Sebastiane Award
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Sebastian Award is a prize delivered in September, since 2000, to a film or documentary screened during San Sebastián International Film Festival
that best reflects the values and reality of lesbians, gays, transgerders as well as bisexuals.
The selection of the winner film is carried out between all sections that make up the Festival: Official Section, Zabaltegi, Horizontes Latinos, Made Spain, etc.
This idea came up among Gehitu members, a gay , lesbian, bisexual and transgender association from the Basque Country. The goal intended, as it was already happening from 1987 on with the Teddy Award
in the Berlinale , was that the prize would help gay-theme movies have more relevance in movies theatres as well as in mass media.
"Krámpack" ("Nico and Dani" in English), from the film director Cesc Gay, was the first film awarded with Sebastiane Prize. The film reflected the sexual awakening of two teenagers, as one comes to terms with his homosexuality and the other with his heterosexuality. The jury of this edition was made up by the writer Luis G. Martin, film critic Begoña del Teso, Angel Retamar from ZERO magazine, Gehitu members, Patricia García and David Montero.
The name given to the Award, “Sebastiane
”, honoured the film with the same name directed in 1976 by British Derek Jarman
. It was his first film, in which he portrayed introspectively the roman soldier Sebastian, martyr of Christianity, later a Middle Age Saint and eventually turned into a homoerotic icon.
Saint Sebastian, patron saint of San Sebastián (Donostia), is a root symbol of the city itself, venue of the Festival, but likewise it is too a symbol the homosexual culture itself. That serves a perfect picture to represent the Sebastiane Prize.
San Sebastián International Film Festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián .-History:The festival was founded in 1953...
that best reflects the values and reality of lesbians, gays, transgerders as well as bisexuals.
The selection of the winner film is carried out between all sections that make up the Festival: Official Section, Zabaltegi, Horizontes Latinos, Made Spain, etc.
History
In 2000 was raised the idea of creating a gay and lesbian film award in the frame of San Sebastián Film Festival.This idea came up among Gehitu members, a gay , lesbian, bisexual and transgender association from the Basque Country. The goal intended, as it was already happening from 1987 on with the Teddy Award
Teddy Award
The Teddy Award is an international film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival . Here, an "independent jury" implies that its members are not officially selected by the committee of the Berlinale...
in the Berlinale , was that the prize would help gay-theme movies have more relevance in movies theatres as well as in mass media.
"Krámpack" ("Nico and Dani" in English), from the film director Cesc Gay, was the first film awarded with Sebastiane Prize. The film reflected the sexual awakening of two teenagers, as one comes to terms with his homosexuality and the other with his heterosexuality. The jury of this edition was made up by the writer Luis G. Martin, film critic Begoña del Teso, Angel Retamar from ZERO magazine, Gehitu members, Patricia García and David Montero.
The name given to the Award, “Sebastiane
Sebastiane
Sebastiane is a controversial 1976 film written and directed by Derek Jarman and Paul Humfress. It portrays the events of the life of Saint Sebastian, including his iconic martyrdom by arrows. Most of the controversy surrounding the film derives from the homoeroticism portrayed between the soldiers...
”, honoured the film with the same name directed in 1976 by British Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman
Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.-Life:...
. It was his first film, in which he portrayed introspectively the roman soldier Sebastian, martyr of Christianity, later a Middle Age Saint and eventually turned into a homoerotic icon.
Saint Sebastian, patron saint of San Sebastián (Donostia), is a root symbol of the city itself, venue of the Festival, but likewise it is too a symbol the homosexual culture itself. That serves a perfect picture to represent the Sebastiane Prize.
Award
The Prize figurine was designed by Enrique Rojas. It represents the silhouette in metal of the image that traditionally has pictured San Sebastián martyr: a half naked body, which torso is pierced by arrows.Sebastiane Award Winners
- 2000: Krámpack (Nico and Dani), director Cesc Gay.
- 2001: Le fate ignorantiLe Fate IgnorantiThe Ignorant Fairies is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Turkish-Italian film director Ferzan Özpetek.The story follows a woman who discovers that her recently deceased husband had been having an affair.-Plot:...
(The Ignorant Fairies), by Feran Ozpetek. - 2002: Tani tatuwen piyabanna(Flying with one wing), by Asoka Handagama. Sri Lanka
- 2003: Le soleil assassiné, directed by Abdelkrim Bahloul.
- 2004: Beautiful boxel, by Ekachai Uekrongtham.
- 2005: Malas temporadas, (Hard Times), by Manuel Martín Cuenca.
- 2006: Estrellas de la Línea, by Chema Rodríguez.
- 2007: CaramelCaramelCaramel is a beige to dark-brown confection made by heating any of a variety of sugars. It is used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons, and as a topping for ice cream, custard and coffee....
by Nadine Labaki. - 2008: Vicky Cristina BarcelonaVicky Cristina BarcelonaVicky Cristina Barcelona is a 2008 romance comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall...
, by Woody Allen. - 2009: Contracorriente, by Javier Fuentes-León.
- 2010: 80 egunean, directors José Mari Goenaga and Jon Garaño.
- 2011: Albert NobbsAlbert NobbsAlbert Nobbs is a film starring Glenn Close and directed by Rodrigo García. The screenplay is based on a short story by Irish novelist George Moore.- Plot :Glenn Close plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland...
, by Rodrigo García.