Georgian film Beginning was the big winner at this year's San Sebastian film festival, taking four of the top prizes, including the Golden Shell for Best Film, at the awards ceremony this weekend.
Dea Kulumbegashvili's debut feature, about a woman in a closed, Jehovah's Witnesses community who is dealing with a crisis in her marriage, and in her faith, also took the Best Director and Best Screenplay honors (for the script Kulumbegashvili co-wrote with Rati Oneli).Star Ia Sukhitashvili won Best Actress for her breakout performance.
Wild Bunch is handling world sales on the film. The Silver Shell for Best Actor went to the foursome of Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang and Lars Ranthe for their performance in Thomas Vinterberg’s.
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