Naëmi Ada's first feature Body of Glass won the 2026 Kutxabank-New Directors Award at San Sebastián. Festival rules divide the €50,000 gross prize equally between the director and a Spanish theatrical distributor; without an eligible distributor, that half remains vacant. The award is separate from the Golden Shell and the youth jury prize.
La bola negra took San Sebastián’s 2026 Perlak audience award for best film, and NAZA won the European-film category. The festival’s rules show that first-screening audiences decide the prizes, while cash awards are directed to Spanish theatrical distributors subject to a later release condition. Published scores do not reveal vote totals or prove that the money has been paid.
Alessandra Sanguinetti’s The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer won the 74th San Sebastián festival’s DAMA Youth Award. The festival says 150 jurors aged 18 to 25 voted after screenings across a 21-film programme drawn from New Directors and eligible Horizontes Latinos entries. Its published score of 9.32 describes the youth poll; the award is distinct from the official jury’s prizes and the Perlak audience vote.
Tender Loving Care won the 74th San Sebastián festival’s Golden Shell for Best Film, while Mike Leigh received the jury’s screenplay prize and Kate O’Flynn shared the leading performance Silver Shell. The festival’s own rules distinguish an award for a producer from awards for individual work, and its catalogue confirms the film’s UK production and credits without establishing a release date for viewers.
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.
Amine Bouhafa’s score for Nicole Garcia’s Milo won the new SGAE music award. Its specialist jury and published rules define a distinct form of recognition within San Sebastián’s Official Selection.
