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38th Goya Awards
The 38th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, took place at the premises in Valladolid, Castile and León on 10 February 2024. The ceremony was broadcast on La 1 (Spanish TV channel), La 1 and RTVE Play. J. A. Bayona's ''Society of the Snow'' received the most awards during the ceremony with twelve wins, including Best Film. Background In March 2023, Valladolid was revealed as the host city for the 38th edition, together with the 2025 host city, Granada. On 29 June 2023, the specific date of 10 February was disclosed by the academy president Fernando Méndez-Leite and the Mayor of Valladolid Jesús Julio Carnero. The mixed selection process was modified so 3 nominations be chosen by academy members belonging to the respective specialisation with the other two being elected by the entire body of academy members. The shortlist system for the short film and documentary award categories was also discarded. In October 2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valladolid
Valladolid () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of Valladolid, province of the same name. It has a population around 300,000 people (2021 est.). Population figures from 1 January 2013. The city is located roughly in the centre of the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula's Meseta Central, at the confluence of the Pisuerga River, Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers before they join the Duero, surrounded by winegrowing areas. The area was settled in pre-Roman times by the Celtic Vaccaei people, and then by Ancient Rome, Romans themselves. The settlement was purportedly founded after 1072, growing in prominence within the context of the Crown of Castile, being endowed with fairs and different institutions such as a collegiate church, University of Valladolid, University (1241), Court (royal), Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Ashes
''The Last Ashes'' ( lb, Läif a Séil) is a 2023 Luxembourgish Western drama film directed by Loïc Tanson in his directorial debut. Starring Sophie Mousel, it follows Hélène, who returns to her native village under a new identity. Looking for revenge and ready to do anything to destroy the Graff family. The film was premiered at the 56th Sitges Film Festival on 9 October 2023 and subsequently released in Luxembourg on 25 October. It was selected as the Luxembourgish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards On December 7, it appeared in the eligible list for consideration for the 2024 Oscars, but, it didn't make it to the shortlist. Synopsis This is a contemporary western drama with female leads, taking place in Luxembourg in 1854. Hélène comes back to her home village taking new identity to take revenge from the Graff family. Graff family is ruling over her community with an iron fist. She is furious to see how her relatives and neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Teachers' Lounge
''The Teachers' Lounge'' (german: Das Lehrerzimmer) is a 2023 German drama film directed by İlker Çatak, who co-wrote the screenplay with . Leonie Benesch stars as a teacher tasked with finding out which of her students is responsible for a series of thefts. It was nominated to compete for the Panorama Audience Award at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 18 February 2023. Released to critical acclaim, the National Board of Review named ''The Teachers' Lounge'' one of the top five international films of 2023. It was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Plot Students from the 7th-grade class of the idealistic teacher Carla Nowak, a new transfer to the school, are pressured by other teachers to identify which of their classmates could be the most likely suspect for a series of thefts from the teachers' lounge. Carla encourages them to stay silent if they wish, but the other teachers pursue the iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safe Place (film)
''Safe Place'' ( hr, Sigurno mjesto, links=no) is a 2022 Croatian family drama film written and directed by Juraj Lerotić as his debut. The film starJuraj Lerotićas Bruno, Goran Marković as Damir and Snježana Sinovčić Šiškov as Mother. ''Safe Place'' had its world premiere at the 75th Locarno Film Festival on 6 August 2022, as a part of 'Concorso Cineasti del presente' program and won three prizes: Juraj Lerotić Award for Best Emerging Director Award of the City and Region of Locarno Goran Marković Award for Best Actor (Pardo for Best Actor), Best Debut Feature Film (Swatch First Feature Award). ''Safe Place'' was selected by the Croatian Society of Film Professionals as the Croatian candidate for the Best International Feature Film category at the 95th Academy Awards in September 2022. Juraj Lerotić won The "Vladimir Nazor Award'' by the Republic of Croatia for outstanding artistic achievements in film. The European Film Academy Board has selected the film for a Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eight Mountains
''The Eight Mountains'' ( it, Le otto montagne) is a 2022 Italian drama film co-directed by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, who co-adapted the screenplay from the novel of the same name by Paolo Cognetti. The film depicts a friendship between two men who spend their childhood together in a remote Alpine village and reconnect later as adults. The title is a reference to the concept in Buddhism and ancient Indian cosmology that the world is composed of nine mountains and eight seas, specifically eight concentric circular mountain ranges separated from one another by eight seas, with the ninth and tallest mountain, Mount Meru, at the center. The film premiered in competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, where it won the Jury Prize tying with '' EO''. The next year it was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Film. Plot In the summer of 1984, Pietro, an 11-year-old from Turin, and his mother, Francesca, rent a house in Grana in the Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder (2022 Film)
''Thunder'' (french: Foudre) is a 2022 Swiss drama film written and directed by Carmen Jaquier.Muriel Del Don"Carmen Jaquier’s Foudre enters into post-production" ''Cineuropa'', 27 July 2021. The film stars Lilith Grasmug as Elisabeth, a young woman who has spent several years in a convent school preparing to take vocation as a nun, but finds that her desires have changed when she returns home following the death of her older sister. Jaquier has described the film as inspired by the discovery of old notebooks belonging to her great-grandmother, which revealed details about her daily life and her relationship to God. The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2022, and will be screened in the New Directors lineup at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival.John Hopewell"San Sebastian New Directors Section to Feature Carmen Jaquier, Laura Baumeister, Dinara Drukarova" ''Variety'', 28 July 2022. See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behind The Haystacks
''Behind the Haystacks'' ( el, Πίσω από τις θημωνιές, translit=Píso apo tis thimonies) is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Asimina Proedrou in her directorial debut. The film tells the story of a middle-aged fisherman who, faced with mounting debt, begins to smuggle refugees across a lake on Greece's northern border. It had its premiere at the 63rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival in 'Meet the Neighbours Competition' section on 11 November 2022. ''Behind the Haystacks'' was nominated in 17 categories in the 14th edition of the Hellenic Film Academy Awards, and won the Best Film Award along with nine other accolades. It was selected as the Greek entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. On December 7, it appeared in the eligible list for consideration for the 2024 Oscars, but it didn't make it to the shortlist. Synopsis In 2015, a middle-aged fisherman living on the border of Greece with North Macedonia near Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatomy Of A Fall
''Anatomy of a Fall'' (french: link=no, Anatomie d'une chute) is a 2023 French courtroom drama thriller film directed by Justine Triet from a screenplay she co-wrote with Arthur Harari. It stars Sandra Hüller as a writer trying to prove her innocence in her husband's death. The film premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2023, where it won the and the Palm Dog Award and competed for the Queer Palm. It continued to win awards, including the National Board of Review Award for Best International Film and two Golden Globes Awards, for Best Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. It was released theatrically in France by Le Pacte on 23 August 2023, receiving critical acclaim, with praise for Triet's direction and screenplay co-written with Harari and Hüller's performance, and sold over one million admissions in France. Plot In an isolated mountain chalet near Grenoble, Samuel Maleski is playing music in his attic so loudly that his wife, bisexual novelist Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftersun
''Aftersun'' is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Charlotte Wells, starring Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio and Celia Rowlson-Hall. It was released in the United States on 21 October 2022 by A24 and in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2022 by Mubi. ''Aftersun'' is a period film set in the late 1990s and follows Sophie, an 11-year-old Scottish girl, on vacation with her father at a Turkish resort on the eve of his 31st birthday. The film received universal acclaim from critics, who praised Wells' direction and screenplay, and the performances of Mescal and Corio. It was also named one of the best films of 2022 by the National Board of Review and was awarded top place by ''Sight and Sound'' on its poll for the best films of the year. Plot 11-year-old Sophie takes a summer holiday to Turkey with her loving and idealistic but troubled 30-year-old Scottish father Calum. Sophie is a curious, intelligent and observant girl, grappling with her burgeoning feelings of growth and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best European Film
The Goya Award for Best European Film (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor película europea'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. p.110. Focal Press, 2000 The award was first presented at the seventh edition of the with the French film '' Indochine'' behind the first winner of the category. Winners and nominees The films are listed by the year they receiv ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
