Colombian film director Laura Mora, second left, gestures after receiving the Golden Shell Donostia Award for the film "Los Reyes del Mundo" (The Kings of the World) at the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival, in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
MADRID (AP) --
The Colombian film "Los Reyes del Mundo" ("The Kings of the World") has won the top award at the 70th San Sebastián film festival in Spain.
Director Laura Mora's feature was awarded the Golden Shell for best film at a ceremony late Saturday.
The film follows five young men from Medellín, Colombia's second-largest city, trying to get ahead in life.
Japan's Genki Kawamura won the best director prize for "Hyakka," about a son and his mother who is diagnosed with dementia
The top acting awards went to two young actors in debut starring roles about difficulties in adolescence: Carla Quílez, in the Spanish film "La maternal," and Paul Kircher in the French movie "Le Lycéen" ("Winter Boy").
U.S. director Marian Mathias won the special jury prize with her debut feature, "Runner."
Selena Gomez attends the Academy Women's Luncheon on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
While surveying a room packed with Hollywood's most influential figures, "Emilia Pérez" star Selena Gomez took center stage to spotlight a critical issue: Prioritizing mental health and supporting underserved communities often left behind in the conversation.
"It's about taking action to ensure that underserved communities have access to mental health resources," Gomez said Tuesday at the Academy Women's Luncheon. The singer-actor has been public about her mental health struggles, revealing she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
In 2020, Gomez started the Rare Impact Fund and her Rare Beauty line of cosmetics, pledging to donate 1% of all sales to the fund to help expand mental health services and education for young people.
"It's about showing them that when we come together, we can make a real difference," said Gomez, a Grammy and Emmy-nominated performer who became a Golden Globes double nominee Monday for her roles on "Emilia Pérez" and "Only Murders in the Building."
"I know firsthand how isolation can make you feel at times," she said. "But moments like this and talking to all these amazing women, it just reminds me that I'm not alone. We share. And when we stand together, we create a ripple effect that stretches far beyond our own lives.
Gomez was the keynote speaker at the event held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with attendees including Ariana Grande, Olivia Wilde, Amy Adams, Pamela Anderson, Sarah Paulson, Regina King, Rita Wilson, Ava DuVernay and Awkwafina.
Gomez talked about the importance of amplifying women's voice and being proud while working on "Emilia Pérez," which she says featured "extraordinary" women from in front and behind the camera. She said the film's director, Jacques... Read More
