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Iair Said’s “Most People Die On Sundays” and Michael Fetter Nathansky’s “Mannequins” took two prizes each as Daniela Abad Lombana’s “These Were All Fields,” also triumphed Wednesday at San Sebastian Festival’s prize ceremony for winners at its main industry competitions: the Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum and Wip Latin America and Wip Europa pix-in-post showcases.

Also among winners at the Forum were two high-profile Argentine projects, Bárbara Sarasola-Day’s “Little War” and Lucila Mariani’s “The Days Off.”

Meanwhile, Naomi Pacifique’s “After the Night, the Night” headed home home with the trophy at San Sebastián’s development program Ikusmira Berriak, seen as a pivotal young talent residency in Spain.

Said’s second film uses a sweet and sour comedy tone to follow the vicissitudes of a young homosexual Jew when he has to go home to face his father’s last days. Prizes galore go to the winning film,...