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31st Goya Awards
The 31st Goya Awards were presented at the Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel in Madrid on 4 February 2017 to honour the best in Spanish films of 2016. Actor and comedian Dani Rovira was the master of ceremonies for the third time in a row. Nominations were announced on 14 December 2016 by Javier Cámara and Natalia de Molina. ''A Monster Calls (film), A Monster Calls'' received the most nominations with twelve, followed by ''Smoke & Mirrors (2016 film), Smoke & Mirrors'' and ''The Fury of a Patient Man'' with eleven nominations each. ''The Fury of a Patient Man'' won Best Film, as well as Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay and Best New Director, but ''A Monster Calls (film), A Monster Calls'' won the most awards, with nine awards, including Best Director. Actress Emma Suárez won two awards on the same night: Best Actress for ''Julieta (film), Julieta'' and Best Supporting Actress for ''La próxima piel''. Winners and nominees Major awards Other award nominees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best Director
The Goya Award for Best Director (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor dirección'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the first edition of the Goya Awards. Fernando Fernán Gómez was the first winner of this award for his film ''Voyage to Nowhere''. Pedro Almodóvar holds the record of most wins and nominations for this category, with three wins out of eleven nominations, winning for ''All About My Mother'' (1999), ''Volver'' (2006) and ''Pain and Glory'' (2019). Fernando León de Aranoa shares the record of most wins, having won three times out of four nominations, winning for ''Barrio'' (1998), ''Mondays in the Sun'' (2002) and ''The Good Boss'' (2021). Directors Fernando Trueba, Alejandro Amenábar, Isabel Coixet, and Juan Antonio Bayona have received this award twice. In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Winners and nominees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Machi
María del Carmen Machi Arroyo (born 7 January 1963) is a Spanish actress. She become popular for her role as Aída in the television series ''7 vidas'' and ''Aída''. Biography María del Carmen Machi Arroyo was born on 7 January 1963 in Madrid and raised in neighbouring Getafe. Her father's family comes from Genoa. After several years as a theatre actress, she became popular thanks to her character ''Aída'' first in the TV series ''7 Vidas'', and later in a spinoff series made for the character, ''Aída''. She has also worked in movies like ''Hable con ella'' (2002), ''Descongélate'' (2003), '' Los Amantes Pasajeros'' (2013), '' Ocho apellidos vascos'' (2014) and ''Ocho apellidos catalanes ''Spanish Affair 2'' ( es, Ocho apellidos catalanes, links=no; ) is a 2015 Spanish comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro. It is the sequel to the 2014 box-office hit '' Spanish Affair'', with the four main actors reprising their charact ...'' (2015). Filmography Film Telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María (and Everybody Else)
''María (and Everybody Else)'' ( es, María (y los demás), links=no) is a 2016 Spanish comedy film directed by starring Bárbara Lennie. Cast Production The film is a Frida Films, Promo Allanda and Avalon P.C. production. Release Distributed by Avalon Distribución, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 7 December 2016. See also * List of Spanish films of 2016 A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2016. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured. Films Box office The five highest-grossing Spanish feature films in 2016, by domestic bo ... References External links * 2016 comedy films Spanish comedy films Avalon films 2010s Spanish films 2010s Spanish-language films {{2010s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bárbara Lennie
Bárbara Lennie Holguín (born 20 April 1984) is a Spanish actress, hailed as an indie cinema star. She won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 2014 neo-noir drama ''Magical Girl'', also scooping nominations for ''Obaba'' (New Actress), ''El niño'' (Supporting Actress), ''María (and Everybody Else)'' (Best Actress), and ''God's Crooked Lines'' (Best Actress). Biography Born in Madrid on 20 April 1984, she is of Argentinian and Irish descent. She moved as a toddler with her family from the Prosperidad neighborhood to Buenos Aires, where she lived for 6 years before returning to Madrid circa 1990. She graduated from the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD), after which she started working professionally as an actress. Her credits include ''Magical Girl'', ''Obaba'' and ''El Niño'' and the television series ''Isabel Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen Of Spain
''The Queen of Spain'' ( es, La reina de España, links=no) is a 2016 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Fernando Trueba. Starring Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Neus Asensi, Ana Belén, Javier Cámara, Chino Darín, Loles León, Arturo Ripstein, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sardà, Santiago Segura, Clive Revill, Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin. It was shown in the Berlinale Special section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. The movie is a sequel to Trueba's 1998 drama ''The Girl of Your Dreams'' with Cruz, Resines, Asensi, León, Sanz, Sardà and Segura reprising their roles from the previous film. It was nominated for 5 Goya Awards at the 31st Goya Awards, without winning any, including the nomination for Cruz as Best Actress for the same role for which she had won the Best Actress Award at the 13th Goya Awards, making her the first actress to be nominated twice for the same role in two different films. Plot Nearly twenty years after the events of ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (; ; born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Known for her roles in films of several genres, particularly those in the Spanish language, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is the first and only Spanish actress to be nominated for and to win an Academy Award, as well as the first to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Signed by an agent at the age of 15, Cruz made her acting debut at 16 on television, and her feature film debut the following year in ''Jamón Jamón'' (1992). Her subsequent roles included '' Belle Époque'' (1992), '' Open Your Eyes'' (1997), ''Don Juan'' (1998), ''The Hi-Lo Country'' (1999), ''The Girl of Your Dreams'' (2000), and ''Woman on Top'' (2000). She is also known for her frequent collaborations with Spanish director Pedro Almodóv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best Actress
The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Since its inception, the award has been given to 26 actresses. At the 1st Goya Awards ceremony held in 1987, Amparo Rivelles was the first winner of this award for her role as Laura in '' We Must Undo the House''. Carmen Maura has received the most awards in this category with three wins. Penélope Cruz was nominated on eleven occasions, winning two times. As of the 2022 ceremony, Blanca Portillo is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Maixabel Lasa in '' Maixabel''. Winners and nominees In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are always held the following year. 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations The following individuals received two or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Fernández
Eduard Fernández Serrano (born 25 August 1964) is a Spanish screen and stage actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Goya Awards and four Gaudí Awards. Biography Eduard Fernández was born in Barcelona on 25 August 1964. He trained as a mime artist at the Barcelona's Institut del Teatre, and did street performances as such. He had a 25-year relationship with writer , with whom he had one daughter, Greta, who is also an actress. Following a theatre (he was a member of ) and television career, he made his feature film debut at age 30, in 1994 film ''Souvenir''. His breakthrough film role in 1999 thriller '' Washington Wolves'' earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor The Goya Award for Best New Actor ( es, Premio Goya al mejor actor revelación, links=no) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (s .... Partial film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio De La Torre (actor)
Antonio de la Torre Martín (born 18 January 1968) is a Spanish actor. De la Torre is the actor with most nominations overall to the Goya Awards. He won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Dark Blue Almost Black'' in 2007, whereas he earned the Goya Award for Best Actor for '' The Realm'' in 2019. He has starred in many films directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, with whom he collaborated for the first time in the short film ''Profilaxis'' (2003). Biography Antonio de la Torre Martín was born on 18 January 1968 in Málaga. After earning a licentiate degree in Journalism, he worked work for a time as a sports journalist for Andalusian regional broadcaster Canal Sur. He trained his acting chops under Cristina Rota in Madrid. He started his acting career in television series such as ' or ''Los ladrones van a la oficina''. He landed afterwards minor film roles in ''The Worst Years of Our Lives'' (1994, his feature film debut), ''You Shall Die in Chafarinas'', ''The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Callejo
Luis Callejo Martínez (born 1 August 1970) is a Spanish actor. Biography Luis Callejo Martínez was born in Segovia on 1 August 1970. He trained his acting chops at the local Municipal Theatre Workshop, later joining the Madrid's RESAD. His performance in the 2005 film ''Princesses'' earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor. In 2016, he won a Sant Jordi Awards The Sant Jordi Awards ( ca, Premis Sant Jordi, links=no; es, Premios Sant Jordi, links=no) are film prizes awarded annually by the Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language ... for '' Tarde para la ira''. Selected filmography References External links * 1970 births Living people Spanish male film actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Male actors from Castile and León People from Segovia {{Spain-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best Actor
The Goya Award for Best Actor (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación masculina protagonista'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Actors that won or were nominated for this category have had a significant presence in several film festivals both Spanish and international, Imanol Arias ('' Lute: Run for Your Life''), Fernando Rey (''Winter Diary''), Juan Echanove (''Madregilda''), Luis Tosar (''Take My Eyes''), Juan José Ballesta ('' 7 Virgins''), Juan Diego ('Go Away from Me''), José Sacristán (''The Dead Man and Being Happy''), Javier Gutiérrez (''Marshland''), Ricardo Darín ('' Truman'') and Eduard Fernández ('' Smoke & Mirrors'') received the Silver Shell for Best Actor at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Juan Luis Galiardo (''Goodbye from the Heart''), Javier Cámara (''Torremolinos 73'', ''Chef's Special'') and Alberto San Juan ('' Under the Stars'') received the Best Actor award at the Málaga Film Festival, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
