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Festival De Cans
The Cans Festival ( gl, Festival de Cans) is an annual short film festival held in the parish of Cans (O Porriño, Spain) that coincides with the near-homophonous Cannes Film Festival. The festival is organized by the Arela Cultural Association and coordinated by the scriptwriter Alfonso Pato. The festival takes over the whole village; Barns and basements change their normal uses to become cinema screens and the audience are ferried by locals to and from the screenings on two-wheel tractors, known locally as '' chimpíns''. Other free activities are also available to the public: concerts, parades and hiking routes. Background The Cans Festival is celebrated every year in the parish of Cans (O Porriño, Pontevedra Spain), which has an official population of 400 inhabitants although during the festival that number rises to more than 10,000 people. Its symbols of identity are the peculiar cinema rooms: sheds, basements, empty houses, wine cellars and even henhouses transferred altr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Porriño
O Porriño (historically known in English as ) is a municipality in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra (province), Pontevedra. An industrial town, in the Vigo metropolitan area, it is an important economic dependency. One of its main industries is granite production; the variety of granite produced in O Porriño is known as (Porriño Pink), and is exported from the Port of Vigo mainly to Italy, Japan and China. From O Porriño came the architect Antonio Palacios, known for the use of granite in his work, such as the ''Telecommunications Palace'' in Madrid, the García Barbón Theater in Vigo, or Porrino Town Hall amongst others. It is the home town of the Sporting Lisboa woman basketball team player Andrea Pérez Alonso. On 9 September 2016, a Portuguese train travelling from Vigo to Porto 2016 O Porriño derailment, derailed near O Porriño railway station, killing the driver and at least three other people on board. Parroquias The municipality is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Pujalte
María Pujalte Vidal (born December 22, 1966 in A Coruña) is a Spanish actress. She studied singing, drama and self-expression through movement in Santiago de Compostela and at the Scuola Internazionale dell'Attore Comico from Reggio Emilia with a scholarship of the Deputation of Corunna. She has been a member of Centro Dramático Galego and of the theatre groups Moucho Clerc and Compañía de Marías. Filmography Short films Television As a conductor *Gala Premios Max, 2003 As an actress Theatre * ''The Real Thing (play), The Real Thing'' (2010), by Tom Stoppard. * ''Gatas (play), Gatas'' (2008), by Manuel González Gil and Daniel Botti. * ''Las cuñadas'' (2008), by Michel Tremblay. * ''El método Grönholm'' (2007), by Jordi Galcerán * ''Dónde pongo la cabeza'' (2006), by Yolanda García Serrano * ''Confesiones de mujeres de 30'' (2002-2004) * ''Caníbales'' (1996) * ''Martes de Carnaval'' (1995) by Ramón del Valle-Inclán * ''Finisterra Broadway am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julián Hernández (filmmaker)
Julián Hernández (born 1972 in Mexico City, Mexico as Julián Hernández Pérez) is a Mexican multi-awarded filmmaker. He won twice the Teddy Award at Berlin Film Festival with his movies ''Thousand Clouds of Peace Fence the Sky, Love, Your Being Love Will Never End'' (2003), and ''Raging Sun, Raging Sky'' (2009). He studied at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC), from where he was expelled due to his gay-themed films during a homophobic administration, and was not mentioned as a serious director until he started winning international recognition. He has credited his use of cinematographic language to influences from filmmakers such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Leonardo Favio, Robert Bresson, and Alain Resnais Alain Resnais (; 3 June 19221 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Durán "Morris"
Antonio Segundo Durán Moreiras (born 1959), often credited as Antonio Durán "Morris", is a Spanish actor. A popular television actor in his native Galicia, he became regionally known due to his performance in series such as '' Pratos combinados''. Biography Antonio Segundo Durán Moreiras was born in 1959 in the parish of , in the municipality of Vigo. He worked for the and founded the Artello theatre group. He earned recognition in Galicia for his television performance in the soap opera '' Pratos combinados'', which ran from 1995 to 2006. He also starred in ''Padre Casares'', ''Air Galicia'', and ''Zapping Comando''. A performer specialised in supporting roles in Spanish cinema, his film credits include performances in ''Continental'' (1990), ' (1998), ''Mondays in the Sun'' (2002), ''Princesses'' (2005), ''Mataharis ''Mataharis'' is a 2007 Spanish drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín. It stars Najwa Nimri, Tristán Ulloa, María Vázquez and Nuria González. The plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teté Delgado
Teté (24 August 1907 – 18 June 1962) was a Brazilian football manager who coached Brazil national team for some games in 1956. He also coached Sport Club Internacional during the 1950s. Biography Teté was a major coach of football in Rio Grande do Sul. Became known as the "Marshal of Victories," because he was an officer of the Army Reserve. As a player, he served in the 9º Regimento. Then trained the Farroupilha (after the change of club name), Pelotas Brazil Guarany of Bagé, General Osorio Cruzeiro-RS Nacional-RS and Internacional . In Internacional, Teté did well. He coached the team from 1951 to 1957 and was four-time Gaucho (51, 52, 53 and 55). Also coached Brazil national team, became champion of the Pan American of 1956 in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Gran Wyoming
José Miguel Monzón Navarro (15 May 1955, Madrid), better known as El Gran Wyoming (''The Great Wyoming''), Wyoming or Guayo, is a Spanish television presenter, actor, musician, director and humorist. He graduated in Medicine and was a doctor in the town of Buitrago del Lozoya for a short period of time. He has hosted several programs such as '' Silencio se juega'' (1984), '' La noche se mueve'' (1992) and '' El peor programa de la semana'' (1993). Televisión Española refused to broadcast the last episode of the latter because of an interview with the writer Quim Monzó, in which a joke was made about the employment situation of the King's daughter ( Elena de Borbón). The official reason given was low ratings of the program. In 1995 he returned to TV on the private channel Telecinco. He presented ''Caiga quien caiga'' from 1996 to 2002. He was firstly critical of the last Felipe Gonzalez's socialist government and later against the conservative government of José María ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suso De Toro
Xesús Miguel "Suso" de Toro Santos (born 10 January 1956) is a Spanish writer. A modern and contemporary arts graduate, he has published more than twenty novels and plays in Galician. He is a television scriptwriter and regular contributor to the press and radio. Suso de Toro writes in Galician and sometimes translates his own work into Spanish. His works have been translated into several languages, and have been taught in European universities. There are plans to make three of his works into films: ''A Sombra Cazadora'', ''Non Volvas'', and ''Calzados Lola''. Works * ''Caixón desastre'' (1983) * ''Polaroid'' (1986) * ''Land Rover'' (1988) * ''Ambulancia'' (1990) * ''Tic-tac'' (1993) * ''A Sombra Cazadora'' (1994) Edicións Xerais * ''Conta Saldada'' (1996) * ''Unha Rosa é unha Rosa'' (1997), theater * ''Calzados Lola'' (1997) * ''Círculo'' (1998) * ''Non Volvas'' (2000) Edicións Xerais * ''Trece badaladas'' (2002) * ''El príncipe manco'' (2004) * ''Morgun'' (2004) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucía Echevarría
''Lucía'' is a 1968 Cuban black-and-white drama film directed by Humberto Solás, and written by Solás, Julio García Espinosa and Nelson Rodríguez. It was the winner of the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival in 1969. The film is a period piece, told in three stories in different moments of Cuban history (the Cuban war of independence, the 1930s during the regime of Gerardo Machado and the 1960s), all as seen through the eyes of a different woman, each named Lucía. ''Lucia'' was digitally restored by the Cineteca di Bologna with funding from World Cinema Project and Turner Classic Movies and later screened at the Cannes Classics section of the 70th Cannes Film Festival in May 2017. The restoration also screened at the 55th New York Film Festival in the revivals section. Cast Part 1: Cuban War of Independence * Raquel Revuelta as Lucía * Eduardo Moure as Rafael Part 2: the 1930s * Eslinda Núñez as Lucía * Ramón Brito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Rivas
Manuel Rivas Barrós (born 24 October 1957 in A Coruña, Spain) is a Galician writer, poet and journalist. Biography Manuel Rivas Barrós began his writing career at the age of 15. He has written articles and literary essays for Spanish newspapers and television stations including ''Television de Galicia'', ''El Ideal Gallego'', ''La Voz de Galicia'', '' El País'', and was the sub-editor of ''Diario 16'' in Galicia. He was a founding member of Greenpeace Spain, and played an important role during the 2002 Prestige oil spill near the Galician coast. Work As of 2017, Rivas has published 9 anthologies of poetry, 14 novels and several literature essays. He is considered a revolutionary in contemporary Galician literature. His 1996 book ''¿Que me queres, amor?'', a series of sixteen short stories, was adapted by director José Luis Cuerda for his film '' A lingua das bolboretas'' ''La lengua de las mariposas'' ("''Butterfly''"). His 1998 novel '' O lapis do carpinteiro'' has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Krahe
Francisco Javier Krahe de Salas (30 March 1944 – 12 July 2015) was a Spanish singer active from 1980. Biography Krahe was born in distrito de Salamanca, Madrid. He studied at Colegio del Pilar, where he began his studies in business administration, but later dropped out to work in film as production assistant. During his military service, he met his future wife, Annick, and traveled with her to Canada, where he started working as songwriter. He signed with the label Sony Music Entertainment. He was influenced by Georges Brassens' and Leonard Cohen's work. His brother Jorge provided music to his lyrics. He later returned to Spain. Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio helped him to work in ''La Aurora'', where he met Joaquín Sabina and Alberto Pérez. As a trio, they recorded ''La mandrágora''. He also worked at TVE on the television show ''Si yo fuera presidente'' ("If I Were President"). He died of a heart attack on 12 July 2015 in Zahara de los Atunes, Cádiz. Discography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coque Malla
Jorge "Coque" Malla (born 22 October 1969, in Madrid) is a Spanish musician and actor, frontman of the group Los Ronaldos (Founded in 1985). His mother was the actress Amparo Valle, who died on 29 September 2016. Filmography He starred in the 1994 film '' Todo es mentira'' with Penélope Cruz, and in the 1998 film '' Nothing in the Fridge'' alongside María Esteve. He won a Goya Award for Best Original Song ("Este es el momento") in the film '' Campeones''. Discography * ''Soy un astronauta más'' (1999) * ''Sueños'' (2004) * ''La hora de los gigantes'' (2009) * ''La hora de los gigantes - Edición especial'' (2010) * ''Termonuclear'' (2011) * ''Termonuclear en casa de Coque Malla'' (2011) * ''Mujeres'' (2013) — duets with Leonor Watling, Ángela Molina, Anni B Sweet, Jeanette, Alondra Bentley * ''Canta a Rubén Blades'' (2015) * ''El último hombre en la Tierra'' (2016) * ''Irrepetible'' (2018) — duets with Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy The ''Divine Comedy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Ferreiro
Iván Ferreiro Rodríguez (born 15 August 1970) is a Spanish singer-songwriter born in Vigo, Galicia. He was the voice, leader and composer of the popular pop-rock band Los Piratas. Career After Los Piratas split, by late 2003, Iván kept playing with his brother Amaro in a pub in Vigo, called ''El Ensanche''. Due to the success of this set of concerts, he decided to record an album with new songs, '' Canciones para el tiempo y la distancia'', that was released in 2005. In the tour of the album, ''Tournedo'', Iván was accompanied by his brother on the guitar and Karlos Arancegui at the drum kit. In November 2005, Iván thought up a project called Laboratorio Ñ, consisting of collecting some Spanish and Argentinian musicians in a house at Buenos Aires, to write new songs among friends. Some of these musicians were Juan Aguirre and Eva Amaral ( Amaral), Xoel López (singer of Deluxe) or Quique González. In October 2006, he released '' Las siete y media'', a mini-albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
