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Soldiers Of Salamina (film)
''Soldiers of Salamina'' ( es, Soldados de Salamina, links=no) is a 2003 Spanish drama film written, directed and edited by David Trueba, based on the novel ''Soldiers of Salamis'' by Javier Cercas. It stars Ariadna Gil and Ramón Fontserè alongside Joan Dalmau, María Botto and Diego Luna. The film was nominated for eight Goya Awards in 2004, and won the award for Best Cinematography. Plot Lola, a novelist who has abandoned her writing career, tracks down the details of a true story from the last days of the Spanish Civil War. The writer and Falangist honcho Rafael Sánchez Mazas faced a firing squad along with fifty other prisoners, but managed to escape into the woods. A Republican soldier, apparently one of those searching the area for the escaped prisoner, found him but allowed him to escape. The novelist pieces together the fragments of the story, plagued by contradictions and mysterious characters, and comes to realize that her search for the truth is a personal ques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Trueba
David Rodríguez Trueba (born 10 September 1969) is a Spanish filmmaker and author. Biography David Rodríguez Trueba was born on 10 September 1969 in Madrid, the youngest of 8 siblings. His elder brother Fernando is also a filmmaker. In 1987, he joined the Complutense University of Madrid to study journalism. He later took a 1-year course on scriptwriting at the American Film Institute The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees. Leade ..., where he penned the base script of '' The Worst Years of Our Lives''. He is the ex-husband of actress Ariadna Gil. He has published the novels ''Abierto toda la noche'', ''Cuatro amigos'' and ''Saber perder'' in Anagrama. Filmography Film Documentary Television Music Videos Director Bibliography Fiction * ''Abierto Toda La N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vahina Giocante
Vahina Giocante (born 30 June 1981) is a French actress. Career As ''Marie'' in ''Marie Baie des Anges'' (1997), she is among a group of young wanderers who become enmeshed in love, hate, and violence on the French Riviera. In 1999 she appeared in ''No Scandal'' (french: Pas de scandale) directed by Benoît Jacquot. In the 2004 film directed by Ziad Doueiri, ''Lila Says'' (French title: ''Lila dit ça''), Giocante portrays a teenager who resides with her aunt in a rough neighborhood in Marseilles. Chief film critic for '' The New York Times'' A.O. Scott compared her to Brigitte Bardot in ''And God Created Woman'', being ''a femme more vital than fatale''. He further wrote that ''Ms. Giocante's intoxicating mixture of gamine innocence and womanly knowingness is almost too much for the movie but her charisma.......give it a mood that is at once breathlessly romantic and cannily down to earth''. In 2009 she appeared in '' Bellamy'', the last film of celebrated French directo ... [...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] |
Goya Award For Best Director
The Goya Award for Best Director (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor dirección'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category has been presented ever since the first edition of the Goya Awards. Fernando Fernán Gómez was the first winner of this award for his film ''Voyage to Nowhere''. Pedro Almodóvar holds the record of most wins and nominations for this category, with three wins out of eleven nominations, winning for ''All About My Mother'' (1999), ''Volver'' (2006) and ''Pain and Glory'' (2019). Fernando León de Aranoa shares the record of most wins, having won three times out of four nominations, winning for ''Barrio'' (1998), ''Mondays in the Sun'' (2002) and ''The Good Boss'' (2021). Directors Fernando Trueba, Alejandro Amenábar, Isabel Coixet, and Juan Antonio Bayona have received this award twice. In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Winners and nominees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academia De Las Artes Y Las Ciencias Cinematográficas De España
The Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain ( es, Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, links=no) is a professional organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of Spanish cinema. Founded in 1986, it is responsible for the annual Goya Awards, Spain's principal film awards. It is headquartered in Madrid. It is a founding member of the Film Academy Network Europe (FAN) and the Ibero-American Federation of Academies of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (FIACINE). History The seed of the academy lies in a meeting of film industry professionals convened by producer at Madrid's O'Pazo Restaurant on 12 November 1985. A list of attendees to the meeting is listed as follows: * Luis García Berlanga, director * Carlos Saura, director * , unit production manager * , unit production manager * José Sacristán, actor * Charo López, actress * , film editor * , film editor * , screenwriter * José Nieto, musician * Carlos Suárez, cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goya Award For Best Film
The Goya Award for Best Picture ( es, Premio Goya a la mejor película) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category was first awarded in 1986 to Fernando Fernán Gómez's drama film ''Voyage to Nowhere''. Several films that won or were nominated for this category also were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film representing Spain, ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'', '' Secrets of the Heart'', '' The Grandfather'' and ''Pain and Glory'' were nominated while ''Belle Époque'', ''All About My Mother'' and ''The Sea Inside'' won. Argentine-Spanish productions ''The Secret in Their Eyes'' and '' Wild Tales'' also received a nomination in the category but representing Argentina, with the former winning. Mexican-Spanish film ''Pan's Labyrinth'' was nominated representing Mexico. In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th Goya Awards
The 18th Goya Awards took place at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid on 31 January 2004. The gala was hosted by Cayetana Guillén Cuervo and Diego Luna. ''Take My Eyes'' (''Te doy mis ojos'') won 7 ''Goyas'', the most awards in the ceremony, including those for Best Film, Director, Actor (Tosar), Actress (Marull) and Supporting Actress (Peña). Winners and nominees The winners and nominees are listed as follows: Major award nominees Other award nominees Honorary Goya * Héctor Alterio Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato (born 21 September 1929) is an Argentine theatre, film and television actor, well known both in Argentina and Spain. Biography Alterio's theatre debut came in 1948 as the lead in ''Cómo suicidarse en prima ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Goya Awards 18 2003 film awards 2003 in Spanish cinema 2004 in Madrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Cannes Film Festival
The 56th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May 2003. French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer Patrice Chéreau was the President of the Jury. The Palme d'Or went to the American film ''Elephant'' by Gus Van Sant based on the Columbine High School massacre. The festival opened with ''Fanfan la Tulipe'', directed by Gérard Krawczyk and closed with '' Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin'', directed by Richard Schickel. Monica Bellucci was the mistress of ceremonies. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2003 Official Selection: * Patrice Chéreau (France), Jury President * Aishwarya Rai (India) * Meg Ryan (United States) * Karin Viard (France) * Erri De Luca (Italy) * Jean Rochefort (France) * Steven Soderbergh (United States) * Danis Tanović (Bosnia and Herzegovina) * Jiang Wen (China) Un Certain Regard The following people were appointed as the Jury of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusual styles and non-traditional stories seeking international recognition. winners In 1998, the was introduced to the section to recognize young talent and to encourage innovative and daring works by presenting one of the films with a grant to aid its distribution in France. Since 2005, the prize consists of € The euro sign () is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone and unilaterally adopted by Kosovo and Montenegro. The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996. It consists ...30,000 financed by the Groupama GAN Foundation. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC (Spain)
''ABC'' () is a Spanish national daily newspaper. It is the second largest general-interest newspaper in Spain, number one in Madrid, and the oldest newspaper still operating in Madrid. Along with '' El Mundo'' and '' El País'', it is one of Spain’s three newspapers of record. History and profile ''ABC'' was first published in Madrid on 1 January 1903 by Torcuato Luca de Tena y Álvarez-Ossorio. The founding publishing house was Prensa Española, which was led by the founder of the paper, Luca de Tena. The paper started as a weekly newspaper, turning daily in June 1905. In 1928 ABC had two editions, one for Madrid and the other for Seville. The latter was named ''ABC de Sevilla''. On 20 July 1936, shortly after the Spanish Civil War began, ''ABC'' in Madrid was seized by the republican government, which changed the paper's politics to support the Republicans. The same year '' Blanco y Negro'', a magazine, became its supplement. The ''ABC'' printed in Seville was supportive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes
The Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library (MCVL; in es, Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, BVMC) is a large-scale digital library project, hosted and maintained by the University of Alicante in Alicante, Spain. It comprises the largest open-access repository of digitised Spanish-language historical texts and literature from the Ibero-American world. When officially launched in 1999, the BVMC was the first digital archive of Spanish-language texts on the internet, initially reproducing some 2,000 individual works by 400 of the most significant authors in Spanish, Latin American literary and Hispanic Africa. By 2005–2006 the number of registered and available works had reached over 22,000. The library is named for Miguel de Cervantes, the famous 16th-century Spanish author and one of the most illustrious names in world literary history. From its inception in 1999, this library has chosen to apply structural markup based on XML Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Español
''El Español'' is a Spanish online newspaper which started in 2015. It has its headquarters in Avenida de Burgos, 16D, 7º, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid. History In 2014 Pedro J. Ramírez was dismissed as the director from the newspaper '' El Mundo'', and with his daughter María Ramírez Fernández they founded ''El Español''. The website was opened on 11 January 2015. On 10 January 2015 it raised € from 5,624 people in two months through crowdfunding Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over was raised worldwide by crow .... In 10 April it became a Sociedad Anónima, with a share capital of €17 million. In December 2017, ''El Español'' invested in ''Vandal'', a video game website at the time published by Forzáns Inversións SL. References External links * {{Official, https://www.elespanol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
