Premios Sur
The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences Awards are given by the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences ( es, Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina) to honor achievement in Argentine cinema by Argentina-based filmmakers. The awards, known as ''Premios Sur'', are given annually by the Academy, whose members include Argentine actors, directors, producers, and industry film technicians. "''El filme "Las manos" arrasó en la entrega de los Premios Sur''," article about film awards, December 12, 2006. There are eighteen awards given and, as of February 2007, 220 members in the association vote on the awards. To qualify the film must be released from October 1 - September 30 in Argentina. Awards * Best Film (''Mejor pelÃcula'') * Best New Film (''Mejo ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Argentine Academy Of Cinematography Arts And Sciences
The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences ( es, Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina - AACCA) is an industry association in Argentina founded in 2004. Each year the Academy present the '' Premios Sur'' (South Prizes) for categories such as best fiction film, best director, best actor and best photography. The Academy also selects Argentine films to represent the company in the annual awards of other countries, such as the Oscars, where appropriate. History The original Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences was founded on 22 November 1941. Over the years, and during the peak of Peronism, the academy became increasingly politicized. The last set of Academy Awards was presented for 1954, shortly before the 1955 coup that ousted the Peronists. The Academy was closed after the coup. The present academy was formed when a group of people in the Argentine film industry decided there was a need to recreate the 1941-55 academy. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Argentine Cinema
Cinema of Argentina refers to the film industry based in Argentina. The Argentine cinema comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of Argentina or by Argentine filmmakers abroad. The Argentine film industry has historically been one of the three most developed in Latin American cinema, along with those produced in Mexico and Brazil. Throughout the 20th century, film production in Argentina, supported by the State and by the work of a long list of directors and actors, became one of the major film industries in the Spanish-speaking world. Argentina has won eighteen Goya Awards for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film, which makes it the most awarded country. It is also the first Latin American country that has won Academy Awards, in recognition of the films ''The Official Story'' (1985) and ''The Secret in Their Eyes'' (2009). History The beginning In 1896, French photographer Eugene Py was working for the Belgian Henri Lepage and the Austrian Max Glà ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Premios Sur Award For Best Actress
The Premios Sur Award for Best Actress ( es, Premio Sur a la Mejor actriz protagónica), is an award given annually by the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences ( es, Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina - AACCA) is an industry association in Argentina founded in 2004. Each year the Academy present the '' Premios Sur'' ... to the best actress in Argentina for that year. The award was suspended in 1955 with the military coup d'état known as the Revolución Libertadora and not revived until 2006, after the present Academy was founded in 2004. References Argentine film awards Latin American cinema Film awards for lead actress {{film-award-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Argentine Film Awards
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Argentine''. Argentina is a multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to the United States (27 million), and ahead of other immigr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |