The world’s film in just one festival! San Sebastian Film Festival is scheduled this month on September 18 to 27 which highlights several films from almost all races from English to the Latin films.

Originally the festival is meant to honor the films on Spanish language. It is an annual event in the capital city of Donostia- San Sebastian that started in 1973. The festival only started to include other languages films in the 1950s. The awarding of the films is done by a jury though an award called an Audience Award is given to the most well-like film of the audience. The Golden Shell, Silver Shell and Donostia Awards are the main awards of the festival.

The top most award given by the festival is the ‘Concha de Oro’ or the Golden Shell to the films that competes in this festival; the giving of this award only started in 1957. And on the year before this particularly in 1954 and 1953 the top most awards has been named as the Gran Premio and on 1956 and 1955 it changed to Silver Shell.

Then San Sebastian Film Festival is gaining popularity and getting attention worldwide after those years. In fact it received the International Critics’ Big Award amid the year 1980 and 1984.The Donostia Award is given to one or several actors in the festival starting 1986.

Several Hollywood actors, actresses and directors already grace the festival since the start of its popularity. To mention some Anthony Hopkins, Robert De Niro, Anthony Quinn, Elizabeth Taylor, Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith, Howard Hawks, Robert Altman and many more.