Camp Miasma wins Zabaltegi: how its €20,000 prize supports production and release
Jane Schoenbrun’s film won San Sebastián’s Zabaltegi-Tabakalera award. The prize rules divide support between the main producer and Spanish distributor, with a specific theatrical-release condition.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma has won the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award at the 74th San Sebastián Film Festival. The September 26 results name Jane Schoenbrun’s film as the winner and give a separate special mention to María Aparicio’s Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion. The distinction matters because the main award has a defined financial mechanism behind it.
The 2026 regulations allocate €20,000 before deductions: €10,000 for the main producer and €10,000 for the Spanish distributor. If there is no Spanish theatrical distributor, the producer receives the whole prize; the rules allow one month after the festival ends to notify the organisation of a Spanish distributor. This is not described as a personal cash award for the director.
The distributor’s portion also has a release condition. Article 19 requires evidence of commercial cinema screenings in at least two Spanish towns or cities within a year of the festival’s end. Winning establishes eligibility under that mechanism, not proof that the money has already been paid or that those screenings have happened.
A dedicated jury decides the award. This year’s page identifies producer Mariette Rissenbeek as president, alongside filmmaker Ion de Sosa and director-screenwriter Catarina Vasconcelos. Zabaltegi accommodates different lengths and formats, so its award should not be read as a category reserved for feature-length horror films or as an audience vote.
The catalogue lists Camp Miasma as a 112-minute English-language production from the United States and Canada. It identifies Plan B Entertainment under production, The Match Factory under sales and Mubi under distribution. Those credits identify different commercial roles; they do not themselves document the award payment. The synopsis concerns a filmmaker reviving a fading slasher franchise and encountering its original star. This report makes no assessment of the film’s artistic effect from that synopsis.
For English-reading viewers and industry readers, the useful distinction is between recognition, financial conditions and access to the film. The award rules describe support tied to production and Spanish release, while viewing dates and platform availability require separate territory-specific announcements. The accompanying Kursaal photograph by Zarateman dates from April 2009 and provides venue context, not a record of this year’s ceremony.
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