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Silver Condor Award For Best Film
The Silver Condor Award for Best Film ( es, Premio Cóndor de Plata a la mejor película), given by the Argentine Film Critics Association The Argentine Film Critics Association ( es, Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina) is an organization of Argentine-based journalists and correspondents. The association presents the ''Silver Condor Awards'' (''Premios Cóndor ..., awards the best film in Argentina each year: There were no ceremonies held (or awards given) in 1958, from 1974 until 1980, and in 1983. References {{Argentine Film Critics Association Awards Silver Condor Award for Best Film winners Argentine Film Critics Association Awards for best film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Film Critics Association
The Argentine Film Critics Association ( es, Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina) is an organization of Argentine-based journalists and correspondents. The association presents the ''Silver Condor Awards'' (''Premios Cóndor de Plata'') honoring achievements in Argentine cinema. The awards are considered Argentina's equivalent of the Academy Awards. The association was organized on July 10, 1942, and the annual awards have been given since 1943, with breaks in between.IMDb film data base, awards section. The Argentine Film Critics Association is a member of the International Federation of Film Critics, also known as FIPRESCI. Silver Condor The Silver Condor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Acacias (film)
''Las Acacias'' is a 2011 Argentine drama film directed by Pablo Giorgelli. The film won the Caméra d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Rubén is a middle-aged Argentinian truck driver transporting timber between Paraguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina. One day, at a truck stop, he picks up a young Paraguayan woman, Jacinta, whom his employer had told to take to Buenos Aires. To Rubén's surprise, Jacinta brings along her five-month-old daughter, Anahí. Rubén makes little conversation at the start of the journey. At a border crossing, Jacinta tells the guard she is visiting her cousin on a three-month visa, though she later explains to Rubén her cousin will help her find a job in Buenos Aires. Soon Jacinta's baby needs feeding and they pull over at a truck stop. Rubén considers buying a bus ticket for Jacinta, but changes his mind after learning the next bus is not until tomorrow. They continue their journey on through the night. When Rubén nearly falls asleep at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roma (2004 Film)
''Roma'' is a 2004 Argentine-Spanish drama film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Juan Diego Botto, Susú Pecoraro and José Sacristán. Synopsis Young journalist Manuel Cueto (Juan Diego Botto) is sent by his publisher boss to help the solitary novelist Joaquín Góñez (José Sacristán) finish his long-overdue last book, which will be an autobiography. Brought out of his loneliness by the young man, Joaquín reminisces about his youth and experiences in Buenos Aires during the 1960s and 70s before reloctaing to Spain, as well as his intense relationship with his mother Roma, who was and still is the most important person in Joaquín's life. Cast * Juan Diego Botto as Manuel Cueto/Joaco * Susú Pecoraro as Roma Di Toro * José Sacristán as Joaquín Góñez * Agustín Garvíe as Joaco * Vando Villamil as Áteo Di Toro * Marcela Kloosterboer as Reneé * Maximiliano Ghione as Guido * Marina Glezer as Alicia * Gustavo Garzón as Joaquín father * Carla Crespo as Betty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabián Bielinsky
Fabián Bielinsky (3 February 1959 – 29 June 2006) was an Argentine film director. Career Fabián Bielinsky was born in Buenos Aires on February 3, 1959. Bielinsky started to make films early in life, while still a high school student in the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. At thirteen years old, he made his first short film, based on the short story ''Continuity of the Parks'' by Julio Cortázar. After graduation from high school, Bielinsky started studying psychology, a career he pursued for a short time before dropping out in favor of enrolling in the Centro de Experimentacion y Realizacion Cinematografica (CERC, actually ENERC, INCAA's film school). He graduated in 1983 with a short film called '' La espera'', based on a story by Jorge Luis Borges. The short also earned him a prize at the Huesca International Film Festival in Spain. Bielinsky entered the film industry around 1983 as an assistant director, working under such filmmakers as Miguel Pérez, Carlos Soria and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Aura
''The Aura'' ( es, El aura, links=no) is a 2005 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed and written by Fabián Bielinsky and starring Ricardo Darín. It is Bielinsky's second and final feature film before his death in 2006. The plot revolves around taxidermist Esteban Espinosa (Darín), an epileptic who often fantasizes about committing the perfect crime. While hunting in Patagonia, Espinosa accidentally kills Dietrich (Rodal), a guide from the area, and discovers he is in fact a criminal. This unexpectedly connects him with the chance of executing a real crime: assaulting an armored truck carrying the profits of a casino in the area. Espinosa projects into his fantasies, assembling a puzzle piece by piece, inevitably enclosing himself in it. ''The Aura'' received mostly positive reviews from critics upon its release, particularly for its screenplay and ambience. It won the Silver Condor for Best Film and was the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrián Caetano
Israel Adrián Caetano (born 1969 in Montevideo, Uruguay), known as Adrián Caetano, is an Uruguayan film director, producer and screenwriter. Biography He's often credited as Adrián Caetano. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina and at times, he obtains funding for his films in Europe. He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At age of sixteen, his family moved to Córdoba, Argentina. When he was older, he shot several short videos including ''Visite Carlos Paz,'' and ''Calafate''. In 1995, Caetano won a prize in a script contest he entered. The money won allowed him to film the short ''Down Hill'' (''Cuesta abajo''), his first work filmed in 35mm. '' Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes'' (1998, co-directed with Bruno Stagnaro) followed. The film was well received at the various film festivals where it screened. In 1996, Caetano won a Media Arts Fellowship, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City. Caetano also directs television commercial and programs. In 2005, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crónica De Una Fuga
''Chronicle of an Escape'' ( es, Crónica de una fuga), also known as ''Buenos Aires, 1977'', is a 2006 Argentine historical drama film directed by Israel Adrián Caetano. The screenplay is written by Caetano, Esteban Student, and Julián Loyola, based on the autobiographical book ''Pase libre – la fuga de la Mansion Seré'' written by Claudio Tamburrini. The film was produced by Oscar Kramer and Hugo Sigman, and stars Rodrigo de la Serna, Pablo Echarri and Nazareno Casero. The film tells the true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of a military death squad during Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976-1983). Winner of the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, it was Argentina's entry for the 2007 Golden Globes Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film, and director Israel Adrián Caetano was nominated at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival for a Golden Palm. Plot On 23 November 1977, during Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship, Claudio Tamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XXY (film)
''XXY'' is a 2007 Argentine drama film written and directed by Lucía Puenzo and starring Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Inés Efron and Martín Piroyansky. The film tells the story of a 15-year-old intersex person, the way her family copes with her condition and the ultimate decision that she must eventually make as she struggles to define her own gender identity within a society that expects certain behaviors from every individual. ''XXY'' received positive reviews from critics, winning the Critics' Week grand prize at the 2007 Cannes film festival, as well as the ACID/CCAS Support Award. It was nominated for eight awards at the 2008 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, winning three of them including Best Film, and was nominated or won awards at a number of other foreign film festivals. It was chosen to close the 2008 Melbourne Queer Film Festival and had a short run theatrical release before being released onto DVD. The film also won the Goya Award for Best Spani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Favio
Fuad Jorge Jury (28 May 1938 – 5 November 2012), better known by his stage name Leonardo Favio (), was an Argentine singer, actor and filmmaker. He is considered one of Argentina's best film directors and one of the country's most enduring cultural figures, as well as a popular singer-songwriter throughout Latin America. Much beloved in Latin America, Favio was one of the most successful Argentine singers in the 1960s and 1970s, with big hits like (with Carola Leyton), , , , , , , , , , , and . He also starred in many films before establishing himself as a director. At the time he began his singing career (mid-1960s), Favio was already an established film director. His first feature movie – ''Chronicle of a Boy Alone'' – and the second one – ''El Romance del Aniceto y la Francisca'' – are considered to be some of the best Argentine movies of all times. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniceto
''Aniceto'' is a 2008 Argentine musical drama film directed by Leonardo Favio and starring Hernán Piquín. The film is a remake of '' El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca'', a 1967 drama film also directed by Favio. Both films are based on the short story ''El cenizo'' ("The Pigweed") by Zuhair Jury. It was Favio's last film. It won several Silver Condor Awards The Argentine Film Critics Association ( es, Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina) is an organization of Argentine-based journalists and correspondents. The association presents the ''Silver Condor Awards'' (''Premios Cóndor ..., including Best Film and Best Director. External links * * Argentine musical drama films Films directed by Leonardo Favio Remakes of Argentine films Musical film remakes 2000s Argentine films {{musical-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan José Campanella
Juan José Campanella (born 19 July 1959) is an Argentine television and film director, writer and producer. He achieved worldwide attention with the release of ''The Secret in Their Eyes'' (2009), for which he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Early life Campanella was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He started studying engineering, but dropped out in 1980 after four years at university. He would later remark that the decisive factor for this decision was watching '' All That Jazz'' on the very day he was going to apply for a fifth year. His debut as director was in 1979, with the short '' Prioridad nacional''. Campanella traveled to the United States and entered the Tisch School of the Arts. Four years later, in 1984, his second film, '' Victoria 392'', which marked the first of five collaborations with actor friend Eduardo Blanco, as well as his first collaboration with screenwriter Fernando Castets, with whom he co-directed and co-wrote the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Secreto De Sus Ojos
''The Secret in Their Eyes'' ( es, link=no, El secreto de sus ojos) is a 2009 Argentinian crime drama film directed, co-written, produced and edited by Juan José Campanella, based on the novel ''La pregunta de sus ojos'' (''The Question in Their Eyes'') by Eduardo Sacheri, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film is a joint production of Argentine and Spanish companies. Using a nonlinear narrative, the film depicts a judiciary employee and his boss, a law clerk, in 1974, played by Ricardo Darín and Soledad Villamil, respectively, as they investigate a rape and murder case, while also following the characters 25 years later reminiscing over the case and unearthing the buried romance between them. The film received awards in both Hollywood and Spain, notably the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards, making Argentina, with 1985's ''The Official Story'', the first country in Latin America to win it twice. Three weeks before, it had receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
