Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance

The Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance (Spanish: Concha de Plata a la mejor interpretación protagonista; Basque: Interpretazio nagusi onenaren Zilarrezko maskorra) is one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival to the Best Leading Performance of a competing film.^[1] In 2021, the San Sebastián International Film Festival announced that the two acting categories would be retired and replaced with one gender neutral category, with both Best Actor and Best Actress merging into the Best Leading Performance and Best Supporting Performance category.^[2]

Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance
The 2024 recipient: Patricia López Arnaiz
Awarded for	Best Leading Performance
Country	Spain
Presented by	San Sebastián International Film Festival
First award	2021
Currently held by	Patricia López Arnaiz for Glimmers
Website	sansebastianfestival.com

Winners

Year	Actor	Film Title	Ref
2021 (69th)	Flora Ofelia	As in Heaven	[3]
	Jessica Chastain	The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2022 (70th)	Carla Quílez	Motherhood	[4]
	Paul Kircher	Winter Boy
2023 (71st)	Marcelo Subiotto	Puan	[5]
	Tatsuya Fuji	Great Absence
2024 (72nd)	Patricia López Arnaiz	Glimmers	[6]

See also

• Golden Shell for Best Film
• Silver Shell for Best Director
• Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance
• Donostia Award
• Sebastiane Award