
| 1988 | Vittorio Gassman | Actor, filmmaker and screenwriter | Italy | |
| 1989 | Bette Davis | Actress | United States | |
| 1990 | Claudette Colbert | Actress | United States | |
| 1991 | Anthony Perkins | Actor | United States | |
| 1992 | Lauren Bacall | Actress | United States | |
| 1993 | Robert Mitchum | Actor | United States | |
| 1994 | Lana Turner | Actress | United States | |
| 1995 | Susan Sarandon | Actress | United States | |
| Catherine Deneuve | Actress | France | ||
| 1996 | Al Pacino | Actor | United States | |
| 1997 | Michael Douglas | Actor and producer | United States | |
| Jeremy Irons | Actor | United Kingdom | ||
| 1998 | Jeanne Moreau | Actress and filmmaker | France | |
| Anthony Hopkins | Actor, filmmaker and producer | United Kingdom | ||
| John Malkovich | Actor | United States | ||
| 1999 | Anjelica Huston | Actress | United States | |
| Fernando Fernán Gómez | Actor, screenwriter and filmmaker | Spain | ||
| Vanessa Redgrave | Actress | United Kingdom | ||
| 2000 | Michael Caine | Actor | United Kingdom | |
| Robert De Niro | Actor | United States | ||
| 2001 | Julie Andrews | Actress and singer | United Kingdom | The award was announced prior to the festival, but was not handed in person as Andrews cancelled her trip to San Sebastián in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.[5] |
| Warren Beatty | Actor and filmmaker | United States | The award was announced prior to the festival, but was not handed in person as Beatty cancelled his trip to San Sebastián in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.[5] | |
| Francisco Rabal | Actor | Spain | Rabal died weeks before the festival, and the award was handed posthumously to his grandson Liberto Rabal.[6] | |
| 2002 | Jessica Lange | Actress | United States | |
| Bob Hoskins | Actor and filmmaker | United Kingdom | ||
| Dennis Hopper | Actor and filmmaker | United States | ||
| Francis Ford Coppola | Filmmaker, producer and screenwriter | United States | ||
| 2003 | Robert Duvall | Actor and filmmaker | United States | |
| Sean Penn | Actor and filmmaker | United States | ||
| Isabelle Huppert | Actress | France | ||
| 2004 | Annette Bening | Actress | United States | |
| Jeff Bridges | Actor | United States | ||
| Woody Allen | Actor, filmmaker and screenwriter | United States | ||
| 2005 | Willem Dafoe | Actor | United States | |
| Ben Gazzara | Actor | United States | ||
| 2006 | Max von Sydow | Actor | Sweden / France | |
| Matt Dillon | Actor | United States | ||
| 2007 | Liv Ullmann | Actress and filmmaker | Norway | |
| Richard Gere | Actor | United States | ||
| 2008 | Meryl Streep | Actress | United States | |
| Antonio Banderas | Actor and filmmaker | Spain | ||
| 2009 | Ian McKellen | Actor | United Kingdom | |
| 2010 | Julia Roberts | Actress | United States | |
| 2011 | Glenn Close | Actress | United States | |
| 2002 | Oliver Stone | Filmmaker, producer and screenwriter | United States | |
| Ewan McGregor | Actor | United Kingdom | ||
| Tommy Lee Jones | Actor | United States | ||
| John Travolta | Actor | United States | ||
| Dustin Hoffman | Actor | United States | ||
| 2013 | Carmen Maura | Actress | Spain | |
| Hugh Jackman | Actor | Australia | ||
| 2014 | Denzel Washington | Actor, producer and filmmaker | United States | |
| Benicio del Toro | Actor | Puerto Rico | ||
| 2015 | Emily Watson | Actress | United Kingdom | |
| 2016 | Sigourney Weaver | Actress | United States | |
| Ethan Hawke | Actor, filmmaker and screenwriter | United States | ||
| 2017 | Ricardo Darín | Actor and producer | Argentina | |
| Monica Bellucci | Actress | Italy | ||
| Agnès Varda | Filmmaker, screenwriter and artist | France | ||
| 2018 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor | Japan | |
| Danny DeVito | Actor and filmmaker | United States | ||
| Judi Dench | Actress | United Kingdom | ||
| 2019 | Penélope Cruz | Actress | Spain | |
| Costa-Gavras | Filmmaker, producer and screenwriter | Greece / France | ||
| Donald Sutherland | Actor | Canada | ||
| 2020 | Viggo Mortensen | Actor | United States / Denmark | |
| 2021 | Johnny Depp | Actor | United States | |
| Marion Cotillard | Actress | France | ||
| 2022 | Juliette Binoche | Actress | France | |
| David Cronenberg | Filmmaker, screenwriter and actor | Canada | ||
| 2023 | Javier Bardem | Actor | Spain | The award to Bardem was announced for the 2023 edition, but the award event was later postponed for the 2024 edition due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[7] |
| Víctor Erice | Filmmaker and screenwriter | Spain | ||
| Hayao Miyazaki | Animator and filmmaker | Japan | Miyazaki was handed the award virtually from Tokyo.[8] | |
| 2024 | Cate Blanchett | Actress | Australia | [9] |
| Pedro Almodóvar | Filmmaker and screenwriter | Spain | [10] |
See also
[edit]- Golden Shell for Best Film
- Silver Shell for Best Director
- Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance
- Silver Shell for Best Actor
- Silver Shell for Best Actress
- Sebastiane Award
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "San Sebastian Film Festival". sansebastianfestival. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ (in Spanish) «Donostia-San Sebastián: Onomástica», Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia.
- ^ (in English) Donostia Awards, sansebastianfestival.com.
- ^ Aldarondo, Ricardo (2016-09-14). "Diego Galán: "Hace treinta años había que empezar de cero y explicar dónde estaba San Sebastián"". diariovasco.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ a b Burgueño, Ana (2010-09-10). ""Este modelo de festival no resistiría más recortes"". noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "Paco Rabal recibe un emocionado homenaje en el Festival de San Sebastián". hola.com (in European Spanish). 2001-09-25. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "La entrega del Premio Donostia 2023 a Javier Bardem se pospone hasta el Zinemaldia de 2024". cope.es (in European Spanish). 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ "Hayao Miyazaki recibirá el Premio Donostia de forma virtual". deia.eus (in European Spanish). 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ Jamie Lang (May 9, 2024). "Cate Blanchett to Receive San Sebastian's 2024 Donostia Career Achievement Award". Variety. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
- ^ Jamie Lang (August 14, 2024). "CPedro Almodóvar to Receive 2024 San Sebastian Donostia Career Achievement Award". Variety. Retrieved August 15, 2024.