Spanish Film Writers Awards 2006
2006 Spanish Film Writers Circle Awards
2006 Spanish Film Writers Circle Awards: January 23, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins in The Secret Life of Words
Best Film
El Cielo gira
Habana Blues
Princesas
*La Vida secreta de las palabras / The Secret Life of Words
Best Foreign Film
Broken Flowers, USA/France
Match Point, UK
* Million Dollar Baby, USA
The Twilight Samurai, Japan
Best Director
Mercedes Álvarez, El Cielo gira
* Isabel Coixet, The Secret Life of Words
Fernando León de Aranoa, Princesas
Benito Zambrano, Habana Blues
Best Actor
Manuel Alexandre, Elsa y Fred
Eduard Fernández, El Método
* Óscar Jaenada, Camarón
Tim Robbins, The Secret Life of Words
Best Actress (tie)
Adriana Ozores, Heroína
* Candela Peña, Princesas
* Sarah Polley, The [...]
by Andre Soares | January 24, 2006
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Tags: Camarón, Candela Peña, Carmelo Gómez, Film Awards, Isabel Coixet, Million Dollar Baby, Oscar Jaeneda, Princesas, Sarah Polley, The Secret Life of Words
2006 Goya Award Winners
The Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the winners of the 2006 Goya Awards. Not surprisingly, the best picture winner was front-runner La Vida secreta de las palabras / The Secret Life of Words, the story of a young woman who takes care of a man blinded by a work-related accident. The English-language psychological drama stars Tim Robbins, Sarah Polley, Javier Cámara, and Julie Christie, and was directed by Isabel Coixet, winner of the best director and best original screenplay Goyas.
The best actor winner was Óscar Jaenada for Camarón, a biopic of the renowned flamenco singer, while the best actress was Candela Peña for Princesas, a dark tale about two prostitutes.
Among the [...]
by Andre Soares | January 10, 2006
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Tags: Candela Peña, Film Awards, Goya Awards, Iluminados por el fuego, Isabel Coixet, La Vida secreta de las palabras, Óscar Jaenada, Sarah Polley, The Secret Life of Words, Tim Robbins
Goya Awards 2006
2006 Goya Awards
2006 Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Goya Award winners: Jan. 29, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins in The Secret Life of Words
Mejor película / Best Film
7 vírgenes / 7 Virgins, by Alberto Rodríguez
*La Vida secreta de las palabras / The Secret Life of Words, by Isabel Coixet
Obaba, by Montxo Armendariz
Princesas, by Fernando León de Aranoa
Mejor película europea / Best European Film
Der Untergang / Downfall, by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Germany)
The Constant Gardener, by Fernando Meirelles (United Kingdom)
Les Choristes / The Chorus, by Christophe Barratier (France)
* Match point, by Woody Allen (United Kingdom)
Mejor película extranjera de habla hispana / Best Spanish-Language Foreign Film
Alma mater, by Álvaro Buela (Uruguay)
* Iluminados por el [...]
by Andre Soares | January 9, 2006
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Tags: Camarón, Candela Peña, Enlightened by Fire, Film Awards, Goya Awards, Isabel Coixet, Match Point, Óscar Jaenada, Princesas, The Secret Life of Words, Woody Allen
