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Petra Martínez
Petra Martínez Pérez (born 24 June 1944) is a Spanish actress who has a long career on stage, film and television. She was in the cast of the 1967 stage play ''Twelfth Night'', by William Shakespeare. In 1968, she married her eventual longtime domestic and artistic partner Juan Margallo in Gibraltar in a ceremony without legal validity to Spanish authorities (their marriage was legally formalised circa 2018). In 2011, Uroc Teatro, founded by Petra Martínez and Juan Margallo, received the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes. In 2012 she was nominated to Premio Luna de Islantilla for Best Actress at Festival Internacional de Cine Bajo la Luna Islantilla Cinefórum for the film ''Libre directo''. In 2014, she featured in the television series ''La que se avecina'', playing Fina. In 2017 she received the Premio Jiennenses de Cultura, given by Diario Jaén. On March 18, 2017 she earned the 'San Pancracio' Honorary Award at the alongside the actors Roberto Álamo, Laia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linares, Jaén
Linares (; ) is a city located in the Andalusian province of Jaén, Spain. It is considered the second-most important city in that province and had a population of 56,525 in the most recent census (2021). The altitude is and the total area of the municipality is . It is located on kilometer 120 on the Valencia-Córdoba highway (N-322) and is from the province capital, Jaén. Overview Location Located in the Central-Western part of the province, the city of Linares is the second-biggest city in the province after the capital, Jaén. It is also the commercial capital of Sierra Morena, as well as the referential city in the surrounding areas. Geography The city term is orientated in a NE-SW direction, giving the transition in altitude decreasing between the higher northern area of Sierra Morena; being Paño Pico (552 m) the highest area of the municipal term; and the lowest area, the Guadalimar Valley in the South-Western limit, with an altitude of (318 m). Climate The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador Calvo
Salvador Calvo (born 1970) is a Spanish film and television director. Biography Calvo was born 1970 in Madrid. He earned a licentiate degree in Information Sciences (Journalism) from the Complutense University of Madrid. Instead of focusing on a career in journalism, Calvo trained as director under the tutoring of Pilar Miró, Juan Carlos Corazza and Pilar Hermida. He took part in several television series such as ''Sin tetas no hay paraíso'' (2007), ''Los misterios de Laura'' (2009), '' Niños robados'' (2012) and '' Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste'' (2013), as well as biopic miniseries such as ''La Duquesa'', ''La Duquesa II'', ''Paquirri'' (2009) and '' Mario Conde. Los días de gloria'' (2013). His debut as director in a feature film came with the 2016 war drama ''1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines'', which earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Director. In March 2021, he won the Goya Award for Best Director for the 2020 drama film ''Adú''. Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mundo (Spain)
''El Mundo'' (; ), before ''El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno'', is the second largest printed daily newspaper in Spain. The paper is considered one of the country's newspapers of record along with '' El País and ABC.'' History and profile ''El Mundo'' was first published on 23 October 1989. Perhaps the best known of its founders was Pedro J. Ramírez, who served as editor until 2014. Ramirez had risen to prominence as a journalist during the Spanish transition to democracy. The other founders, Alfonso de Salas, Balbino Fraga and Juan González, shared with Ramírez a background in Grupo 16, the publishers of the newspaper ''Diario 16''. Alfonso de Salas, Juan Gonzales and Gregorio Pena also launched '' El Economista'' in 2006. ''El Mundo'', along with '' Marca'' and '' Expansión'', is controlled by the Italian publishing company RCS MediaGroup through its Spanish subsidiary company Unidad Editorial S.L. Its former owner was Unedisa which merged with Grupo Recoletos in 2007 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Education (2004 Film)
''Bad Education'' ( es, link=no, La mala educación, also meaning 'bad manners') is a 2004 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lluís Homar and Francisco Boira, the film focuses on two reunited childhood friends and lovers caught up in a stylised murder mystery. Along with metafiction, sexual abuse by Catholic priests, transsexuality and drug use are also important themes and devices in the plot. The film received an NC-17 rating in the United States for a depiction of homosexual sex. The film was released on 19 March 2004 in Spain and 10 September 2004 in Mexico. It was also screened at many international film festivals such as Cannes, New York, Moscow and Toronto before its US release on 19 November 2004. The film received critical acclaim, and was seen as a return to Almodovar's dark stage, placing it alongside films such as ''Matador'' (1986) and ''Law of Desire'' (1987). Plot In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas
The Spanish National Research Council ( es, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Its main objective is to develop and promote research that will help bring about scientific and technological progress, and it is prepared to collaborate with Spanish and foreign entities in order to achieve this aim. CSIC plays an important role in scientific and technological policy, since it encompasses an area that takes in everything from basic research to the transfer of knowledge to the productive sector. Its research is driven by its centres and institutes, which are spread across all the autonomous regions. CSIC has 6% of all the staff dedicated to research and development in Spain, and they generate approximately 20% of all scientific production in the country. It also manages a range of important facilities; the most complete and extensive network of specialist libraries, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savages (2001 Film)
''Savages'' ( es, Salvajes, links=no) is a 2001 drama film directed by based on the play of the same name by José Luis Alonso de Santos. It stars Marisa Paredes and Imanol Arias. Plot The fiction is set in Valencia, in the Mediterranean coast. A nurse (Berta) feels obliged to provide support to her deceased sister's three orphaned children: Raúl and Guillermo (two males members of neo-Nazi groupuscules), and Lucía (infatuated with Fausto, involved in the smuggling of immigrants to Europe). Berta's love affair with Eduardo (a policeman suffering from cirrhosis and Berta's patient) is disrupted by the latter's suspicion about the brutal murder of an immigrant, which the policeman attributes to Berta's nephews. Cast Production An adaptation of the 1998 play ''Salvajes'' by José Luis Alonso de Santos, the screenplay was penned by Jorge Juan Martínez, Carlos Molinero, Clara Pérez Escrivá, and Salvador Maldonado. The film was produced by 's production company Brothers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody Knows Anybody
''Nobody Knows Anybody'' ( es, Nadie conoce a nadie, links=no) is a 1999 Spanish-French thriller film directed by Mateo Gil, based on the novel by Juan Bonilla. It stars Eduardo Noriega and Jordi Mollá alongside Natalia Verbeke and Paz Vega. Plot Amid the spectacular festivities of Holy Week in Seville, an aspiring novelist struggles with his work and pays his bills by composing crossword puzzles. A cryptic recording left on his answering machine demands that he include a certain word in a future puzzle and he becomes drawn into a spiraling tangle of mystery, danger, and confusion. Soon he is forced into participating in a real-life version of a computer game on the narrow streets of Seville with extremely high stakes for the entire city. Cast Production The film is a Spanish-French co-production by Maestranza Films, Sogecine, and DMVB Films, with the collaboration of the Andalusia Film Commission, Canal Sur, and Canal+. Shooting locations included Seville, Carmona, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Litter
''Black Litter'' or ''Black Brood'' ( es, Camada negra, links=no) is a 1977 Spanish drama film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. In June 1977, it was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival, where Aragón won the Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury .... The film makes a portrait of extreme right groups in post-Francoist Spain. A central figure in the story is Blanca, matriarchal figure and fascist leader alike. Cast References External links * 1977 films 1970s Spanish-language films 1977 drama films Films directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón Spanish drama films Films about fascists Films set in the 1970s Films set in Spain 1970s Spanish films Films about the Spanish Transition {{1970s-Spain-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
36th Goya Awards
The 36th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AACCE), honoured the best in Spanish films of 2021 and took place at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia on 12 February 2022. The ceremony was broadcast by RTVE on La1, TVE Internacional, RTVE Play and Radio Nacional de España, RNE. The shortlists for every category were unveiled on early November, with 160 films being selected to compete. Nominations were read by actors Nathalie Poza and José Coronado on 29 November 2021. ''The Good Boss'' received the most nominations with a record-breaking twenty. It was followed by ''Maixabel'', with fourteen nominations, and ''Parallel Mothers'', with eight. ''The Good Boss'' won six awards including Goya Award for Best Film, Best Film, Goya Award for Best Director, Best Director for Fernando León de Aranoa, Goya Award for Best Actor, Best Actor for Javier Bardem and Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best Actress
The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Since its inception, the award has been given to 26 actresses. At the 1st Goya Awards ceremony held in 1987, Amparo Rivelles was the first winner of this award for her role as Laura in '' We Must Undo the House''. Carmen Maura has received the most awards in this category with three wins. Penélope Cruz was nominated on eleven occasions, winning two times. As of the 2022 ceremony, Blanca Portillo is the most recent winner in this category for her role as Maixabel Lasa in '' Maixabel''. Winners and nominees In the following table, the years are listed as per Academy convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are always held the following year. 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple wins and nominations The following individuals received two or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fotogramas
''Fotogramas'' is Spanish digital and print film magazine which has been in circulation since 1946. It is one of the early film magazines in Spain. History Founded in Barcelona, it was first published on 15 November 1946 by Antonio Nadal-Rodó and María Fernanda Gañán. On 5 February 1951, the magazine awarded their first Placa de San Juan Bosco award to actor Jesús Tordesillas for his performance in 1950 film ''Pequeñeces''. In the 1970s the magazine was part of the Nadal Group. New categories were added over time to the award which were renamed Fotogramas de Plata and in 2012 they absorbed the TP de Oro awards. In 2011, the magazine was acquired by Hearst Communications. In 2018, Hearst closed the editorial office in Barcelona in order to centralize editing efforts in Madrid. See also * List of magazines in Spain Magazines in Spain are varied and numerous, but they have small circulation. In terms of frequency, the Spanish magazines are mostly weekly and monthly. Altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feroz Award For Best Main Actress In A Film
The Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Film (Spanish: ''Premio Feroz a la mejor actriz protagonista'') is one of the annual awards given at the Feroz Awards, presented by the Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España. It was first presented in 2014. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s See also * Goya Award for Best Actress * 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 Award ... References External links Official website {{Authority control Feroz Awards Awards established in 2014 2014 establishments in Spain Film awards for lead actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
