The awards of the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival have been distributed in one medium of Kursaal. The organizers had already planned for the gala to be held quite coldly and, for this reason, they wanted to complete the show with live music and dance, with a small tribute to the musician Ennio Morricone, who died this year.

As for the Official Section Awards, the night has made a clear winner: This is Dasatskisi/Beginning by Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili. This special film, which starts from an attack on a community of Jehovah's Witnesses, brings the awards to the best script, best direction, best actress and best movie.

Although he may have been present at the Kulumbegashvili awards ceremony, many of the winners have thanked through a video. This is how it happened with the four protagonists of the Danish film Druk: they have won the Silver Shell for the best actor; the Japanese film Nakuko wa ineega has been awarded the award for the best photography (by an error, his video has appeared on the screen before pronouncing the name of the winners) and the special jury prize has been Crock of Gold, directed by Julien Temple. This is the documentary to Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan who has taken the Concha Grand Prix.

On the other hand, the film by director David Pérez Sañudo received the Irizar Prize for the Basque Film in the category of best film. Maider Oleaga spoke at the gala on behalf of the jury and, as he explained, those who decided the prize unanimously decided to make a special mention of Amaia Merino and Miguel Ángel llamas. also documentary.