The excitement in San Sebastian was strong.
Cuaron spoke in Spanish for the duration of the ceremony.
Youre always pushing for how we can bring cinema to the small screen without depleting it.
Alfonso Cuarón and Cate Blanchett.JB Lacroix/WireImage.
Your genius has been really inspiring to me.
A congratulatory video message had been sent by a friend, Cuaron said.
It wasGeorge Clooney, who said he was calling in from Venice.
Clooney began his message by differentiating between acting as a profession and acting as art.
Its the rarefied air and Cate youre part of that, Clooney said.
I have been lucky enough to direct you and act with you.
Im proud to call you a friend.
I have had a very eclectic and strange career that has taken me to many places, she began.
But perhaps if theres any connective tissue in my career, its the desire to know.
Its the quest to unlock what it means to be human.
That strange and fearful, joyful uncertainty that it is to be a human being.
And its bewildering to me that there seems to be a lot of chest-thumping certainty in the world.
A lot of righteousness and a lack of doubt in the world.
But its this uncertainty that drives me on and its a very uncomfortable place to be.
And I think its something that we all share as humans.
Im forever grateful to San Sebastian.
Blanchett arrived in San Seb after a fall festival run forDisclaimer, her second buzzy project this year.
The 7-part limited series was written and directed by five-time Oscar winner Cuaron.
Kevin Kline and Kodi Smit-McPhee also star.Disclaimerlaunches on October 11 on Apple TV+.
San Sebastian runs from September 20 28.
