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	<title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Spanish Cinema</title>
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		<title>BEFORE THE FALL: Q&amp;A with F. Javier Gutiérrez</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[F. Javier Gutiérrez’s 3 Días / Before the Fall, the filmmaker’s feature-film debut (co-produced by Antonio Banderas), has an unlikely premise: as a giant meteorite is about to destroy the planet and all its denizens in three days &#8212; hence the original Spanish-language title &#8212; a young man (Victor Clavijo) living in a remote village in the south of Spain readies himself to protect his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE ORPHANAGE Is a Spanish Box-Office Hit</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/the-orphanage-spanish-box-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As per John Hopewell in Variety, Juan Antonio Bayona’s psychological thriller The Orphanage has grossed &#8364;5.8 million at the Spanish box office during its first few days of release. That is supposedly the second best opening ever &#8212; after Santiago Segura’s Torrente 3 &#8212; for a Spanish film. (I&#8217;m assuming inflation hasn’t been factored in.) The Orphanage, which was much talked about at this year’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pedro Almodóvar Is the Best-Known Spanish Film Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Zinema: According to a poll organized by SigmaDos, Pedro Almodóvar is the best known Spanish film director among Spanish citizens. Almodóvar was identified by 69 per cent of Spaniards. He is followed by: Academy Award winner and multiple Goya winner (for The Sea Inside) Alejandro Amenábar (34.3%); Academy Award nominee (for The Grandfather) José Luis Garci (13.4); Academy Award winner (for Belle Epoque) Fernando [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pedro Almodóvar Becomes a Commander of the Italian Republic</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/pedro-almodovar-receives-italian-commendation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Thursday, June 14, one of the world’s top directors of the last 25 years, Pedro Almodóvar, was presented with the title of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, one of Italy’s highest civilian honors. The Spanish director received the Commendation for his &#34;contributions to European cinema and culture&#34; from Italy’s minister of culture Francesco Rutelli. The ceremony was held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE RAILROAD ALL STARS Chema Rodríguez</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/the-railroad-all-stars-chema-rodriguez/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosemary Westwell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estrellas de La Línea / The Railroad All Stars (2006) Direction and screenplay: Chema Rodríguez &#160; Directed by Chema Rodríguez, Estrellas de La Línea / The Railroad All Stars traces the lives of a plucky group of prostitutes who live in dismal conditions near a railroad in Guatemala City. Determined to bring some dignity to their lives &#8212; and to get publicity for their cause [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ariel Awards 2007 Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ariel-awards-2007-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guillermo del Toro’s dark fairy-tale El laberinto del fauno / Pan’s Labyrinth was the big winner at the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences&#8216; 49th Ariel Awards ceremony held at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City on Mar. 20. Set in the 1940s, the Mexican-Spanish co-production about a young girl’s entry into a fantastic world &#8212; so as to escape from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Globes 2007: Foreign-Language Film Screenings</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/golden-globes-2007-foreign-language-films/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Penélope Cruz in Volver (top); Martina Gedeck in The Lives of Others (middle); Pan’s Labyrinth (bottom) The American Cinematheque and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present all five foreign-language films nominated for the 2007 Golden Globe Awards at The Aero’s Max Palevsky Theatre in Santa Monica. The five nominees are: Apocalypto (U.S.) El laberinto del fauno / Pan’s Labyrinth (Spain / Mexico / U.S.) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2007 Goya Awards: Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Viggo Mortensen in Alatriste (top); Lola Dueñas, Yohana Cobo, Penélope Cruz in Volver (bottom) Agustín Díaz Yanes&#8217;17th-century tale of a Spanish soldier turned mercenary, Alatriste, and Pedro Almodóvar’s story of the women of La Mancha, Volver, dominated the Spanish Film Academy’s 2007 Goya Award nominations announced yesterday, Dec. 18, by actors Pilar López de Ayala and Juan José Ballesta. Alatriste, the most expensive Spanish film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirit Awards 2006: Nominations</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/independent-spirit-2006-nominees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With five nods each, the crowd-pleasing dysfunctional family comedy Little Miss Sunshine (US$59 million at the U.S./Canada box office) and the socio-psychological drama Half Nelson ($2.7 million at the U.S./Canada box office) led the pack of the 2006 nominees for the Independent Spirit Awards. In addition to its five nods, Half Nelson was listed (along with Point&#38;Shoot) as Producer Award nominees Alex Orlovsky and Jamie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stockholm Film Festival 2006 Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/stockholm-film-festival-2006-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For only the second time, the Stockholm Film Festival’s Best Film award was presented to a female director, Laurie Collyer, whose feature-film debut, Sherrybaby, took the festival’s top prize and brought star Maggie Gyllenhaal a Best Actress award. Earlier this year, Sherrybaby won those two honors at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The U.S.-made Sherrybaby tells the story of a former heroin addict who, after [...]]]></description>
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