San Sebastian Film Festival 2016 winners circle honours Asian cinema

By Stephanie Bunbury
Updated September 26 2016 - 9:13pm, first published 4:06pm
Chinese director Feng Xiaogang (left) wins best film award for "I Am Not Madame Bovary" and film star Fan Bingbing is awarded the Silver Shell for best actress for the same movie at the 64th San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain. Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images
Chinese director Feng Xiaogang (left) wins best film award for "I Am Not Madame Bovary" and film star Fan Bingbing is awarded the Silver Shell for best actress for the same movie at the 64th San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain. Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images
Hong Sang-soo receives the Silver Shell for Best Director Award for the film "Yourself and Yours". Photo: Carlos Alvarez
Hong Sang-soo receives the Silver Shell for Best Director Award for the film "Yourself and Yours". Photo: Carlos Alvarez
Fan Bingbing is best known in the West for her athletic feats in the X-Men franchise. Photo: Alvaro Barrientos
Fan Bingbing is best known in the West for her athletic feats in the X-Men franchise. Photo: Alvaro Barrientos

Asian cinema showed its increasing European clout at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival, where Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's I am not Madame Bovary took out both the top Golden Shell award and the prize for best actress.

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