{"id":20869,"date":"2025-10-24T05:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T05:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/20869\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T05:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T05:38:10","slug":"hamnet-wins-big-at-san-diego-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/20869\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Hamnet’ Wins Big at San Diego International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tChlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s \u201cHamnet<\/a>\u201d was the big winner at the San Diego International Film Festival<\/a>, winning both the best Gala Film (jury award) and the Audience Choice Gala Award. Eddie Vedder-starring documentary \u201cMatter of Time,\u201d which blends concert performances with an intimate look at the fight to cure a rare childhood disease, earned the Artistic Director\u2019s Award.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHamnet,\u201d adapted by Maggie O\u2019Farrell\u2019s novel, stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal as Agnes and William Shakespeare in a drama that captures the grief and enduring love that inspired one of literature\u2019s greatest works.<\/p>\n

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Other winners at the fest, which ran from Oct. 15-19, includes:<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Feature: \u201cAontas,\u201d Ireland<\/p>\n

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Artistic Director\u2019s Award: \u201cMatter of Time\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best Documentary: \u201cStandout: The Ben Kjar Story\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best International Feature: \u201cHello Mother,\u201d Mongolia<\/p>\n

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Best Ensemble: \u201cFantasy Life\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best Comedy: \u201cFor Worse\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best Women Film Series: \u201cThe Fisherman,\u201d Ghana<\/p>\n

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Best Shorts Track: \u201cCharmingly Short\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best Short Documentary: \u201cThe Opening Address\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best Short Narrative: \u201cSally, Get the Potatoes\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best International Short Film: \u201cKong Kong\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best Animation: \u201cForevergreen\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best Student Film: \u201cEchoes of the Wild\u201d<\/p>\n

Audience Choice Feature: \u201cObraz,\u201d Montenegro. Film is also repping Montenegro in the international feature film Oscar race.<\/p>\n

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Audience Choice Documentary: \u201cStandout: Ben Kjar\u201d and \u201cA Quiet Love\u201d<\/p>\n

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Audience Choice Short: \u201cRise\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re so proud to honor such a diverse and exciting group of filmmakers,\u201d said Tonya Mantooth, CEO & artistic director, San Diego International Film Festival, in a statement. \u201cFrom powerhouse performances to emerging new voices, this year\u2019s lineup reminded us of the power of cinema to move and unite us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s \u201cHamnet\u201d was the big winner at the San Diego International Film Festival, winning both the best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[17017,74,76,10513,75],"class_list":["post-20869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-hamnet","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-international-film-festival","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}