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Latin American Film Festival
The Latin American Film Festival (LAFF) was a film festival dedicated to Latin American cinema, held annually in the city of Utrecht, Netherlands, from 2005 to 2013.9º Festival de Cine Latinoamericano de Utrecht Proimágenes Colombia. Awards and winners Latin Angel Jury Award The top prize of the Festival was awarded since 2005 by a professional jury to the best film in the competition. The prize has been awarded to: *2013: '''' –[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Pérez (director)
Fernando Pérez Valdés (born 1944) is a prominent Cuban film director. Career Pérez graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in Language and Spanish Literature, and began working in the Cuban film industry in 1971 as an assistant director, before directing his first documentary in 1975. His feature debut was the drama '' Clandestinos'' (1987) but it was not until ''Madagascar'' (1994) that he garnered significant international recognition. Pérez later directed '' La Vida es Silbar'' (1998) and '' Suite Habana'' (2003). ''Suite Habana'' is considered by some critics to be the best Cuban film in decades. ''Variety'' hailed it as "A lyrical, meticulously-crafted and unexpectedly melancholy homage to the battered but resilient inhabitants of a battered but resilient city." His most recent film called ''Madrigal'' tells a story about life in the theater world. His next film was biopic that cover the childhood and early teenage years of Cuban national hero Jose Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Última Parada 174
''Last Stop 174'' ( pt, Última Parada 174) is a 2008 Brazilian film directed by Bruno Barreto, written by Braulio Mantovani, produced by Moonshot Pictures and starring Michel Gomes and Marcello Melo, Jr.. The film relates a fictionalized account of the life of Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, a street kid in Rio de Janeiro that survived the Candelária massacre and, in 2000, hijacked a bus. On September 16, 2008, the film was chosen by the Ministry of Culture as the representative of Brazil in the Oscar competition for best foreign film at the ceremony in 2009. In rigorous reconstruction of the facts, the film was set in locations of downtown Rio de Janeiro, as the Candelária Church, the neighborhood of the Jardim Botânico, Tavares Bastos' favela (''slum'') and Curicica, over eight weeks, between July, August and September 2007. Plot ''Last Stop 174'' tells the story of Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, who in 2000 hijacked Bus 174 in Jardim Botânico, a violent hijacking that has vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Fuentes León
Javier may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Javier, in video game '' Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. ''Monsters, Inc.'' (also known as ''Monsters, Incorporated'') is a 2001 American computer-animated Monster movie, monster comedy film produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, B ... franchise. * ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier Colon, known as Javier People * Javier (name) Places * Javier, Spain * Javier, Leyte, Philippines See also * Hurricane Javier (other) * San Javier (other) * Xavier (other) * Xavier (given name) * Xavier (surname) {{Disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contracorriente
''Contracorriente'' (''Countercurrent'' in English) is the debut solo album by Mexican singer and actress Eiza González. It was released on November 24, 2009, through EMI Televisa Music. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, California, Texas, and Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ... during 2008 and early 2009. Promotion Singles " Mi Destino Soy Yo" is the first and only single from ''Contracorriente''. The song was produced by Rafael Esparza-Ruiz and Luigi Gonzalez.http://www.terra.com.mx/articulo.aspx?articuloId=877371 Track listings Chart performance Charts Release history References {{Authority control Eiza González albums 2009 debut albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icíar Bollaín
Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez (born 12 June 1967) is a Spanish filmmaker and actress. Early life and education Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez was born in Madrid on 12 June 1967. She was one of twin girls to a father who was an aeronautical engineer and a mother who was a music teacher. She grew up in a liberal household in which each member was allowed to follow their own inclination. Icíar and her twin sister Marina showed an early interest in the arts; Icíar towards filmmaking while her sister studied to become an operatic singer. At the age of sixteen, Icíar was cast in Víctor Erice's ''El Sur'' (1983). Career Since then Icíar Bollaín has acted in fourteen films. At age 18, with her twin sister Marina, she was cast by their uncle Juan Sebastián Bollaín in two films: ''Las dos orillas'' (1987); several years later the twins appeared in ''Dime una mentira'' (1992). Icíar Bollaín also took roles in films directed by Felipe Vega, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and José ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
También La Lluvia
''Even the Rain'' ( es, También la lluvia, links=no) is a 2010 drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín and written by Paul Laverty. The plot concerns Mexican director Sebastián ( Gael García Bernal), Spanish executive producer Costa ( Luis Tosar), and their group of actors who travel to Bolivia to shoot a film depicting the Spanish conquest of the New World. The members of the Spanish film crew unexpectedly find themselves in a moral crisis when they and their crew arrive at Cochabamba, Bolivia, during the intensifying Cochabamba Water War in 2000, in which their key indigenous actor Daniel (Juan Carlos Aduviri) persistently leads. Shot in Bolivia, it is an internationally co-produced film by companies from Spain, Mexico and France. The film received nominations and won awards internationally, including an Ariel Award for Best Ibero-American Film and three Goya Awards, one of which was Best Original Score for the work of Alberto Iglesias. Additionally, the film was nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastián Borensztein
Sebastián Borensztein (born 22 April 1963) is an Argentine screenwriter and film director, best known for the films '' Chinese Take-Away'' (2011), ''Heroic Losers'' (2019) and the horror television miniseries ''El garante'' (1997). Early life and education Sebastián Borensztein was born on 22 April 1963 in Buenos Aires, the son of comedian Tato Bores and Berta Szpindler. He first studied Communication Sciences at the Universidad del Salvador, but after graduating decided to turn to the performing arts, and studied film directing at the Augusto Fernández school. Career During the 1980s he worked in advertising, but under the guidance of his father, started screenwriting. He wrote, directed and also acted as producer for his father's work, for which he earned several awards. Television Borensztein started out by writing for television. His first series, a horror miniseries entitled ''El garante'' (1997, "The Guarantor") won many awards, including four Martín Fierro A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Cuento Chino
''Chinese Take-Away'' ( es, Un cuento chino) is a 2011 Argentine comedy-drama film written and directed by Sebastián Borensztein. The film was the highest grossing non-US film in Argentina in 2011. Plot Roberto is a veteran who is characterised by orderliness and a firm belief in the value of control. He runs his own hardware store accordingly. If a supplier sells him boxes with 100 screws each, he counts all the screws and files a complaint if just a single one is missing. He feels that the world around his isle of neatness has gone mad. In order to prove his point, he collects newspaper articles about grotesque mishaps originally triggered by a lack of diligence. From time to time he is visited by Mari, a woman who is in love with him and wants to live with him. While Roberto believes he has his life under control and is safe from surprises, he is confronted by an appalling incident. A Chinese man, Jun, is thrown out of a moving taxi in front of Roberto's eyes. Roberto hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamín Ávila
Benjamín Akoto Asamoah (born 4 January 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Cypriot club Doxa as a midfielder. Club career Born in Accra, Benjamín arrived at the youth academy of Atlético Madrid from the Rayo Majadahonda counterpart in 2012. After a stint with Atlético Madrid C, he was promoted to the B-team in 2012. On 29 May 2015, his contract was extended by the club till June 2017. On 3 August 2016, he moved to fellow Spanish club Hospitalet. On 6 August 2017, Benjamín joined Cypriot First Division club Doxa Doxa (; from verb ) Liddell, Henry George, and Robert Scott. 1940.δοκέω" In ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', edited by H. S. Jones and R. McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. – via Perseus Project. is a common belief or popular opinion. In cla ... where he was assigned the 17 number jersey. Club statistics References External links *La Preferente profile* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benjamin 1994 births Living people Association football midfielde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infancia Clandestina
''Clandestine Childhood'' ( es, link=no, Infancia clandestina) is a 2011 Argentine historical drama film directed by Benjamín Ávila and starring Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio and César Troncoso. Critically acclaimed, the film won ten awards from the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences and five awards from the Argentine Film Critics Association, including the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress. It was Argentina's submission for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film to be presented in February 2013 at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Synopsis The story is set in the Dirty War time period and during Argentina's last military dictatorship (1976-1983). A married couple of guerrilla soldiers from Montoneros are living in Cuba with their two children. With the help of "Uncle Beto", they forge new identities and return to the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Casanova (director)
Guillermo Casanova (21 May 1918 – 16 July 1981) was a Chilean association football, footballer. He played in five matches for the Chile national football team in 1942. He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1942 South American Championship. References External links * 1918 births 1981 deaths Chilean footballers Chile international footballers Place of birth missing Association football midfielders Santiago Morning footballers {{Chile-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
