'Pacificado' wins the Golden Shell and 'The Infinite Trinchera' triumphs among the Spanish films at the San Sebastián Festival

The Brazilian film also won the award for best photography and best actor for Bukassa Kabengele, while the film by Gipuzkoans Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and José María Goenaga won the award for Best Direction and Best Screenplay.

The favelas at the foot of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro portrayed by the Texan director Paxton Winters in Pacified caught the attention of the jury 67th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival, chaired by Neil Jordan, by granting the Brazilian film the Golden Shell.

The film tells the story of a 13-year-old girl who tries to survive among favelas during police raids that occurred on the occasion of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Pacified He has also won the award for best photography y best actor for Bukassa Kabengele. The film has snatched the festival's top award from The infinite trench, a favorite among critics and audiences.

The tape, from the Gipuzkoans Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and José María Goenaga, who won the Special Jury Prize in the 2017 edition with big, managed to get the Best Direction Award and the award for Best Screenplay.

Set in the post-war period and starring Antonio de la Torre and Belén Cuesta, it is the first story by this team of Basque directors filmed in Andalusia.

In addition, he has received the award Feroz awarded at the festival by the Association of Cinematographic Informants of Spain and the Fipresci award of the critics federation.

Winners of the 67th edition of the San Sebastián Film Festival

Concha de Oro: Pacified, by Paxton Winters

Silver Shell for Best Director: The Infinite Trench, by Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga.

Silver Shell for Best Actress: Nina Hoss for Das Vorspiel and Greta Fernández for A Thief's Daughter

Silver Shell for Best Actor: Bukassa Kabengele for Pacificado

Jury Prize for Best Photography: Pacificado, by Paxton Winters.

Jury Prize for Best Screenplay: The Infinite Trench, by Jon Garaño, Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga.

Special Jury Prize: Próxima, by Alice Winecour.

Kutxabank-New Directors Award: Some beasts, by Jorge Riquelme.

Horizontes Latinos Awards: Again again, by Romina Paula.

Premio Zabaltegi-Tabakalera: I was at home, but, de Angela Schanelec.

City of Donostia Audience Award: Specials, by Ollivier Nakache and Eric Toledano.

Audience Award for Best European Film: Sorry we missed you, by Ken Loach.

Irízar Award for Basque Cinema: The infinite trench

Films in Progress Industry Award: Without particular signs, by Fernanda Valadez.

TVE Award - Another Look: The green wave (let it be law), by Juan Solanas.

Spanish Cooperation Award: Our mothers

Premio Glocal in Progress: Andromeda galaxy

Donostia Awards: Penélope Cruz, Donald Sutherland and Costa Gavras