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Obaba
''Obaba'' is a 2005 Spanish-German drama film directed by Montxo Armendáriz based on Bernardo Atxaga's novel ''Obabakoak''. It features Pilar López de Ayala, Juan Diego Botto, Bárbara Lennie, Eduard Fernández, and Peter Lohmeyer. ''Obaba'' was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Cast Release The film was released theatrically in Spain on 16 September 2005. Accolades , - , rowspan = "15" align = "center" , 2006 , , rowspan = "10" , 20th Goya Awards , , colspan = "2" , Best Film , , , , rowspan = "10" , , - , Best Director , , Montxo Armendáriz , , , - , Best Supporting Actress , , Pilar López de Ayala , , , - , Best Adapted Screenplay , , Montxo Armendáriz , , , - , Best New Actress , , Bárbara Lennie , , , - , Best Cinematography , , Javier Aguirresarobe , , , - , Best Art Direction , , Julio Esteban, Julio Torrecilla , , , - , Best Production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Goya Awards
The 20th Goya Awards took place at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid, Spain on 29 January 2006. Winners and nominees Major award nominees Other award nominees Honorary Goya * Pedro Masó Pedro Masó Paulet (born 26 January 1927 in Madrid; died 23 September 2008 in Madrid) was a Spanish director, producer, and scriptwriter. His relation with the cinema began at an early age when he was employed as a boy in the Estudios Chamar ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Goya Awards 20 2005 film awards 2005 in Spanish cinema 2006 in Madrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obabakoak
''Obabakoak'' is a 1988 novel by the Basque writer Bernardo Atxaga. The title can be translated as "Those from Obaba". The book won the National Novel Prize. It is the most internationally successful book in Basque and has been translated into numerous languages. The original Basque version was published by Editorial Erein in 1988, and the author's own Spanish version was published by Ediciones B in 1989. An English translation by Margaret Jull Costa based on the Spanish version was published in 1992. Contents * Childhoods ** Esteban Werfell ** An exposition of Canon Lizardi's letter ** ''Post tenebras spero lucem'' ** If I could, I'd go out for a stroll every night: I. Katharina's statement ** If I could, I'd go out for a stroll every night: II. Marie's statement * Nine words in honour of the village of Villamediana * In search of the last word ** Young and green ** The rich merchant's servant ** Regarding stories ** Dayoub, the rich merchant's servant ** Mr Smith ** Maid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montxo Armendáriz
Montxo Armendariz (born as Juan Ramón Armendariz Barrios; 27 January 1949 in Olleta, Navarra, Spain)Torres, '' ''Diccionario Espasa Cine Español'' p. 83 is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His film ''Las cartas de Alou'' won at the San Sebastian Film Festival. His next film, ''Stories from the Kronen, Historias del Kronen'', was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. ''Secretos del corazón'' won several Goya Awards, the Blue Angel Award at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival and received the Academy Awards, Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film. Early life and work Born on 27 January 1949 in Olleta, Navarra.D’Lugo, ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain'', p. 120 He was the last hope for his parents, who had already lost three baby sons.Stone, ''Spanish Cinema'', p. 142 His father was a farmhand and blacksmith and Armendáriz spent his first year in rural Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, a landscape that wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bárbara Lennie
Bárbara Lennie Holguín (born 20 April 1984) is a Spanish actress, hailed as an indie cinema star. She won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 2014 neo-noir drama ''Magical Girl'', also scooping nominations for ''Obaba'' (New Actress), ''El niño'' (Supporting Actress), ''María (and Everybody Else)'' (Best Actress), and ''God's Crooked Lines'' (Best Actress). Biography Born in Madrid on 20 April 1984, she is of Argentinian and Irish descent. She moved as a toddler with her family from the Prosperidad neighborhood to Buenos Aires, where she lived for 6 years before returning to Madrid circa 1990. She graduated from the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD), after which she started working professionally as an actress. Her credits include ''Magical Girl'', ''Obaba'' and ''El Niño'' and the television series ''Isabel Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo Atxaga
Bernardo Atxaga (born 27 July 1951), pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia, is a Spanish Basque writer and self-translator. Biography Atxaga was born in Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain in 1951. He received a diploma in economics from the University of Bilbao ) , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = 275 px , map_caption = Interactive map outlining Bilbao , pushpin_map = Spain Basque Country#Spain#Europe , pushpin_map_caption ..., and studied philosophy at the University of Barcelona. He worked as an economist, bookseller, professor of the Basque language, a publisher, and a radio scriptwriter until 1980 when he dedicated himself completely to writing. His first text was published in 1972 in an anthology of Basque authors. His first short story, ''Ziutateaz'' ("About The City"), was published in 1976. His first collection of poetry, ''Etiopia'' ("Ethiopia"), appeared in 1978. He has written p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puy Oria
Puy Oria Rubio ( Torres del Rio, Navarre, 1962) is a Spanish film producer. Some of her most recognised films are ''Obaba,'' ''Don't Be Afraid (film)'' and '' Secrets of the Heart (film)''. Career Oria started her film career with Elías Querejeta in ''Letters from Alou (''Montxo Armendáriz,1990). Then, she was involved in production work on movies such as ''Dream of Light'' (Víctor Erice,1992), '' Jamón, Jamón'' (Bigas Luna, 1992), ''¡Dispara!'' (Carlos Saura,1993), ''Días Contados'' (Imanol Uribe, 1994), '' The Turkish Passion'' (Vicente Aranda, 1994), ''Stories from the Kronen'' (Montxo Armendáriz, 1994), ''La ley de la frontera'' (Adolfo Aristarain, 1995), and ''Deep Crimson'' (Arturo Ripstein, 1996). In 1999, she set up, together with Montxo Armendáriz, the audiovisual production company Oria Films, a company with which she has produced, among others, the feature films '' Broken Silence'' (Montxo Armendáriz, 2001), ''La Guerrilla de la Memoria'' (Javier Corcuera, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Diego Botto
Juan Diego Botto Rota (born 29 August 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish film, stage and television actor. Born in Argentina, he moved to Spain together with his mother (the actress and acting coach Cristina Rota) in 1978. Following early film appearances as a child actor, he landed a breakthrough role in the 1995 film ''Stories from the Kronen''. He has since starred in films such as ''Martín (Hache)'' (1997), '' Plenilune'' (2000), '' Broken Silence'' (2001), ''Obaba'' (2005), ''Go Away from Me'' (2006) and '' Ismael'' (2013). He has also worked as a stage director and playwright and debuted as a film director with 2022 social drama-thriller ''On the Fringe''. Early life Juan Diego Botto Rota was born 29 August 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, son of and Cristina Rota. His parents were both actors. His father (a member of the Peronist Youth and Montoneros) was kidnapped and murdered in 1977 during the Argentine Dirty War. In 1978, together with his mother and older sister Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilar López De Ayala
Pilar López de Ayala Arroyo (born 18 September 1978) is a Spanish actress. She won a Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance playing Joanna of Castile in 2001 film '' Mad Love''. Family Born in Madrid, López de Ayala has an older brother named Rodrigo López de Ayala Arroyo (b. 1975). Their parents are Rodrigo López de Ayala Sánchez-Arjona (b. Fregenal de la Sierra Fregenal de la Sierra (originally Frexnal or Frexenal) is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. Geography Fregenal de la Sierra is located in the Sierra Suroeste comarca (county), among the small hills and ravi ..., 4 July 1944) and wife Pilar Arroyo Gallego. Filmography Film Other * '' Yo, una mujer'' (2 episodes, "El adiós" and "#1.3", 1996) .... Arancha * '' Menudo es mi padre'' (1 episode, "Un tranvía llamado deseo", 1996) .... * ''Vida y sainete (1 episode, "El tiro por la culata", 1998) .... * ''Al salir de clase'' (387 episodes, 1997–2001) .... Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Fernández
Eduard Fernández Serrano (born 25 August 1964) is a Spanish screen and stage actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Goya Awards and four Gaudí Awards. Biography Eduard Fernández was born in Barcelona on 25 August 1964. He trained as a mime artist at the Barcelona's Institut del Teatre, and did street performances as such. He had a 25-year relationship with writer , with whom he had one daughter, Greta, who is also an actress. Following a theatre (he was a member of ) and television career, he made his feature film debut at age 30, in 1994 film ''Souvenir''. His breakthrough film role in 1999 thriller '' Washington Wolves'' earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor The Goya Award for Best New Actor ( es, Premio Goya al mejor actor revelación, links=no) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (s .... Partial film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Aguirresarobe
Javier Aguirresarobe Zubía (born 10 October 1948) is a Spanish cinematographer.- Life and career Aguirresarobe was born in Eibar, Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain. He has worked with Spanish directors such as Imanol Uribe, Montxo Armendáriz, Alejandro Amenábar and Pedro Almodóvar, and with Miloš Forman and Woody Allen. He has won six Goya Awards among other prizes. Aguirresarobe also worked as cinematographer for the film adaptation of ''New Moon'', released on 20 November 2009. He continued his work for the ''Twilight Twilight is light produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, when the Sun is below the horizon, which illuminates the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface. The word twilight can also refer to the periods of time when this il ...'' film series with their other sequels in the series. Filmography Awards and nominations Goya Awards Sitges Film Festival BAFTA Awards San Diego Film Critics Society Houston Film Critics Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best New Actress
The Goya Award for Best New Actress ( es, Premio Goya a la mejor actriz revelación, links=no) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Since its inception, the award has been given to 27 actresses. At the 9th Goya Awards ceremony held in 1995, Ruth Gabriel was the first winner of this award for her role in '' Running Out of Time''. Since the 26th edition (2011) to be a candidate in any acting category, the only condition is to be over 16 years of age. Before that edition, four actresses under 16 years of age won the award: Ivana Baquero, Nerea Camacho, Marina Comas and María Valverde. Benedicta Sánchez is the oldest winner at the age of 84 for her role in ''Fire Will Come''. The only actress who has won Goya awards in all three acting categories (best new actress, best actress, best supporting actress) is Laia Marull Laia Marull Quintana (born 4 January 1973) is a Spanish actress. She has won three Goya Awards — Best New Actress for ''Fugiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best Adapted Screenplay
The Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Spanish ''Premio Goya al mejor guión adaptado'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. For the first two editions of the Goya Awards, only one award for screenplays was presented which included both original and adapted screenplays, with both winners being adaptations, ''Voyage to Nowhere'' in 1986 (based on the novel of the same name by Fernando Fernán Gómez) and ''El Bosque animado'' (based on the eponymous novel by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez) in 1987. Since the third edition, two awards are presented separately, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. Rafael Azcona has received this award four times, more than any other nominee, winning for ''¡Ay Carmela!'' (1990) with Carlos Saura, '' Banderas, the Tyrant'' (1993) with José Luis García Sánchez, ''Butterfly's Tongue'' (1999) with Manuel Rivas and José Luis Cuerda and '' The Blind Sunflowers'' (2008) with José Luis Cuerda. Winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
