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Gaudí Awards
The Gaudí Awards ( ca, Premis Gaudí) are the main film awards of Catalonia, celebrated annually in Barcelona. The awards were established in 2009 by the Catalan Film Academy as a continuation and expansion of the Barcelona Cinema Awards (''Premis Barcelona de Cinema''), originally established in 2002. The trophy was designed by Montse Ribé and is inspired by the chimneys of Antoni Gaudí's Casa Milà Casa Milà (, ), popularly known as ''La Pedrera'' (, ; "the stone quarry") in reference to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance, is a '' Modernista'' building in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the last private residence designed by arc .... Award categories * Gaudí Honorary Award: since 2009; now called Miquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award * Gaudí Award for Best Film in Catalan Language: since 2009 * Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film: since 2009 * Gaudí Award for Best Director: since 2009 * Gaudí Award for Best Documentary: since 2009 * Gaudí Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acadèmia Del Cinema Català
The Catalan Film Academy (''Acadèmia del Cinema Català'', in Catalan language, Catalan) is a non-profit organization located in Barcelona created to recognize Catalan cinema, Catalan film productions and professionals, with the objective of being a voice of the Catalan film industry. The Academy joins both creative and productive branches of filmmaking, artistically and scientifically, in the same way as the other film academies. It's a member of the European Film Academy's network of national film academies. It annually holds the Gaudí Awards. Presidents of the Academy * Joel Joan i Juvé (2008 – 2013) * Isona Passola i Vidal (since 2013) References Cinema of Catalonia Film organisations in Spain Gaudí Awards {{film-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Gaudí Awards
The 4th Gaudí Awards, overseen by the Catalan Film Academy (), were presented on 6 February 2012 at the Arteria Theater Paral·lel in Barcelona, Catalonia. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Honorary Gaudí Awards * Pere Portabella Pere Portabella i Ràfols (; born in 1927) is a Spanish politician, director, and producer. In 1977, he was elected Senator in Spain's first democratic elections and participated in the writing of the Spanish Constitution. As a filmmaker, his s ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:4th Gaudi Awards Gaudí Awards 2012 in Spanish cinema 2012 in Catalonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forum Building
The Forum Building ( ca, Edifici Fòrum, ; es, Edificio Fórum), is an architectural landmark in Barcelona designed by the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron (Herzog & de Meuron). The building is triangular in shape, measuring 180 metres on each side and 25 metres in height, located within the triangle formed by Diagonal Avenue, Rambla de Prim and the Ronda Litoral. It was the symbol of the controversial 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures and the serious flaws that arose during its construction were widely covered in both the Spanish national and foreign press. The building has become a political bone of contention, with the opposition parties in both Barcelona Council and the Parliament of Catalonia demanding to know why it cost so much (of the order of US $144 m). The building has an auditorium with a seating capacity of 3,200 and an exhibition hall covering nearly 5,000 square metres. Since 2011 the building hosts the Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossy De Palma
Rosa Elena García Echave (born 16 September 1964), known professionally as Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress and model. She is well known for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar such as ''Law of Desire'', ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'', ''Kika'', ''The Flower of My Secret'', '' Julieta'', and ''Parallel Mothers''. Life and Career Born in Palma de Mallorca, and her father was a mason from Asturias. In the 1980s, during the Movida cultural movement she moved to Madrid. In 1984 she founded the pop music group for which she was a singer and a dancer. In 1986 she met Pedro Almodóvar in a café in Madrid. He was impressed by her performance during one of the group's concerts. He proposed a role in his next film, ''Law of Desire''. Rossy lent some of her personal dresses to Carmen Maura, who was playing the main female character of the film, Tina Quintero. Her first major role was in 1988 in Almodóvar's ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palau Sant Jordi
Palau Sant Jordi (, en, St. George's Palace) is an indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, it was opened in 1990. The maximum seating capacity of the arena is 17,960. It is the largest indoor arena in Spain. The Palau Sant Jordi was one of the main venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics hosting the artistic gymnastics, handball final, and volleyball final events. Today, it is used for a variety of indoor sport events as well as for concerts and other cultural activities, due to its great flexibility. Sporting events The arena was the venue of the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. It was the venue of three EuroLeague Final Fours in 1998, 2003, and 2011. It also hosted the EuroBasket 1997, from the quarterfinals on, and the 2012 Copa del Rey. The final of 2000 Davis Cup was the 89th edition of the most important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Ripoll
María Ripoll i Julià (born 1963) is a Spanish film director from Barcelona, with an international background and eight feature films to her credit. The success of her film ''It's Now or Never (film), It's Now or Never'' has placed her as the highest-grossing female film director in Spanish history. Early life and career beginnings Born in Barcelona, Ripoll studied screenwriting in Los Angeles at the American Film Institute (AFI), where she shot the short film ''Kill Me Later''. Directing career Her first feature-length film, ''The Man with Rain in His Shoes'' starring Lena Headey, Douglas Henshall and Penélope Cruz won Best Screenplay at the Montreal World Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Sitges Film Festival, the Seattle Women’s Film Festival. It led to Ripoll being nominated for a Goya Awards, Goya Award for Best New Director. She then directed ''Tortilla Soup'' in Los Angeles starring Hector Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, Raquel Welch and Elizabeth Peña. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traces Of Sandalwood
'' Traces of Sandalwood '' ( ca, Rastres de sàndal, links=no) is a 2014 Spanish drama film produced by Pontas Films, directed by María Ripoll and shot in Barcelona and Mumbai with Nandita Das as Mina and Aina Clotet as Sita/Paula. The film is from Pontas Films and is the adaptation of international bestseller ''Traces of Sandalwood'', the tale of a Bollywood star's search for her long lost sister. The film was released in Spain on 28 November 2014. Reewa Rathod makes her international debut with this film which has her composing one of the songs in the film, ''Tandaana''. Plot The film begins in high drama as 6-year-old Mina ( Vaibhavi Hankare) saves her newborn sister, Sita, from being drowned as an unwanted female, thereupon taking full responsibility for her care. But when their mother dies a few years later, their father hands them over to a woman from the city. Sita is left with nuns, despite her sister's frantic resistance, and young Mina is consigned to a brothel, from wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Àngel Llàcer
Àngel Llàcer Pinós (born 16 January 1974 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish actor, television presenter and drama teacher, known for being member of the jury of the Spanish reality show Tu cara me suena. He attended the Institut del Teatre, en Barcelona (1996–1997), and completed his education in San Miniato (Italy) and Berlin. He has worked as a drama teacher at ESADE and on the TV show ''Operación Triunfo'' and made his directorial debut with ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Theatre *" Mala Sang" (1997) *" El Somni de Mozart" (1998) *" Mesura per Mesura" (1999) *" Corre la Veu" (1999) *"Mein Kampf" (1999) *" La botiga dels horrors" (2000) *"A Little Night Music" (2000–2001) *"The Full Monty" (2001). *" Salinger" (2002) *" El somni d'una nit d'estiu" (2002) *" Ja en tinc 30" (2004) *" Teatre sense animals" (2004) *"La màgia dels Kikids"; director and author (2005): *"Tenim un problema" (2005) *"Ya van 30" (2007) *"Què, el nou musical" (2008) *" Boeing, Boeing" (2009) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neus Ballús
Neus Ballús (born 1980) is a Catalan film director and scriptwriter. She has a degree in Audiovisual Communication and a Master in Documentary Making from the Pompeu Fabra University. She released her first film ''La plaga'' (The Plague) in 2013, which was screened at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. It won 4 Gaudí Awards and was nominated for the LUX Prize, the European Film Awards and the Goya Awards. The film portrays everyday life in a rural zone of the periphery of Barcelona, named Gallecs. Before, she had done some shorts like ''La Gabi'' (2004), ''L'avi de la càmera'' (Grandad with Camera, 2005) and the documentary ''Immersió'' (2009), awarded with the Best Short Film Prize at the ALCINE Festival. Her second film, ''El viatge de Marta (Staff Only)'' (2019), also premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival and was screened in cinemas in France and Spain. It is about a 17-year-old girl who spends her Christmas holidays in Senegal with her brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palau Dels Esports De Barcelona
The Palau dels Esports de Barcelona (Barcelona Sports Palace) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is on Lleida Street on the slopes of Montjuïc, a hill to the south east of the city centre. The arena is able to host competitions of any indoor sport. In 2000 it was adapted to better accommodate theatre and musical shows and given a new name: Barcelona Teatre Musical. The seating capacity was reduced from 8,000 to 3,500, but comfort and the acoustic quality were enhanced. History Inaugurated in 1955 for the Mediterranean Games, it was designed by the architect Josep Soteras. It was the only indoor arena of its type in Barcelona until 1971 when FC Barcelona inaugurated the Palau Blaugrana. Even after this, the Palau dels Esports continued to be the only indoor arena in public hands: for this reason it continued to host the main sporting, social, cultural and musical events that took place in the city. During the 1980s it was the home of the RCD Es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreu Buenafuente
Andreu Buenafuente Moreno (born: January 24, 1965) is a Spanish late night show host and founder of the group El Terrat. He has worked in TV3, Antena 3, laSexta and #0. He has also worked as a radio host and has published several books with his monologues. He and Silvia Abril hosted the 33rd Goya Awards on 2 February 2019. Career on television *'' Sense Títol'' ( TV3) (1995) *'' Sense Títol 2'' (TV3) (1996) *'' Sense Títol, Sense Vacances'' (TV3) (1997) *'' Sense Títol Sense Número'' (TV3) (1998) *''La cosa nostra'' (TV3) (1999-2002) *'' Una altra cosa'' (TV3) (2002-2004) *'' Buenafuente'' (2005-2011) Antena 3 / laSexta *'' Buenas noches y Buenafuente'' (2012) Antena 3 *''En el aire'' (2013-2015) laSexta *''Late Motiv ''Late Motiv'' (also known as ''Late Motiv de Andreu Buenafuente'') is a Spanish late-night talk show hosted by Andreu Buenafuente. It airs on #0, the flagship TV channel of subscription platform Movistar+, and is Buenafuente's first program to .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Berger
Pablo Berger Uranga (born 1963) is a Spanish film director born in Bilbao, Spain. Life and work Pablo Berger attended primary and secondary school in Artxanda Trueba, located on the outskirts of Bilbao, Spain. In 1988 he directed his first short film, ''Mamá'' (''Mum'') with artistic director Álex de la Iglesia and Ramon Barea. With the financial winnings from a grant from the Provincial Council of Biscay, he went to study for a masters in film at New York University. After getting his Ph.D., he worked as a professor of management at the New York Film Academy. Thereafter, he began a parallel career as a publicist and producer of music, culminating in 2003 with his film ''Torremolinos 73'', with Javier Cámara, Fernando Tejero and Candela Peña. In 2012 he premiered his third film ''Blancanieves'' (''Snow White''), which was the Spanish representative of the Academy Awards in 2013, in the category of Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ''Blancanieves'' won ten Goya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
