Colombian film director Laura Mora, second left, gestures after receiving the Golden Shell Donostia Award for the film los Reyes del Mundo (File Photo: AP)
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 Medellin, 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 Quilez, in the Spanish film “La maternal,” and Paul Kircher in the French movie “Le Lyceen” (“Winter Boy”).
U.S. director Marian Mathias won the special jury prize with her debut feature, “Runner.”
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