Naomi Watts to Receive Donostia Award at 2026 San Sebastian Film Festival
The festival is honoring Watts for her acclaimed film and television work, including two Academy Award nominations and an Emmy nomination.
- British star Naomi Watts will receive the San Sebastián Film Festival's prestigious Donostia Award during its 74th edition in September, cementing her status among cinema's most acclaimed performers.
- Born in England, Watts broke out in David Lynch's "Mullholland Drive," where her performance is "ranked among the finest in contemporary cinema," the San Sebastián Film Festival said in a statement.
- She scored Academy Award nominations for Alejandro's "21 Grams" and Bayona's "The Impossible," and earned an Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Babe Paley in Ryan Murphy's "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans."
- On Saturday, Sept. 19, Watts will pick up her Award and screen "The Housewife," the directorial debut of Canadian Ben Shirinian, a film following a journalist tracking a potential Nazi officer in New York.
- Watts joins legendary German director Werner Herzog in receiving the Award and has collaborated with filmmakers including Peter Jackson, David Cronenberg, and Clint Eastwood. She previously attended the Festival in 2009 for "Mother & Child.
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Naomi Watts to receive Donostia Award at 2026 San Sebastian Film Festival
With a career spanning five decades, the English actress has moved between cult films and "blockbusters". The award she will receive with director Werner Herzog adds to her Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
Last year, Watts was nominated to Emmy for her work in Ryan Murphy's "Feud: Capote vs. The Swans" miniseries, of which she was also one of the executive producers.
British actress Naomi Watts will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival. In doing so, she will join German director Werner Herzog, who was already announced as the winner of this prestigious festival award last month. The festival, in its 74th performance, will take place in the second half of the month.
The versatile Hollywood star presents his new film "The Housewife" in San Sebastian.
The British actress will be one of the protagonists of the next edition of the San Sebastián Film Festival
Naomi Watts To Be Honored At 2026 San Sebastian Film Festival
The San Sebastián Film Festival said Monday that it will bestow two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts with the Spanish fest’s Donostia Award this year, to be followed by the screening there of her new film The Housewife. The award is presented annually to recognize outstanding contributions to the film world. It will be handed out September 19 at a gala ceremony in the Kursaal, where Watts will introduce her latest film. The Housewife, directed…
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