Once again this year, the San Sebastián Film Festival has served as a great meeting point for the European and Latin American film industries. Yesterday, at the 66^th edition of the gathering, the awards were dished out within its various industry sections, which unspooled from 22-26 September.

The big winner in Films in Progress 34 was The Sharks [+lire aussi :
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The winner of the second edition of Glocal in Progress was Lithuanian director Ignas Jonynas with his new movie, Invisible [+lire aussi :
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As for the seventh Europe-Latin American Co-production Forum, the victors were The Jungle, by Swiss director Matthias Huser (best known for his feature debut, They Chased Me Through Arizona [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jayro Bustamante
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Lastly, at the fourth edition of the Ikusmira Berriak training workshop, which selected projects by Manuel Abramovich, Grigory Kolomytsev, Arantza Santesteban, Nele Wohlatz and Elena López Riera, it was the latter director, who so far has helmed a number of short films that have been festooned with awards at major festivals, who scooped the REC Grabaketa Estudioa Post-production Award for her project Water.

Here is the full list of award winners:

Films in Progress 34

Films in Progress Industry Award
The Sharks [+lire aussi :
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Film Factory Award
The Sharks – Lucía Garibaldi

Glocal in Progress

Glocal in Progress Industry Award
Invisible [+lire aussi :
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VII Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum

VII Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum Best Project Award
Hermano Peligro – Pablo Fendrik (Argentina/Denmark)

EFADs-CACI Europe-Latin America Co-production Grant
La llorona [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jayro Bustamante
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Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
The Jungle – Matthias Huser (Switzerland)

ARTE Kino International Prize
Libertad [+lire aussi :
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interview : Clara Roquet
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Ikusmira Berriak

REC Grabaketa Estudioa Post-production Award 
El agua [+lire aussi :
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interview : Elena Lopez Riera
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