OFFICIAL AWARDS

• GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM PANDORANIN KUTUSU / PANDORA’S BOX, YESIM USTAOGLU (Turkey-France- Germany-Belgium)
• SPECIAL JURY PRIZE ASBE DU-PA / TWO-LEGGED HORSE, SAMIRA MAKHMALBAF (Iran-France)
• SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM, GENOVA (UK)
• SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTRESS ex-aequo
  • MELISSA LEO, FROZEN RIVER  (USA)
  • TSILLA CHELTON, PANDORANIN KUTUSU / PANDORA’S BOX  (Turkey-France- Germany-Belgium)
• SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTOR OSCAR MARTÍNEZ, EL NIDO VACÍO (Argentina-Spain-France)
• JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY BENOÎT DELÉPINE y GUSTAVE KERVERN, LOUISE-MICHEL (France)
• JURY PRIZE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY HUGO COLACE, EL NIDO VACÍO (Argentina-Spain-France)

NON OFICIAl AWARDS

• ALTADIS-NEW DIRECTORS AWARD LI MI DE CAI XIANG / THE EQUATION OF LOVE AND DEATH, Cao Baoping (China-Hong Kong)
   
• TCM AUDIENCE AWARD
  • BURN AFTER READING, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (USA)
  • AWARD TO THE EUROPEAN FILM LEMON TREE, Eran Riklis (Israel-France-Germany)
     
• YOUTH AWARD
  • AMOROSA SOLEDAD, Martín Carranza, Victoria Galardi (Argentina)
  • SPECIAL MENTION HUNGER. Steve McQueen (Gran Bretaña-Irlanda)
     
• HORIZONTES AWARD
  • GASOLINA, Julio Hernández Cordón (Guatemala)
  • SPECIAL MENTIONS
    • INTIMIDADES DE SHAKESPEARE Y VICTOR HUGO, Yulene Olaizola (Mexico)
    • PARQUE VÍA, Enrique Rivero (Mexico)
       
• FILMS IN PROGRESS 14 AWARDS
  • Industry Award. NORTEADO by Rigoberto Perezcano (Mexico)
  • TVE Award. NORTEADO by Rigoberto Perezcano (Mexico)
  • Casa de América Aid to Post-production. NORTEADO by Rigoberto Perezcano (Mexico)
     
• CINEMA IN MOTION 4 AWARDS 
  • Le Temps des camarades, Mohamed Chrif Tribak (MOROC):
    15,000 € from the Centre National de Cinématographie for post-production works to be held in France.
  • Chou Sar?, De Gaulle Eid (LEBANON-PALESTINE-FRANCE)
    A non-subtitled copy in 35 mm given by the Festival of Amiens.
  • Pomegranates and Myrrh, Najwa Najjar (PALESTINA/PALESTINE)
    Digital calibration worth 20,000 € provided by Mikros Image.
    15,000 € for mixing works provided by Mac’tari.
    Subtitles in French or English, worth 2,500 €, provided by Titra Films.
    One 35 mm copy without subtitles offered by the Fribourg Festival.
     
• VII INTERNATIONAL FILM SCHOOL MEETING AWARDS “LE BAL DES SUSPENDUS” by Azzam El Mehdi.
  ESAV-ÉCOLE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS VISUELS. (MOROCCO).

OTHER AWARDS 

• FIPRESCI AWARD. TIRO EN LA CABEZA, Jaime Rosales (Spain)
   
• TVE OTRA MIRADA AWARD. FROZEN RIVER, Courtney Hunt (USA)
   
• SIGNIS AWARD.
  • FROZEN RIVER, Courtney Hunt (USA)
  • SPECIAL MENTION ARUITEMO, ARUITEMO/ STILL WALKING, Hirokazu Kore-Eda (Japan)
     
• 2008 CEC AWARD FOR BEST FILM. ARUITEMO, ARUITEMO/ STILL WALKING, Hirokazu Kore-Eda (Japan)
   
• GUIPUZCOAN BLOOD-DONORS’ ASSOCIATION CORRESPONDING TO THE SOLIDARITY AWARD. EL PATIO DE MI CÁRCEL, Belén Macías (Spain)
   
• SEBASTIAN 2008 AWARD. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, Woody Allen (Spain-USA)

DONOSTIA AWARD

• ANTONIO BANDERAS
• MERYL STREEP