The Youth Jury consists of around 200 youngsters from 18-25 years of age.

Participation in the Jury is therefore voluntary and implies the compromise of viewing all of the movies screened in the New Directors selection opting for the Youth Award. Members of the Jury must therefore watch a daily average of three films. Students have to commit themselves to attend all the films which compete for the Youth Award by Desigual, which are the films in New Directors and the first and second films participating in Horizontes Latinos section.

The decision to sit on this Youth Jury is voluntary and implies accepting the commitment to attend the screening of all films competing for the award. The Jury members cast several votes a day to choose the winner of the Youth Award by Desigual. The competition is open to films in the New Directors section, and to first and second works participating in the Horizontes Latinos section. Sitting on the Jury means viewing an average of 3 films a day.

The results of the poll are announced daily on the Official Site, the Festival Diary and at the screen placed in the Kursaal hall..

It is the Youth Jury members themselves who organize presentation of the award. The corresponding plaque is presented at the Youth Closing Gala in the Kursaal Centre prior to screening of the winning title.

The programme of activities related to the Youth Award is rounded off with a party at one of the best known discos in San Sebastian, in which the young jury members are invited to participate alongside the different film teams.

We are pleased to invite youngsters between the ages of 18 and 25 to sit on the Youth Jury at the 62nd edition of the San Sebastian Festival, to take place from September 19 – 27.

For further information, all those interested in participating can call us on: (00 34) 943 48 12 12, or write to us at: juventud@sansebastianfestival.com

The enrollment to be part of this year’s Youth Jury has finished. In the coming weeks we will contact the selection.

Winners of this award in the last years were:

• 1999 AGNES BROWNE, by Anjelica Huston (USA-Ireland)
• 2000 FÖRE STORMEN/BEFORE THE STORM, by Reza Parsa (Sweden)
• 2001 ELLING, by Peter Naess (Norway)
• 2002 REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES, Patricia Cardoso (USA)
• 2003 NOVIEMBRE, by Achero Mañas (Spain)
• 2004 IN MY FATHER'S DEN by Brad McGann (Nueva Zelanda-Gran Bretaña)
• 2005 AUPA ETXEBESTE! by directors Asier Altuna and Telmo Esnal (Spain)
• 2006 KUNSTEN AT GRÆDE I KOR / THE ART OF CRYING by Peter Schønau Fog (Dinamarca)
• 2007 CARAMEL by director Nadine Labaki (Lebanon-France)
• 2008 AMOROSA SOLEDAD by directors Martín Carranza and Victoria Galardi
• 2009 MIN DÎT / THE CHILDREN OF DIYARBAKIR by director Miraz Bezar
• 2010 ABEL by Diego Luna
• 2011 WILD BILL, Dexter Fletcher (UK)
• 2012 7 CAJAS, Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori (Paraguay)
• 2013 WOLF, Jim Taihuttu (Holanda)