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Naomi Watts to Receive San Sebastián Film Festival’s Donostia Award, Followed by Screening of The Housewife
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Naomi Watts to Receive San Sebastián Film Festival’s Donostia Award, Followed by Screening of The Housewife

The Spanish festival announced that the two-time Oscar nominee will be honored this year with the Donostia Award and later featured via a festival screening of her new film, The Housewife.

By The Apex Times Newsroom2 min readAI-assisted Apex article

The San Sebastián Film Festival said on Monday that it will honor Naomi Watts with the festival’s Donostia Award this year, a lifetime achievement prize presented annually to recognize outstanding contributions to the film world. The announcement also said the festival will screen Watts’s new film, The Housewife, following the ceremony.

Watts, a two-time Oscar nominee, is scheduled to receive the Donostia Award at the Spanish festival as part of its program honoring prominent international film figures. The festival described the award as a recognition of sustained contributions to cinema rather than a single-year accomplishment.

According to the festival’s announcement, the honor will be followed by the presentation of Watts’s new film, The Housewife, at San Sebastián. The coupling of a career retrospective-style recognition with a same-period release aims to link an established body of work with a current project for attending industry members and festival audiences.

The Housewife, which the festival plans to screen after Watts’s award, is positioned by the festival as Watts’s latest work to be shown to the public during the event. The festival did not, in the announcement summary, provide additional details on the film’s plot or the specific venue schedule for either the award ceremony or the screening.

San Sebastián’s Donostia Award has historically functioned as a marquee moment within the festival calendar, drawing attention from international press and film professionals. With Watts named this year, the announcement adds another high-profile figure to the festival’s slate of marquee events.

The announcement comes as film releases and festival programming continue to shape how films are previewed for critics, buyers, and wider audiences. Festival screenings can influence a film’s visibility with distributors and media, particularly when paired with an internationally recognizable honoree.

Watts’s reception of the Donostia Award and the subsequent screening of The Housewife are expected to be central public-facing events for the festival, with details of the exact ceremony and screening timing to be set out in the festival’s full program materials as the event approaches.

Why It Matters

  • The Donostia Award typically serves as a major international platform for an industry figure, affecting press attention and professional visibility.
  • Pairing a career honor with a same-period film screening can strengthen audience and buyer interest in a new release.
  • Festival screenings can play an outsized role in early coverage and downstream distribution discussions.
  • The program will bring together industry attention around both an established star and a current film project during the festival’s public events.

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Key Facts

  • The San Sebastián Film Festival announced on Monday it will award Naomi Watts the Donostia Award this year.
  • The Donostia Award is presented annually to recognize outstanding contributions to the film world.
  • The festival said Watts is a two-time Oscar nominee.
  • The festival said it will screen Watts’s new film, The Housewife, following the award.
  • The festival’s announcement places the award and the screening as linked events within the festival’s calendar.