Georgian writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s first feature film “Beginning” triumphs at Spain’s San Sebastian International Film Festival, winning four top prizes including best film and best director.
US actor and film director Viggo Mortensen, smiles after receiving the Donostia Award for his contribution to the cinema during the 68th San Sebastian Film Festival, in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020.
The story about a community of Jehovah’s Witnesses in a isolated village in Georgia amid the aftermath of an extremist attack also won best screenplay and best actress for Ia Sukhitashvili in the awards ceremony Saturday night. The best actor award was shared by the male ensemble of Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round,” composed of Mads Mikkelsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe and Thomas Bo Larsen.
U.S. actor and film director Viggo Mortensen received the Donostia Award for his contribution to cinema.
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