At which 2008 film festival did Yeşim Ustaoğlu’s Pandora’s Box win the Golden Shell?

Yeşim Ustaoğlu’s Pandora’s Box won the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2008.

The Golden Shell is the top prize of the San Sebastián festival, officially known in Spanish as the Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián. Ustaoğlu’s film received it at the festival’s 56th edition, held in 2008.

The film follows three siblings searching for their missing mother and uses the reunion to examine family conflict, aging, and the distance between modern city life and rural traditions. Tsilla Chelton also won Best Actress for her performance as the mother.

The award is sometimes confused with prizes from Cannes, Venice, or Berlin because all four festivals are major European events. Pandora’s Box did not win the top prize at those festivals; its major festival honor was San Sebastián’s Golden Shell.