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Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance

{{Short description|San Sebastián International Film Festival Award}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance

| awarded_for = Best Leading Performance

| presenter = San Sebastián International Film Festival

| country = Spain

| image = Festival de Málaga 2024 - Patricia López Arnáiz.jpg

| alt =

| image_upright = 0.8

| caption = The 2024 recipient: Patricia López Arnaiz

| year = 2021

| holder = Patricia López Arnaiz for Glimmers

| website = {{url|sansebastianfestival.com}}

}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2023/awards_and_jury_members/1/20613/in|title=San Sebastian Film Festival|website=sansebastianfestival|access-date=2023-08-26}} In 2021, the San Sebastián International Film Festival announced that the two acting categories would be retired and replaced with one gender neutral category, with both Best Actor and Best Actress merging into the Best Leading Performance and Best Supporting Performance category.{{Cite web|author=Tom Grater|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/san-sebastian-festival-introduce-gender-neutral-acting-awards-1234779245/|title=San Sebastian Becomes Latest Festival To Introduce Gender Neutral Acting Awards|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=22 June 2021 |access-date=2021-06-22}}

Winners

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!Actor

!Film Title

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align = "center" rowspan="2" | 2021
{{small|(69th)}}

| Flora Ofelia

|As in Heaven

| align = "center" rowspan="2" | {{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/festivals/romanian-film-blue-moon-takes-top-prize-at-san-sebastian-fest-as-jessica-chastain-wins-for-performance-1235074213/|website=Variety|title=Romanian Film ‘Blue Moon’ Takes Top Prize at San Sebastian Fest, as Jessica Chastain Wins for Performance|date=25 September 2021|first=Guy|last=Lodge}}

Jessica Chastain

|The Eyes of Tammy Faye

align = "center" rowspan="2" | 2022
{{small|(70th)}}

| Carla Quílez

|Motherhood

| align = "center" rowspan="2" | {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/kings-of-the-world-tops-san-sebastian-film-festival-award-winners-1235382835/|title=Colombian Film 'Kings of the World' Tops San Sebastian Award Winners|website=Variety|first=Guy|last=Lodge|date=September 24, 2022|accessdate=September 24, 2022}}

Paul Kircher

|Winter Boy

align = "center" rowspan="2" | 2023
{{small|(71st)}}

| Marcelo Subiotto

| Puan

| align = "center" rowspan = "2" | {{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/jaione-cambordas-the-rye-horn-wins-top-prize-at-san-sebastian-1235741267/|first=Jessica|last=Kiang|date=30 September 2023|website=Variety|title=San Sebastián Native Jaione Camborda’s ‘The Rye Horn’ Wins Top Prize At San Sebastian}}

Tatsuya Fuji

| Great Absence

align = "center" | 2024
{{small|(72nd)}}

| Patricia López Arnaiz

| Glimmers

| {{center|{{Cite web|website=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/san-sebastian-film-festival-award-winners-1236158891/|title=San Sebastián Film Festival Award Winners (Updating Live)|date=28 September 2024|first=Guy|last=Lodge}}}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/ Official website]
  • [https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2023/awards_and_jury_members/1/20613/in SSIFF Award Archive]
  • [https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/awards-history.php?cat-id=ss_mejor_interprete Film Affinity]

{{Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance}}

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Category:San Sebastián International Film Festival

Category:Spanish film awards

Category:Lists of films by award

Category:Film acting awards

Category:International film awards