Spanish Film Writers Awards 2007

2007 Spanish Film Writers Circle Awards
2007 Spanish Film Writers Circle Awards: January 16, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)

Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz in Volver

Best Film
* Volver, by Pedro Almodóvar
El Laberinto del fauno / Pan’s Labyrinth, by Guillermo del Toro
La noche de los girasoles, by Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo
Un franco, 14 pesetas, by Carlos Iglesias
Best Foreign Film
The Queen, by Stephen Frears (UK-France-Italy)
Copying Beethoven, by Agnieszka Holland (US-Germany)
Little Miss Sunshine, by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (US)
* Crash, by Paul Haggis (US)
Best Documentary
* Cineastas en acción, by Carlos Benpar
La leyenda del tiempo, by Isaki Lacuesta
La silla de Fernando, by Luis Alegre and David Trueba
La gran final, by Gerardo [...]

by Andre Soares | January 20, 2007
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Tags: Carmelo Gómez, Carmen Maura, Cineastas en acción, Crash, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Film Awards, Lluís Arcarazo, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Volver

Berlin 2005 Awards

2005 Berlin Film Festival Awards
2005 Berlin Film Festival: February 10–20, 2005
Photos: Andreas Teich, Richad Hübner, Ali Ghandtachi © Berlinale 2005

Golden Bear: Carmen e-Khayelitsha / Carmen in Khayelitsha by Marc Dornford-May

Jury Grand Prix – Silver Bear: Kong que / Peacock by Gu Changwei
Silver Bear for Best Director: Marc Rothemund for Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage / Sophie Scholl – The Final Days

Silver Bear for Best Actor: Lou Taylor Pucci for Thumbsucker

Silver Bear for Best Actress: Julia Jentsch for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution: Tsai Ming Liang for the screenplay of Tian bian yi duo yun / The Wayward Cloud

Silver Bear for Best Film Music: Alexandre Desplat for De battre, mon [...]

by Andre Soares | February 19, 2005
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Tags: Alexandre Desplat, Berlin 2005, Berlin Film Festival, Carmen in Khayelitsha, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Im Kwon-taek, Julia Jentsch, Lou Taylor Pucci, Marc Rothemund, Peacock, Tsai Ming-liang

Berlin 2005: Im Kwon-taek, Fernando Fernán Gómez Receive Honorary Golden Bear

Korean director Im Kwon-taek, 69, described by Der Spiegel as the "godfather of Korean film," became the first Asian filmmaker to received the Honorary Golden Bear at a ceremony held yesterday, Feb. 12, at the 55th Berlin Film Festival.
Im shared the honor with Spanish (though born in Peru) actor-director-writer Fernando Fernán Gómez (right), 83, winner of six Spanish Film Academy Goya Awards (one of them as best actor for his tour de force in the title role of José Luis Garci’s 1998 drama The Grandfather) and two best actor Silver Bears at the Berlinale (for El Anacoreta / The Anchorite in 1977 and Stico in 1985).
Among the previous recipients of the Honorary Golden Bear [...]

by Andre Soares | February 13, 2005
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Tags: Berlin 2005, Berlin Film Festival, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Honorary Golden Bear, Im Kwon-taek