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Saturday, September 27, 2008

"Pandora's Box" and Winterbottom win at San Sebastian


by John Hopewell and Jonathan Holland
Yesim Ustaoglu’s “Pandora’s Box” won the 56th San Sebastian festival’s Golden Shell for best pic, plus a Silver Shell actress for France’s Tsilla Chelton as an ageing Alzheimer-afflicted country matriarch.

In one of the most popular decisions by the Jonathan Demme- led jury, Melissa Leo took a second Silver Shell actress statue for her performance in Courtney Hunt’s “Frozen River,” a San Sebastian Competish fave.

Full story here.

Posted at 9:13AM in San Sebastian Film Festival|

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