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Goya Award For Best Iberoamerican Film
The Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film ( es, Goya a la Mejor Película Iberoamericana), formerly the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film ( es, Goya a la Mejor Película Extranjera de Habla Hispana, 1987–2008) and the Goya Award for Best Hispanic American Film ( es, Goya a la Mejor Película Hispanoamericana, 2009–2010), 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 with the exception of the third edition where it was not awarded. Carlos Sorín's '' A King and His Movie'' was the first winner of this award representing Argentina. Winners and nominees Argentina has received the most awards and nominations in this category with 18 wins and 28 nominations, Chile follows the most wins with 5 while Mexico follows the most nominations with 21. Goya winning films ''The Secret in Their Eyes'' (2009), '' A Fantastic Woman'' (2017) and '' Roma'' (2018) have won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, and the first awards ceremony took place on March 16, 1987 at the Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid. The ceremony continues to take place annually at Centro de Congresos Príncipe Felipe, around the end of January/beginning of February, and awards are given to films produced during the previous year. The award itself is a small bronze bust of Francisco Goya created by the sculptor José Luis Fernández, although the original sculpture for the first edition of the Goyas was by Miguel Ortiz Berrocal. History To reward the best Spanish films of each year, the Spanish Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts decided to create the Goya Awards. The Goya Awards are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Oscars is eligible to submit a nomination and vote on the final ballot. The Best Picture category is often the final award of the night and is widely considered as the most prestigious honor of the ceremony. The Grand Staircase columns at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, where the Academy Awards ceremonies have been held since 2002, showcase every film that has won the Best Picture title since the award's inception. There have been 581 films nominated for Best Picture and 94 winners. History Category name changes At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony (for 1927 and 1928), there were two categories of awards that were each considered the top award of the night: ''Outstanding Picture'' and '' Unique and Artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Life (2008 Film)
''The Good Life'' ( es, La buena vida) is a 2008 Chilean drama film directed by Andrés Wood and written by Mamoun Hassan. The film won the 2008 Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film. Plot Teresa (Aline Küppenheim), Edmundo (Roberto Farias), Mario (Eduardo Paxeco), and Patricia (Paula Sotelo) are four inhabitants of the city of Santiago de Chile whose lives intersect in public places but rarely come together to communicate. Immersed in the urban whirlwind, each of them pursues a goal: Teresa, a social psychologist who helps women in situations of risk; Edmundo, a stylist who still lives with his mother and longs to have a car; Mario, a young clarinetist who arrives from Berlin and wants to join the Philharmonic; and Patricia, who struggles to survive while caring for a baby and battling illness. Four stories based on real events, very different from each other but united by the ups and downs and contradictions of life in a South American city. Cast * Aline Küp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machuca
''Machuca'' is a 2004 internationally co-produced film co-written and directed by Andrés Wood. It stars Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli, and Aline Küppenheim alongside Federico Luppi. Set in Santiago during the months leading up to the 1973 coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet – which overthrew Salvador Allende's socialist government – the film tells the story of two boys who attend an upper-class elementary school: Gonzalo Infante – who belongs to a rich family with a European background – and Pedro Machuca – who is poor and comes from an indigenous background. They are classmates and become friends at this English-language Catholic elite school, which Machuca attends thanks to the social integration project developed by its director, Father McEnroe. The film is inspired by and dedicated to Father Gerardo Whelan, C.S.C. who from 1969 to 1973 was the director of Colegio Saint George ( Saint George's College), the private school depicted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Wood
Andrés Wood Montt (born 14 September 1965) is a Chilean film director, producer and writer. Some of his most popular films include ''Machuca'', '' Violeta se fue a los cielos'', and ''Historias de Futbol''. He created his own production company known as Wood Producciones in 1993. Early life and education Born in Santiago, Chile, Wood is Chilean of Irish and Scottish descent. He grew up in a middle-class home and credits much of his artistic influence to his childhood in Chile based on the political climate of the country, specifically with the Pinochet dictatorship. Wood's father worked as an architect while his mother taught kindergarten. Both of his parents were conservative and favored an end to the Allende government. However, Wood had the opportunity to study at elite but progressive institutions throughout his life. Andres Wood attended Saint George's College. He graduated as an economist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 1988. In 1991 he attended New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Butterfly (2006 Film)
''Black Butterfly'' ( es, Mariposa negra) is a 2006 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco Lombardi. The screenplay was written by Giovanna Pollarolo based on the novel of Alonso Cueto. Cast * Darío Abad as Guido Pazos * Gustavo Bueno as Osmán * Montserrat Carulla as Pilar * Yvonne Frayssinet as Dotty *Lluís Homar as Mar * Ricardo Morán as Ramón * Liliana Trujillo as Aida * Magdyel Ugaz as Ángela *Melania Urbina as Gabriela Awards and nominations Won Málaga Spanish Film Festival *Best Latin American Actress (Melania Urbina) Nominated Goya Awards The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sci ... *Best Spanish Language Foreign Film (lost to ''XXY'') Montréal Film Festival *Grand Prix des Amériques (lost to ''O Maior Amor do Mundo'' and ''Nagai sanpo'') Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Pantoja And The Special Services (2000 Film)
''Captain Pantoja and the Special Services'' () is a 1999 Peruvian-Spanish film directed by Francisco J. Lombardi. It is based on the eponymous comic novel by Mario Vargas Llosa. The film was chosen as Peru's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination. Plot The plot follows Captain Pantaleón Pantoja, a straightlaced army captain put in charge of creating a brothel for the army, in order to reduce the incidence of rape surrounding army bases and outposts. The first half of the movie focuses on the humor of the situation, as Pantaleon runs the brothel like an efficient branch of the army. The second half is more dramatic as the captain is changed by running the army brothel and focuses on his relationship with the prostitute Olga "the Colombian". Cast Production The film is a Peruvian-Spanish co-production, by América Producciones alongside Inca Films and Tornasol Films, with the participation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Without Compassion
''Without Compassion'' ( es, Sin compasión) is a 1994 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi, and based on the 1866 novel ''Crime and Punishment'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Diego Bertie as Ramón Romano * Adriana Dávila as Sonia Martinez * Jorge Chiarella as Mayor Portillo * Marcello Rivera as Julian Razuri * Ricardo Fernández as Leandro Martinez * Carlos Oneto as Priest * Hernán Romero as Alejandro Velaochaga * Mariella Trejos as Señora Aliaga * Humberto Modenesi as Señor Aliaga * Juan Jose Criados as Nico * Isabel Solari as Paula * Mónica Domínguez as Journalist Awards and nominations * Havana Film Festival: Best Actor (Diego Berti) (Won) * Goya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallen From Heaven
''Fallen from Heaven'' ( es, Caídos del cielo) is a 1990 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi. The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot Set in Lima, the capital of Peru, at the end of the 1980s. The time is characterised as a period of political instability, severe economic crisis and violence related to the Internal conflict in Peru. In this film three stories are intertwined, whose characters belong to three different generations. One of the stories is Lizandro and Cucha's, an elderly couple who have lost their only child. Owners of several properties, their time is dedicated to collecting their tenants' rent; all their efforts are concentrated on constructing having a mausoleum designed for their deceased child. The next story is about Humberto, a successful radio broadcaster whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco José Lombardi
Francisco José Lombardi (born 3 August 1949) is a Peruvian film director, producer and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1977. He received the Silver Shell for Best Director in 1985 for his film ''The City and the Dogs'' based on the novel ''La ciudad y los perros'' by Mario Vargas Llosa. His film ''Without Compassion'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Maruja in Hell'' (1983) * ''The City and the Dogs'' (1985) * '' The Mouth of the Wolf'' (1988) * ''Fallen from Heaven'' (1990) * ''Without Compassion ''Without Compassion'' ( es, Sin compasión) is a 1994 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi, and based on the 1866 novel ''Crime and Punishment'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the ...'' (1994) * ''No se lo Digas a Nadie'' (''Don't Tell Anyone'') (1998) * '' Captain Pantoja and the Special Services'' (2000) * '' Tinta roja'' (2000) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lighthouse (1998 Film)
''El faro'' (The Lighthouse) is a 1998 Argentine- Spanish drama film directed by Eduardo Mignogna. The film is also known in Spain as ''El faro del Sur.'' The screenplay was a collaborative effort of Graciela Aguirre, José Antonio Félez, Eduardo Mignogna, and Santiago Carlos Oves. It features Ingrid Rubio, Jimena Barón, among others. The film won numerous awards including the Goya Awards for Best Foreign Film. Cast * Ingrid Rubio as Carmela (nicknamed Memé) * Ricardo Darín as Andy * Norma Aleandro as Dolores * Norberto Díaz as Fernando * Jorge Marrale as Miguel * Boy Olmi as Richard * Mariano Martínez as Javier * Jimena Barón as Aneta as a child * Florencia Bertotti as Aneta as a teen * Ina Casares as Angelita * Alejandra Aleano as Dolores * Roberto Vallejos as Michi * Oscar Ferrigno Jr. as Priest * Elcira Olivera Garcés as Encarna * Carmen Renard as Conserje * Paola Krum as Sonia * Mónica Lacoste as Dorita Exhibition The film opened wide in Argentina on April 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
