Bielinsky’s EL AURA Wins Six Argentinean Film Critics Association’s 2006 Silver Condors
July 2nd, 2006 by Andre Soares
Last Monday, June 26, the Argentinean Film Critics Association gave out the Silver Condor Awards at the Cine Gaumont in Buenos Aires. The top winner of the most prestigious film award in Argentina was the recently deceased Fabián Bielinsky, whose somber psychological thriller El Aura / The Aura won six awards: Best Film, Best Director (Bielinsky), Best Actor (Ricardo Darín), Best Original Screenplay (Bielinsky), Best Cinematography (Checo Varesse), and Best Sound.
El Aura’s strongest competitor, Tristán Bauer’s Iluminados por el fuego / Blessed by Fire, the story of a Falklands War veteran (Gastón Pauls), won four awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay (Miguel Bonasso, Edgardo Esteban, Tristán Bauer, and Gustavo Romero Borri) and Best Supporting Actress (Virginia Innocenti).
The Best Foreign Film was Alexander Payne’s Sideways, while the Best Ibero-American Film was Alejandro Amenábar’s Mar adentro / The Sea Inside. The Best First Film Award went to Jorge Gaggero’s Cama adentro / Live-In Maid, a social drama about Argentina’s recent economic meltdown, starring Norma Aleandro and Norma Argentina.
Full list of winners at the 2006 Argentinean Film Critics Association’s Silver Condor Awards
Brief Obit: Argentinean Director Fabián Bielinsky
Film Review: El Aura / The Aura
Los Angeles Film Festival: Analog Days
Los Angeles Film Festival: The Lather Effect
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