The Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain () is a professional organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of

Spanish cinema The art of motion-picture making within Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema. Only a small portion of box office sales in Spain are generated by domestic films. The different Spanish governments have t ...

. Founded in 1986, it is responsible for the annual

Goya Awards The Goya Awards () are Spain's main national annual film awards. They are presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. The first ceremony was held in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Ar ...

, Spain's principal film awards. It is headquartered in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

. 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). Since 2022, the academy is presided by Fernando Méndez-Leite.

History

The seed of the academy lies in a meeting of film industry professionals convened by producer at

's O'Pazo Restaurant on 12 November 1985. A list of attendees to the meeting is listed as follows: *

Luis García Berlanga Luis García-Berlanga Martí Medal of Merit in Labour, MMT (12 June 1921 – 13 November 2010) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic criti ...

, director *

Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés (4 January 1932 – 10 February 2023) was a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. With Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be among Spain's great filmmakers. He had a long and prolific career th ...

, director * , unit production manager * , unit production manager *

José Sacristán José María Sacristán Turiégano (born 27 September 1937), better known as José Sacristán, is a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor. He made his feature film debut in 1965 in '. At Gijón International Film Festival in 2015, he r ...

, actor * Charo López, actress * , film editor * , film editor * , screenwriter * José Nieto, musician * Carlos Suárez, cinematographer * , set designer The academy was duly founded on 8 January 1986. The

1st Goya Awards The 1st Goya Awards were presented at the Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan ...

were presented in March 1987. In 2006, the academy was one of the ten founding members of the Film Academy Network Europe (FAN). In 2007, the academy opened its headquarters (hitherto located in ) in Calle de Zurbano 3, Madrid. In 2017, it was a founding member of Ibero-American Federation of Academies of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (FIACINE).

Presidents

* , 1986–1988 *

Fernando Trueba Fernando Rodríguez Trueba (born 18 January 1955), known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish filmmaker, writer, producer and book editor. Career Between 1974 and 1979, Trueba worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El Paí ...

, 1988 * Antonio Giménez Rico 1988–1992 *

Fernando Rey Fernando Casado Arambillet (20 September 1917 – 9 March 1994), best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for hi ...

, 1992–1994 * Gerardo Herrero, 1994 * José Luis Borau, 1994–1998 * Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, 1998–2000 * Marisa Paredes, 2000–2003 * Mercedes Sampietro, 2003–2006 *

Ángeles González Sinde Angeles may refer to: Places *Los Angeles, the largest city in California and the Western US *Angeles City, a highly-urbanized city in Central Luzon, Philippines *Angeles National Forest, a national forest on the outskirts of Los Angeles **Angel ...

, 2006–2009 * Eduardo Campoy, 2009 * Álex de la Iglesia, 2009–2011 * , 2011–2015 *

Antonio Resines Antonio Fernández Resines (born 7 August 1954) is a Spanish film and television actor. Resines made his feature film debut in 1980 in ''La paloma azul'', also featuring in '' Opera prima'' and ''La mano negra''. He gained early notoriety in th ...

, 2015–2016 *

Yvonne Blake Yvonne Ann Blake (17 April 1940 – 17 July 2018) was a British and Spanish costume designer. She is perhaps best known for creating the costumes for Richard Donner's acclaimed superhero film ''Superman'' (1978) and its sequel, Richard Lester's ...

, 2016–2018 *

Mariano Barroso Mariano Barroso (born 26 December 1959) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 20 films since 1982. His 1996 film '' Éxtasis'' was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. Since 9 June 2018, he ...

, 2018–2022 * Fernando Méndez-Leite, since 2022

References

External links

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Official website of the AACCE
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