The Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance (
Spanish: ''Concha de Plata a la mejor interpretación protagonista'';
Basque: ''Interpretazio nagusi onenaren Zilarrezko maskorra'') is one of the main awards presented at the
San Sebastián International Film Festival to the Best Leading Performance of a competing film. In 2021, the
San Sebastián International Film Festival announced that the two acting categories would be retired and replaced with one
gender neutral
Gender neutrality (adjective form: gender-neutral), also known as gender-neutralism or the gender neutrality movement, is the idea that policies, language, and other social institutions (social structures or gender roles) should avoid distinguish ...
category, with both
Best Actor
Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play.
The term most often refers to th ...
and
Best Actress merging into the Best Lead Performance category.
Winners
See also
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Golden Shell
The Golden Shell ( es, Concha de Oro; eu, Urrezko Maskorra) is the highest prize given to a competing film at the San Sebastián Film Festival. It was introduced in 1957. In 1953 and 1954, the highest prize had been called the Gran Premio. In 19 ...
for Best Film
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Silver Shell for Best Director
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Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance
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Donostia Award
The Donostia Award ( es, Premio Donostia; eu, Donostia Saria) is an honorary award created in 1986 which is given every year to a number of actors and film directors in the San Sebastián International Film Festival. It derives its name from ''Don ...
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Sebastiane Award Sebastiane Award is a prize delivered in September, since 2000, to a film or documentary screened during the San Sebastián International Film Festival that best reflects the values and reality of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people.
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References
External links
Official websiteSSIFF Award ArchiveFilm Affinity
{{San Sebastián International Film Festival
San Sebastián International Film Festival
Spanish film awards
Lists of films by award
Film acting awards
International film awards